Review Tracks
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Track 1: Manufacturing Systems – General Submission
- 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 Submission
- 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 Removal
- 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 Manufacturing
- 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 Systems
- 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 Studies
- 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 Manufacturing (NEW!)
- 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