WELCOME FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIR

摘要

Dear Conference Attendees: On behalf of the Technical Program Committees, we welcome you to the joint International Manufacturing Conference consisting of the ninth ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC2014), sponsored by the Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) of ASME, the 42nd North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC42), sponsored by the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of the SME (NAMRI/SME), and the fifth International Conference on Materials and Processing (ICM&P2014), sponsored by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) and ASME, collocated and hosted by the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor from June 9 to June 13, 2014, in Detroit, Michigan. As leading world-class societies in the Mechanical Engineering field, ASME, SME and JSME act as global bridges between industries, government laboratories, and academic institutions. This joint conference symbolizes the continued collaboration between these esteemed organizations in research exchanges and disseminations in the Manufacturing, Materials and Processing fields.