CSME 

Advanced Energy Systems

Advanced energy conversion/storage, renewable energy resources, sustainable energy production, energy system analysis/optimization

Co-Chairs: XiaoYu Wu, Leyla Amiri, Sunny Ri Li

Advanced Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing (3D printing), AI in manufacturing, automation, computer-aided design and manufacturing, computer-aided inspection, computer-integrated manufacturing, digital manufacturing, digital twin, flexible manufacturing systems, industry 4.0, machining, manufacturing metrology, product-development cycle, rapid prototyping, remanufacturing, smart manufacturing

Co-Chairs: Farbod Khameneifar, Sayyed Ali Hosseini, Adam Clare

Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical instrumentation, biomechanics, bio-inspired design, biofabrication

Co-Chairs: T.R. Jenkyn, Yuan Yao

Computational Mechanics

Computational mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, computational solid mechanics, computational dynamics, computational multiscale modeling, AI

Co-Chairs: Cuiying Jian, Sardar Malek

Engineering Analysis & Design

Advanced design methods, design for manufacturing, systems design, product design, DFX, design in OBE, advanced computational analysis (FE/CFD/multiphysics/multiscale), engineering design/analysis codes/standards/software, design of multifunctional materials and structures, design for sustainability, and design for manufacturing and assembly

Co-Chairs: Aman Usmani, Woo Soo Kim, Bosco Yu, Hamid Akbarzadeh

Environmental Engineering

Wind engineering, wind energy, wind environmental engineering, renewable engineering (wind, solar, etc.), bioprocess engineering, sustainable energy conversion and utilization, decarbonization pathways in mechanical systems, air pollutant emissions from combustion systems, emission measurement and monitoring of energy systems, greenhouse gas (GHG) quantification and inventory development, energy transition and environmental resilience

Co-Chairs:  Lexuan Zhong, Vahid Hosseini, Ofelia Jianu

Fluid Mechanics Engineering

Turbulence, biological fluid dynamics, non-Newtonian flows, porous media flow, bubbles and droplets, cavitation, particle-laden flows, geophysical fluid dynamics, reacting flows, buoyancy-driven flow, flow instability, interfacial flows, aerodynamics, compressible flow, experimental, numerical, and machine learning methods for fluid mechanics

Co-Chairs: Arman Hemmati, Fabian Denner, Sheldon Green

Machines & Mechanisms

CAD, machine dynamics, gears and power transmission, mechanisms synthesis, intelligent machines, kinematic modelling, dynamic modelling

Co-Chairs: Juan Antonio Carretero, Scott Nokleby, Kefei Wen

Materials Technology

Materials engineering, advanced materials technology, materials processing/characterization/testing, materials modelling, materials informatics

Co-Chairs: Zengtao Chen, William Altenhof, Abbas Milani, Ali Nasiri

Mechatronics, Robotics & Controls

Actuation, sensing, robotics, kinematic modelling for control, dynamic modelling for control, planning, fabrication, interfacing, sensor fusion, autonomous systems, classical control, intelligent control and mechatronics, biomimetic control, multi-agent control, AI for control and robotics, control applications

Co-Chairs: Yang Shi, Homayoun Najjaran, Ryozo Nagamune

Microtechnology & Nanotechnology

MEMS, NEMS, nanomaterials, micro- and nanofabrication, micro- and nanodevices, micro- and nanofluidics, lab-on-a-chip, bioMEMS, organ-on-a-chip, micro- and nanoscale instrumentation, micro/nano robotics, automation at microscale

Co-Chairs: John Wen, Edmond Young, Xian Wang, Behraad Bahreyni

Solid Mechanics

Mechanics of architected materials, shape-changing metamaterials, 3D-printed smart materials, origami and kirigami materials, multifunctional composites, intelligent and active materials, machine learning-assisted structural design, materials by design, multiscale multiphysics simulation, engineered materials for vibration attenuation and noise control, fracture mechanics and fatigue of materials

Co-Chairs: Hamid Akbarzadeh, Liying Jiang, Mohammad Khondoker, Srikanth Phani

Thermal Science & Engineering

Conduction, convection, radiation, heat exchanger, phase change (melting/solidification, boiling/condensation), thermal design, heat transfer materials, inverse method, coupled heat transfer, mass transfer and humidity exchangers

