SME NAMRC 53: 53rd SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference Clemson University, SC Greenville, SC, United States, June 23-27, 2025 |
| Conference website | https://namrc.sme.org/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smenamrc53 |
| Submission deadline | November 1, 2024 |
Instructions for Authors to Submit Papers to NAMRC 53
Conditions:
Papers submitted to the 53rd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 53) must be prepared using the conference paper template in Microsoft Word or LaTeX, and they must strictly follow the instructions in the template. NAMRC papers should only report unpublished materials of the authors, and/or be review of the state of the art. Each paper must have a speaker identified at the time of paper submission. Each paper shall consist of a minimum of 3 (Three) pages and a maximum of 12 (Twelve) pages. After review, high quality papers will be recommended to be fast-tracked to SME's Journal of Manufacturing Systems (JMS) and Journal of Manufacturing Processes (JMP).
Every accepted paper (including the fast-track papers described above) must be presented in person at NAMRC 53 by an author. Unregistered authors (see the deadline below) and/or unpresented papers will be removed from the NAMRC Proceedings in Manufacturing Letters, JMS, or JMP.
Submission and Review Procedures:
To submit your paper to NAMRC 53 please select one of the seven tracks for submission via EasyChair:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smenamrc53
Track 1: Manufacturing Systems - General Submission
Track 2: Manufacturing Processes - General Submission
Track 3: Material Removal
Track 4: Additive Manufacturing
Track 5: Smart Manufacturing and Cyber-Physical Systems
Track 6: Manufacturing Education and Case Studies
Track 7: Sustainable Manufacturing
NAMRC paper review will be handled by the Scientific Committee of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI/SME). Each paper will be evaluated by at least three experts before a review decision is made.
Option for Industrial Authors:
Authors from industry who cannot get permission to submit full papers, are allowed to submit an abstract for “presentation only”. For abstract submission in this case, industry authors should also use the NAMRC paper template but provide title, authors, affiliations, and abstract only. Abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair for review. However, these abstracts will NOT appear in the proceedings.
Important Dates:
Full paper submission: November 1, 2024 (No submissions will be accepted after November 15)
Paper Review Completed: January 6, 2025
Review Result Notification: January 27, 2025
Revised Paper Submission: February 17, 2025
Paper Acceptance Notification: March 7, 2025
Final Paper Submission: March 24, 2025
Author Registration Deadline: April 14, 2025
NAMRI/SME Scientific Committee Organization:
Track 1: Manufacturing Systems – General Submission
This track accepts papers in the general areas of manufacturing systems in, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Biomedical manufacturing systems
- Nano and micro manufacturing systems
- Modeling and simulation of complext manufacturing systems
- Computer-aided manufacturing and robotics
- Wireless sensors and sensor networks for manufacturing
- Manufacturing systems of renewable energy devices, electric vehicles, roll-to-roll fabrication
- Human factors and man-machine interactions in manufacturing
- Quality and reliability
Track 2: Manufacturing Processes – General Submission
This track accepts papers in the general areas of manufacturing processes – except for material removal operations – in, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Mechanics, tribology and technology of material forming, powder consolidation, casting, joining and polymer and composites processing
- Dimensional and surface metrology, and part surface integrity
- Biomedical manufacturing processes
- Hybrid manufacturing processes
- Manufacturing processes of renewable energy devices, electric vehicles, roll-to-roll fabrication
- Laser-based processes
- Lightweight metals manufacturing processes
- Dynamics and control of high-precision machine tools and structures
Track 3: Material Removal
This track accepts papers in the general areas of material removal in, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Technology of conventional and non-traditional materials removal processes
- Biomedical material removal processes
- Laser-based material removal processes
- Lightweight metals material removal processes
- Prediction of chip formation and tool wear
- Assessment of machined surface quality and integrity
- Material removal modelling techniques
Track 4: Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been demonstrated as a key enabling technology to faster new product development, novel structure realisation, new material development, and production of multi-functional structures. As seen in many applications, AM brings a profound change in how a structure is manufactured without compromising performance. Yet, the realisation of not only the best but also consistent properties in fabricated materials systems and structures remains as a grand challenge for further adoption and integration of AM in various industrial applications. This track thus aims to bring together scientists, researchers, and engineers from academia, national labs, and industries with common interests in development of new structures and material systems via AM. New design methodologies and new AM process development which facilitate the realisation of such structures and material systems are also of interest. Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
