Advances in Design, Simulation and Manufacturing IX

This book reports on research on advanced materials and surface engineering, industrial digitalization and analytics, sustainable transformation of industrial enterprises, and engineering education. It integrates topics in technology, digitalization, organizational transformation, and the human dimension of engineering systems. Based on the 9th International Conference on Design, Simulation, Manufacturing: The Innovation Exchange (DSMIE-2026), held on June 2-5, 2026, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this third volume of a 3-volume set provides academics and professionals with extensive information on technologies, trends, challenges, and practice-oriented experience in all the above-mentioned areas.