Advances in Rapid Manufacturing Technologies for Metallic Parts Solid Freeform Fabrication for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Miniaturization of Molding and Casting Processes Hybrid Macro/Meso/Micro Manufacturing Processes Thermally-Enhanced Manufacturing Micro-Manufacturing and Fabrication of Sensors Communication Systems and Distributed Control in Manufacturing Enterprises Collaborative and Digital Manufacturing for Advancing Product Quality Diagnostics, Performance Prediction and Decision Making for Intelligent Maintenance of Manufacturing Systems Advances in Quality Control in Multistage Manufacturing Systems “Bottom-up” Nanomanufacturing Biomedical Manufacturing Nanomanufacturing Processes and Systems Development and Applications of Micro Manufacturing Equipment Design and Operations of Manufacturing Systems for Responsiveness Advances in Metal Forming Fracture Reliability of Fabricated Materials