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Karam Mawas is a leading researcher at the intersection of digital fabrication, additive manufacturing, and computational design for construction. His work focuses on overcoming the traditional limitations of concrete construction—namely, its formwork intensity and labor demands—by developing innovative, design-informed manufacturing processes. Mawas is best known for his pioneering work on "Robotic Knitcrete," a project that introduced a pedestrian bridge fabricated using robotic shotcrete applied onto a 3D-knitted formwork (17 citations). This breakthrough demonstrates how complex concrete shell structures can be realized with unprecedented geometric freedom and material efficiency. He has also made significant contributions to quality control in digital fabrication, developing automatic geometric inspection methods that enable precise co-registration between printed objects and their digital models (11 citations). More recently, his research on functionally integrated shotcrete 3D printing elements for multi-storey structures (6 citations) and digital twinning—closing the digital-physical-digital loop by integrating captured geometric data into fabrication information models (4 citations)—positions him at the forefront of advancing sustainable, automated construction. Mawas’s work is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of robotic construction, digital twins, and net-zero building technologies.