Pradeep L Menezes
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
University of Nevada
USA
Editor
Dr. Menezes is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Nevada, Reno. Before joining the University, he worked as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and research assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh.
His productive research career has produced over 100 peer-reviewed journal publications (citations over 3900, h-index - 33), 28 book chapters, and four books. He currently serves as a reviewer on over 50 prestigious journals and as an editorial board member of 10 journals. In addition, he has participated in many national and international conferences in roles such as conference paper reviewer, conference review committee member, conference technical committee member, and session chairman. He has peer-reviewed multiple books, book chapters, grants, and master's and doctoral theses. He has also prepared technical newsletters and tribology web notes for the American Society of Mechanical Engineer's (ASME) tribology division.
Tribology: Friction, Wear, Lubrication
Tribo-Corrosion
Surface Engineering: Surface Texturing, Roughness, Coatings
Manufacturing Processes: Additive Manufacturing, Metal Cutting, Metal Forming, Rock Drilling, Friction Stir Welding/Processes
Composites: Micro/Nano, Self-Lubricating, Self-cleaning, Self-healing, Self-Adaptive materials
Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Material Processing, Testing and Characterization
Machine Design, Mechanics of Materials
Multifunctional biobased lubricants, Ionic Liquids
Shoe-Tribology
