CSME 

Advanced Energy Systems

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

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 

Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical instrumentation, biomechanics, bio-inspired design 

Computational Mechanics

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

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, 

Environmental Engineering

Wind engineering, wind energy, wind environmental engineering, renewable engineering (wind, solar, etc.), bioprocess engineering, clean technology engineering 

Fluid Mechanics

Turbulent and shear flows, unsteady flows, aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, bio-inspired fluid dynamics, multiphase flow 

Machines & Mechanisms

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

Materials Technology

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

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 

Microtechnology & Nanotechnology

MEMS, NEMS, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, nanomaterials, nanofabrication, nanodevices, bioMEMS, organ-on-a-chip, micro- and nanoscale instrumentation, portable soft robotics 

Smart Production Systems

Systems integration, smart factory, supply chain management, operations research in smart manufacturing, logistics and materials handling, human factors and ergonomics, smart decision support systems, cyber-physical systems, virtual/augmented/mixed reality, IoT, AI-based systems, assembly/disassembly 

Solid Mechanics

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

Sustainable Practices in Engineering

Circular economy, sustainable design, sustainable production, product longevity, Industry 5.0, lifecycle sustainability assessment, techno-economic analysis, decarbonization, reverse logistics, sustainable engineering education, resource sustainability, sustainable infrastructure 

Thermal Science & Engineering

Conduction, convection, radiation, heat exchanger, phase change (melting/solidification, boiling/condensation), thermal design, heat transfer fluids, inverse heat transfer 

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 

Special Topic: Hydraulic Turbines

Vibrations and fatigue, wear and erosion, mechanical behaviour, design and topology optimization, multiphysics optimization and couplings, noise and acoustic stress reduction, manufacturing and repair processes

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 

Canonical Flows, Flow Physics & Turbulence 

Canonical flows, flow physics, fundamental studies, turbulence 

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 

Applications of CFD 

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

Special Topic: Hydraulic Turbines

Vibrations and fatigue, wear and erosion, mechanical behaviour, design and topology optimization, multiphysics optimization and couplings, noise and acoustic stress reduction, manufacturing and repair processes

CSR

Theoretical & Computational Rheology, Rheometry 

Advanced rheometric techniques, computational rheology (incl. AI), microrheology, non-newtonian fluid mechanics, rheo-optics 

Applied Rheology 

Biofluids, biorheology, colloids, food rheology, industrial rheology, polymer processing, suspensions, slurries 

* these three symposia are sponsored by the Canadian National Committee for Mechanics 

Credit © Alexandre Choquette – Tourisme Montréal