2 nd Innovative Product Design and Intelligent Manufacturing systems: National Conference (IPDIMS 2020

About Host.

Department of Industrial Design at National Institute of Technology Rourkela was established in 2010 to flourish in the emerging areas of design fields. NIT Rourkela provides quality education in a diverse and multi-cultural environment. The mission of the institute is to become an internationally acclaimed institution of higher learning that will serve as a source of knowledge and expertise for the society and be a preferred destination for undergraduate and graduate studies.

Department of Mechanical Engineering is often called the mother of all engineering. It covers a host of subjects: properties of materials, structural design, material processing, manufacturing, heat engines, refrigeration and air conditioning, industrial management, robotics and much more. The Mechanical Engineering Department of NIT, Rourkela is known for research in most of these fields. The main foci of research are on mechanical vibration, robotics, CAD/CAM, precision engineering, Metal forming, manufacturing, CFD, Industrial refrigeration and Cryogenics.

Submission Guidelines

Prospective authors from India are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original, unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the conference. Submissions must include title, abstract, author affiliation with the email address and keywords as per template which is available in the website. The paper should not contain page numbers or any special headers or footers. Regular papers should present novel perspectives within the general scope of the conference. Short papers (Work-in-Progress) are an opportunity to present preliminary or interim results. The paper length should be in 6-8 pages Literature reviews/survey papers will only be considered if they present a new perspective or benefit the field. To be published, such papers must go beyond a review of the literature to define the field in a new way or highlight exciting new technologies or areas of research. All submitted papers will be subjected to a “similarity test” by Turnitin Software. Papers achieving a minimal similarity index i.e. less than 15% will be examined, and those are deemed unacceptable will be rejected/withdrawn without a formal review.

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Policy on Plagiarism

• Authors are requested to kindly refrain from plagiarism in any form. Authors should submit their original and unpublished research work not under consideration for publication everywhere.

• Manuscript found to be plagiarised during any stage of review shall be rejected

• As per the copyright transfer agreement, authors are deemed to be individually or collectively responsible for the content of the manuscript published by them.