Designs Webinar | Additive Manufacturing — From Promise to Practice
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6th Designs Webinar
Additive Manufacturing— From Promise to Practice
Dear colleagues, distinguished speakers, and guests,
Over the past few decades, additive manufacturing has transformed from an innovative concept into a powerful manufacturing technology with the potential to revolutionize industries such as aerospace, biomedical engineering, automotive, energy, and many others. Its ability to fabricate highly complex geometries, reduce material waste, enable customization, and shorten product development cycles has made it one of the most exciting manufacturing technologies of our time.
Yet, despite these remarkable capabilities, the journey from promise to widespread industrial practice remains challenging.
Producing a component with the desired geometry, dimensional accuracy, and intricate design is only part of the story. The true measure of success lies in the reliability and performance of the manufactured part throughout its intended service life. Industries with stringent safety and performance requirements demand not only dimensional precision but also consistent material integrity and predictable mechanical behavior.
This is where many of the current research challenges lie. Additive manufacturing processes are inherently accompanied by complex thermal histories and process-induced defects. Porosity, internal microcracks, residual stresses, microstructural heterogeneity, phase transformations, and variability in mechanical properties continue to present significant obstacles to qualification and certification, particularly for safety-critical applications.
Across all seven categories of additive manufacturing processes, researchers and engineers are working to better understand the relationships among process parameters, material behavior, defect formation, and final component performance. Addressing these challenges requires collaboration across materials science, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, computational modeling, process monitoring, nondestructive evaluation, and quality assurance.
This webinar is an opportunity to explore these critical issues. It is a platform to exchange ideas, share the latest research findings, discuss innovative solutions, and bridge the gap between laboratory achievements and industrial implementation. By bringing together experts from different disciplines and application sectors, we move one step closer to realizing the full potential of additive manufacturing.
We encourage everyone to join this webinar and actively participate in the discussions, ask questions, and take advantage of the collective expertise. Meaningful dialogue and collaboration are essential if we are to transform additive manufacturing from a technology of great promise into one of dependable industrial practice.
Date: 15 October 2026
Time: 10:00 am CEST | 04:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 852 9778 4046
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Speakers
University of Twente, The Netherlands;
Over 30 years of experience as an educator, researcher and thought leader in Additive Manufacturing, working at top universities in UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Europe, and Australia. Chair of Advanced Manufacturing, Sustainable Products and Energy Systems and Scientific Lead of the Advanced Manufacturing Centre at the University of Twente since 2018.
University of Messina, Italy;
The University of Adelaide, Australia;
Dr. Animesh Basak received his Master and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Katholieke Universeteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium. Later, he continued his academic career in various Australian universities, namely, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney; Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, and currently working at Adelaide university. Dr. Basak’s research interests include nanostructured materials, high-resolution microscopy (AFM/LFM, FIB-SEM, S/TEM) and probe analysis, nano-scale fabrication of materials, deformation mechanisms novel materials, nano-mechanics, tribology and tribo-corrosion, electrochemistry and electrochemical measurement techniques. He has more than 300 publications with 7000+ citations including top-ranked peer-reviewed journal papers, conference papers, book chapters, edited books and authored books. He regularly attends national/international conferences to deliver invited/plenary lectures on his expertise. He also serves as a reviewer for Master and PhD thesis, project proposal/grant application, scientific manuscript for peer-review and editorial board member for a number of journals.
University of Galway, Ireland;
Dr Olivia McDermott is a Professor in Operational Excellence & Regulatory Affairs at the University of Galway. She is the course director of 4 Medical Technology Regulatory Affairs post-graduate programs. Her research interests are in the areas of Quality 4.0, Industry 4.0, Lean, Six Sigma, Sustainability, and Operational Excellence with a focus on Regulatory Affairs and medtech/pharma environments. She has published and co-authored over 180 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers and edited books since 2021 and is featured in the Stanford University /Elsevier Top 2% cited authors in her field for 2025, in the 2025 Scholar GPS Top 2% and in the 2025 SciRank Global Top 2%.
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Additive Manufacturing: From Promise to Practice
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2027
Topic Editor: Dr. Muhannad Ahmed Obeidi and Dr. David Tormey
