Annotation These 77 papers from the November 2002 conference in New Orleans discuss virtual manufacturing, process planning and optimization, advances in automation, automotive body joining and assembly, microelectronics manufacturing, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, machining sensing and control, and materials handling. Only authors appear in the index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Annotation These 50 papers from the November 2002 conference in New Orleans represent recent advances in materials processing science, damage mechanics, and the mechanics of granular materials. They also discuss: electric and magnetic phenomena in micro and nano-scale systems; design and manufacture of composites; and, the processing, characterization, and modeling of novel nanoengineering and surface engineered materials. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).