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Dear Colleagues,</div>
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Hope you are doing well.</p>
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I would like to invite you to submit an abstract for <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
a "Technical Presentation" at </span>the <b>2024 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) - Track 3: Advanced Manufacturing</b>, which will be held from
<u>November 17–21, 2024</u> in <u>Portland, OR, USA</u>. </p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">IMECE is the largest mechanical engineering conference in the U.S.
</span>You can present your ongoing research projects to large groups of <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
researchers and scholars from industry, academia, and government. IMECE 2024 (Track 3) will provide a forum for exchange of fundamental and transformative research ideas, current challenges and practices, recent developments, future trends, as well as potential
industry-academia collaborations in the area of Advanced Manufacturing.</span></p>
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A broad range of topics are covered under Track 3, including:</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Congress-Wide Symposium on Additive Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Congress-Wide Symposium on Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring: Measurement Science, Process Monitoring, and Control for Advanced Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Nanomanufacturing: Novel Processes, Applications, and Process-Property Relationships</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Advanced Machining and Finishing Processes</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Annual Symposium on Material Joining Research and Advanced Technology</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Advanced Material Forming: Mechanisms, Characterization, Novel Processes, and Control</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Data-Driven Smart Product Design and Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Computational Modeling and Simulation for Advanced Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Robotics and Automation in Advanced Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Laser-Based Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Future of Smart Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Biomanufacturing and Biomaterials</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Circular Economy and Sustainable Production Strategies</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>-</b></span> Novel Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification: Techniques and Approaches for Advanced Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Cold Spray and Solid-State Additive Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> AI Integration in Mechanical Engineering and Smart Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Design and Manufacturing of Robotic and Mechatronic Systems</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Semiconductor, Microelectronics, and Quantum Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>-</b></span> Advanced Manufacturing in Aerospace Engineering</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> General Manufacturing</p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span> Undergraduate Capstone Presentations and Competition</p>
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Abstract Submission Deadline: <span style="color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><u>July 16, 2024</u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></p>
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Here is a link to the 2024 ASME-IMECE: [URL: <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
<u><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevent.asme.org%2FIMECE&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Ce9296f587c86493e714208dc8fb442c5%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638543251576423148%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Es8K2xj6iDLApsFQnaa7YX0nqd7%2Be7Vbk%2FpKNI05Fcc%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://event.asme.org/IMECE" shash="lv/AGw6+gTHgA2w4Zmf0tyrocodYYafAJ3IVgCn5DV/zrpWKkFKsHcyWYLoEreJTMKJ27Xp1UT24gPZQ7o8gjFWheubXRjQazP4IU3zNlg07NIGRM2DVGtOu3q2Rx3n1dnAiplOiGCGQNRyczgHy8nICUzavLsKmpw+9uDq++yU=" id="OWAc580d5aa-c863-9e40-272f-e12252f7443f" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://event.asme.org/IMECE</a></u></span>]</p>
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To submit an abstract, please follow: [URL: <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">
<u><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimece.secure-platform.com%2Fa&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailman.clemson.edu%7Ce9296f587c86493e714208dc8fb442c5%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638543251576579394%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TpG5KPY%2By8aTdr7hHPnzp9OCssSyRCAUa%2BDFqXNnUKY%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://imece.secure-platform.com/a" shash="ihaqu17KofkFJAwdrD0PJZo4G4cPVTfa30Y4gZNFqMFwp+690zGorJCCqreqM44x/nsSUJo71qfIEotkne4Zv2LdRGhkOZoFTgAI/r/jVz22V9mqmzcVB2G+O7jvNPKArRN2yuFVza2KqLpMVZpiA5n2ucyoUGfUcTJ15tslwgM=" id="OWA9259668f-113a-22bb-516f-bf3b5293256a" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://imece.secure-platform.com/a</a></u></span>]</p>
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Please let me know if you have any questions.</p>
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Thank you.</p>
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Sincerely</p>
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Ross</p>
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Roozbeh Ross Salary, Ph.D.</p>
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Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering</p>
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College of Engineering & Computer Sciences,</p>
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Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering</p>
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3201 Applied Engineering Complex</p>
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Marshall University (West Virginia State)</p>
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Huntington, WV 25755-2586, USA</p>
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Email: <span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:salary@marshall.edu" id="OWAb0db6e3a-811d-e0f6-c24a-4d7097f33ae5" class="x_OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">salary@marshall.edu</a></u></span></p>
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