Special Issue of the Manufacturing Engineering Society (MES)

Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue on the Manufacturing Engineering Society is dedicated to publishing high-quality and original research in the field of Manufacturing Engineering and it is promoted by the Manufacturing Engineering Society.

The main objective of this Special Issue is to publish outstanding papers presenting cutting-edge advances in the field of Manufacturing Engineering and materials processing.

The journal aims to explore the evolution of traditional manufacturing models towards the new requirements of the Manufacturing Industry 4.0 and how manufacturing professionals should face the resulting competitive challenges, in the context of an ever-increasing use of digital information systems and communication technologies. Contributions on emerging methods and technologies, such as those related to additive manufacturing will have special relevance within this Special Issue, as well as those ones where sustainability and environmental issues play a fundamental role in manufacturing.

The main topics covered by this Special Issue are scientific contributions on the following manufacturing research topics:

• Additive manufacturing and 3D printing
• Advances and innovations in manufacturing processes
• Sustainable and green manufacturing
• Micro and nano-manufacturing
• Manufacturing of new materials
• Manufacturing systems: machines, equipment and tooling
• Robotics, mechatronics and manufacturing automation
• Metrology and quality in manufacturing
• Industry 4.0
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies
• Design, modeling and simulation in manufacturing engineering
• Production planning
• Manufacturing engineering and Society

The above list is not exhaustive and papers on other topics associated with advances in manufacturing engineering are also welcome.

Excellent papers selected from the Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference can be also be part of this Special Issue, provided that the degree of novelty of the contribution is guaranteed and the paper has been not published elsewhere.

It is our pleasure to invite professionals from industry, academic institutions and research centers from around the world to submit their contributions to this Special Issue.

Prof. Eva M. Rubio
Prof. Ana M. Camacho
Guest Editors

• Members of the Manufacturing Engineering Society will benefit from a 15% discount (approx. 200 €) on the article processing charges. If you are not a member yet, please find more information on how to join the society (here). Regular individual member fee 75 €/year, student fee 35 €/year.

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.