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 1,600 papers, presentations, and posters are presented at IMECE in 17 core tracks. Attendees include the leading researchers in their representative disciplines from academia, government, and industry R&D labs. The greatest strength of IMECE is the breadth of research presented. With approximately 25 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.
Track 1: Acoustics, Vibration, and Phononics
Yousof Azizi
Bridgestone Americas Technical Center
Akron, OH
Track Chair
Michael Frazier
University of California San Diego
Track Co-Chair
Yongfeng Xu
University of Cincinnati
Track Co-Chair
Track 2: Advanced Design and Information Technologies
Miri Weiss-Cohen
ORT Braude College of Engineering
Karmiel, Israel
Track Chair
Marco Rossoni
Politecnico di Milano
Milano, Italy
Track Co-Chair
Rodrigo Silva
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Ouro Preto - MG – Brasil
Track Co-Chair
Track 3: Advanced Manufacturing
Scott Thompson
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Track Chair
Ross Salary
Marshall University
Huntington, WV
Track Co-Chair
Yifei Jin
University of Nevada
Reno, NV
Track Co-Chair
Sekhar Rakurty
THE M. K. MORSE COMPANY
Canton, Ohio
Track Co-Chair
Track 4: Advanced Materials: Design, Processing, Characterization and Applications
Hanqing Jiang
Track Chair
Curt Bronkhorst
Track Co-Chair
Track 5: Advances in Aerospace Technology
Zhangxian Yuan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
Track Chair
Yi Wang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Track Co-Chair
Track 6: Biomedical & Biotechnology Engineering
Yi (Jason) Hua
University of Mississippi
University, MS
Track Chair
Yuan Feng
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Track Co-Chair
Linxia Gu
Florida Tech
Melbourne, FL
Track Co-Chair
Ahmed Al-Jumaily
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
Track Co-Chair
Track 7: Dynamics, Vibration and Control
Eleonora Tubaldi
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Track Chair
Kostas Karazis
Framatome Inc.
Lynchburg, VA
Track Co-Chair
Francesco Pellicano
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Track Co-Chair
Track 8: Energy
Jun Xu
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Track Chair
Adriano Sciacovelli
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
Track Co-Chair
Guangdong Zhu
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, CO
Track Co-Chair
Track 9: Engineering Education
Salim Azzouz
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, TX
Track Chair
Anabela Alves
Universidade de Minho
Guimarães, Portugal
Track Co-Chair
Subha Kumpaty
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI
Track Co-Chair
Track 10: Fluids Engineering
Marianne Francois
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
Track Chair
Ning (Michael) Zhang
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Track Co-Chair
Track 11: Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering
Milind A. Jog
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Track Chair
Kevin Dowding
Sandia National Laboratory
Albuquerque, NM
Track Co-Chair
Track 12: Mechanics of Solids, Structures, and Fluids
Kenji Takizawa
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
Track Chair
Samantha Daly
Track Co-Chair
Track 13: Micro- and Nano-Systems Engineering and Packaging
Uttam Chakravarty
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
Track Chair
Annie Xian Zhang
Track Co-Chair
In-Hyouk Song
Texas State University
Track Co-Chair
Track 14: Safety Engineering, Risk and Reliability Analysis
William Paul Munsell Jr.
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
Track Chair
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
North Carolina State University
Track Co-Chair
Track 15: ASME Undergraduate Expo
Mohsen Ghamari
Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Track Chair
Track 16: NSF Track
Siddiq Qidwai
NSF
Forum Co-Chair
Wenbin Yu
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Forum Co-Chair
Po-Hao Adam Huang
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Forum Co-Chair
Dumitru (Micky) Caruntu
University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
Forum Co-Chair
Marriner Merrill
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
Forum Co-Chair
Track 17: Research Posters
Omid Askari
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Track Chair
Reuben Kraft
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Track Co-Chair
Congress-wide Symposia Accepting Abstracts: