International E-Conference on Sustainable Development in Mechanical Engineering (SDME2020) invites nontrivial, unpublished and original contributions in the broad areas of Mechanical Engineering. The major themes are identified and listed in the topics section, but are not limited to. The papers received for SDME2020 will be reviewed by the experts drawn from all over the world using double blind review process. The conference will have full paper presentations and also a poster track for short papers.

The E-conference aims to be a platform for reporting both fundamental and applied issues of Mechanical Engineering field leading to sustainability. The overall themes of the E-conference are classified into the following tracks, but are not limited to:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer
• Thermal Engineering


• Sustainable Design in Mechanical Engineering:
• Applied Mechanics
• Acoustics & Vibration
• Fatigue & Fracture Mechanics
• CAD/CAM - Analysis & Optimization
• Sustainable Materials & Technologies:
• Composites & Advanced Materials
• Biomechanics & Biomaterials
• Sustainable Energy:
• Renewable Energy Sources
• Sustainable Manufacturing Systems:
• Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing Processes
• Subtractive Manufacturing / Machining Processes
• Formative / Forming Processes
• Joining / Welding Processes
• Green Manufacturing Systems
• Sustainability in Industrial Engineering:
• Supply Chain Management
• Industrial Design
• Erognomic Design
• Industrial and Production Engineering
• Sustainability & Industry 4.0 - Mechanical Engineering:
• Artificial Intelligence
• Internet of Things
• Machine Vision
• Robotics, Automation & Mechatronics
• Data Science & Predictive Analytics
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Automotive Technology
• Aerospace Applications

All the submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and upon paper acceptance, payment of registration fee and presentation in the conference, will be published.
Accepted and presented papers will be published in

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
ISSN:1757-8981 E-ISSN:1757-899X
subjected to their acceptance policies.
Papers presented in the conference and published in the proceedings will be submitted for indexing in SCOPUS, WEB OF SCIENCE and COMPENDEX, subjected to their indexing policies.
Note: At least one author of the accepted paper has to register in the conference and present the paper (oral / poster) for publication.

The papers must be in English language. Full paper, inclusive of references, must be limited to a maximum of 10 pages. Font to be used in the paper is Times New Roman with font size 10 and single line spacing. Headings must be bold. Guidelines for preparing the paper as per format are given in the document.    Paper Guidelines
Submit the full papers to: sdme2020@vnrvjiet.in

Plagiarism in any form is unacceptable and is a SERIOUS OFFENCE. Prospective authors are advised to kindly refrain from plagiarism in any form and check the papers for plagiarism before submitting to the conference. Paper found to be plagiarized more than the stipulated similarity index during any stage of review shall be rejected. The acceptable similarity index in the papers is set at 18%. It is the responsibility of each individual author to strive for the highest ethical standards with respect to plagiarism.