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Wohlers Associates, Inc.
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Call for papers: 4th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid
Prototyping (VRAP 2009), Leiria, Portugal
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The 4th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid
Prototyping (http://www.vrap.ipleiria.pt) will be held at Leiria, Portugal, from 6th
to 10th October 2009.
The conference will take place at the (http://www.cdr-sp.ipleiria.pt)
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, School of Technology
and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal. The venue is
located at an important industrial centre and historical city of Portugal,
distant around 1 hour from Lisbon.
The International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid
Prototyping, organised every two years since 2003, is
designed to be a major forum for the Scientific exchange of
multi-disciplinary and inter-organisational aspects of virtual and physical
prototyping and related areas. VR@P aims at making a
significant contribution for further development of these fields. In 2007,
as in the two previous editions, we gathered participants from more than 20
countries. The Conference carries out a full paper submission and a rigorous
peer review of all papers.
Accepted papers will be included in a Proceedings book with ISBN
registration, published by Taylor & Francis.
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Conference Topics
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Design
Biomimetics
Design for Bio Manufacturing
Design for Micro Manufacturing
Design for Rapid Manufacturing
Design for Sustainability
CAD and 3D data acquisition technologies
3D digitising
BioCAD
Fast geometrical modelling schemes
Haptic CAD
Image-based modelling systems
Metrology
nD Modelling
Photogrammetry
X-ray tomography and NMR
Concurrent engineering
Collaborative decision-making
Concurrent product development
Frameworks for information sharing
Virtual environments and simulation
Intelligent computing
Internet-based product development
Knowledge based systems
Simulation and optimisation of manufacturing processes
Virtual and augmented reality
Virtual engineering and manufacturing
Virtual enterprise engineering
Web-based information systems
Materials
Advanced rapid prototyping, tooling and manufacturing materials
Biomaterials
Ceramics
Composites
Liquid Crystals
Metals
Polymers
Rapid tooling and manufacturing
Conformal cooling
Small batch production methods
Systems for the direct manufacturing of metallic and ceramic components
Advanced technologies
Advances on material removal and addition technologies
Hybrid systems
Microfabrication
Nanofabrication
Research on new additive and non-additive technologies
Applications
Architecture and art
Aerospace industry
Automotive industry
Biomedical technology
Jewellery
Model-making and tool-making
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Call for Papers
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Simple page abstracts addressing the conference themes are invited from all
interested participants and can be submitted by email to
pbartolo@estg.ipleiria.pt or vrap@ipleiria.pt
Abstracts should be no more than 500 words in length and should summarise
the intended content of the paper and the substantive issues it will rise.
All abstracts and full papers will be rigorously refeered. All papers will
be included in conference proceedings published on an ISBN numbered book,
published by A.A. Balkema an imprint of Taylor&Francis Group and made
available to delegates attending the conference.
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Important Dates
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Submission of Abstracts: 31 January 2009
Notification of acceptance: 16 February 2009
Submission of preliminary papers: 04 May 2009
Acceptance of papers with referee comments: 01 June 2009
Submission of revised camera-ready paper: 29 June 2009
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Conference Chair
Paulo Jorge Bártolo
Coordinator of the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development,
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
INDEA (Campus 5)
Rua das Olhalvas
2414-016 Leiria
Portugal
Tel.: +351 244 845 056
Fax.: +351 244 845 059
Email.: <mailto:pbartolo@estg.ipleiria.pt> pbartolo@estg.ipleiria.pt
Honorary Chairs
Gideon Levy, University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen, Switzerland
Terry Wohlers, Wohlers Associates, USA
Yongnian Yan, Tshingua University, China
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