| Conference | Session | Session title | Chair | Affiliation | Vice-Chair | Affiliation | Day | Time |
| MECH | MECH01 | MEMS | G.K. Ananthasuresh | University of Pennsylvania | Larry Howell | Brigham Young University | Monday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH02 | Theory and Application of Force Synthesis - I | S.V. Sreenivasan | University of Texas at Austin | Charles Reinhotlz | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. | Monday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH03 | Theory and Application of Force Synthesis - II | S.V. Sreenivasan | University of Texas at Austin | Ashok Midha | University of Missouri at Rolla | Monday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH04 | Parallel Robots I - Displacement Analysis | Simon Song | The University of Illinois at Chicago | Zhiming Ji | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Monday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH05 | Parallel Robots II - Kinematics and Balancing | Simon Song | The University of Illinois at Chicago | Clement M. Gosselin | Universite Laval | Monday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH06 | Parallel Robots III - Singularities and Control | Bernard Roth | Stanford University | Ron Podhorodeski | University of Victoria | Tuesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH07 | Parallel Robots IV - Kinematics and Dynamics | Clement M. Gosselin | Universite Laval | Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli | Universita di Bologna | Tuesday | 10:15AM |
| MECH | MECH08 | Parallel Robots V - Synthesis | Sridhar Kota | University of Michigan | Ron Podhorodeski | University of Victoria | Tuesday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH09 | Flexible Mechanisms and Elastic Systems | Kambiz Farhang | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | Micheal Wang | University of Maryland at College Park | Monday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH10 | Machine Dynamics and Balancing | Steven Dubowsky | MIT | David Beale | Auburn University | Monday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH11 | Mechanism Modeling and Numerical Methods | Gregory Chirikjian | Johns Hopkins University | Kazem Kazerounian | University of Connecticut | Tuesday | 10:15AM |
| MECH | MECH12 | Mechanisms From Industry | Stephen Derby | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Anoop Dhingra | University of Wisconsin Milwaukee | Monday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH13 | Mechanical Design Methodology | Jorge Angeles | McGill University | Preben W. Jensen | Mankato State University | Tuesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH14 | Cams I | Jorge Angeles | McGill University | Harry H. Cheng | Univ. of California Davis | Tuesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH15 | Cams II | Harry H. Cheng | Univ. of California Davis | Ian Fischer | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Tuesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH16 | Gears I - Design | John Mirth | Michigan Technological University | Daniel Yang | Univ. of California LA | Tuesday | 10:15AM |
| MECH | MECH17 | Gears II - Analysis | Daniel Yang | Univ. of California LA | Giovanni Mimmi | Universita degli Studi di Pavia | Tuesday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH18 | Dynamic Analysis of Machines | Robert Freeman | Univ. Panamerican | Kambiz Farhang | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale | Wednesday | 10:15AM |
| MECH | MECH19 | High-speed and high-accuracy robots | Jahangir Rastegar | State University of New York at Stony Brook | Steven Dubowsky | MIT | Wednesday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH20 | Kinematics for CAD/CAM | Q.J. Ge | State University of New York at Stony Brook | Bahram Ravani | University of California, Davis | Tuesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH21 | Dynamic analysis of robots | Robert Freeman | Univ. Panamerican | W.L. Cleghorn | Univ. of Toronto | Wednesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH22 | Control | Robert L. Williams II | Ohio University | W.J. Zhang | City University of Hong Kong | Tuesday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH23 | Screw Theory and its applications | Joseph Duffy | University of Florida | Kazem Kazerounian | University of Connecticut | Wednesday | 10:15AM |
| MECH | MECH24 | Spherical Mechanisms | Mike McCarthy | Univ. of California, Irvine | Q.J. Ge | State University of New York at Stony Brook | Wednesday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH25 | Design of Robotic Systems | Gregory Chirikjian | Johns Hopkins University | Steve Derby | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Wednesday | 10:15AM |
| MECH | MECH26 | Redundant Mechanisms | Delbert Tesar | The University of Texas at Austin | Shin-Min Song | The University of Illinois at Chicago | Wednesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH27 | Trajectory Planning | Jahangir Rastegar | State University of New York at Stony Brook | P.N. Nikiforuk | University of Saskatchewan | Wednesday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH28 | Spring Mechanisms | Joseph Duffy | University of Florida | Robert Freeman | Univ. Panamerican | Tuesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH29 | Kinematic Geometry | Kenneth Waldron | Ohio State University | Bahram Ravani | University of California, Davis | Wednesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH30 | Burmester Analysis | Gary L. Kinzel | Ohio State University | Shahram Payandeh | Simon Fraser University | Wednesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH31 | Error Analysis | Xianmin Zhang | Shantou University | Gary L. Kinzel | Ohio State University | Tuesday | 10:15AM |
| MECH | MECH32 | Compliant Mechanisms | Larry Howell | Brigham Young University | Sridar Kota | University of Michigan | Tuesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH33 | Parallel Robots VI - System Analysis | Vijay Kumar | University of Pennsylvania | Sridar Kota | University of Michigan | Tuesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH34 | Path Generation | Marco Ceccarelli | University of Cassino | Gary L. Kinzel | Ohio State University | Tuesday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH35 | Planar Mechanisms - I | Charles Wampler | General Motors | Bernard Roth | Stanford University | Wednesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH36 | Positioning | Krishna Gupta | The University of Illinois at Chicago | Walter Nederbragt | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Tuesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH37 | Dynamics of Mechanisms | Sunil K. Agrawal | University of Deleware | Robert L. Williams II | Ohio University | Wednesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH38 | Modeling of Complex Mechanisms | Ahmad Smaili | Tennessee Technological University | Alexander Golovin | Bauman Moscow State Technical University | Wednesday | 8:30AM |
| MECH | MECH39 | Topology and Geometry | Jian Dai | University of Sunderland | Chung-Ching Lee | National Kaohsiung Institute of Technology | Tuesday | 10:15AM |
| MECH | MECH40 | Analysis of Spatial Mechanisms | Raymond Cipra | Purdue University | Pierre Larochelle | Florida Institute of Technology | Wednesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH41 | Synthesis of Complex Mechanisms | Tingli Yang | Jinling Petrochemical Corp. | Anoop Dhingra | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | Tuesday | 2:15PM |
| MECH | MECH42 | Multiloop Mechanisms | D. Kohli | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | J.Keith Nisbett | University of Missouri-Rolla | Tuesday | 4:00PM |
| MECH | MECH43 | Planar Mechanisms - II | D.Kohli | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Anoop Dhingra | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | Wednesday | 2:15PM |