Volume 1: Forming and Joining -- Section 1: Forming of Polymer and Composite Materials -- Fundamentals of polymers and polymercomposite -- Properties and Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites -- Polymer Surface Treatment and Coating Technologies -- Polymer Foam Technology -- Section 2: Metal forming -- Bulk Metal Forming Processes in Manufacturing -- Materials in Metal Forming -- Roll Forming -- Metal Casting -- Incremental Metal Forming processes in manufacturing -- Combined Sheet and bulk forming of high value added components in manufacturing -- Powder processing of bulk components in manufacturing -- Section 3: Materials Joining -- Solid state welding processes in manufacturing -- Manufacturing process: Arc welding -- High energy beam welding processes in manufacturing -- Solid state microjoining processes in manufacturing -- Process of Nanojoining -- Solder Joint Technology -- Adhesive bonding technology -- Volume 2: Machining and Tolerancing Systems -- Section 4: Machining -- Science of Machining -- Machine tools for machining -- Machining Dynamics in Manufacturing -- Machinability of Engineering Materials -- Machining process monitoring -- Coolant and lubrication in machining -- Fixed Abrasive Machining -- Loose abrasive machining -- Mechanical Micro-machining -- Hybrid Machining Process -- Environmentally friendly machining -- Simulation and modeling in machining -- Virtual machining -- Section 5: Tolerancing system -- Computer aided angular tolerance charting system: Implementation -- Volume 3: Nanomanufacturing and Non-Traditional Machining -- Section 6: Nanomanufacturing using ion beam technology -- Introduction to Nanomanufacturing Using Ion Beam Technology -- State-of-the-Art for Nanomanufacturing using Ion Beam Technology -- Ion Beam Instruments Used for Nanomanufacturing -- Ion Beam Figuring Technology -- Focused Ion Beam Nanofabrication Technology -- Nanometric Cutting of Crystal Surfaces Modified by Ion Implantation -- Micro Tools Fabrication by Focused Ion Beam technology -- Nano-gap Electrodes Developed using Focused Ion Beam Technology -- Plasma-based Nanomanufacturing Under Atmospheric Pressure -- Section 7: Non-traditional machining processes -- Electrical Discharge Machining processes -- Chemical Mechanical Machining process -- Process of Laser Machining -- Process of Ultrasonic Machining -- WaterJet Machining process -- Process of Biological Machining -- Volume 4: Robotics and Automation -- Section 8: Robotics and Automation -- Rigid-body Motions -- Manipulator Kinematics -- Manipulator Velocities and Static Forces -- Manipulator Dynamics -- Trajectory Planning -- Motion Control -- Force Control -- Actuation -- Robot Work Cell Calibration and Error Compensation -- Grippers and End-effectors -- Simulation and Offline Programming -- Parallel Robots -- Modular Robots -- Cable-Driven Robots -- Complaint Manipulators -- Autonomous In-door Vehicles -- Robotic Assembly -- Robotic Welding -- Robotic Finishing -- Volume 5: Additive Manufacturing and Surface Technology -- Section 9: Additive manufacturing -- Rapid Manufacturing -- Reverse Engineering for Additive Manufacturing -- Rapid Prototyping in Manufacturing -- Rapid Tooling in Manufacturing -- Micro Prototyping and Fabrication in Manufacturing -- Micro- And Bio- Rapid Prototyping Using Drop-On-Demand 3D Printing -- Section 10: Surface technology -- Foresight of the Surface Technology in Manufacturing -- Laser Surface Engineering -- Laser Surface Treatment in Manufacturing -- Physical Vapor Deposition in Manufacturing -- Chemical Vapor Deposition in Manufacturing -- Thermal and Cold Spraying Technology in Manufacturing -- Electrochemical Processes in Manufacturing -- Electrochemical Deposition and Characteristics of the Deposits -- Magnetron sputtering technique -- ALD: atomic layer deposition - precise and conformal coating for better performance -- Surface Modification of Semiconductor via Simultaneous Thermal Oxidation and Nitridation Technique -- Surface Treatments for Magnesium Alloys -- Thermal Stress Analysis and Characterization of Themo-Mechanical Properties of thin films on an elastic substrate -- Volume 6: Product Life Cycle and Manufacturing Simulation -- Section 11: Product life cycle and green manufacturing -- Remanufacturing and Remaining Useful Life Assessment -- Product Design for Remanufacturing -- Product service supply-chain design -- Product Characteristic Based Method for End-of-Life Product Recovery -- Use of Embedded Smart Sensors in Products to Facilitate Remanufacturing -- Pricing Strategies of Remanufacturing Business with Replacement Purchase -- Diesel engine block remanufacturing: Life cycle assessment -- Sustainable Value Creation in Manufacturing at Product and Process Levels: Metrics-based Evaluation -- Data Driven Modeling for Decision Making in Remanufacturing -- Life Cycle Management of LCD TV - A case study -- Section 12: Manufacturing simulation and optimization -- Resource scalability in networked manufacturing system: Social network analysis based approach -- Improved Intelligent Water Drops Optimization Algorithm for Achieving Single and Multiple Objective Job Shop Scheduling Solutions -- Process plan and scheduling integration for networked manufacturing using mobile-agent based approach.

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