International Conference On Advances in Mechanical Engineering (AME-2008)

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International Conference On Advances in Mechanical Engineering (AME-2008)

December 15-17, 2008

Convenor
Dr. R. Venkata Rao

Co-Convenors
Dr. D.P. Vakharia
Mr. Dinesh Singh

Organised by
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Surat – 395 007
Gujarat State, India

About the Conference:

The international conference on 'Advances in Mechanical Engineering (AME-2008)' is scheduled to be held during December 15-17, 2008. The objective of this conference is to bring together experts from academic institutions, industries and research organizations and professional engineers for sharing of knowledge, expertise and experience in the emerging trends related to Mechanical Engineering education and research.

The conference is structured as plenary lectures followed by parallel sessions.

The plenary lectures will be delivered by the eminent personalities at international level invited to introduce the theme of the conference. Each
parallel session starts with an invited talk on specific topic followed by contributed papers.

Papers are invited from the prospective authors from industries, academic institutions, R&D organizations and from professional engineers.

Potential topics to be addressed in this conference include, but are not limited to, the following:

(A). Design and Manufacturing:

• Life Cycle Design of Products
• Design for Environment
• Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
• Applications of FEA in Design
• Concurrent Engineering
• PDM, PLM, Collaborative Product Design & Commerce
• Condition Monitoring and Vibration Analysis
• Reliability Engineering
• Industrial Tribology
• Applications of AI Techniques in Design and Manufacturing
• Modeling & Optimization of Systems and Processes
• Automation and Robotics
• Non-Traditional Manufacturing Processes
• Advanced Metal Forming, Welding & Casting techniques
• Agile & Lean Manufacturing
• Logistics and SCM
• CAD/CAM/FMS/CIMS
• Reverse Engineering, RP/RT
• Micro-Machining, Nano-Technology & Smart Materials
• Mechatronics, MEMS, NEMS
• Case Studies

(B). Thermal Engineering:

• Computational Heat and Mass Transfer
• Internal Combustion Engines
• Alternate fuels
• Advanced Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
• Turbo Machines and Fluid Power Engineering
• Renewable and Nonconventional Energy Sources, Energy Systems
• Cryogenics
• Computational Methods in Thermal Engineering, Optimization Methods, CFD
• Case Studies

Registration Fee:

• Students/Research Scholars: Rs. 1000 (for Indians) $150 (for foreigners)

• Faculty members from academic institutions:
Rs. 2000 (for Indians)
$300 (for foreigners)
• Delegates from industries and R&D organizations:
Rs. 3000 (for Indians)
$400 (for foreigners)

The registration fee enables the participants to receive the conference kit, proceedings, lunch, dinner, etc. during the conference days.

Important Dates:

Extended abstracts of the research papers may be sent either as an e-mail attachment (icame2008@rediffmail.com) or as a hard copy. The paper should be typed single space on A-4 sheets with 1" margin on all sides in 11-font size Arial.

Extended Abstracts Due: 5th October 2008

Abstract Acceptance: 15th October 2008

Camera-ready Full Paper Due: 10th November 2008

Notification of Acceptance: 20th November 2008

Registration Fees Due: 28th November 2008

Some of the selected papers will be considered subsequently for possible publication in few Inderscience Journals.

Correspondence Address:

Dr. R. Venkata Rao
Professor & Head
S. V. National Institute of Technology (SV NIT)
Surat – 395 007, Gujarat, India
Phones: 91-261-2201571; 91-9925207027

E-mail: icame2008@rediffmail.com
ravipudirao@yahoo.com

For more details visit:
www.svnit.ac.in