CSME

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

Co-Chairs: XiaoYu Wu, Leyla Amiri, Louis Lamarche

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, Yaoyao Fiona Zhao, Mohammad Jahazi

Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical instrumentation, biomechanics, bio-inspired design

Co-Chairs: Tom Jenkyn, Éric Wagnac, Yvan Petit

Computational Mechanics

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

Co-Chairs: Cuiying Jian, Aleksander Czekanski, Giovanni Ferrari

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,

Co-Chairs: Aman Usmani, Hamid Akbarzadeh, Alison Olechowski, Zengtao Chen, Sébastien Lalonde, Éric Wagnac

Environmental Engineering

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

Co-Chairs: Daniel Iyinomen, Bishnu Acharya, Adrian Ilinca

Fluid Mechanics

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

Co-Chairs: Dana Grecov, Fabian Denner, Giuseppe Di Labbio, Ebenezer Ekow Essel

Machines & Mechanisms

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

Co-Chairs: Juan Antonio Carretero, Scott Nokleby, Raynald Guilbault, Zhaoheng Liu

Materials Technology

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

Co-Chairs: Zengtao Chen, William Altenhof, Elmira Moosavi

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

Co-Chairs: Yang Shi, Homayoun Najjaran, Zhaoheng Liu, David St-Onge

Microtechnology & Nanotechnology

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

Co-Chairs: John Wen, Edmond Young, Xian Wang, Omur Dagdeviren

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

Co-Chairs: Jean-Pierre Kenné, Amin Chaabane, Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani

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

Co-Chairs: Hamid Akbarzadeh, Liying Jiang, Mohammad Khondoker, Omur Dagdeviren, Giovanni Ferrari

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

Co-Chairs: Emna Helal, Didier Haillot

Thermal Science & Engineering

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

Co-Chairs: Sébastien Poncet, Kun Zhang, 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

Co-Chairs: Yuping He, Bruce Minaker, Patrice Seers, Romain Lemaire

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

Co-Chairs: Sébastien Houde, Yvan Maciel, Yves St-Amant

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