Co-Chairs: Sébastien Poncet, Steve Rogak, Ali Hakkaki-Fard

Transportation Systems

Road/rail vehicles, intelligent transportation systems, hybrid electric/electric vehicles, (semi-)autonomous vehicles, vehicle dynamics, vehicle design, active safety systems, interactions of driver-vehicle-road, clean combustion, emissions reduction, alternate fuels, design of marine vessels, maritime transportation, underwater robotics and sensing

Co-Chairs: Yuping He, Bruce Minaker, Jasmin Jelovica

Sustainable Cooling in Cities

Heatwave, urban heat island, nature-based solution, radiative cooling, grey solutions, climate change, decarbonization, electrification, resilience, building

Chair: Liangzhu Leon Wang

Weather Adaptive Engineering

Weather-informed engineering systems, adverse weather impact mitigation, thermal management in extreme climates, icing and anti-icing technologies and applications, turbine blade soiling and erosion, structural responses to weather stressors, sensor soiling and degradation

Chair: Martin Agelin-Chaab

Mechanical Engineering Education

Pedagogical methods and evaluation, course and program design, design education, experiential learning, professional competencies, industry partnerships, internships and co-op, educational technologies and software

Co-Chairs: Juan Abelló, Vladan Prodanovic

Fluid Structure Interactions

Flow-induced vibrations, hydro- and aero-elasticity of fixed- and rotary wings and blades, bio-inspired fluid-structure interactions, acoustically-coupled flows, flow-induced noise, and problems related to unsteady fluid dynamics

Co-Chairs: Peter Oshkai, Mojtaba Kheiri, Frédérick Gosselin

CFDSC 

Computational Methods & Model Development

Data assimilation, DNS/LES, error/uncertainty quantification, high-order methods, hybrid RANS/LES methods, machine learning, mesh adaptation/generation, model reduction, optimization, turbulence modelling

Co-Chairs: Clinton Groth, Rajeev Jaiman

Canonical Flows, Flow Physics & Turbulence

Canonical flows, flow physics, fundamental studies, turbulence

Co-Chairs: Stéphane Moreau, Fabian Denner

Compressible & Multiphysics Flows

Aerosols/sprays, astrophysical flows, combustion, compressible flows, conducting fluid and plasma flows, fluid-structure interactions, heat transfer, interfacial flows, multiphase flows, non-equilibrium flows, reactive flows, thermal science

Co-Chairs: Joshua Brinkerhoff, James G. McDonald

Applications of CFD 

Aeroacoustics, aerodynamics, automotive engineering, biological and biomedical flows, environmental flows, hydraulic flows, marine and ocean engineering, wind engineering

Co-Chairs: Heather Peng, Marlène Sanjosé

CSR

Biorheology

Blood flow, cell mechanics, tissue viscoelasticity, biofluid dynamics, microcirculation, bioprinting materials, hemorheology, mucus rheology, biomedical flow modeling

Co-Chairs: Caroline Wagner, James J. Feng

Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Viscoelastic modeling, shear banding, thixotropy, yield stress behavior, CFD simulations, time-dependent flows, flow instabilities, multiphase systems, constitutive equations

Co-Chairs: Ida Karimfazli, Gwynn Elfring

Applied Rheology and Rheometry

LAOS techniques, process rheometry, inline measurement, rheological calibration, data-driven rheology, oscillatory testing, quality control, industrial applications, material characterization

Co-Chairs: Nicole R. Demarquette, Ehsan Behzadfar

Materials and Polymer Processing

Polymer melts, nanocomposites, reactive extrusion, biopolymers, process simulation, recycled polymers, blend rheology, additive manufacturing, structure–property relations

Co-Chairs: Milana Trifkovic, Savvas G. Hatzikirikos

Soft Matter and Interfaces

Colloidal gels, foams and emulsions, interfacial rheology, surfactant dynamics, liquid crystals, self-assembly, active matter, soft interfaces, phase transitions

Co-Chairs: Giovanniantonio Natale, John M. Frostad