Program

IMECE – TECHNICAL INTRODUCTION

The International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) is ASME’s largest research and development (R&D) conference focused primarily on mechanical engineering while encompassing perspectives from many engineering disciplines. Each year, roughly 2400 papers, presentations, and posters are presented at IMECE in 17 core tracks. Attendees include the leading researchers in their representative disciplines, with the majority of presenters coming from academia, but also including experts from government and industry R&D labs. The greatest strength of IMECE is the breadth of research presented. With approximately 30 parallel sessions running over a 4-day technical program, every field is addressed. From critical advancements in mature fields to new and innovative areas of R&D.

IMECE Keynotes include the world leaders in Mechanical Engineering and are consistently rated as a top reason to attend IMECE. Past Keynote speakers included a Noble Prize winner and high ranking officers (e.g., Vice President and CEO) of Fortune 500 companies. Another 25 track plenaries included topic-specific leaders and award recipients.

Fast Facts from 2019 IMECE

• 2500 Attendees
• 300 Technical Sessions (see word cloud of session names)
• 150 Committee Meetings and Special Events
• Largest four tracks (by presentations): Mechanics of Solids, Structures, and Fluids; Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering; Advanced Materials; and Advanced Manufacturing
• Average session attendance was 28.4 attendees
• 91% of presenters were satisfied by their involvement in IMECE 2019
• Over 400 posters were presented at IMECE 2019, and more than $5,000 in prizes awarded for in poster competitions, with another $20,000 of NSF travel grants for student poster presenters

Track	Track Chair(s)	Track Co-Chair(s)
1. Acoustics, Vibration, and Phononics	Haijun Liu, Temple University	Weidong Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Yongfeng Xu, University of Cincinnati
2. Advanced Manufacturing	William J Emblom	Chetan Nikhare, Penn State Erie Muhammad Jaha, Miami University Scott Thompson, Kansas State University
3. Advanced Materials: Design, Processing, Characterization and Applications	Min Zhou, Georgia Tech	Hareesh Tippur, Auburn University
4. Advances in Aerospace Technology	Yingtao Liu	Erkan Oterkus
5. Biomedical and Biotechnology	Ahmed Al-Jumaily, Auckland University of Technology	Linxia Gu, Florida Institute of Technology Martin Tanaka, Western Carolina University, NC Sara Wilson, The University of Kansas
6. Design, Systems and Complexity	Caterina RIZZI	Giorgio COLOMBO Miri WEISS COHEN
7. Dynamics, Vibration, and Control	Dumitru I. Caruntu, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Marco Amabili, McGill University Bogdan Epureanu, University of Michigan
8. Energy	Partha Mukherjee	Michail Nitsas Hohyun Lee
9. Engineering Education	Subha Kumpaty	Salim Azzouz
10. Fluids Engineering	Charlie Zheng	Philipp Epple
11. Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering	Brent Webb	Sandra Boetcher
12. Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids	Taher Saif, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Marco Amabili, McGill University
13. Micro- and Nano-Systems Engineering and Packaging	Nazmul Islam	Zayd Leseman Namwon Kim
14. Safety Engineering, Risk, and Reliability Analysis	Mihai A. Diaconeasa	Andrey Morozov John Wiechel
15. ASME International Undergraduate Research and Design Exposition	Eleonora Tubaldi
16. National Science Foundation	Dr. Siddiq Qidwai, NSF	Marriner Merrill, U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
17. Research Posters	Prof. Albert Ratner	Prof. Omid Askari