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This applicationof metal cutting fluids is an integral part of industrial machining operations. Minimum Quantum Lubrications is the latest form of cutting fluid application method currently used by several manusfacturing organizations. This book consolidates all the available knowledge in terms of the application of different processes.

Nageswara Rao Posinasetti received B.E. from The Government Engineering College, Anantapur in 1970, M.E. from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. Currently working as a Professor of Manufacturing Technology at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA. Earlier he worked at IIT Delhi and MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, Malaysia. Recipient of the ＂Distinguished Scholar＂ award from the University of Northern Iowa, he has authored a number of textbooks on Manufacturing Technology, CAD/CAM, and Metal Casting published by McGraw Hill, India, and the American Foundry Society.

Vamsi Krishna Pasam currently working as an Associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. He has 19 years of experience in Teaching and Research. His research interests are the application of solid lubricants in the machining process, the application of eco-friendly nano cutting fluids in machining, vibration-assisted machining, modeling, and simulation of manufacturing processes and composite materials. He has completed four funded research projects. He published more than 100 research papers in reputed journals and conferences.

Rukmini Srikant Revuru received his Ph.D. from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. He is currently working as an Associate professor in the Department of Technology at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA. Earlier he worked at GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, India. His research interests are cutting fluids, machining and sustainability. He has published more than 100 research papers in reputed journals and conferences.

Dr. Basil Kuriachen is serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut from 2020. His vivacity and dexterity towards abiding commitment to sublime work ethic conferred him with the Ph.D. and M. Tech degrees from NIT Calicut (2015) and Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (2011), respectively. He is the principal investigator (PI) for two currently active projects from DST-SERB and ARDB, DRDO, Govt. of India. Excellency in academics and research enabled him to be the recipient of several prestigious national awards including of IEI Young Engineers Award 2019-20, SERB-International Travel Fellowship 2017, and Early Career Research Award of DST-SERB 2016. He has to his credit, 100 research publications in international refereed journals and conferences alongside two filed patents. Under his guidance, one Ph.D. thesis is awarded successfully.