Preface

Design is a fundamental discipline which regulates all the aspects of science and research, and best practices in industrial environments. Whether referring to it as the basic design of experiment (DoE) or the complex organic shaping of an object, design is the very first step to take in order to accomplish any activity in science, research and industry. The clear definition of the objectives to reach by the end of the programmed activity helps shaping the way to pursue them and to choose the most appropriate options available to boost this process.

This book includes four sections starting form the first one outlining the design perspective applied to different technological case studies (electro-mechanical assemblies in the aerospace industry, multi-objective optimization), addressing also the topic of sustainability in terms of design of biodegradable compounds and in the integration of sustainability in the strategic stages of an innovation process. Section two highlights how design and manufacturing are going hand in hand in the booming technological field of additive manufacturing, which is giving rise to a new era of sintering, allowing to obtain new materials and to process them in a more effective way, involving also rapid physical models to boost industrial design. The third and fourth sections address the implementation of design for manufacturing in the case of agricultural applications with specific case studies (ceramic water filter press for use in Nigeria, and Agriculture Machinery), and for biomedical applications, with a particular focus on the use of additive manufacturing of bioscaffolds for developing tissue-engineered constructs, and additive manufacturing approaches for full bone regeneration.

This book will shed a light on the potential of design and manufacturing and we hope that it will inspire students, researchers and professional to rethink their design and manufacturing approach.

> **Evren Yasa** Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey

**Mohsen Mhadhbi** National Institute of Research and Physical-Chemical Analysis, Tunisia

> **Eleonora Santecchia** Marche Polytechnic University, Italy

**1**

Section 1

Design Perspective

Section 1
