Anastasios Tzotzis is a researcher/lecturer at the University of Western Macedonia—Product and Systems Design Engineering Department. He received his PhD from the Department of Design and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Zaragoza. He holds an M.Sc. in Mechatronics and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Western Macedonia University of Applied Sciences. He has worked in the Hellenic Sugar Industry SA, participating in several maintenance and reverse engineering projects related to specialized machinery. He has over 10 years of teaching experience at academic institutions such as the University of Western Macedonia, the Merchant Marine Academy of Macedonia and the Mediterranean College of Thessaloniki. His research interests range from machining simulations and intelligent manufacturing and CAD-based programming for design and manufacturing to the implementation of non-linear finite element methods and machine learning, as well as to the design of mechanical systems and industrial products. He has published more than 40 scientific papers and is the co-author of “3D FEA Simulations in Machining, Springer Nature, 2023” and several other academic books. Moreover, he has received a patent for the design of a specialized unmanned surface vessel and acts as a reviewer in numerous scientific journals.