WCMNM2023

6th World Congress on Micro and Nano Manufacturing

18-21 September 2023

Evanston, IL, U.S.

Jointly organised by the International Institution for Micro Manufacturing (I2M2), the 4M Association and the International Forum on Micro Manufacturing (IFMM), the Congress hopes to bring together the worldwide community of micro- & nano-manufacturing experts.

Congress Chair

Prof Ping Guo, Northwestern University,USA

Congress Co-Chairs

Jian Cao, Northwestern University, USA

Ming-Chyuan Lu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Stefan Dimov, University of Birmingham, UK

Kuniaki Dohda, Northwestern University, USA

Kornel Ehmann, NorthwesternUniversity,USA

Important Dates

The main congress programme takes place from the 18th to 21st of September 2023

Submission deadline for full papers: 15 April 2023

Full paper acceptance : 1 June 2023

Registration opens 15 April 2023

Call for papers

We invite you to submit 4-page papers using the template provided on the conference website https://wcmnm2023.northwestern.edu.

Link for submission: https://conf.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl

Please see the official Call for Papers WCMNM 2023

We also encourage the authors to contribute the extended submission to one of the following special issues initiated by our conference committee: ASME Journalof Micro and Nano-Manufacturing: Special Issue on Applications of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing (Deadline: May 31, 2023)

Congress Theme

  • Micro fabrication technologies, process chains and process characterisation
  • Miniaturization of machines and equipment; positioning, motion generation, sensors systems, and control
  • Novel product designs, micro-assembly technologies and micro-handling
  • Surface engineering and interface nanotechnology
  • Process modelling and simulation
  • Processing and characterization of smart materials, energy materials, metamaterials and nanomaterials
  • Micro and nano additive, subtractive, joining, and hybrid manufacturing technologies
  • Micro and desktop factory concepts, systems, components and modules
  • On-line monitoring and inspection systems, and smart manufacturing /method
  • Standardization in micro manufacturing and micro factories
  • Applications of micro and nano technologies
  • Emerging micro manufacturing methods and equipment, including those that bridge the nano- and macro- worlds
  • Biomanufacturing and biomedical devices

For more information please see https://wcmnm2023.northwestern.edu

Contact: Ms. Maegen Gregory