2011 International Conference on Key Engineering Materials (ICKEM 2011) is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied Key Engineering Materials. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

(01) Materials behavior

(02) Casting and solidification

(03) Powder metallurgy and ceramic forming

(04) Surface, subsurface, and interface phenomena

(05) Coatings and surface engineering

(06) Composite materials

(07) Materials forming

(08) Machining

(09) Nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing

(10) Biomedical manufacturing

(11) Environmentally sustainable manufacturing processes and systems

(12) Manufacturing process planning and scheduling

(13) Meso/micro manufacturing equipment and processes

(14) Modeling, analysis, and simulation of manufacturing processes

(15) Computer-aided design, manufacturing, and engineering

(16) Semiconductor materials manufacturing

(17) Laser based manufacturing

(18) Precision molding processes

(19) Joining processes

(20) Rapid manufacturing technologies

(21) Nontraditional manufacturing

(22) Nanofabrication, nanometrology and applications

(23) Metrology and measurement

All accepted papers of ICKEM 2011 will be published by Advanced Materials Research Journal, which will be indexed by EI Compendex.