Main Organizers

Paula M. Vilarinho – Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro – paula.vilarinho@ua.pt

Paula M. Vilarinho is at the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal, where she is an Associate Professor of Materials and Ceramics Engineering. She obtained her Engineering and PhD degrees from the University of Aveiro. She is currently Vice Director of CICECO – Aveiro Materials Institute (UA), Member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Materials (FEMs), and Director of the Master Program on Additive Manufacturing of UA. Professor Vilarinho’s scientific research focuses on the synthesis, properties, and processing of functional materials for electronics, microelectronics, and related applications, as ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, dielectric, multiferroics. She has published about 300 papers in refereed journals.

Pedro Duarte – Digital Fabrication and Technology Valorization na CTCP- Centro Tecnológico do Calçado de Portugal – pedro.duarte@ctcp.pt

Alessandra Sanson– CNR-ISTEC Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali Ceramici – alessandra.sanson@istec.cnr.it

Alex Sangiorgi – CNR-ISTEC Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali Ceramici – alex.sangiorgi@istec.cnr.it

Alex Sangiorgi is a Technologist at the National Research Council – Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics (CNR-ISTEC) in Faenza (RA), Italy. He obtained a PhD degree in “Materials science and technology” from the University of Parma and, today, he is the supervisor of the ISTEC 3D Printing Laboratory. Its scientific research focuses on the processing of functional materials (e.g. semiconductors and perovskytes) for different applications such as innovative solar cells, photo-electrochemical cells, batteries, and ceramic membranes. He has published about 15 papers in refereed journals.

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