Session: Materials Processing, Tribology and Coating Technology

 • Processing techniques used in manufacturing components from metals and other materials.

• Casting, forming, and machining.

• Additive processing and joining technologies.

• Evolution of material properties under the specific conditions met in manufacturing processes.

• Design and behavior of equipment and tools

• Effects of processing parameters on the macro- and micro-properties of all engineering materials.

• Innovations/ Improvements in processing techniques of all types of engineering materials including sustainability.

• Surface treatments and coatings deposition, functionalization, modelling and characterization

• Interface and interaction science, adhesion and Adhesives

• Multi-functional, composite/ hybrid, graded and multilayers coatings

• Smart surfaces and coatings, Self-healing surfaces

• Surface nanoengineering, nanocoatings and Ultra-Thin Films

• Tribological coatings, wear and corrosion protection

• Surface engineering/ coatings in sustainable energy, conversion, optical, electric, photovoltaic and magnetic applications

• Biointerfaces, Biomedical/ Bioactive surfaces and coatings