The Engineering Conference track gives students faculty and industry participants the opportunities to interact in a local forum. Attendees will learn about current research and industry best practices for product development, testing, deployment, and operation. Topics in this track will include:

• Energy Systems

  Smart Grid; Power Systems Operation and Planning; Sustainable and Renewable Energy Systems; Power Electronics; Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Storage; Energy Consumption Modeling and Optimization; Energy and Environmental Engineering.

• Control Systems

  Concrete Design; Construction Innovations; Instrumentation and Remote Sensing; Geographic Information Systems; Information Modeling; Sustainable Solutions and Practices.

• Communication and Computer Engineering

  Smart Computer Networks and Communication; Mobile and Wireless Networks; Embedded Systems; Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications; Signal Processing; Image Processing and Vision.

• Electronics and Circuits

  Circuits and Systems; VLSI Design; Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology; Optical Communication.

• Mechanical Engineering

  Heat Transfer; Fluid Mechanics; Thermodynamics; Mechanisms and Robotics; Mechanical Design; Mechanics and Mechatronics.

• Material Science and Engineering

  Smart Materials; Innovative Engineering Materials; Materials Design and Applications; Composite Materials Science and Technology; Nanomaterials; Materials and Manufacturing Engineering.

• Civil and Enviornmental Engineering

  Unique Design or Construction Case Studies; Construction Innovations;
  Enviornmental Engineering; Water Resources; Water Resources; Hydrolic Information; Geotech, Water and Air Quality Studies; Instrumentation and Remote Sensing; Geographic Information Systems; Building Information Modeling; New Construction Materials; Sustainable Solutions and Practices

• Capstone Projects and Undergraduate Research in Engineering