Proceedings of the International Conference "Actual Issues of Mechanical Engineering" (AIME 2018)

The International Conference "Actual issues of mechanical engineering" 2018 (AIME 2018) was held in Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk. Russia on 19-21 April, 2018.

The Conference also provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and scholars to present and discuss the most recent innovations and developments in the field of mechanical engineering, automation and control systems, materials in construction and industry, techniques and technologies of the automated mechanical engineering.

The three-day Conference brought together the specialists from different countries and organizations and provided an excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge, make oral contributions and poster presentations, and to initiate discussions on the topics that are of interest to the Conference participants.

The selected papers of the Conference cover a wide range of technical areas and modern aspects of the mechanical engineering, material science and new technologies in industry.

The Conference was hosted by Novosibirsk State Technical University.

Acknowledgment
The organizing committee for the conference express their gratitude to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for the financial support of the event. In addition, the organizing committee are grateful to Novosibirsk State Technical University, on the basis of which the conference was held. The organizing committee of the conference are thankful to all reviewers from NSTU, TPU and other organizations for assistance in the review process.