for amphibious assault ships; and welding the wings and fuselage panels of the new Eclipse 500 aircraft from Eclipse Aviation, among an increasingly growing range of uses. Other areas of research are Product Design, MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), Lean Manufacturing, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Green Manufacturing, Precision Engineering, Smart Materials, etc. See also Industrial engineering Mechanical engineering Automation Computer-aided design Manufacturing Industrial revolution Mechatronics Robotics Associations Society of Manufacturing Engineers INFORMS Institute of Industrial Engineers Notes External links Institute of Manufacturing - UK Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute Industrial engineering de:Fertigungstechnik fi:Tuotantotekniikka