Topics may include, but are not limited to:

 

Design

 

Biomimetics
Design for Bio Manufacturing
Design for Micro Manufacturing
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Design for Sustainability

 

CAD and 3D data acquisition technologies

 

3D digitising
BioCAD
Fast geometrical modelling schemes
Haptic CAD
Image-based modelling systems
Metrology
nD Modelling
Photogrammetry
X-ray tomography and NMR

 

Concurrent engineering

 

Collaborative decision-making
Concurrent product development
Frameworks for information sharing

 

Virtual environments and simulation

 

Intelligent computing
Internet-based product development
Knowledge based systems
Simulation and optimisation of manufacturing processes
Virtual and augmented reality
Virtual engineering and manufacturing
Virtual enterprise engineering
Web-based information systems

 

Materials

 

Advanced materials for additive technologies
Biomaterials
Ceramics
Composites
Liquid Crystals
Metals
Polymers

 

Rapid tooling and manufacturing

 

Conformal cooling
Small batch production methods
Systems for the direct manufacturing of metallic and ceramic components

 

Advanced technologies

 

Advances on material removal and addition technologies
Hybrid systems
Microfabrication
Nanofabrication
Research on new additive and non-additive technologies

 

Applications

 

Architecture and art
Aerospace industry
Automotive industry
Biomedical technology
Building Information Models in Construction
Jewellery
Model-making and tool-making