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Designs Webinar | Additive Manufacturing—Medical Device Design and Manufacturing
Designs Webinar | Additive Manufacturing—Medical Device Design and Manufacturing
30 June 2026
Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Medical Device Design, Patient-Specific Medical Solutions, Design For Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing, Biomedical Engineering, Digital Design, Personalized Healthcare
Welcome from the Chair
4th Designs Webinar
Additive Manufacturing—Medical Device Design and Manufacturing
Dear colleagues, distinguished speakers, and guests,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to this Designs webinar entitled “Additive Manufacturing—Medical Device Design and Manufacturing.” Additive manufacturing is increasingly reshaping the way medical devices are designed, developed, and produced, enabling new levels of customization, design complexity, and patient-specific functionality. From advanced design methodologies and digital workflows to the fabrication of personalized implants, surgical tools, and biomedical components, this field continues to open important opportunities for innovation in healthcare and medical engineering.
This webinar aims to bring together experts working at the intersection of design, additive manufacturing, and medical technology, offering insights into current advances, practical challenges, and future directions. Particular attention will be given to how design-driven approaches can support the development of safer, more efficient, and more personalized medical solutions.
On behalf of Designs, I would like to warmly thank our invited speakers for sharing their expertise and all participants for joining us. I hope that today’s presentations and discussion will stimulate fruitful exchange and contribute to further collaboration in this rapidly evolving field.
Date: 30 June 2026
Time: 9:00 am CEST | 3:00 pm CST (Asia)
Webinar ID: 884 9685 4050
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Event Chair
Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
Dr. Antreas Kantaros is a researcher and educator specializing in additive manufacturing, 3D printing, digital design, and advanced materials. His work focuses on the application of 3D printing technologies in biomedical engineering, cultural heritage, sustainable manufacturing, and smart design solutions. He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications in the field of additive manufacturing and serves in editorial and guest editorial roles for international scientific journals. His research interests include design for additive manufacturing, patient-specific solutions, biomimetic materials, and the integration of digital technologies into modern manufacturing workflows.
Invited Speakers
Department of Engineering for Industrial Systems and Technologies, Parma University, Parma, Italy
Design and Development of Patient-Specific Medical Devices for Maxillofacial Surgery Through 3D Modeling, Topology Optimization, and AM
Claudio Favi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering for Industrial Systems and Technologies at University of Parma. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Management from Università Politecnica delle Marche in 2013, following degrees in Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. His teaching and research activities focus on engineering design methods and tools, 3D modeling of complex systems, life cycle engineering, and product development processes for manufacturing, including additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies. He is a member of the EMT—Engineering Methods and Tools research group—and has been involved in several European, national, and regional research projects. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 scientific publications in international journals and conference proceedings.
School of Production Engineering and Management, Institute of Computational Mechanics and Optimization, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Computational Mechanics, Machine Learning and Topology Optimization Tools
Georgios Stavroulakis is Professor at the School of Production Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Crete. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1991, and his Habilitation from Carolo Wilhelmina Technical University of Braunschweig in 2000, following degrees in Civil Engineering. His teaching and research activities focus on computational mechanics, optimal design and applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in mechanics. He has been involved in several European, national, and regional research and development projects. He has authored and co-authored more than 500 scientific publications in international journals and conference proceedings, including monographs and edited volumes.
Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Delft, The Netherlands
Biomimetic Tissue Interfaces: Design, Modeling, and Applications
Mohammad J. Mirzaali is as an Associate Professor and the Head of Bio-TIE (Biomimetic Tissue Interface Engineering) lab at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, at Delft University of Technology. He is also the Secretary of the Netherlands Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (NBTE), and the Early Career Board Member of Journal of Applied Materials Today. Dr. Mirzaali's primary interests are centered on biomechanics, biomaterials and biomimicry, with a particular focus on the biomechanics of natural hard–soft interfaces and their emulation in synthetic interfaces with tailored and unprecedented properties. He has received several national and international awards and grants.
College of Science and Engineering, University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Registration
This is a FREE webinar. The number of participants to the live session is limited but the recording will be made available on Sciforum shortly afterwards. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Certificates of attendance will be delivered to those who attend the live webinar.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
Program
| Speaker | Presentation | Time in CEST | Time in CST (Asia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Antreas Kantaros (Chair) | Opening Remarks and Webinar Introduction | 09:00–09:10 | 15:00–15:10 |
| Prof. Dr. Claudio Favi | Design and Development of Patient-Specific Medical Devices for Maxillofacial Surgery Through 3D Modeling, Topology Optimization, and Additive Manufacturing | 09:10–09:30 | 15:10–15:30 |
| Prof. Dr. Georgios Stavroulakis | Computational Mechanics, Machine Learning, and Topology Optimization Tools | 09:30–09:50 | 15:30–15:50 |
| Dr. Mohammad J. Mirzaali | Biomimetic Tissue Interfaces: Design, Modeling, and Applications | 09:50–10:10 | 15:50–16:10 |
| Dr. Olivia McDermott | Presentation Title TBC | 10:10–10:30 | 16:10–16:30 |
| Q&A | 10:30–10:50 | 16:30–16:50 | |
| Dr. Antreas Kantaros | Closing Remarks and End of Webinar | 10:50–11:00 | 16:50–17:00 |
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