Dear colleague,
I would like to inform you about the 1st International Conference on Engineering Manufacture, EM2022, which will take place in Porto, Portugal, 5-6 May 2022 (www.fe.up.pt/em2022). The conference venue is the campus of Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), which offers excellent facilities for high quality scientific interactions. FEUP is located in the town of Porto in the Northern region of Portugal. Porto is a beautiful and lively city, steeped in history and rich in great experiences. With its magnificent location by the Atlantic coast, Porto is the city of the world famous Port Wine and the River Douro.
This conference is held every year. The conference is chaired by Lucas F. M. da Silva and co-chaired by Fátima Vaz (Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal), Digavalli Ravi Kumar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India), Murat Tiryakioḡlu (Jacksonville University, Florida, USA), Ricardo Carbas (INEGI, Portugal) and Eduardo A. S. Marques (INEGI, Portugal). The focus is on engineering manufacture and will include works on additive manufacturing, vacuum assisted high pressure die casting, semi-solid metal casting, compressive and tensile forming processes, among many others.
The scientific committee includes Abel Santos (University of Porto, Portugal), Abílio de Jesus (University of Porto, Portugal), Beatriz Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Behnam Ashrafi (National Research Council Canada, Canada), Chris Nielsen (TU Denmark, Denmark), Dominiek Reynaerts (KU Leuven, Belgium), Fengzhou Fang (University College Dublin, Ireland), Frank Walther (TU Dortmund University, Germany), Gianni Nicoletto (University of Parma, Italy), Hisaki Watari (Tokyo Denki University, Japan), Jean François Chatelain (Mechanical Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada), João Paulo Davim (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Joost Duflou (KU Leuven, Belgium), Jorge Lino (University of Porto, Portugal), José C. Outeiro (Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, France), Junying Min (Tongji University, China), Klaus Dilger (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany), Matteo Strano (Polytechnic of Milan, Italy), Nageswara Rao Posinasetti (University of Northern Iowa, USA), Nicolas Saintier (Université de Bordeaux, France), Nima Shamsaei (Auburn University, USA), Paul G. Maropoulos (Manufacturing Technology Centre, UK), Paulo Martins (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Pedro-José Arrazola (Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Spain), Reza Beygi (INEGI, Portugal), Victor Songméné (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada) and Xiaochun Li (University of California, Los Angeles, USA).
Authors who wish to make a presentation (oral or poster) are requested to submit a short abstract (one single A4 page possibly with a diagram and references) in English, by 7 January 2022. The abstracts should be sent electronically to lucas@fe.up.pt. Indicate in the email if you want oral or poster presentation. The abstract template can be downloaded from the conference web site (www.fe.up.pt/em2022).
Conference proceedings (CD-ROM) with the accepted abstracts will be available at the registration. The CD-ROM will have an ISBN number.
Full papers will be published in special issues of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture (SAGE), Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (SAGE) and U.P. Journal of Engineering (University of Porto) (provided they meet the quality standards). The full papers (not compulsory) should be sent to the e-mail lucas@fe.up.pt before the 5th of May 2022. The text should be in single column format and double line spacing.
Important dates
7 January 2022 Abstract submission deadline
28 January 2022 Notification of acceptance to authors
11 February 2022 Early bird registration
Yours sincerely,
Lucas
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Lucas F M da Silva
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Editor in Chief of The Journal of Adhesion (TAYLOR & FRANCIS)
Editor in Chief of Proc. Inst. of Mech. Eng., Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications (SAGE)
Editor in Chief of Journal of Advanced Joining Processes (ELSEVIER)
Editor in Chief of U. Porto Journal of Engineering (UNIVERSITY OF PORTO)
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)
Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec)
Rua Dr Roberto Frias
4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Phone: +351225081706, email: lucas@fe.up.pt , web: ajpu.pt