The scope of the Conference includes topics related to the following areas:

• Analysis of structural concepts and designs in terms of their adaptability to smart technologies


• Application of smart materials, structures and related technology


• Artificial muscles and biomedical applications


• Biomimetic phenomena and their inspiration in engineering


• Comparative evaluation of different smart actuators and sensors


• Design and development of smart structures and systems


• Energy harvesting


• Fabrication and testing of smart structures and systems


• Fundamentals of smart materials and structures


• Modelling/formulation and characterization of smart actuators, sensors and smart material systems


• Morphing wings and smart aircraft


• Smart robots


• Smart structures in mechatronics


• Trends and development in diverse areas such as material science including composite materials, intelligent hydrogels, interfacial phenomena, phase boundaries and boundary layers of phase boundaries, control, health monitoring, micro- and nano-systems, electronics, etc. to be considered for smart systems