Topics include but are not limited to the following areas: (I) Mechanical Engineering (1) Mechanical Dynamics and Vibration (2) Mechanical Strength (3) Mechanical Friction, Wear and Lubrication (4) Mechanical Design (5) Robot Technology and Applications (6) Vehicle Engineering (II) Manufacturing Processes and Systems (7) Surface Engineering/Coatings (8) Welding & Joining (9) Laser Processing (10) Powder Metallurgy (11) Severe Plastic Deformation (12) Tribology in Manufacturing Processes (13) Theory and Application of Friction and Wear (14) Casting and solidification (15) CAD/CAE/CAM (16) Rapid Prototyping, Manufacturing, and Tooling (17) Virtual Manufacturing, and Simulation (III) Materials Science (18) Metals and Alloy materials (19) Energy materials (20) Nanomaterials (21) Environmental coordination materials (22) Biomedical Materials (23) Polymer science and technology (24) Polymer and composite materials (25) Ceramic materials and properties (26) Functional materials (27) Microelectronic materials (28) Materials chemistry (29) Synthesis and processing (30) Thin film growth process and properties (31) Surface treatment (32) Construction materials (33) Thermal management