由美國機械工程學會在歐洲地區籌備的第七屆工程系統設計與分析國際研討會雙年會(The 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering System Design and Analysis, ESDA)由英國的曼徹斯特大學主辦並於該校進行四天。其會議包括以下17個相關領域：Advanced Energy Systems、Advanced Heat Transfer in Engineering Systems、Advanced Material Systems、Advances in Flow Visualisation、Applied Mechanics: Control、Dynamics、Tribology、Vibro-Acoustics、Applied Thermofluids、Automation and Robotics、Automotive Engineering Systems、Bio-engineering、Design Engineering、Maintenance Engineering、Manufacturing Engineering、Medical and Healthcare Engineering、Microsystems, MEMS, and Microfluidics、Sensor Technology、Social Aspects of Engineering:Systems Engineering。本文就筆者參與該研討會過程以及發表之論文作簡短之心得摘要與建議。