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Professor Rocco Lupoi

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Professor Rocco Lupoi

Professor In (Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng)
PARSONS BUILDING

 lupoir@tcd.ie

 3531896 1729


I graduated as mechanical engineer in 2004 from Polytechnic University of Turin, and obtained my PhD degree from the University of Bath (UK) in 2008. My PhD project was covered by an article with dedicated front cover in EUREKA magazine (May 2005) with title Devices that absorb energy on demand. I really enjoyed research, and formed a clear passion for the development of new manufacturing processes. As such, I was hired as post-doctoral researcher in Cambridge University (UK) in 2008 to carry out ground-breaking work in a new field, now known as Additive Manufacturing. In Cambridge I published key papers, submitted a patent (now granted), and formed a spin-off company with co-workers (Laser Fusion Tech.) to commercialize the processes I had developed. Despite the commercial attraction, academic research remained my true passion; in summer 2012 I accepted the post of Assistant Professor in Trinity College Dublin and I started to develop my own group. In 2013 I became Marie Curie Fellow (CIG scheme), and in 2014 I was awarded of a key grant from the European Space Agency (Technology Research Programme - TRP). I was the very first PI in Trinity to have secured an award of this size from ESA. The project was featured in the national innovation news page of the Irish Times, 19th of January 2015. As an independent PI, I am now a funded investigator in AMBER (the national research centre for advanced materials and bioengineering) and I-Form (the national centre for Advanced Manufacturing). I am now an Associate Member of the international academy of production engineering (CIRP). In summary, I am an emerging leader in Additive Manufacturing with established collaborations in Europe (Ireland, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, France) and the rest of the World (China, US, Canada). In recognition to my research career, I was elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin (FTCD) in 2019 and nominated Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM) in 2022. According to the October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" led by Stanford University and published by Elsevier, I rank within the top 2% scientists internationally.
  Additive Manufacturing   COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS   ENERGY   Energy Absorbing Materials   ENERGY-ABSORPTION   Hydraulics engineering   Industrial Engineering   LASER   LASER CLADDING   LASER MACHINING   Manufacturing (Mechanical Engineering)   Manufacturing Engineering   Materials Engineering   Materials technology, engineering   Mechanical Engineering   Physics   Process Development Engineering   Process Engineering   Production Engineering   Structural Engineering
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For any information on active and past research projects, please consult my group webpage at this link: https://www.stamlab.eu/

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Nature Scientific Data - Reviewer Current
Acta Materialia - Reviewer Current
Materials Research Letters - Reviewer Current
Journal of Nuclear Materials - Reviewer Current
Journal of Materials Processing technology - Reviewer Current
Additive Manufacturing - Reviewer Current
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) - Reviewer Current
Optics and Laser Technology - Reviewer Current
ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering - Reviewer Current
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology - Reviewer Current
Fuel Processing Technology - Reviewer Current
Applied Surface Science - Reviewer Current
Proposals reviewer for calls by research funding bodies in Ireland, France and Canada Current
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology - Reviewer Current
Springer and SpringerPlus - Reviewer Current
Materials & Design - Reviewer Current
International Academy for Production Engineering, CIRP-E events - part of Scientific Commitee Current
Associate Editor for De Gruyter - http://degruyteropen.com/people/rlupoi/ Current
Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering - Reviewer Current
Surface & Coating Technology - Reviewer Current
International Journal of Thermal Sciences - Reviewer Current
Scientific Research and Essays - Reviewer Current
Chemical Engineering Science - Reviewer Current
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Fellow of of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM) April 2022 Current
Nominated Associate Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) March 2019 Current
Committee member on the national standards authority of Ireland (NSAI) 2017 Current
Funded Investigator of I-Form (http://www.i-form.ie/staff.html) 2017 Current
PI of Science and Technology in Advanced Manufacturing (STAM) https://www.tcd.ie/mecheng/research/stam/ Current
Funded Investigator of AMBER - http://ambercentre.ie/
Member of the Italian Professional Body for Engineers (Albo degli Ingegneri), Chartered Engineer level 2012 Current
Member of the Irish Manufacturing Council (IMC) October 2012 Current
Only member in Ireland of the Cold Spray Society, a group of world leading experts in the field run by the School of Mines in Paris January 2013 Current
Fatemeh Zarei, Amir Ardeshiri Lordejani, Hyunjong Lee, Siyuan Ruan, Apostolos Koutsioukis, Xuyun Guo, Davoud Jafari, Shuo Yin, Valeria Nicolosi, Sergi Dosta, Wessel W. Wits, Rocco Lupoi, Mario Guagliano, Sara Bagherifard, Additive manufacturing of graphene-reinforced copper matrix composites produced via cold spray, Materials & Design, 2026, Journal Article, ACCEPTED  DOI
Haoxiang Li , Xuhang Zhao , Zhiyuan Ma , Zhongyuan Xiang , Fei Chen , Jun Liu , Rocco Lupoi , Wenyou Zhang , Dichen Li , Liqun Zhang, Effects of metal powder morphology and concentration on thermomechanical properties and MAPS processability of metal-polymer composite powder sheets, Additive Manufacturing Frontiers, 2026, Journal Article, ACCEPTED  DOI
Andrew Ang et al., Innovative Coatings for a Greener Sky: The 2026 Strategic Roadmap for Thermal Spray and PVD Coatings, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2026, p1 - 102, Notes: [Perspective article], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Tianqi Zhu, Leo Devlin, Weiming Su, Yan Chen, Pengfei Yu, Rocco Lupoi, Guanjun Yang, Shuo Yin, Laser Ablation Particle Acceleration and Observation (LAPAO) System Reveals the Metal-Ceramic Adhesion Mechanism Under Supersonic Impacts, Scripta Materialia, 284, 2026, p117500 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Yan Zhao, Kai Liu, Rocco Lupoi, Shuo Yin, Strength prediction with defect analysis of DLP-printed beta-TCP scaffolds, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 326, 2026, p11873 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Wenyou Zhang, Arnoldas Sasnauskas, Ole Hill, Hannes Büttner, Rocco Lupoi, Joerg Volpp, Advanced dynamic beam shaping for powder sheet additive manufacturing, Optics & Laser Technolgy, 203, 2026, p115880 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Samuele Di Sturco, Giulio Marchese, Rocco Lupoi, Mariangela Lombardi, Daniele Ugues, Paolo Fino, Sara Biamino, Investigation of the in-situ formation of a Mo-Mo3Si alloy directly via EB-PBF process, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 140, 2026, p107911 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
S. Marola, W. Zhang, R. Lupoi , R. Casati, Effect of thermal treatments on a MAPS-printed Cr-Mo-Ni alloy steel, Additive Manufacturing Letters, 2026, Journal Article, ACCEPTED  DOI
Leo Devlin, Pengfei Yu, Rocco Lupoi, Shuo Yin, Effect of Ceramic Particle Properties on Fragmentation and Embedment in Al/Al2O3 Metal Matrix Composite: A Single Particle Impact Study, Materials & Design, 2026, Journal Article, ACCEPTED  DOI
Apostolos Koutsioukis, Siyuan Ruan, Ruben Cabello, Hyunjong Lee, Ilias ". Oikonomou, Xuyun Guo, Arnoldas Sasnauskas, José M. Munuera, Aran Rafferty, Yifeng Xiong, Sergi Dosta Parras, Wessel W. Wits, Shuo Yin, Jonathan Coleman, Rocco Lupoi & Valeria Nicolosi, Sustainable, solvent-free exfoliation of 2D materials for thermally conductive metal powder coatings, NPJ 2D Materials and Applications, 2026, Journal Article, ACCEPTED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
  

