Digital Design and Manufacturing: Latest Advances and Prospects
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2025 | Viewed by 123
Special Issue Editors
Interests: design for digital fabrication; design for additive manufacturing; design techniques; digital design
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Interests: engineering-manufacturing; additive manufacturing; engineering design; computer-aided engineering
Interests: mechanical design; applications of computational methods in product-material-process-performance design; design methodology and methods for complex engineering products Intelligent products and manufacturing systems; life-time sensing and iterative design of intelligent products; new hybrid manufacturing methods and equipment; adaptive process planning
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Interests: computer-aided design; additive manufacturing; computer assisted graphics; additive manufacturing technologies; computer assisted design and additive manufacturing; product design and development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The discipline, practice and research of product design is rapidly evolving with the emergence and implementation of digital design and manufacturing technologies. Technologies such as Generative Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twins, Topology Optimization and Industry 4.0 and 5.0 are reshaping the way we conceive, prototype, test, develop, manufacture, certify and distribute products, providing remarkable opportunities for improving their functionality, resource efficiency and value. However, these technologies could also create challenges in areas such as supply chain resilience, intellectual property, job security, upskilling and reskilling.
This Special Issue aims to create a platform for showcasing cutting-edge advancements and real-world applications, inspiring new developments and promoting the applications of emerging digital design and manufacturing technologies. We welcome original research papers, industry case studies and reviews from researchers, industrialists and practitioners, and experts, in these fields.
Topics of interest include the following areas:
- Digital design workflows;
- Automated design tools;
- Computational design;
- Generative design;
- Generative AI for design;
- Digital design and manufacturing practice;
- Design for additive manufacturing;
- Design for digital manufacturing;
- Digitalization of conventional manufacturing;
- Emerging technologies in digital manufacturing;
- Human-machine collaboration in digital manufacturing (augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality);
- Digital twins;
- Sustainability in digital design and manufacturing;
- Review papers, case studies, and practical and real-world applications related to the above topics.
Dr. Patrick Pradel
Prof. Dr. Allan Rennie
Dr. Yi Xiong
Dr. Mihaela Ulmeanu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital design
- generative design
- digital manufacturing
- additive manufacturing
- digital life-cycle
- generative AI in design
- digital design workflows
- automated design tools
- computational design
- generative design
- generative AI
- digital design and manufacturing practice
- design for additive manufacturing
- design for digital manufacturing
- digitalization of conventional manufacturing
- sustainability
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