Emerging Multifunctional Composites via Additive Manufacturing: Design, Processing, and Applications
School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, KoreaHeat transfer; 3D printing; Energy harvesting; Multifunctional materials
Wonjoon Choi is a Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Korea University. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2012 and his B.S. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Seoul National University in 2003. Before joining Korea University as an Assistant Professor in 2012, he worked as a Postdoctoral Associate in MIT's Department of Chemical Engineering. He also has prior industry experience as an Assistant Engineer at KEBTechnology Co., Ltd. and as an Engineer at CyberCVS Co., Ltd.
Additive manufacturing (AM) has rapidly emerged as a transformative platform for developing multifunctional composites that integrate structural integrity with diverse and tunable properties. In contrast to conventional manufacturing, AM provides unprecedented freedom in material selection, architecture design, and hierarchical structuring, thereby enabling composites with coupled or synergistic functionalities that go well beyond traditional roles. The convergence of innovative material systems, computational design, and advanced processing strategies has opened new opportunities for creating lightweight, adaptive, and application-driven composites.
This Special Issue, “Emerging Multifunctional Composites via Additive Manufacturing: Design, Processing, and Applications”, aims to highlight the latest progress in the design, fabrication, and utilization of multifunctional composites enabled by AM. Contributions are invited that address both fundamental investigations and applied studies, spanning modeling, materials development, process optimization, and functional performance. Emphasis will be placed on bridging design–processing–performance relationships across multiple length scales and property domains.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Computational design and topology optimization for multifunctional composites.
• Advanced AM processes and hybrid manufacturing approaches for composite systems.
• Processing–structure–property correlations in polymer-, metal-, ceramic-, and hybrid composites.
• Architected and hierarchical composites with integrated multifunctionality.
• Emerging applications in energy, aerospace, electronics, and biomedical engineering.
We welcome original research, reviews, and perspectives that push the boundaries of AM-enabled multifunctional composites.