10^th International Conference on Trends in Mechanical Engineering (MEC 2026)

May 30 ~ 31, 2026, Virtual Conference

Scope & Topics

10^th International Conference on Trends in Mechanical Engineering (MEC 2026) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications impacts and challenges of Mechanical Engineering. The conference documents practical and theoretical results which make a fundamental contribution for the development of Mechanical Engineering. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to the researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry to meet and share cutting-edge development in the field, Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews are invited for publication in all areas of Mechanical Engineering, but are not limited to.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following

Advanced Manufacturing, Materials Processing & Industry 4.0

• Additive Manufacturing, 3D/4D Printing & Hybrid Manufacturing
• Precision, Ultra Precision & High Speed Machining
• Non Traditional Machining & Advanced Material Removal Processes
• Tool Design, Cutting Tool Materials & Coatings
• Digital Manufacturing, Smart Factories & Industry 4.0
• Cyber Physical Production Systems (CPPS)
• Industrial IoT, Sensors & Connected Manufacturing
• Digital Twins for Manufacturing, Design & Maintenance
• Autonomous Manufacturing Systems & Robotics Integrated Production
• Sustainable, Green & Circular Manufacturing

Robotics, Mechatronics & Autonomous Systems

• Industrial Robotics, Collaborative Robots (Cobots) & Human Robot Interaction
• Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, UAVs & Intelligent Mobility Systems
• Soft Robotics, Bio Inspired Robotics & Compliant Mechanisms
• Micro Robotics, Nano Robotics & Swarm Robotics
• Robot Perception, Sensing, Mapping & Navigation
• AI Driven Robotics, Reinforcement Learning & Adaptive Control
• Actuators, Sensors, Mechatronic Systems & Embedded Control
• Space Robotics, Planetary Mechanisms & Extraterrestrial Operations

Thermal Engineering, Energy Systems & Sustainability

• Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics & Thermal Management
• Renewable Energy Systems (Solar, Wind, Hydro, Geothermal)
• Hydrogen Energy, Hydrogen Combustion & Fuel Cells
• Biofuels, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) & Green Propulsion
• Thermal Energy Storage & Phase Change Materials
• Supercritical CO₂ Power Cycles
• HVAC, Refrigeration & Building Energy Systems
• Waste Heat Recovery & Energy Conservation
• Decarbonization Technologies & Net Zero Energy Systems
• Sustainable Energy Technologies & Green Engineering

Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics & Computational Methods

• Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence & Multiphase Flows
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) & High Performance Simulation
• GPU Accelerated CFD, Exascale Simulation & Reduced Order Modelling
• Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for Fluid & Thermal Systems
• Aeroacoustics, Aerodynamics & Flight Mechanics
• Bio Inspired & Micro Scale Fluid Mechanics
• Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) & Aeroelasticity
• Combustion, Propulsion, Gas Turbines & Rocket Engines
• Active Matter, Soft Matter Mechanics & Complex Fluids

Aerospace, Automotive & Transportation Engineering

• Advances in Aerospace Technology & Space Engineering
• Aircraft Structures, Propulsion & Aerothermodynamics
• Hypersonic Vehicles & High Speed Aerodynamics
• eVTOL Aircraft, Urban Air Mobility & Advanced Air Transport
• Electric Vehicles (EVs), Hybrid Vehicles & Battery Thermal Management
• Autonomous Driving, ADAS & Vehicle Dynamics
• Intelligent Transportation Systems & Smart Mobility
• Marine, Railway & Urban Transportation Engineering
• Materials & Mechanisms for Lunar/Martian Environments

Machine Design, Dynamics & Control

• Mechanical Design, CAD/CAE Tools & Generative Engineering
• Topology Optimization, AI Driven Design & Inverse Engineering
• Dynamics, Vibrations, Acoustics & Noise Control
• Mechanisms, Kinematics & Multibody Dynamics
• Control Systems, Intelligent Control & Adaptive Control
• Safety Critical & Fault Tolerant Control Systems
• Reliability Engineering, Fault Diagnosis & Prognostics
• Tribology, Surface Engineering & Wear Mechanisms
• Smart Structures, Mechanical Metamaterials & Programmable Mechanisms

Materials Engineering & Advanced Composites

• Composite Materials, Nano Composites & Hybrid Materials
• Lightweight Materials for Automotive & Aerospace
• Smart Materials, Shape Memory Alloys & Active Materials
• Mechanical Behavior, Fatigue, Fracture & Failure Analysis
• Surface Coatings, Tribological Materials & Hard Materials
• High Temperature & Extreme Environment Materials

Artificial Intelligence, Data Driven Engineering & Optimization

• AI, Machine Learning & Deep Learning in Mechanical Engineering
• Generative AI for Engineering Design & Simulation
• Expert Systems & Intelligent Decision Making
• Data Driven Modelling, Digital Twins & Predictive Analytics
• Optimization Techniques for Mechanical Systems
• Reinforcement Learning for Control & Robotics
• Big Data Analytics for Industrial Systems

Bio Mechanical, Medical & Human Centered Engineering

• Biomechanics, Bio Robotics & Human Machine Systems
• Prosthetics, Exoskeletons & Assistive Devices
• Biomedical Devices, Implants & Tissue Mechanics
• Computational Physiology & Bio Fluid Mechanics
• Human Digital Twins & Personalized Biomechanics
• Wearable Robotics & Human Centered Engineering
• Ergonomics, Human Factors & Safety Engineering

Logistics, Operations & Industrial Engineering

• Operations Management & Industrial Systems
• Logistics, Supply Chain Management & Smart Warehousing
• Digital Supply Chains, Autonomous Logistics & Fleet Optimization
• Reliability, Maintenance Engineering & Asset Management
• Total Quality Management (TQM) & Quality Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma & Process Optimization

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by May 16, 2026(Final Call). Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by The proceedings of the conference will be published by International Journal of Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IJMECH) (Confirmed).

Selected papers from MEC 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journals.

• Mechanical Engineering: An International Journal (MEIJ)