"This new volume presents chapters on how smart innovations are rapidly changing the materials and machining processes and structural engineering applications of machine learning in the areas of natural and renewable energy. It presents diverse research on state-of-art technology in materials and manufacturing engineering; in design engineering, automation, and electric vehicle technology; in structural engineering; and in environmental and water resources engineering. The book will be valuable for students and professionals alike on how smart innovations are rapidly changing the materials and machining processes, structural engineering, and applications of machine learning in the areas of natural and renewable energy"--