Surface Modification Technologies XV presents the reviewed and edited proceedings of the SMT conference held in November 2001 in Indianapolis, USA.

This volume contains the Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies Held in Dijon, France November 15-17, 2004. Delegates from thirty countries were represented at this meeting and these proceedings are a complete compilation of all the papers that were presented.

Topics covered include tribology; laser processing; thermal spray; CVD/PVD; emerging coating technologies/diamond films; application testing; corrosion, biomedical coatings; ion implantation.

Leading readers through an extensive compilation of surface modification reactions and processes for specific tribological results, this reference compiles detailed studies on various residual stresses, reaction processes and mechanisms, heat treatment methods, plasma-based techniques, and more, for a solid understanding of surface structural changes that occur during various engineering procedures. This unique book explores topics previously ignored in other texts on surface engineering and tribology, offers guidelines for the consideration and design of wear life and frictional performance, and sections on laser impingement and nanometer scale surface modification.

Engineers are faced with a bewildering array of choices when selecting a surface treatment for a specific corrosion or wear application. This book provides practical information to help them select the best possible treatment. An entire chapter is devoted to process comparisons, and dozens of useful tables and figures compare surface treatment thickness and hardness ranges; abrasion and corrosion resistance; processing time, temperature, and pressure; costs; distortion tendencies; and other critical process factors and coating characteristics. The chapter Practical Guidelines for Surface Engin.

These proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technology (ICMET 2012), held during the 24 to 26th July 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, take the form of 614 peer-reviewed papers grouped as follows: Materials Engineering; Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering; Electrotechnics and Electrical Machines; Energy and Power Engineering; Measurements, Monitoring and Sensors; Electronic and Radio Engineering; Computer-Aided Design and Technology; Control and Automation; Manufacturing Processes and Technology.