<p>The conference topics include, but not limited to the following broad areas:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Design Engineering:</strong> FEA/FEM, Tribology and Maintenance, Stress Analysis and Fracture Mechanics, Simulation & Modelling, Vibration and Noise Control, Non-linear Mechanical Systems, Dynamic Systems, Computational Mechanics, Mechatronics, etc.</p></li><li><p><strong>Manufacturing Engineering:</strong> CAM/CIM/FMS, Group technology, e-manufacturing, Rapid prototyping, Non-traditional Machining, Robotics, MEMS, Nanotechnology, Metal Cutting and Tool Design, Knowledge Management in Manufacturing, etc.</p></li><li><p><strong>Thermal Engineering: </strong>Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, IC Engine, Automobile Engineering, Combustion and Pollution Control, Thermal Power Plants, Thermal Systems, Jet Propulsion, Turbo Machines, Refrigeration & Air conditioning, Energy Conservation, Management & Audit, etc.</p></li><li><p><strong>Materials & Processing:</strong> New and Smart Materials, Composite Materials, MMC, FRP, CMC, Nano Composites, Behaviour of Advanced Materials, Fatigue and Fracture, Advanced Processing Techniques, etc.</p></li><li><p><strong>Industrial Engineering and Management:</strong> TQM/TPM/SPC/FMEF/QFD/QC, ERP/BPR/CAPP, Six Sigma/Taguchi Techniques, Scheduling/Plant Layout/Materials Handling, Time and Work Study, Ergonomics, Supply Chain Management, Reliability and Maintenance Engineering, System Dynamics, Agile/Lean/Concurrent Manufacturing, Operations Research Applications, Non-traditional Optimization Techniques (Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Network, GA, SA Techniques etc), etc.</p></li><li><p><strong>Applied Sciences:</strong> Biomaterials, Quasi Crystals & Metallic Glasses, Renewable & Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Fuel Cell Technology, Super Conducting Materials, Spin Systems, Corrosion Analysis, Fluid Dynamics, Combinatorics, Stochastic Process, Graph Labelling & Matrix Approach, etc.</p></li></ul>