Additive Manufacturing for Chemical Sciences and Engineering, 1st ed. 2022

This book is tailored designed for both researchers as well as academics teaching or introducing Advanced Manufacturing course to their classrooms. It presents the current state of research in this field of research and major challenges identified so far, for the integration of additive manufacturing into chemical processes. Unique capability of transforming materials into functional devices with specific geometry using the emerging additive manufacturing technologies has stimulated significant interest in biology, engineering and materials science, to provide custom-made designs for tailored applications. However, the applications of this emerging technology in the field of chemical sciences and engineering have started very recently. Therefore, the major focus of this book is to introduce the basic principles of additive manufacturing practices as well as advent into conventional chemical processes and various unit operations. The potential advantage of introducing these additive manufacturing technologies has the potential to scale down large scale chemical processes into small scale, which offers several advantages including lower foot print, waste reduction and efficient heat integration as well as distributed chemical manufacturing. 

Distinguished Professor Bhargava is a world-renowned interdisciplinary scientist. He completed his PhD from the University of Exeter, UK under the supervision of the late Professor E W Abel. He then joined the Australian National University in 1983 as a research fellow and today is the Dean - Research & Innovation and Founding Director of the Centre for Advanced Materials & Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), STEM College, RMIT University. Professor Bhargava has successfully translated his research excellence into innovative technologies for industrial application, championed gender equality in STEM and strengthened academia-industry relationships at an international level. He has authored over 600 highly cited journal articles, 2 books, 16 book chapters and 12 patents with a h-index of 75, i-10 index >403 and over 20300 citations. Holding distinguished professorships at top universities across 6 countries, Professor Bhargava has created platforms for nurturing high-quality, globally agile PhD students through collaborative research and international engagement. His outstanding contribution to academia and industry has been recognised through many prestigious national and international awards including the ‘CHEMECA Medal’, the most prestigious award in engineering in Australia and New Zealand, and Honoris Causa D.Sc. Degree from Rajasthan University, India which was presented by the President of India. Quoted as being among the top 1% of world scientists in industrial chemistry, Professor Bhargava provides consultancy and advisory services to many government and industrial bodies across the world including BHP Billiton, Alcoa World Alumina, Rio Tinto, and Exxon Mobil. Professor Bhargava is a fellow of six world academies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and The World Academy of Sciences, UNESCO.  His main research interests focus CO2 utilization, hydrometallurgy, mineral characterisation and processioning, heterogeneous and