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Research activity

IDEA

Research activity

IDEA - Integrated Design and Engineering
Applications LAB researchers study and develop
Computer Aided methods and tools for the integrated

design of products and production processes. Design
by Simulation, Robotic Manufacturing and Assembly,
GD&T Model Based Design, Design for Additive
Manufacturing, 3D capturing techniques for reverse
modelling and inspection are scientific and technical
skills mainly applied to industrial applications, in
particular in the automotive and healthcare fields.
Lab Coordinator: Prof. Francesco Leali

Context and motivation of the

research

The main task of engineers is to apply their scientific
knowledge to the solution of technical problems,
and then to optimize those solutions within the
requirements and constraints set by material,
technological, economic, legal, environmental and

human-related considerations (G. Pahl, W. Beitz).

Impact on society

IDEA LAB researchers authored scientific papers
awarded in international conferences or published in
international journals. They are inventors of industrial

patents for automotive and healthcare. Scientific
results are offered to engineering students in
university classes and in life-long learning services.
The university spin-off IDEATIVA srl, founded in 2017,
commercially exploits the most effective research
results.

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