Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical EngineeringCongress: Design Engineering Division. November 15-21, 2003Washington,D.C. This collection of 63 full-length, peer-reviewedtechnical papers discusses the topics of advanced vehicletechnologies; design education; design engineering poster sessions;design for manufacturability; failure analysis/prevention,reliability issues; nanoscale dynamics, sensing, and control.Sampling of table of contents from Volume: Control of Oscillationsin Electrically Driven Skid Steer Vehicles; A Rear-End ProtectionDevice for Heavy Vehicles;An Analytical Evaluation of the TransientDynamics of Semiactive Damples; Failure Analysis of StepladdersManufactured From Extruded Aluminum; Complex Dynamics of CarbonNanotube Probe Tips.