International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition

International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
StatusActive
GenreAcademic conference and exposition
FrequencyAnnual
VenueVaries
LocationsPrimarily the United States, occasionally Canada
Inaugurated1994 (1994)
Participants~3,000-4,000 (attendees from 50+ countries)
Organized byAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Websiteevent.asme.org/IMECE

The International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) is an annual academic conference and industry exposition organized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).[1] First held under its present name in 1994, it is the society's flagship technical conference; ASME describes it as its largest research-and-development conference, and as one of the largest and most prominent annual gatherings globally in the field of mechanical engineering, with a program spanning essentially the entire discipline and its allied fields.[2][3][4] The congress pairs a large multi-track technical program with an exhibition, and it serves as the principal annual meeting at which ASME's technical divisions meet.[4][5][6]

IMECE is the successor to ASME's long-running Winter Annual Meeting. ASME, founded in 1880, held a winter meeting as its main general gathering for much of the 20th century; the society adopted the "International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition" name in 1994, beginning with the meeting held that November in Chicago.[7][8] The congress is typically held in November in a major North American city, and its proceedings are published by ASME and indexed in the ASME Digital Collection.[9]

The program is built around ASME's technical divisions, and IMECE thus serves as the venue at which those divisions hold their annual business and committee meetings.[6] The 2024 congress featured 18 technical tracks and more than 1,900 presentations and posters, with participants representing more than 50 countries.[5] The proceedings of IMECE cover research across all mechanical engineering disciplines, including aerospace, manufacturing, biomedical and biotechnology engineering, dynamics and control, energy, fluids engineering, heat transfer, mechanics of solids, acoustics, micro- and nanosystems, transportation, and emerging technologies; they have been published in the ASME Digital Collection since 2002.[9]

Robert Henry Thurston Lecture

IMECE is the setting for the Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, established in 1925 in honor of ASME's first president.[10][11] The Thurston Lecture is the oldest of ASME's named lectures and is regarded as the oldest named lecture in the field of mechanical engineering; it provides a leading figure in pure or applied science or engineering the opportunity to address the society on a subject of broad interest to engineers.[10][11] The lecture has been delivered at the society's principal annual meeting since its inception: first the Winter Annual Meeting and, since 1994, IMECE. It was elevated to a society-wide award in 2000.[11]

History

ASME was established in 1880 and developed a winter general meeting that became known as the Winter Annual Meeting, which for decades served as the society's principal gathering for technical presentations.[7] In 1994 the society rebranded this meeting as the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, beginning with the congress held in Chicago on November 6-11, 1994.[8] Over the following decades IMECE was held in major U.S. cities and, periodically, in Canada:Vancouver in 2010 and 2026, and Montreal in 2014.[12][13] The 2020 and 2021 editions were held as virtual conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][14] In September 2025, ASME launched a regional edition, IMECE India.[15]

Host cities

The table below lists the host cities of IMECE since the conference adopted its current name in 1994. The 2020 and 2021 editions were held virtually.

Host cities of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
YearDatesHost cityNotes
1994November 6-11Chicago, IllinoisFirst congress under the IMECE name[8]
1995November 12-17San Francisco, California[16]
1996November 17-22Atlanta, Georgia[12]
1997November 16-21Dallas, Texas[17]
1998November 15-20Anaheim, California[12]
1999November 14-19Nashville, Tennessee[18]
2000November 5-10Orlando, Florida[17]
2001NovemberNew York, New York[19]
2002November 17-22New Orleans, Louisiana[17]
2003November 15-21Washington, D.C.[20]
2004November 13-19Anaheim, California[12]
2005November 5-11Orlando, Florida[17]
2006November 5-10Chicago, Illinois[16]
2007November 11-15Seattle, Washington[21]
2008October 31 - November 6Boston, Massachusetts[21]
2009November 13-19Lake Buena Vista, Florida[21][22]
2010November 12-18Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[12]
2011November 11-17Denver, Colorado[23]
2012November 9-15Houston, Texas[23][12]
2013November 15-21San Diego, California[12]
2014November 14-20Montreal, Quebec, Canada[12][24]
2015November 13-19Houston, Texas[17]
2016November 11-17Phoenix, Arizona[24]
2017November 3-9Tampa, Florida[25]
2018November 9-15Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[22]
2019November 8-14Salt Lake City, Utah[24]
2020November 16-19Virtual conferenceOriginally planned for Portland, Oregon; held online during the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2021November 1-5Virtual conference[14]
2022October 30 - November 3Columbus, Ohio[14][4]
2023October 29 - November 2New Orleans, LouisianaErnest N. Morial Convention Center[26]
2024November 17-21Portland, OregonOregon Convention Center[5][27]
2025November 16-20Memphis, TennesseeRenasant Convention Center[13]
2026November 8-12Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaVancouver Convention Centre[13][28]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "About the American Society of Mechanical Engineers". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  2. ↑ "International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE)". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "IMECE 2020 Goes Virtual and Registration is Open". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) — Conference Profile, Rankings & Metrics". Research.com. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "IMECE 2024 Conference Program" (PDF). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "IMECE — Committee Meetings". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Engineering History". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 "Books/Printed Material: 1994 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, November 6-11, 1994". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  9. 1 2 "IMECE". American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME Digital Collection). Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  10. 1 2 "The American Society of Mechanical Engineers". Science (Editorial). 62 (1611): 432. November 1925. doi:10.1126/science.62.1611.432-a.
  11. 1 2 3 "Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Book/Printed Material — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Fluid Dynamics)". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 "ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE)". Conference Locate (Clocate). Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  14. 1 2 3 "Conferences and Workshops". Oak Ridge National Laboratory — Computational Mechanics. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  15. ↑ "About IMECE". ASME India. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Author Search: International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition". Texas A&M University Libraries. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Books/Printed Material — International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Electronics manufacturing issues: presented at the 1999 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 14-19, 1999, Nashville, Tennessee". Stanford University (SearchWorks). Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  19. ↑ Pierre, Christophe. "Publications". Stevens Institute of Technology. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  20. ↑ "ASME 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 15-21, 2003, Washington, DC — Manufacturing Engineering (volume)". ASME Digital Collection. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  21. 1 2 3 "American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Organization): IMECE proceedings, 2007-2012". Missouri University of Science & Technology Library. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  22. 1 2 "Conference Proceedings". Pennsylvania State University (iPHEL). Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  23. 1 2 Zhou, Jiang. "Publications". Lamar University. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  24. 1 2 3 Zhang, Yuwen. "Conference Services". University of Missouri. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  25. ↑ "ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition: November 3-9, 2017, Tampa, Florida, USA". WorldCat. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  26. ↑ "IMECE 2023 Final Program" (PDF). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  27. ↑ "ASME IMECE 2024 (Portland, OR)". Showsbee. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  28. ↑ "IMECE 2026 — Advancing Global Solutions". American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
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