Alessandro Salmi is an Associate Professor of Technologies and Manufacturing Systems at the Politecnico di Torino (Italy). He is a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMTech) research group at the Interdepartmental Integrated Additive Manufacturing Centre at the Politecnico di Torino (IAM@PoliTo). He is a teaching professor for the MSc in Mechanical Engineering, the MSc in Automotive Engineering, and the BSc in Design and Communication. His main research topics are those related to additive manufacturing technologies and numerical modelling of manufacturing processes. In parallel, he has developed other activities in the mechanical and technological characterisation of materials, both traditional and innovative, and the study of the correlations between process parameters and the microscopic and macroscopic characteristics of the manufactured components. He is the author of more than 65 scientific publications and has participated as a speaker in numerous conferences and study meetings. For his research activity, Alessandro Salmi received the Best Young Scientist Award at the Fourth International Conference on Additive Technologies, iCAT 2012.