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Romain Duballet is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of digital fabrication, structural engineering, and architectural design, with a primary focus on additive manufacturing of cementitious and concrete materials. His most influential contribution, "Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete of Integrated Formwork for Truss-Shaped Pillars" (2018, 57 citations), introduced a groundbreaking processing route for producing architecturally complex structural elements by printing integrated formwork — an interdisciplinary achievement bridging material science, robotics, computation, and architectural design. This work established him as a key voice in the emerging field of 3D concrete printing. His earlier research on graded polystyrene aggregate concrete structures (2015, 22 citations) demonstrated his commitment to multi-objective structural optimization, while his 2017 work on space truss insulating walls advanced the practical case for robotically fabricated building systems. His doctoral thesis (2019) synthesized these threads into a comprehensive framework for new robotic manufacturing techniques beyond conventional casting or projection methods. Duballet's body of work is notable for translating experimental fabrication concepts into scalable, structurally rigorous applications, making him a significant contributor to the future of automated construction.