معرفی
Dr. Andy Gleadall is Reader in Additive Manufacturing at Loughborough University's Wolfson School. His research focuses on material extrusion techniques for biomedical and industrial applications, with expertise in 3D printing process optimization and material characterization.
Research explores novel structural geometries, material behavior in additive manufacturing, and biomedical scaffold design. Key innovations include the open-source FullControl GCode Designer software enabling precise additive manufacturing design across diverse materials from thermopolymers to biological cells.
Recent publications demonstrate growing focus on electromechanical sensors (2025), metallic lattices (2023), and pharmaceutical dosage forms (2024). Computational approaches dominate research methods, particularly in microstructure simulation and fibrous network analysis.
Laboratory innovations include:
- Development of VOLCO voxel modeling for scaffold design
- Novel approaches for controlling material anisotropy
- Methods for enhancing interlayer bonding in 3D printing
