C. Warhead Structures and Control Technology; D. Warhead Terminal Effect and Anti-Penetrating Technology. Weapon System and Application Engineering Weapon System and Application Engineering is one of Shanxi provincial key disciplines. A research team composed of 6 doctorate supervisors, 18 professors and 27 associate professors, many of them being noted experts in ordnance and aerospace organizations, engages itself in the discipline. In recent years, over 30 awards for scientific and technological achievements at national, ministerial or provincial level have been granted to the discipline. Major research interests include: A. Weapon Safety Engineering; B. Design of Weapon Systems and Their Key Subsystems; C. Weapon System Confrontation Technology; D. Precision Guidance and Control of Conventional Warheads. Applied Chemistry Applied Chemistry is a key discipline at ministerial level. A research team composed of 5 doctorate supervisors, 12 professors and 10 associate professors engages itself in the discipline. Major research interests include: A. Special Energy Chemistry and Application; B. Synthetic Fine Chemical Products and Their Application; C. Functional Polymer Materials; D. Multiphase Fluid Mass in High-gravity Field; E. Ultra-fine Powder Materials and Their Chemical Reaction; F. Ultra-fine Powder Materials and Their Chemical Reaction. Materials Processing Engineering The discipline of Material Processing Engineering is an applied discipline which mainly deals with external shape and inner construction of materials as well as processing materials into needed parts and products. A research team composed of 9 professors and 15 associate professors engages itself in the discipline. In recent years, 43 national, ministerial or provincial research projects have been accomplished and high-level awards have been granted to the discipline. Major research interests include: A. Precise Control Plastic Forming Technology; B. Liquid Molding and Process Control Technology; C. Powder Materials, Laser Rapid Prototype Technology and Laser Agglomeration Rapid Prototype Technology; D. Design of Welding Materials and Testing Technology. Many a research fruit, molding CAD, simulation of molding process, and simulation of the temperature field of solidifying mold, for example, has been commercialized. Mechanical Manufacturing and Its Automation Mechanical Manufacturing and Its Automation is a key discipline at ministerial level. A research team composed of 15 professors, 8 associate professors engages itself in the discipline. Major research interests include: A. CAD/CAM and Enterprise Informatization; B. Manufacture Automation Technology and System; C. Test, Measurement and Diagnosis of Mechanical Manufacture; D. CIMS; E. New Manufacture Technology and Equipment. Signals and Information Processing Signals and Information Processing focuses on the techniques of information processing,