SPECIAL ISSUE ON INNOVATION AND APPLICATION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GUEST EDITORIAL

Machines make all industrial artifacts and mechanical products in the world. In this 21th century, people enjoy mechanical products that made lives well and convenient. However, creating a useful mechanical product mainly relies on academic development and technology innovation especially in the field of mechanical engineering. This special issue focuses on the innovation and application of mechanical engineering, which covers a wide range of fundamental studies, technical innovation, and industrial applications by applying the knowledge of mechanical-related approaches, processes and techniques. It presents 33 selected papers (Part 1) from the 3rd International Conference on Engineering and Technology Innovation (ICETI 2014) which was held from October 31 to November 4, 2014, in Kenting, Taiwan. These selected papers underwent a complete Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering peer-review. Acceptance in this special issue was based on completion of the reviewers recommended and mandatory changes and final examination by the Guest Editor. We thank all of the authors who have submitted their work for publication in this special issue. We are also grateful to the many reviewers that provided their time and expertise in providing valuable peer review. Special thanks also go to Professor Paul J. Zsombor-Murray, Editor of Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, who had the foresight to support a special issue in this research area. This special issue is expected to be a core issue for academic researches and industrial engineers in the mechanical engineering field.