This book brings together the latest advances in, and applications of, manufacturing science and engineering. It comprises 976 papers, selected from among 3062 papers which were submitted by universities and industrial laboratories all over the world. All of chosen papers were subjected to strict peer-review.The major areas covered are: Materials behavior; Casting and solidification; Powder metallurgy and ceramic forming; Surface, subsurface, and interface phenomena; Coatings and surface engineering; Composite materials; Materials forming; Machining; Nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing; Biomedical manufacturing; Environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes and systems; Manufacturing process planning and scheduling; Meso/micro manufacturing equipment and processes; Modeling, analysis, and simulation of manufacturing processes; Computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering; Semiconductor materials manufacturing; Laser based manufacturing; Precision molding processes; Joining processes; Rapid manufacturing technologies; Non-traditional manufacturing; Nanofabrication, nanometrology and applications; Metrology and measurement.
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