Welcome to the web site of the 4th International Conference on Machine Design and Automation Intelligence - MDAI2027. The 4th International Conference on Machine Design and Automation Intelligence will take place at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) on the 2nd and 3rd of September 2027.
This conference will be chaired by Lucas F. M. da Silva (University of Porto, Portugal) and Mehdi Kasaei (INEGI, Portugal). Machine design involves the conception, design and development of machines. It requires the knowledge of basic sciences and multiple engineering topics, such as physics, mathematics, mechanical drawing, mechanics, machine theory, materials, metallurgy, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, manufacturing processes, computation, sensors, actuators, mechatronics, automation and control. As the industry evolves and becomes more demanding, it is worth focusing on the new directions and the most promising achievements in machine design, able to develop machines that meet the industry requirements.
The conference is an opportunity for researchers and scientists in the area of machine design to present their most recent results, to discuss together new solutions, and to establish new contacts and find out common interests for further cooperation. The conference will focus on original and new research results on machine design. Contributions addressing novel theoretical issues, as well as specific applications, are welcome.
Among the topics covered are: Design theory and methodology, design of machine elements, design of mechanisms, design optimization, design management, CAD/CAM/CAE technology for design, sustainability and renewable energy in design, reliability of mechanical systems in design, expert systems in design, theoretical and experimental analyses in design engineering, kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms and machines, nonlinear phenomena in mechanisms, machines and mechanical systems, rapid prototyping, modelling and simulation, experimental testing techniques, intelligent sensors, micro electro - mechanical systems (MEMS), electric, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, automation, robotic systems, CNC machines, mechatronics, micromachines, automatic and intelligent control systems, machine learning algorithms, human-machine interfaces, haptic systems, digital twins, and internet of things.
Deadline for Submission of Abstracts:
30 April 2027
Notification of Acceptance to Authors:
28 March 2027
Early bird registration:
27 May 2027
Submission of papers (not compulsory)
2nd September 2027
Instructions for abstract submission
Abstracts should be sent electronically to Lucas F M da Silva at lucas@fe.up.pt. Indicate in the email if you want oral or poster presentation.
Chairman
Lucas F M da Silva
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
lucas@fe.up.pt
Co-chairman
Mehdi Kasaei
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal
mkasaei@inegi.up.pt
Organising committee
Ricardo J. C. Carbas
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
carbas@fe.up.pt
Eduardo A. S. Marques
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
emarques@fe.up.pt
Scientific Committee
A. Fuentes-Aznar (Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA)
Adriano A. Santos (Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
Ahmed Shabana (The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Andrea Piga Carboni (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Caishan Liu (Peking University, Beijing, China)
Corina Sandu (Virginia Tech, VA, USA)
Dan Negrut (University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA)
Domen Šeruga (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia)
Domenico Mundo (University of Calabria, Rende, Italy)
Eduardo Marques (INEGI Portugal)
Filipe Pereira (Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto/INEGI, Porto, Portugal)
Francisco Silva (Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal)
Gordon Pennock (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA)
Hamid Lankarani (National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita State University, USA)
Ignacio González-Pérez (Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain)
J.B. Jonker (University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands)
Janusz Fraczek (Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland)
Javier Cuadrado (Universidade da Coruna, Ferrol, Spain)
Jinyang Xu (School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
John McPhee (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Jörg Wallaschek (Leibniz University Hanover, Hannover, Germany)
Kai Cheng (Brunel University London, UK)
Luciano E. Chiang (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
Manuel Paredes (Institut Clement Ader, Université de Toulouse, France)
Mario Cabello (Ikerlan Technology Research Centre, Gipuzkoa, Spain)
Patrick Wingertszah (RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Kaiserslautern, Germany)
Raffaele Di Gregorio (University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy)
Raul Campilho (Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal)
Ricardo Carbas (INEGI, Portugal)
Stijn Derammelaere (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Yohichi Nakao (Kanagawa University, Japan)
Zbynek Sika (Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic)
Conference programme will be made available soon
The best oral presentation and the best poster will be awarded with a free registration in the MDAI2029 conference