Dr Patrick Pradel is a Lecturer in Product Industrial User-Centred Design at the Loughborough School of Design and the Creative Arts, and a member of the Design for Digital Fabrication Research Group (D 4DF). His research focuses on Design for Additive Manufacturing, Technology-Inspired Design, and Design Education. Patrick is the PI for the EPSRC UK Design for AM Network, reviewer for different scientific journals and Associate/Review Editor for Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology. He has more than twelve years of teaching experience in product and industrial design.