Review Tracks

Track 1: Manufacturing Systems – General Submissionkeyboard_arrow_down

• Biomedical manufacturing systems
• Nano and micro manufacturing systems
• Modelling and simulation of complex manufacturing systems
• Computer-aided manufacturing and robotics
• Wireless sensors and sensor networks for manufacturing
• Manufacturing systems of renewable energy devices, electric vehicles, roll-to-roll fabrication
• Human factors and man-machine interactions in manufacturing
• Quality and reliability

Track 2: Manufacturing Processes – General Submissionkeyboard_arrow_down

• Mechanics, tribology and technology of material forming, powder consolidation, casting, joining and polymer and composites processing
• Dimensional and surface metrology, and part surface integrity
• Biomedical manufacturing processes
• Hybrid manufacturing processes
• Manufacturing processes of renewable energy devices, electric vehicles, roll-to-roll fabrication
• Laser-based processes
• Lightweight metals manufacturing processes
• Dynamics and control of high-precision machine tools and structures

Track 3: Material Removalkeyboard_arrow_down

• Technology of conventional and non-traditional materials removal processes
• Biomedical material removal processes
• Laser-based material removal processes
• Lightweight metals material removal processes
• Prediction of chip formation and tool wear
• Assessment of machined surface quality and integrity
• Material removal modelling techniques

Track 4: Additive Manufacturingkeyboard_arrow_down

• Lightweight and efficient structures using AM
• Fabrication of advanced material systems by AM
• Microstructure and mechanical properties of materials and structures fabricated by AM
• Embedded sensors and integrated functionalities using AM
• Bio-AM and applications of AM in medical device manufacturing
• AM as enabling technology in surface tailoring, and part repair and restoration
• Multi-scale, physics-based modelling of AM processes
• Design for AM and topology optimisation
• Next generation of AM technologies and process planning

Track 5: Smart Manufacturing and Cyber-Physical Systemskeyboard_arrow_down

• Cyber security
• Remote monitoring and control in cyber workspace
• Cloud-enabled CPS in production planning, control and execution
• Real-time sensing, diagnosis and prognosis for distant maintenance
• Big data analytics for manufacturing planning and control
• Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and applications
• Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet
• Digital Twins for industry digitisation
• Machine learning in smart manufacturing
• Industrial applications of CPS/IoT/Cloud in manufacturing environment

Track 6: Manufacturing Education and Case Studieskeyboard_arrow_down

• Innovative manufacturing education and workforce development programs
• Innovative tools for manufacturing education
• Professional development in the manufacturing community
• Manufacturing and ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
• Workforce development through federal initiatives, e.g., Manufacturing USA
• Manufacturing methods for new materials or product features
• Process monitoring, control, and traceability technologies
• Novel measurement and visualisation methods applied to manufacturing
• Predictive maintenance methods
• Digital Manufacturing
• Industrial applications in real-world environments

Track 7: Sustainable Manufacturingkeyboard_arrow_down

• Improving energy and material efficiencies of manufacturing processes and systems
• Reducing industrial resource utilization, wastes, and toxic emissions
• Recovering recycling materials and end-of-life products
• Reusing recovered/reprocessed materials and resources (circular economy)
• Redesigning next generation sustainable products and processes
• Remanufacturing
• Life cycle assessment of manufactured products and services
• Applying smart manufacturing technologies for sustainable manufacturing
• Developing novel product, process, and systems analysis metrics methods and tools for sustainability assessment (6-R initiatives)
• Policy/regulatory issues for sustainable manufacturing
• Socio-economic and health and safety issues
• Alternative materials and energy sources