About the Conference
The Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of the ASME is pleased to sponsor the 2007 International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference (MSEC). The conference will be hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology from October 15-18, 2007 in Atlanta, GA. This will be the second annual MSEC and we are excited to have strong participation from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers' Materials and Processing Division.

Symposia
The conference will be accepting submissions to the following symposia.

• SYMP-1: Advances in Rapid Manufacturing Technologies for Metallic Parts
• SYMP-2: Solid Freeform Fabrication for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering
• SYMP-3: Miniaturization of Molding and Casting Processes
• SYMP-4: Hybrid Macro/Meso/Micro Manufacturing Processes
• SYMP-5: Thermally-Enhanced Manufacturing
• SYMP-6: Micro-Manufacturing and Fabrication of Sensors
• SYMP-7: Communication Systems and Distributed Control in Manufacturing Enterprises
• SYMP-8: Collaborative and Digital Manufacturing for Advancing Product Quality
• SYMP-9: Diagnostics, Performance Prediction and Decision Making for Intelligent Maintenance of Manufacturing Systems
• SYMP-10: Advances in Quality Control in Multistage Manufacturing Systems
• SYMP-11: “Bottom-up” Nanomanufacturing
• SYMP-12: Biomedical Manufacturing
• SYMP-13: Nanomanufacturing Processes and Systems
• SYMP-14: Development and Applications of Micro Manufacturing Equipment
• SYMP-15: Design and Operations of Manufacturing Systems for Responsiveness
• SYMP-16: Advances in Metal Forming
• SYMP-17: Fracture Reliability of Fabricated Materials
• SYMP-18: Advances in Synergistic Effects of Materials and Processing
• SYMP-19: Panels - Challenges in Micro and Nanomanufacturing
• SYMP-20: Student Presentations

For more information, view the symposia descriptions. Additional programs will include plenary/panel sessions and social programs.

Abstract Submission
Authors should submit a 400 word text only statement of intent (abstract) on the MSEC2007 website. For assistance with submitting your content online, please view the author help manual.

Publication Schedule
If you are planning to submit content for consideration, please do so in accordance with the MSEC2007 publication schedule.

When your statement of intent is submitted, you will receive a confirmation and an assigned paper number. Late submissions may not be accepted.

Mandatory Pre-Registration
A presenter must be identified for each presentation. The presenter of each paper will be required to pay the author registration by July 25, 2007. If the presenter does not register the paper will be removed from the conference proceedings and information on the paper will be removed from the conference website and on-site printed program.

For more information about this requirement please visit the Mandatory Presenter Registration page.