- Lightweight and efficient structures using AM
- Fabrication of advanced material systems by AM
- Microstructure and mechanical properties of materials and structures fabricated by AM
- Embedded sensors and integrated functionalities using AM
- Bio-AM and applications of AM in medical device manufacturing
- AM as enabling technology in surface tailoring, and part repair and restoration
- Multi-scale, physics based modelling of AM processes
- Design for AM and topology optimisation
- Next generation of AM technologies and process planning
Track 5: Smart Manufacturing and Cyber-Physical Systems
Smart manufacturing is defined by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as the fully integrated collaborative manufacturing systems that respond in real time to meet changing demands and conditions in the factory, in the supply network, and in customer needs. Smart manufacturing systems are cyber-physical systems (CPS) by nature and supported by smart manufacturing processes through seamless integration of processes and systems. The smartness of this integrated process-system is enabled by sensing, monitoring and control from bottom up as well as planning, scheduling and execution from top down, with overall better adaptability and resilience. Papers addressing advancement and future potentials of smart manufacturing are welcome to be submitted to this track. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
- Cyber security
- Remote monitoring and control in cyber workspace
- Cloud-enabled CPS in production planning, control and execution
- Real-time sensing, diagnosis and prognosis for distant maintenance
- Big data analytics for manufacturing planning and control
- Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and applications
- Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet
- Digital Twins for industry digitalization
- Machine learning in manufacturing
- Idustrial applications of CPS/IoT/Cloud in manufacturing environment
Track 6: Manufacturing Education and Case Studies
Papers on industrial application and manufacturing education are particularly welcome for submission to this track. Papers should address the engineering rationale for the work, the analytical and/or test-work done to develop a solution, areas for further research identified through the work, and initial pilot or production application experience. Moreover, it should be observed that the renaissance in US manufacturing cannot be undertaken and sustained unless it is supported by a skilled workforce at all levels of the manufacturing organization. Therefore, a goal of this track is also to exchange ideas in order to improve manufacturing education to better meet current and future industry needs. Papers for this track are welcome from not only the manufacturing community but also outside the manufacturing community (e.g., primary and secondary education). Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Innovative manufacturing education and workforce development programs
- Innovative tools for manufacturing education
- Professional development in the manufacturing community
- Manufacturing and ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
- Workforce development through federal initiatives, e.g., Manufacturing USA
- Manufacturing methods for new materials or product features
- Process monitoring, control, and traceability technologies
- Novel measurement and visualisation methods applied to manufacturing
- Predictive maintenance methods
- Digital Manufacturing
- Industrial applications in real-world environments
Track 7: Sustainable Manufacturing
The goal of this Track is to enable new sustainability-related research activities and findings to be disseminated and discussed at NAMRC, which include: 1) high-quality sustainable product and processes, 2) a resilient supply chain through research, practice, and standardization, and 3) sustainability evaluation, sensor integration, data fusion, cloud computing, DA, and AI that relate to sustainable manufacturing. The topics are all relevant at the product, process, system, and supply chain levels, with significant impact on the advancement of circular economy. This track is also interested in case studies, protocols, practices, and standards that are used for improving sustainability. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Improving energy and material efficiencies of manufacturing processes and systems
- Reducing industrial resource utilization, wastes, and toxic emissions
- Recovering recycling materials and end-of-life products
- Reusing recovered/reprocessed materials and resources (circular economy)
- Redesigning next generation sustainable products and processes
- Remanufacturing
- Life cycle assessment of manufactured products and services
- Applying smart manufacturing technologies for sustainable manufacturing
- Developing novel product, process, and systems analysis metrics methods and tools for sustainability assessment (6-R initiatives)
- Policy/regulatory issues for sustainable manufacturing
- Socio-economic and health and safety issues
- Alternative materials and energy sources
For general questions regarding paper submission and review, please contact the NAMRI/SME Scientific Committee Chair (Prof. Xun Xu, x.xu@auckland.ac.nz) or Chair-Elect (Prof. Stefania Bruschi, stefania.bruschi@unipd.it).