This new edition of Additive Manufacturing of Metals offers a unique guide to the three-dimensional (3D) printing of metals. It covers various aspects of additive, subtractive, and joining processes used to form three-dimensional parts with applications ranging from prototyping to production.Examining a variety of manufacturing technologies and their ability to produce both prototypes and functional production-quality parts, the individual chapters address metal components...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2025, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, during December 4–5, 2025.The 14 full papers, 5 short papers, 16 other papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions.The conference covers a wide range from artificial intelligence applications in games, educational technologies, healthcare and wellbeing applications, extended reality imp...

Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral and Mental Health Care summarizes recent advances in artificial intelligence as it applies to mental health clinical practice. Each chapter provides a technical description of the advance, review of application in clinical practice, and empirical data on clinical efficacy. In addition, each chapter includes a discussion of practical issues in clinical settings, ethical considerations, and limitations of use. The book encompasses AI based advances in de...

As explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and acceptance of innovations by faculty and students. In 2018, Drs. Ryoo and Winkelmann explored the opportunities, challenges, and future research initiatives of innovative learning environments (ILEs) in higher education STEM disciplines in their pioneering project: eXploring t...

The capabilities and possibilities of emerging game-based learning technologies bring about a new perspective of learning and instruction. This, in turn, necessitates alternative ways to assess the kinds of learning that are taking place in the game-based environments. The field has been broadening the focus of assessment in game environments (i.e., what we measure), developing processes and methodologies that go beyond psychometrics practices (i.e., how we go about assessment in games), a...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2024, held in New York City, NY, USA, during November 7–8, 2024.The 19 full papers, 5 short papers, 12 posters and 5 demos included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Artificial intelligence in serious games; Serious games analytics; Serious game design; Impact studies; Extended reali...

This volume LNCS constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2024, held in Berlin, Germany during November 20-22, 2024.The 30 full papers and 15 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. They focus on Designing for Engagement;, Sustainability and Environmental Literacy in Serious Games; Detecting Deception and Developing Leadership; Futures Literacy; Serious Games for Health and Immersi...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on HCI in Games, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, which took place in Washington DC, USA, during June 29 - July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions.The two volume set of HCI-Games 2024 proceedings were organized in the following topical section...

This book explores integrated education and learning, with a focus on new approaches such as artificial intelligence and ChatGPT. It provides insight into educational techniques that promote critical thinking and enhance learning skills.It covers various mechanisms that influence this link, including meta-cognitive capacity, memory, cognitive style, conceptual approaches, digitization, teaching approaches, echoing, and questioning. This discussion spans all levels, from early child...

This edited volume presents the latest research focussing on current challenges on the deployment of smart technologies and pedagogies for supporting teaching and learning in the post-covid19 era. This is at the core of studying the evolution of the learning process, the role of technology-supported pedagogical approaches, and the progress of educational technology innovations in the context of digital transformation in education and professional training.A selection of the best pa...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2023, held in Dublin, Ireland, during October 26–27, 2023.The 18 full papers presented together with 9 short papers and 14 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions.They are grouped into the following topics: technology and systems; theoretical and design aspects; health and wellbeing; extended realities; soft and social skills; academ...

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 11th International Conference on Immersive Learning, iLRN 2025, held in Chicago, IL, USA, during June 15–19, 2025.The 23 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They were categorized under the topical sections as follows: Foundations in Immersive Learning Research and Theory; Assessment and Evaluation (A&E); Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Social Justice (IDEAS)...