IN THIS ISSUE: CAD/CAM in Mechanical Engineering /2 (Professor K. K. Wang of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering introduces the second Quarterly issue on subjects relevant to the Cornell Manufacturing Engineering and Productivity Program (COMEPP). Wang is a co-director of COMEPP and heads a research program on injection molding.) ... Forming and Joining: Basic Processes in Manufacturing /10 (Professor Paul R. Dawson discusses an area of mechanical engineering research that is included in the new COMEPP program.) ... Materials: Key to Better Products /16 (A survey of research in Cornell's Department of Materials Science and Engineering reveals many projects relevant to manufacturing engineering.) ... Commentary /26 (A talk by L. Jack Bradt on "The Automated Factory: Myth or Reality?", excerpted here, was presented at Cornell as the third Distinguished Alumni Lecture sponsored by the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. Bradt, a 1953 graduate, is chairman of SI Handling Systems, Inc.) ... Vantage /32 (The College of Engineering welcomes gifts that are providing new equipment and laboratories for teaching and research.) ... Register /35 ... Faculty Publications /39 ... Announcement of an Index /44 (A cumulative index of Volumes 1 through 16 is available upon request.)