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Yan Chen, Prasad Kangude, Anthony Robinson, Shuo Yin, Rocco Lupoi, Enhanced nucleate pool boiling performance of aluminum alloy coatings fabricated by cold spray additive manufacturing, ITSC 2026, Bangkok (Thailand), 18-20 of March 2026, 2026, pp379 - 384, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Pengfei Yu, Jianfeng Wang, Rocco Lupoi, Stored strain energy-driven interatomic diffusion in immiscible Multi-metal composites via cold spray, ITSC 2026, Bangkok (Thailand), 18-20 March 2026, 2026, pp186 - 194, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Hyunjong Lee, Apostolos Koutsioukis, Rocco Lupoi, Davoud Jafari, Valeria Nicolosi, Bernard J. Geurts, Wessel W. Wits, Measurements of the effective thermal conductivity of composite metal powders for additive manufacturing, Euromat 2023, Frankfurt (Germany), 3-7 September 2023, 2023, Notes: [https://euromat2023.com/], Poster, PUBLISHED
Koutsioukis Apostolos, Siyuan Ruan, Yan Chen, Rocco Lupoi, Valeria Nicolosi, Ultrasonication of Graphene/Copper composites for Additive Manufacturing , Graphene 2023, Manchester (UK), 27-30 June 2023 , 2023, Notes: [https://www.grapheneconf.com/2023/index.php], Poster, PUBLISHED
Anthony James Robinson; Rocco Lupoi, 'Thermal structures for dissipating heat and methods for manufacture thereof', Trinity College Dublin, EP3679602B1, 2021, 18 August 2026, Trinity College Dublin, Patent, GRANTED
M. Meyer and R. Lupoi, Supersonic Spray Advanced Modelling SSAM, 19th Annual Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium & Postgraduate Workshop, Queen's University Belfast, 2016, Poster, PUBLISHED
R.Lupoi and F.Osman, Revolutionary devices to dissipate energy in mechanical systems, PGA 2006 , Bath (UK), 2006, Poster, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Journal of Thermal Spray volume 31 best paper award 2023
Nominated Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM) 2022
Elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2019
Accelerated Advancement Award 2016
SFI - TIDA award 2016-2017
Enterprise Ireland - Commercialization Fund 2015-2017
European Space Agency (ESA) major grant award, Technology Research Programme (TRP) 2015-2019
Irish Research Council - New Foundation Award 2014
Marie Curie Fellowship (CIG) 2013-2017
Certificate for professional engineering practice, Chartered Status 2006
Silver medal for professional achievements in the AMPT 2005 conference. Prize given in Wisla, Poland (2005) 2005
A scholarship for PhD studies at the University of Bath 2004-2007
An Erasmus scholarship, Politecnico di Torino (Italy) 2002-2003
Additive Manufacturing; Cold Spray; Materials Characterization; Lasers and Material Laser Processing; Friction Welding and Friction Stir Welding; Supersonic flows and applications; Fluid mechanics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and applications; Solid Mechanics (Crashworthiness and Energy Absorbers); Components and systems design for engineering applications, product development