Ilaria Cristofolini is Associate Professor in the field of Methods for Engineering Design at the University of Trento - Department of Industrial Engineering (Italy). PhD in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Padua (I). Research areas: design for powder metallurgy, design against wear, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, knowledge-based design systems, design for additive manufacturing. Author of a book (The Design Guidelines Collaborative Framework) and of more than 150 publications.