Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress and Exposition, November 5-10, 2000, Orlando, Florida.Collection of 133 full-length, peer-reviewed technical papers fromannual symposia sponsored by the ASME Manufacturing EngineeringDivision. Major areas of discussion include: Assembly Systems:Modeling, Design, and Diagnosis; Advances in Information Discoveryfor Manufacturing; Sensor Based Control for Manufacturing andMechatronic Systems; Thermo Mechanical Processing of Materials;Electronics Manufacturing; Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling, andSolid Freeform Fabrication for the Next Millennium; Advances inMetal Forming; Environmentally Responsible Design andManufacturing; Machining Research in Milling; Emerging Areas ofManufacturing Engineering. @By: R.J. Furness