Topics: The conference is soliciting state-of-the-art research papers in the following areas of interest:

Materials Science and Engineering

•Materials behavior

•Casting and solidification

•Powder metallurgy and ceramic forming

•Surface, subsurface, and interface phenomena

•Coatings and surface engineering

•Composite materials

•Materials forming

•Machining

•Nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing

•Biomedical manufacturing

•Environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes and systems

•Manufacturing process planning and scheduling

•Meso/micro manufacturing equipment and processes

•Modeling, analysis, and simulation of manufacturing processes

•Computer-aided design, manufacturing, and engineering

•Semiconductor materials manufacturing

•Laser based manufacturing

•Precision molding processes

•Joining processes

•Rapid manufacturing technologies

•Nontraditional manufacturing

•Nanofabrication, nanometrology and applications

•Metrology and measurement

•Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Control

•Smart materials: shape memory alloys and polymers, electro and magnetorheological materials, piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, multiferroics, piezomagnetics, electro and magnetostrictive materials, thermoelectrics, photovoltaics, electro and magnetocaloric materials, electrochromics, electroactive polymers, energy storage materials, self-healing materials and multifunctional materials in general

•Application of smart materials, structures and related technology

•Fundamentals of smart materials

•Intelligent systems, integrated with sensors, actuators and controllers, applied to automation and robotic systems that utilize smart material systems

•Modeling/formulation and characterization of smart actuators, sensors and smart material systems

•Smart material systems that utilize biomimetics and bioinspiration

•Smart materials utilized as sensors and actuators with applications at any scale

•Smart optical materials for modification in spectral shifts and refractive index shift

•Trends and development in composite materials, intelligent hydrogels, interfacial phenomena, phase boundaries and boundary layers of phase boundaries, control, micro- and nano-systems, electronics

•Destructive and non-destructive testing, Microstructural characterization, Failure analysis

•Materials Applications/ energy/ biomedical / high temperature

•Materials characterization, modeling and performance

•Materials-Environment interactions and protection

•Materials recycling and other related topics

•Materials processing and product manufacturing

•New materials for structural and functional applications, innovative composites, functionally graded materials

Chemical Engineering

•Analytical Chemistry

•Inorganic Chemistry

•Biochemistry

•Physical Chemistry

•Organic Chemistry

•Heterocyclic Chemistry

•Science and Chemistry Education

•Environmental Chemistry

•Food Chemistry

•Metals and Materials Chemistry

•Agricultural Chemistry

•Pharmaceutical Chemistry

•Medical Chemistry

•Polymer Chemistry

•Process Chemistry

•Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

•Nano-Chemistry

•Catalysis

•Soil Chemistry

•Phytochemistry

•Humic Acid

•Photochemistry

•Water Chemistry

A. Materials science:

Metallic Alloys, Tool Materials, Superplastic Materials, Ceramics and Glasses, Composites, Amorphous Materials, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Multifunctional Materials, Smart Materials, Engineering Polymers, Functional materials, Nuclear fuel materials, Biomaterals, sensors and surfaces, Thin Film Chalcogenide Photovoltaic Materials, Nuclear Materials, Magnetic Materials, Multi Functional Magnetic Materials, Superconducting Materials, Structured Materials, Spintronics Materials and Devices, Hard/Soft Magnetic Materials, Crosscutting materials Ductility, Crack Resistance, Fatigue, Creep-resistance, Fracture Mechanics, Mechanical Properties, Electrical Properties, and Magnetic Properties, Corrosion, Erosion, Wear Resistance, Non-Destructive Testing, Reliability Assessment, Toxicity, Working Properties of Materials and Products, Large Scale Applications, Electronics Applications and etc

B. Manufacturing:

Casting, Powder Metallurgy, Welding, Sintering, Heat Treatment, Thermo-Chemical Treatment, Thin & Thick Coatings, Surface Treatment, Machining, Plastic Forming, Quality Assessment, Automation Engineering Processes, Robotics, Mechatronics, Technological Devices and Equipment, Theoretical Fundamentals of Cleaner Production, Industrial Application of Cleaner Production Methods, Production and Operations Management, Production Planning and Control, Manufacturing Technology Management, Quality Management, Environmental Management, Safety and Health Management, Project Management, Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Productivity and Performance Management, Modeling, analysis and simulation of manufacturing processes, High-speed/precision machining, Virtual manufacturing and concurrent engineering, Green design and manufacturing, Digital and agile manufacturing, PDM, ERP, logistics and supply chain, Bionic mechanisms and bio-manufacturing, Tribology in Manufacturing Processes, Integrated Manufacturing System, Laser Processing Technology, Materials Machining, Micro- and nano-fabrication, materials processing and technology, Thermal Engineering Theory and Applications, Testing, measuring, monitoring and controlling of manufacturing processes, Engineering Optimization, Product Design and Development,Project/Engineering Management and etc.

C. Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering:

Acoustics and Noise Control,Aerodynamics, Applied Mechanics, Automobiles, Automotive Engineering, Ballistics, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering,Body and Chassis development, Computational Mechanics, Computational Techniques,Dynamics and Vibration, Energy Engineering and Management, Fatigue and Fracture, Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Machinery, Fracture Fuels and Combustion, General mechanics, Geomechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer, HVAC, Instrumentation and Control Internal Combustion Engines, Machinery and Machine Design, Man – Vehicle – Land Interaction, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Power Engineering, Noise and Vibration, Noise Control, Non-destructive Evaluation, Nonlinear Dynamics, Solid Mechanics, Structural Dynamics, Tribology, Turbulence, Mechatronics, Intelligent echatronicsIndustrial Robotics and Automation, Intelligent control, neuro-control, fuzzy control Industrial, Automation and Process Control, Distributed Control System, Embedded System, Control system modeling and simulation techniques, Enterprise Informationization and information processing technology, Virtual Instrumentation, Sensors, multi-sensor data fusion algorithms, Advanced measurement and Machine Vision system, Transmission and control of Fluid, Dynamics, Vibration and Control, Robotics biomimetics, Automation, Opto-electronic elements and Materials, Laser technology and laser processing, Applications of micro and nano systems, Manufacturing Process Simulation, CIMS and Manufacturing System, Mechanical and Liquid Flow Dynamic, CAD/CAM/CIM, Vibration Measuring and Reliability Analysis, Finite Element Analysis and structure optimization, Fault Diagnosis and Maintenance Theory, Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics, Elements, Structures, Mechanisms, and Applications of Micro and Nano Systems, Complex mechanical-electro-liquid System, Vehicle Engineering and Safe, Signal Processing Theory & Methods, Adaptive Signal Processing and Blind Signal Processing, Independent Component Analysis, Multimedia Signal Processing, Image & Video Signal Processing, Speech Processing, Array & Multi-Channel Signal Processing, Signal Processing for Communications, Time Series Analysis, Error Theory and Analysis