Plenary and Keynote Speakers
14th International Conference on Mechanics and Industrial Engineering (ICMIE 2025)
We are pleased to announce our plenary and keynote speakers for the 14th International Conference on Mechanics and Industrial Engineering (ICMIE 2025):
Dr. Virgílio Cruz Machado
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Plenary Speaker
Virgílio Machado holds a Ph.D. in Computer Integrated Manufacturing (Cranfield University, UK). He is a full professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (www.unl.pt/). He teaches operations and production management. He has launched several education programs: PhD and MSc in Industrial Engineering, Project Management, Lean & Green Sustainability and Entrepreneurship. His main scientific activities are directed to the design of new manufacturing and supply chain management systems. He was the dean of the NOVA School of Science and Technology (Portugal), and he is the president of the Portuguese Institute of Industrial Engineers.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/virg%C3%ADlio-cruz-machado-a7295b7/
Topic of Keynote: Global Challenges in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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Dr. Sanjay Mehrotra
Northwestern University, USA
Plenary Speaker
Sanjay Mehrotra is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) and has served on the INFORMS board of directors. He has also been the chair of INFORMS Optimization Society. Mehrotra is the founding director of the Center for Engineering and Health, which is a part of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine at Northwestern University. He is an expert in methodologies for decision making under uncertainty, and its applications. Professor Mehrotra’s current research is focused on robust decision making. His health systems engineering work encompasses a wide range of topics that include predictive modeling, hospital operations modeling, and policy modeling. He has been the department editor for the Optimization department and Health Systems Engineering department for the journal IIE-Transactions. He is also the founding co-Editor of Healthcare section for the journal Naval Research Logistics. He has served as associate editor for Operations Research and Mathematical Programming. Mehrotra’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Department of Energy, and National Institute of Health.
Topic of Keynote: Data Driven Decision Making using Healthcare Analytics
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Dr. Denis Cormier
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Keynote Speaker
Denis Cormier is the Earl W. Brinkman Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of IISE, and he was the 2024 recipient of the International FAME award for career achievement in the field of additive manufacturing (AM). He has nearly 30 years of AM experience and is best known as one of the first researchers to design and fabricate engineered lattice structures. He is also well known for his pioneering contributions to the electron beam melting (EBM) and Molten Metal Jetting (MMJ) AM processes.
Topic of Keynote: Metal Additive Manufacturing via Molten Metal Droplet Jetting
Keynote Abstract
Registration fee includes the following:
- Publication of 1 accepted paper in the proceedings. Publication of each additional paper requires a €250 EUR registration
- Buffet lunch for each day of the conference
- 2 coffee breaks for each day of the conference
- 1 banquet dinner OR cruise tour
Important information for accompanying person(s): Please be informed that the accompanying person can NOT be a co-author.
Co-authors, regardless if 1 author is attending, must pay the full registration fee.
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Virtual registration fee includes the following:
- Publication of 1 accepted paper in the proceedings. Publication of each additional paper requires a €150 EUR registration
- Access to all the sessions of the conference