Elsevier Announces Publication of Major Reference Work, "Comprehensive Materials Finishing"

CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwired - September 06, 2016) - Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the upcoming publication of a new major reference work, Comprehensive Materials Finishing, edited by Saleem Hashmi. The three-volume set brings together all known research in materials finishing in a single reference for the first time. Elsevier announced three additional new materials science and engineering books also available next month.

With a mixture of review articles, case studies and findings from research and development activities in industrial and academic domains, Comprehensive Materials Finishing focuses on how certain finish manufacturing processes are advantageous for a broad range of technologies, due to their applicability, energy and technological costs as well as practicability of implementation. The work covers a wide range of materials such as ferrous, non-ferrous and polymeric.

Volume 1, "Finish Machining and Net Forming," was edited by Imtiaz A. Choudhury of the University of Malaya in Malaysia. Shahjahan Mridha, of the University of Strathclyde, in the U.K., edited Volume 2, "Surface Treatments." Volume 3, "Surface Coating Processes," was edited by Bekir Yilbas of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in Saudi Arabia.

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Set editor Saleem Hashmi is emeritus professor in the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at Dublin City University, Ireland. He founded the school in 1987, and also set up the Material Processing Research Centre (MPRC), a research center of excellence in the field of material processing. Professor Hashmi established Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT) in 1990, a much-needed international conference in materials processing. He continues to be the chairperson of the Steering Committee for this series of conferences. Dr. Hashmi was appointed editor-in-chief of Elsevier's "Journal of Materials Processing Technology" in 1998, a position he held until 2008. In 1995, Professor Hashmi was awarded the higher doctorate degree of DSc, by the University of Manchester, the highest academic degree any university in the UK can award. He has published more than 430 papers and 12 books to date.

The four new materials science and engineering titles available next month are:

• Comprehensive Materials Finishing edited by Saleem Hashmi
• Friction Stir Welding of 2XXX Aluminum Alloys including Al-Li Alloys by Rajiv Mishra and Harpreet Sidhar
• The Science of Armour Materials edited by Ian Crouch
• Handbook of Antistatics, Second Edition by George Wypych and Jurgen Pionteck

In order to meet content needs in materials science and engineering, Elsevier uses proprietary tools to identify the gaps in coverage of the topics. Editorial teams strategically fill those gaps with content written by key influencers in the field, giving students, faculty and researchers the content they need to answer challenging questions and improve outcomes. These new books, which will educate the next generation of materials scientists and engineers and provide critical foundational content for information professionals, are key examples of how Elsevier is enabling science to drive innovation.

Note for Editors
E-book review copies of the new books are available to credentialed journalists upon request. Contact Jelena Baras at sciencereviewcopies@elsevier.com.

About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries that advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress. Elsevier provides web-based, digital solutions - among them ScienceDirect, Scopus, Elsevier Research Intelligence and ClinicalKey - and publishes over 2,500 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and more than 35,000 book titles, including a number of iconic reference works. Elsevier is part of RELX Group, a world-leading provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. www.elsevier.com

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