Dear Colleagues:
The International journal Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing
Systems has decided to publish a special issue on Smart
Manufacturing in Energy Intense Process Industries, for which both
of us serve as guest editors. We are writing to invite you to
contribute original papers to this special issue. The following
shows a copy of the Call for Papers. Should you have any questions,
please let us know.
Thank you very much for your attention, and we are looking forward
to your contributions.
Sincerely,
Yinlun Huang, Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Mat. Sci., Wayne
State University
Thomas Edgar, Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., The University of
Texas at Austin
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Special Issue on Smart Manufacturing in Energy Intense Process
Industries
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Abstracts are invited for papers to be submitted to the ASTM
International journal Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems,
edited by Dr. Sudarsan Rachuri, Advanced Manufacturing Office,
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy, Washington, DC, USA. The Guest Editors for this special
issue are Prof. Yinlun Huang, Wayne State University, and Prof. Tom
Edgar, The University of Texas at Austin.
SSMS fosters transdisciplinary research that crosses the boundaries
of information science, systems engineering and engineering design,
manufacturing, and product life cycle with a focus on how to make
manufacturing systems smarter and sustainable. This special issue
can address specific research and technology topics and bring
various stakeholders to address call for action in research and
technology issues, viewpoint on gaps, challenges, opportunities and
disruptive technologies in transitioning research, to technology, to
product, and to market place.
Suggested topics for papers include but are not limited to:
* Energy and resource productivity and sustainability
* Research and development challenges that identify knowledge gaps
for Smart Manufacturing; identify major knowledge gaps in the
process models (science based, empirical, data driven models)
improvements, articulate the resulting R&D challenges, to
improve processes for maximizing productivity and efficiency, and
minimizing waste
* Smart manufacturing in energy intense process industries and
composable unit processes and their characterizations, process
intensification, and process integration
* Manufacturing operations technology (OT) with information,
communication, and computation technologies (IT)–IoT platforms,
standards, and protocols
* Smart data analytics in smart and sustainable manufacturing
systems; use of machine learning in a smart-paradigm, computing
infrastructure, cloud computing, edge computing, and smart sensors
and networks, prediction and advanced process control
* Open standards and protocols for smart manufacturing platforms
ABSTRACT SUBMITTAL
A 250-word preliminary abstract should be submitted to ASTM
(attention Alyssa Conaway) by October 25, 2017 via email to Alyssa
Conaway at [log in to unmask]. The abstract must include a clear
definition of the objective and approach of the work to be
discussed, pointing out material that is new, and present sufficient
details regarding results. It should be clearly indicated in the
abstract if the paper is a review. The abstract must also include a
title and the names and affiliations of all authors.
PUBLICATION
After the final selection of abstracts has been approved, the ASTM
Editorial Office will invite authors by November 15, 2017 to submit
papers no later than February 15, 2018. All submissions will be
uploaded to the special issue paper submission site (link to be sent
via email). All submissions will be peer-reviewed according to the
normal procedures for this journal. The papers must not be of a
commercial nature nor can they have been previously published,
although reviews of previously published technology will be
considered. For each accepted manuscript, the corresponding author
will receive a copy in portable document format (PDF). All published
authors will have the opportunity to purchase reprints of their
papers at a nominal cost. The papers comprising the special issue
will be published together online. In addition, a print and online
collection of the special issue will be published after all papers
in the special issue have been published online.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Additional information about the paper content is available from the
Guest Editors: Prof. Yinlun Huang, Wayne State University, College
of Engineering, Detroit, MI 48202, Phone: 313-577-3771, Email:
[log in to unmask]; and Prof. Tom Edgar, The University of Texas at
Austin, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1 University Station
C0400, Austin, TX 78712-0231, Phone: 512-471-3080, Email:
[log in to unmask].