ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 24-28, 2005, Long Beach, California. Compilation of most influential papers in the history of the area of computers and information in engineering. Sixteen selected papers comprise volume in specific areas of: AI/KBS; CAD/Community Geometry; CAM/Process Control; Computers in Education; Energy Systems-CFD; Energy Systems- Combustion; Engineering; Engineering Databases; Feature Recognition Modeling; Features: CAD/CAM Integration; Finite Element Methods; Informatics; Internet-Based Product Development; Robotics; Simulation; Virtual Environments and Systems.