Preface

Abstract

It is with great pleasure that I introduce the proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Smart Material Research (ICSMR 2019) which was held recently in Brisbane, Australia, 13-16, November 2019. ICSMR 2019 was dedicated to technical issues related to smart material research.The objectives of the conference were not only to provide opportunities to the international scientists to present state of the art research in smart materials but also to provide a forum to discuss ideas for future directions in the field and explore possibilities for collaborative research projects.The conference program included keynote, oral, and poster presentations from scholars working in the areas of materials science and engineering from all over the world. It covered recent trends and progress made in the field of materials engineering and manufacturing. Professors from Australia and USA were invited to deliver four keynote lectures regarding the latest information in their respective areas of expertise.The proceedings present a selection of high quality papers submitted to the conference by researchers from universities, research institutes, and industry. All papers were subjected to peer-review by conference committee members and international reviewers. The papers were selected based on their quality and their relevance to the conference. The proceedings present recent advances in the fields of materials science and engineering and manufacturing as well as in other related areas including materials properties, measuring methods, analytical and numerical modeling and simulations among others.I would like to express special gratitude to members of the conference committee and organizers of the conference. I would also like to thank the reviewers for their valuable time and advice which helped in improving the quality of the papers selected for presentation at the conference and for publication in the proceedings. Finally I want to thank the authors, the members of the organizing committee, the reviewers, the chairpersons, sponsors, and all other conference participants for their support of ICSMR 2019.Prof. Ramesh K. AgarwalWashington University in St. Louis, USAJanuary 21, 2020