Gianluca D’Urso is an associate professor and deputy Director of the Department of Management, Information, and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo. He is director of the first level executive Master's degree in "Smart Manufacturing Management e Digital Transformation" His research interests include forming technologies, friction stir welding, micro-manufacturing with a particular focus on micro-EDM processes, discrete event and finite element simulation, and, in recent years, additive manufacturing processes.