[Iefac.list] International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing

[Ali Kamrani]

International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing (IJRAPIDM) 
Editor-in-Chief: Ali K. Kamrani, Ph.D.



Special Inaugural Issue: "The Impact of Rapid Manufacturing on the
Engineering Design Process"

 

Call For papers

 

The engineering design process includes a set of activities arranged in a
specific order with the clearly identified inputs and outputs. The objective
of this process is to satisfy customer requirements and management
objectives. This process is considered efficient when output of the process
satisfies general customer and defined requirements, meets management
objectives and customer deadlines, and all these with reduced costs and
resources. For this purpose, many companies have established a concurrent
design process for their products. Technologies such as rapid prototyping,
rapid tooling and rapid manufacturing are designed to support this
systematic and integrated cycle. The next technological evolution in the
rapid prototyping technology is rapid manufacturing (RM). RM is the
automated fabrication of products directly from digital data. Some RM
processes make use of available RP technologies to manufacture finished
parts. Some new technologies have also been developed in support of the RM
applications.

 

The main advantage of RM is its ability to produce customized parts. Studies
have shown that many companies and agencies are considering the
applicability of RM technologies to produce customized products.
Conventional manufacturing technologies such as mass production are the most
economical approach for production of large volume of components, although
for high variety components (customized parts) this method is infeasible due
to the high cost of operations. RM has the ability to produce large amounts
of customized parts at a relatively low cost.

 

The purpose of this special issue is the publication of research reports and
application descriptions in the advancement of RM technologies and its
impact on the engineering design process including manufacturing and
automation for the 21st century's customer-focused product.

 

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

*	Engineering design process 
*	Systems engineering and processes 
*	Collaborative design and development 
*	Concurrent engineering 
*	Product variety 
*	Feature-based technologies 
*	CAD and CAM Integration 
*	Impact of RM on the design process 
*	Input methods and analysis 
*	RM process categories 
*	Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) considerations 
*	Materials considerations 
*	Application of available technologies 
*	New technologies developments and implementation 
*	Process optimization 
*	Mass customization 
*	Medical applications 
*	Case studies 

Notes for Intending Authors

 

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently
under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed
through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other
relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author
<http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31> Guidelines page.

 

Important Dates

 

Abstract of proposed articles: 30 September, 2008

Full paper submission for the invited articles: 15 December, 2008

Notification of reviews: 1 February, 2009

Revised manuscript submission: 31 March, 2009

Notification of acceptance: 2 May, 2009

Final Paper: 30 May, 2009

 

Editors and Notes

 

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail
(details in  <http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=31> Author
Guidelines) to the following:

 

Ali K. Kamrani, Ph.D.


Design and Free Form Fabrication Laboratory

University of Houston, USA

Tel: 713.743.4192

Fax: 713-743-4190

Email:  <mailto:akamrani at uh.edu> akamrani at uh.edu 

 

with a copy to: IEL Editorial Office

E-mail:  <mailto:ijrapidm at inderscience.com> ijrapidm at inderscience.com

Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title
of the Journal and the name of the Guest Editor

 

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Ali K. Kamrani, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor and Director 
IE Graduate Program Studies
E206 Engineering Bldg 2 
Houston, TX 77204-4008 
Tel: (713) 743-4192 
Fax: (713) 743-4190 
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