THE APPLICANT

Dr. Eng. Vittoria Laghi is a junior Assistant Professor at University of Bologna in Italy, former lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visiting researcher at TU Braunschweig in Germany. 

Dr. Laghi received her PhD degree in Structural Design at University of Bologna in 2021 with a thesis on the application of steel 3D printing in construction.

She received her MEng degree at University of Bologna (Italy) in 2016, and her thesis has been partially developed at University of California Berkeley, where she also attended one semester as an exchange student. 

Her research mainly focuses on the structural applications of steel 3D printing technologies for a new generation of efficient structures. Part of her doctoral activity has been developed in Amsterdam (with an internship at MX3D) and at TU Delft, Netherlands. She then joined TU Braunschweig as visiting post-doctoral researcher to study large-scale 3D printing solutions for construction. 

Her previous background includes among others: earthquake-resistant design, insulating concrete form solutions, structural optimization applications, retrofitting solutions for masonry structures and energy dissipating systems for frame structures.

She authored 40 peer-reviewed publications and conference proceedings. Recently, she co-deposited two patents for innovative mobile 3D printing solutions and innovative lattice structural elements to reduce the environmental impact of metal structures.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vittoria-laghi-556826113/

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vittoria-Laghi

Personal Website: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/vittoria.laghi2/