The Scientific and Technical Bulletin of the "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, Series: Mechanical Engineering was founded in 2005 and it is devoted to publishing original, substantial and significant contributions in the various areas of Mechanical Engineering. These areas include, but are not limited to:

• Mechanisms and Machines Theory
• Machine Parts & Tribology
• Theoretical & Computational Mechanics
• Materials
• Fluids Engineering
• Internal Combustion Engines
• Instrumentation and Control
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Management
• Education in Engineering

Other related fields, such as mechatronics & optomechatronics, precision mechanics & optics, to mention just a few, are also of high interest. The journal welcomes high-level research in all the classical and modern aspects of Mechanical Engineering and of other, new, emerging, interdisciplinary fields.