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Abdollah Saboori

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Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Management and Production Engineering (DIGEP)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center IAM@PoliTo - Integrated Additive Manufacturing

Profile

Keywords

Advanced materials processing
Directed energy deposition (ded)
Electron beam powder bed fusion
Laser powder bed fusion
Materials characterization
Materials engineering
Metal additive manufacturing
Metal matrix composites
Metallic materials

Scientific branch

IIND-04/A - Manufacturing Technologies and Systems
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE11_2 - Engineering of metals and alloys
PE8_10 - Manufacturing engineering and industrial design
PE8_7 - Mechanical and manufacturing engineering (shaping, mounting, joining, separation)
PE8_9 - Production technology, process engineering

SDG

Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Awards and Honors

  • Top Reviewer Award in Materials Science in 2018 conferred by Publons (2018)
  • The Excellent Article Award in Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) conferred by Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) (2018)
  • Top Reviewer Award in Materials Science and cross-filed in 2019 conferred by Publons (2019)
  • 2018 Outstanding Reviewer Award conferred by MDPI, Svizzera (2019)
  • The World's Top 2% Scientists in 2021 conferred by University of Stanford - Elsevier (2021)
  • Bernhard Gross Award conferred by Brazilian Materials Research Society (2021)
  • The World's Top 2% Scientists in 2022 conferred by University of Stanford - Elsevier (2022)
  • The World's Top 2% Scientists in 2023 conferred by University of Stanford - Elsevier (2023)
  • The Excellent Article Award in Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) in 2023 conferred by Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) (2023)
  • The World's Top 2% Scientists in 2024 conferred by University of Stanford - Elsevier (2024)
  • Top Scholar by ScholarGPS conferred by ScholarGPS®, an American company based in California, United States (2025)
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award 2025 conferred by IOP Publishing (2025)
  • Editor of Distinction Awards 2026 conferred by Springer Nature, Germany (2026)
  • Editor’s Choice Article conferred by MDPI-Coatings, Swaziland (2026)
  • Outstanding Editorial Board Member Award conferred by MDPI - Materials (2026)
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Fellowships

  • Effective member - Italian Association of Manufacturing Technologies (AITEM), Italia (2021-)
  • Effective member - Italian Association of Materials Science (AIMAT), Italia (2019-2022)

Editorial boards

  • MICROSTRUCTURES (2026-), Editorial board member
  • Academia Engineering (2025-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINERALS METALLURGY AND MATERIALS (2025-), Editorial board member
  • METALS (2025-2027), Editor of magazine, editorial series, encyclopaedia
  • SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2025-), Editorial board member
  • MATERIALS (2022-), Editorial board member
  • METALS (2022-), Editorial board member
  • COMPOUNDS (2021-), Scientific Committee member
  • METALS (2020-), Other editorial activities
  • MATERIALS (2020-), Other editorial activities
  • MATERIALS (2020-2021), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • MATERIALS (2019-2020), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • METALS (2018-2019), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
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Conferences

  • The 5th International Online Conference on Materials (17/5/2027-20/5/2027), Program committee
  • The 2nd Emerging Materials Global Network Annual Meeting – EMGN-26 (26/10/2026-27/10/2026), Program committee
  • The 3rd International Online Conference on Metals (12/10/2026-14/10/2026), Program chair
  • AM-SMART (14/9/2026-16/9/2026), Program committee
  • The 4th International Online Conference on Materials (IOCM 2025) (3/11/2025-5/4/2025), Program committee
  • The Emerging Materials Global Network Annual Meeting (EMGN-25) (1/9/2025-3/9/2025), Program committee
  • 1st International Conference on Future of AM (5/8/2025-7/8/2025), Program committee
  • The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Metals (IECME 2025) (5/5/2025-7/5/2025), Program committee
  • 5th International Conference of Materials – Advances in Material Innovation (ICM 2024) (25/9/2024-27/9/2024), Program committee
  • 5th International Conference of Materials – Advances in Material Innovation (25/9/2024-27/9/2024), Invited Speakers
  • 05th International Conference on Materials Science, Engineering and Technology (26/2/2024-28/2/2024), Program committee
  • 6th International Conference on Welding and Non Destructive Testing & 2nd National Conference on Additive Manufacturing (21/2/2024-22/2/2024), Program committee
  • Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (iMat) international conference (24/11/2023-27/11/2023), Keynote Speaker
  • CIRPe - 10th global web conference - Materials aspects of Manufacturing processes (25/10/2022-27/10/2022), Program committee
  • Additive Manufacturing for a Better World (23/8/2022-25/8/2022), Program committee
  • 3rd International Conference on Welding and Non-Destructive Testing (3/3/2021-4/3/2021), Program committee
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Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

PhD

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Research Areas/Fields/Groups

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Supervised PhD students

  • Elia Bochicchio. Programme in Ingegneria Gestionale E Della Produzione (41st cycle, 2025-in progress)
    Research subject: Sustainability of additive manufacturing across the value chain: life cycle assessment, experimental validation, and optimization strategies
    Additive manufacturing and reverse engineering
    Advanced manufacturing technologies and systems
    Systems, technologies, and products sustainability
  • Mahta Khorramian. Programme in Ingegneria Gestionale E Della Produzione (41st cycle, 2025-in progress)
    Research subject: Additive Manufacturing of Multi Materials: Processability, Production and Performance Analysis
    Additive manufacturing and reverse engineering
  • Mohammad Taghian Todeshki. Programme in Ingegneria Gestionale E Della Produzione (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  • Amir Behjat. Programme in Gestione, Produzione E Design (38th cycle, 2022-2025)
    Thesis: Effect of post surface treatments and alloy design on the performance of Metal Additive Manufacturing parts
  • Erika Lannunziata. Programme in Gestione, Produzione E Design (37th cycle, 2021-2025)
    Thesis: 3D printing of semi-crystalline high-performance polymers for localized production

Other activities and projects related to research

Abdollah Saboori is an associate professor at the Department of Management and Production Engineering of the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and a member of the Integrated Additive Manufacturing Center (IAM@PoliTO). His research focuses on metal additive manufacturing, with particular emphasis on process-structure-property relationships, the development of advanced metallic materials, and post-processing of additively manufactured components.
He has extensive experience in Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion, Laser Powder Bed Fusion and Directed Energy Deposition, and has contributed to several national and European research projects, including Horizon 2020 initiatives. Prof. Saboori has authored and co-authored more than 170 scientific papers published in international scientific journals and conference proceedings. He is also active in international scientific publishing and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Additive Manufacturing section of Metals. His research achievements have been recognized through several international awards and distinctions.
The last funded project: SYSAM-Plan: An Integrated Framework for Aligning Additive Manufacturing Systems Lifecycle and Project Planning, funded by the Department of Management and Production Engineering, in the frame of 'Progetto Incentivante DIGEP 2025-2027'.

Publications

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PoliTO co-authors

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Patents and other intellectual properties