Research Topics in Mechanical Engineering and Smart Manufacturing
1. Mechanical Engineering
- Fluid mechanics
- Robotics and Automation
- Design and manufacturing
- Energy systems (including renewable energy)
- Materials science
- Biomechanics
- Mechatronics
- Micro/nano-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
- Heat transfer
- Vibration analysis
- Advanced manufacturing techniques: additive manufacturing (3D printing)
- Microfluidics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Sustainable Energy Conversion
- Wearable Sensors
- Nanomanufacturing
- Aerospace
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Biomechanical Engineering
- Computational Mechanics
- Environmental Fluid Dynamics
- Micro/Nano
- Robotics
- Systems Engineering
- Thermal Science
- Fluid and Solid Mechanics
- Biomechanics
- Sustainable Energy
- Combustion and Energy Systems
- Fusion/Plasma/HEDP
- Materials Science
- Materials and Structures
- Precision Machining and Optics Manufacturing
- Design and Manufacturing
- Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
- Dynamics and Control
- Vibrations, Acoustics and Fluid-Structure Interaction
2. Smart Manufacturing
- Micro- and Nano-Scale Manufacturing (microfluidic devices, nanopositioning systems, fuel cells, and electronics, etc.)
- Manufacturing Systems and Information
- Renewable Energy and Environmentally Benign Manufacturing
- Industry 4.0
- Smart factories
- Cyber-physical systems (sensors, etc.)
- Manufacturing systems and communication networks
- Manufacturing system control and automation
- Additive manufacturing (AM)/direct digital manufacturing
- Micro-factory technology
- Knowledge based production management
- Computational intelligence in production management
- Intelligent manufacturing systems
- Intelligent human-machine system
- Agile, flexible, reactive manufacturing systems
- Modelling of business and operational processes
- Social networks for manufacturing
- Virtual, Digital and smart factory
- Production planning and scheduling
- Globalization and production management
- Social and cultural aspects of global supply chains
- Worldwide procurement, logistics and distribution management
- Sustainability and production management
- Energy efficiency in manufacturing
- Green manufacturing
- Reuse, remanufacture, disassembly and recycling
- Collaborative networks
- Collaborative tools in production and asset management
- Collaborative design
- Distributed systems and multi-agent technologies
- ICT for collaborative manufacturing
- Information systems for collaboration
- Innovation and collaborative networks
- Performance measurement and benchmarking
- Products and services personalisation
- Quality management for personalized products and services
3. AI and Data Science in Smart Manufacturing
- Integrated manufacturing and logistics systems
- Internet of Things and smart manufacturing
- Robotics and automation
- Robotic systems for smart manufacturing: standards and assessment
- Mechatronics and robotics
- Collaborative robots (Cobots)
- Robot operating systems
- The Internet of Things/The Industrial Internet
- Data science in manufacturing
- Productive application of AI in manufacturing
- Big data analytics
- Predictive Analytics or Real-time Data of Performance and Quality
- Preventive Maintenance and Fault Prediction
- Price Optimization
- Automation and Robotization in the Smart Factory
- Inventory management in large supply chains
- Simulation of large scale supply chains
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Inventory Management and Demand Forecasting
- 3D machine vision
- Efficiency and Computer Vision Applications