In September 2026, IJAMD editorial board member Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto served as a plenary speaker at the European Conference on Fracture in Athens.



Speech topic: Fatigue-Oriented Design of Additively Manufactured Metamaterials
Research content: Additively manufactured (AM) metamaterials enable unprecedented control over structural performance, yet their fatigue behavior remains a key barrier to engineering deployment. In AM-ed metamaterials, fatigue life is governed not only by architecture but also by process-induced defects and as-built geometric variability. This work overviews recent advances in fatigue-oriented design of metamaterials, highlighting the role of bioinspired concepts, energy-based criteria, and data-driven modeling in identifying and mitigating fatigue-critical regions. Particular emphasis is placed on emerging design-stage tools that embed defect sensitivity and fatigue prediction directly into lattice optimization, opening new pathways toward damage-tolerant architected materials.