Scope of the Conference

Papers are invited on the following subjects but are not limited to them:

• Mechatronics in product applications
• Mechatronics in manufacturing processes
• Mechatronics in manufacturing machinery
• Automotive applications of Mechatronics
• Mechatronics in handling dimensionally unstable materials
• Mechatronics in textile manufacture
• Mechatronics as an aid to disability
• Mechatronics in medical engineering and applications
• Mechatronics in other non-industrial applications, e.g. agriculture
• Novel computing methods as an aid to synergy, e.g. fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms
• Mechatronics in MEMS (Micro-electronic and Micro-mechanical Systems)
• Mechatronics in electronic packaging manufacturing
• Novel components for mechatronic systems, e.g. sensors and actuators
• Mechatronics as an aid to machine mobility, e.g. AGVs
• Mechatronic system modeling: tools, analysis and simulation
• Mechatronics in precision machining
• Mechatronics in calibration, measurement and inspection
• Micro-Mechatronics
• Vibration and noise control
• Sensing and Control
• Infomechatronics
• System design

Panel Sessions are planned based on

• The role of Mechatronics in Medicine
  Chair: Prof. Yildirim Hurmuzlu, Southern Methodist University
  Co-Chair: Prof. John Gardner, Pennsylvania State University

• The role of Mechatronics in Precision Machining
  Chair: Prof. David Trumper, MIT
  Co-Chair: Dr. David A. Stephenson, General Motors

• The role of Mechatronics in MEMS Evolution and Development
  Chair: Prof. Peter Hesketh, University of Chicago
  Co-Chair: Dr. Xiaoyi Ding, Motorola

• Achieving Condition-Based Maintenance through Mechatroinc
  Chair: Richard S. Cowan, Center for Integrated Diagnostics, Atlanta, GA
  Co-Chair: Ronald Wagner, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA

• Research Funding Opportunities
  Chair: Dr. Alison Flatau, P.E.
              Program Director, Dynamic Systems and Controls
              Controls, Mechanics and Materials Cluster
              National Science Foundation, USA

A Special Workshop is also planned on Mechatronics Education in the next Millennium
          Chair:   Prof. I. Charles Ume
                        Phone: +1-(404)894-7411
                        Fax: +1-(404)894-9342
                        E-mail: charles.ume@me.gatech.edu

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