The 9th International Conference on Advances in Machinery, Materials Science and Engineering Applications (MMSE2023) was held in Paris, France and Wuhan, China on 22–23 July 2023. The conference was organized by the SAE-SUPMECA, France and China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) and co-sponsored by Laboratoire Quartz, France, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) UK, National University of Singapore, University of Huddersfield, UK, Jiangnan University and Wuhan University of Sciences and Technology, China, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and Rongzhi Academic Center, China, among others.

There are 4 sections in this volume: Mechanical Engineering, Material Science and Manufacturing Technology; Electrical Engineering, Automation and Control; Modelling, Simulation and Optimization Techniques in Engineering; Advanced Engineering Technology and Application. This volume comprises the 151 papers selected from 241 submissions by means of a rigorous international peer-review process. These papers present exciting ideas and methods that will open novel research directions among different communities.

We sincerely appreciate the efforts of all the participants who contributed their latest research to this volume and thank our keynote speakers: Prof. David BASSIR, Université Technologique de Belfort-Montbéliard, France; Prof. Xuejun (James) Ren, Liverpool John Moores University, UK; Dr. Qiang Xu, University of Huddersfield, UK; Prof. Michael Todinov, Oxford Brookes University, UK; Prof. Raul Duarte Salgueiral Gomes Campilho, ISEP – School of Engineering, Porto, Portugal; and Dr. Li Wang, Queen Mary University of London, UK, for their excellent speeches. Thanks also to Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Dr. Josh Sheng and all the reviewers involved for their kind support and work on this 9th edition of the MMSE proceedings. We would also like to express our sincere thanks to the publisher, IOS Press, for preparing this volume for publication.

We hope to see you again next year in Paris!

Conference Chair

Professor Emin Bayraktar

ISAE-SUPMECA/PARIS

22 July 2023