The Instituto Tencológico Superior de Coatzacoalcos (ITESCO) and CREA invite to participate in the IEEE/ASME International Congress on Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, which will be held in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico from October 6th to 10th, 2014.

Topics of interest for submission include (it is not limited to this topics):

• EDUCATION

Use of Information and Communication Technologies in education, Design and development of novel teaching strategies in engineering, knowledge management, cognition, teaching and novel technologies, Learning and professional development in engineering, Measuring instruments design, Benchmarking, Educational uses of the Internet, Practical experiences in teacher performance, Novel educational tools, Continuous Learning, Educational materials and methods, Distance education.

• MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Continual improvement processes, Lean Six Sigma Logistics, Product development processes.

• DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

Digital systems design with FPGA or PLD, Microcontroller applications, Embedded system design, Microelectromechanical systems, Processors within FPGAs.

• ELECTRICAL MACHINES

Modelling of electrical machines, Design and control of electrical machines, Noise and vibration analysis, Electrical generators, AC/DC motor drives, Blind control systems, Electric propulsion systems, Automotive applications.

• DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

FIR and IIR digital filters, Adaptive filters, FPGA implementation of signal processing algorithms for communications, Wavelets, Performance evaluation of adaptive algorithms in high-performance systems: GPUs; FPGAs, Pattern, speech and image recognition, Communication systems.

• INSTRUMENTATION

Sensor modeling, Embedded systems, Measurement system design, Metrology, Instrument calibration, Signal conditioning, Biomedical instrumentation, Analog signal processing.

•  POWER ELECTRONICS AND POWER CONVERSION

Power System Modeling, DC/DC converters, AC/AC converters, Inverters, PWM systems, Design, simulation and control of power electronic systems, UPS equipment, Converters for hybrid vehicles, Power quality studies.

• ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES

Wind, photovoltaic, fuel cells, solar, biofuels, renewable energy conversion, Electric and hybrid vehicles, Intelligent Networks, Energy storage technologies, Saving energy and use of renewable energies.

• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Neural networks, Fuzzy logic, Genetic algorithms, HMI Technologies, Computer vision, Expert systems, Computational intelligence, Automated visual inspection, Robotics, Pattern recognition.

• RF AND WIRELESS

Design of algorithms for radar and navigation systems, Remote sensing, Adaptive signal and image processing, Modeling and simulation of RF systems, Industrial use of RF systems, Wireless communication systems.

• ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

Processing of plastic materials, Materials forming processes, Rapid prototyping, Automated manufacturing systems, Flexible manufacturing systems in CIM, Robotics in manufacturing, Vision systems in manufacturing, Sustainable design and manufacturing, Advanced coatings.

• MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Mechanics of adhesion and friction, Mechanics and design of cellular materials, Damage and failure of composite materials, Nanocomposite processing, Multifunctional materials, micro and nanostructures, Fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures, Computational engineering and simulation, Instability in Solids and Structures, Failures in advanced materials and structures.

• ENGINEERING FLUID SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Rheology and fluid mechanics of non-linear materials and complex fluids, Electric, magnetic and thermal phenomena in Micro and Nano scale systems, Multiphase flow, Applications of CFD for optimization and control, Wind turbines: aerodynamic and control, industrial flows.

• HEAT TRANSFER AND THERMAL ENGINEERING

Heat transfer in power systems, Heat pipes and industrial applications of multiphase heat transfer, Single-phase convection, Thermal metrology, Heat transfer in micro and nano scale systems, Cooling technologies, Simulation, modeling and experimental combustion techniques, Biomass and biofuels, Environmental impacts of combustion, Heat transfer in steam turbines, Heat and mass transfer.

• ENERGY

Thermodynamics, Thermo economy, Design and analysis of energy conversion systems, Combined cycle power, Nuclear power plants, Electrochemical energy conversion and storage, Hydrogen energy technologies, Alternative energy technologies, Thermal energy storage systems, Solar heating and cooling, Fuels and biofuels, Energy and environment, Carbon capture and storage.

• DYNAMIC, VIBRATION AND CONTROL

Nonlinear dynamics, Vibration of discrete and continuous systems, Signal processing, Monitoring and diagnosis, Modeling and control of multibody systems, Contact-impact problems, Numerical simulations, Analytical mechanics, Microsystems, microstructures and nanosystems.

• BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biomagnetism, Biomedical optics and medical imaging, Biomaterials, Biomechanics and biotransport, Nanobiotechnology, Bioethics and biosafety.

• NANOENGINEERING AND MICROSYSTEMS

MEMS and nanostructures, Nanomaterials and applications, Energy within MEMS/NEMS.

• SAFETY, RELIABILITY AND RISK

Statistics and probability for reliability, Mathematical methods in reliability, Qualitative methods in reliability, Industrial maintainability, Optimization, fault detection and diagnosis, Novel developments in R + D + i for reliability, maintenance and risk.