Michele Palermo

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Michele Palermo is a structural engineering researcher whose work sits at the cutting edge of digital fabrication and advanced manufacturing for civil and construction applications. His research focuses primarily on Wire-and-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM), a welding-based technology that enables the production of large-scale, geometrically complex metal structural components — an area where he has established himself as a pioneering voice in bringing additive manufacturing into the construction sector. Palermo's most cited contribution, "Geometrical Characterization of Wire-and-Arc Additive Manufactured Steel Elements" (2019, 30 citations), provided foundational insight into the physical and dimensional properties of WAAM-produced steel, helping establish a scientific basis for the technology's structural application. His subsequent work on stainless steel rods (2021) and innovative tubular sandwich cross-sections for jumbo structural members (2024) demonstrates a sustained and evolving research trajectory aimed at expanding WAAM's practical viability for large-scale infrastructure. Collectively accumulating over 50 citations, Palermo's contributions are helping bridge the gap between industrial additive manufacturing and structural engineering, offering designers new freedoms in material efficiency, component geometry, and customized fabrication — capabilities with significant implications for the future of sustainable and optimized construction.