Purpose: The paper emphasises the very significant role of materials selection for design and manufacturing processes of new needed products, having the highest attainable quality and performance at the optimum and possibly the lowest cost level. Design/methodology/approach: The engineering design processes cannot be set apart either from the material design, being more and more often computer-aided, or the technological design of the most suitable manufacturing processes. Findings: The attention was paid to synergic effects of the cooperation with the specialists of various branches what was a basis of the successful series of the International Scientific Conference AMME and the foundation of the World Academy of Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. Practical implications: The paper includes also the description of the world developmental trends in that area in the first decades of the 21st century. The tasks of that field of science in priority spheres of the world development are determined. Originality/value: Directions of activities of materials science and engineering ensuring the achievements of strategic aims of the developments of societies include materials design, computational materials science, advanced analytical methods, manufacturing and processing, nano-, smart and biomimetic materials are included. It is concluded that there is a humanistic mission which stands at the engineering circle, especially associated with materials and manufacturing engineering and its aim is to make products and consumer goods, deciding directly about the level and quality of human life.
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