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This book provided researchers and practitioners with the opportunity of highlighting current research directions and novel applications in materials engineering and mechanical engineering. The topics covered by the papers include functional materials, structural materials, composite materials, automotive engineering, manufacturing processes. It will be a useful reference work for engineers and academics worldwide who are interested in these topics. Review from Book News Inc.: The conference as a whole highlights connections between research in materials and research in mechanics, but some of the 25 individual papers do as well. The topics include structural information of barium hexaferrite and strategies for its syntheses, simulating fatigue crack propagation behavior based on low-cycle fatigue critical damage, impact resistance and energy absorption of functionally graded cellular structures, characterizing duplex-treated coating fabricated by laser cladding and active screen plasma nitriding, and integrating uncertainty in the process of prognostics for electronics. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR).