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Jun 10
📢 Only 10 Days Left to Submit Your Abstract for the 1st International Online Conference on Sustainable Construction (GO BUILD 2026)!
📝 Submit your abstract: sciforum.net/user/submission…
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Free webinar alert! 🌐Join top experts on Additive Manufacturing & Medical Device Design – 30 June 2026, 09:00 CEST. Register free: sciforum.net/event/Designs-5 #AdditiveManufacturing #MedicalDevices #Webinar #3DPrinting
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Design meets energy storage: this Designs paper explores open-cell foam anodes for lead–air batteries, using material architecture to boost active surface area, improve conductivity, and reduce lead use and weight. mdpi.com/2411-9660/8/4/61
#Design #EnergyStorage #BatteryDesign
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New in Designs: AI judges architecture for human well-being! 🏛️
LLMs predict public preference & select more empathetic, human-centered designs. Evidence-based, scalable, & style-neutral.
Read more: mdpi.com/2411-9660/9/5/118
#Architecture #AI #HumanCenteredDesign #Neuroarchitecture
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Free webinar alert! 🌐
Join top experts on Additive Manufacturing & Medical Device Design – 30 June 2026, 09:00 CEST.
Register free: sciforum.net/event/Designs-5
#AdditiveManufacturing #MedicalDevices #Webinar #3DPrinting
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🚗High-efficiency, low-cost electric powertrain for Shell Eco-marathon Urban Concept vehicle:
• 1500 W BLDC motor 12S8P Li-ion battery
• Modular 2-stage chain drive
• <50 Wh/km energy use
• Simulink-validated & fully documented
mdpi.com/2411-9660/9/5/113
#EVDesign #vehicle
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🚁 Can a light helicopter go hydrogen-electric?
This Designs study presents a conceptual retrofit:
PEM fuel cell 700-bar H₂
30 kg battery
28% propulsion mass reduction
100 km range (1.8–2.2× battery-only)
Read more: mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/1/9
#HydrogenVTOL #RotorcraftDesign
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New in Designs: 1D Finite Element model for RC beams by Mohamad et al.
Highlights: bond-slip tension stiffening material nonlinearity → better deflection & crack predictions.
19% improvement over EC2 methods!
#Designs #StructuralEngineering #FEM #ReinforcedConcrete #BondSlip
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New in Designs: A low-cost, low-power LoRa IoT system for rockfall & landslide monitoring.
Design highlights: ESP32 node, MEMS tilt sensing, GPS, 2 km LoRa range, and real-time dashboard.
mdpi.com/2411-9660/9/6/144
#IoT #LoRa #Designs #GeotechnicalMonitoring #LandslideMonitoring
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🚀 Welcome Dr. Armin Mahmoodi (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada) to the inaugural Early Career Editorial Board of Designs! His expertise: transportation systems, road safety, autonomous systems, UAV/RPAS, simulation, and emergency logistics. #DesignsJournal #ECEB
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🎉 Exciting news! Designs Journal, led by Prof. Dr. Joshua M. Pearce, saw its CiteScore rise from 4.8 (2024) → 5.7 (2025), ranked Q1 in Engineering (miscellaneous) & Mechanical Eng. CiteScoreTracker 2026 = 5.3—next year will be even higher! 🚀 #DesignsJournal #CiteScore #Q1
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New in Designs: Multi-criteria design of industrial process heat solutions
Read more 🔗 mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/3/62
#IndustrialDesign #SustainableEnergy #SolarThermal #HeatPumps #ProcessEngineering #CarbonReduction
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Transforming orthodontics with digital design & titanium 3D printing! 🦷 Patient-specific TSMEs show significant skeletal improvements in children using a customized digital workflow.
Read the study 👉 mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/3/61
#DigitalOrthodontics #CADCAM #AdditiveManufacturing
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May 27
Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Members of Designs
Designs is pleased to announce the following 50 researchers, who have been added to our group of 2026–2027 Early Career Editorial Board Members.
mdpi.com/about/announcements…
#EarlyCareerEditorialMember #ECEB #EngineeringDesign
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May 26
🌿 Highly Accessed Article in Designs
“Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Topology Optimization and Generative Design for Sustainable Additively Manufactured Furniture”
mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/3/50
#Designs #Sustainability #AdditiveManufacturing #GenerativeDesign #Engineering
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May 26
⚡ Highly Accessed Article in Designs
“Development of a Preliminary Renewable Energy Planning Tool with Storage and Carbon Footprint Assessment”
✨mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/3/48
#DesignsJournal #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #EnergyTransition #SmartSystems #CarbonFootprint
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May 26
🏗️✨ Highly Accessed Article in Designs
“The Role of Additive Manufacturing in the Design of Smart and Nature-Based Construction Systems: A Critical Review” 🌍🖨️
🏙️ mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/3/53
#DesignsJournal #AdditiveManufacturing #3DPrinting #SmartCities #SustainableDesign
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May 26
📢 New Issue Out!
Designs, Vol. 10, Issue 2 (Apr 2026) is now published! 🚀
👉 mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/2
#DesignsJournal #Robotics #Design #Innovation #Engineering #OpenAccess
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May 26
🚗💥 Highly Accessed Article in Designs 💥🚗
Crashworthiness Optimization of Composite/Metal Hybrid Tubes with Triggering Hole
🚘⚙️mdpi.com/2411-9660/10/2/44
#DesignsJournal #Crashworthiness #Engineering #MaterialsScience
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May 26
📘✨ New Reprint Out Now!
Studies in Advanced and Selective Manufacturing Technologies features 9 peer-reviewed studies
📚 mdpi.com/books/reprint/12817…
#Manufacturing #Engineering #AdditiveManufacturing #MaterialsScience #Innovation #Research
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