Professor (Associate) Dr. Dimitrios Tzetzis is Head of the Digital Manufacturing and Materials Characterization Laboratory and Director of the MSc in Strategic Product Design, School of Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, Greece. He received his PhD from Queen Mary, University of London, School of Engineering and Materials Science where he worked as a member of the Centre for Materials Research (CMR). Currently, apart from his position at International Hellenic University, Dr. D. Tzetzis is also a visiting Professor and researcher at various educational establishments in Greece and abroad and he participates in numerous funded research and development projects. He is member of scientific committees at national and European level and he is the author of more than 180 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, editor of 2 books, author of 10 chapters in edited books and author of more than 120 publications in international conferences in the field of 3D digital technologies, additive manufacturing and mechanical analysis of structures as well as on the development and assessment of advanced materials for various applications. He has been listed for multiple years in the world's top 2% most influential scientists on the Stanford University's-Elsevier list of the world’s most-cited scholars.