Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering II Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Design Tools and Methods in Industrial Engineering, ADM 2021

This volume collects the proceedings of the ADM2021 International Conference, entitled “Design tools and methods in industrial engineering II,” held in Rome (Italy) from September 9–10, 2021, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering of Sapienza. It is a great honor for me hosting the conference as Chair and coordinating the second edition of this International Conference, which took place for the first time in the University Campus of Modena in September 2019. ADM conference was conceived as the Italian venue to strengthen the network of international research and to meet our colleagues in Italy. The spirit of this venue is similar in conception to that inspiring the Joint Conference on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing (JCM), organized by ADM (Italian Association of Design and Methods for Industrial Engineering) together with the Spanish members of INGEGRAF and the French members of S.mart. The presence of 96 articles, coming from different European countries and the work of over 100 reviewers, demonstrates the activity of our research community, despite the problems related to the pandemic. I wish to thank all the colleagues who have collaborated with me as Organizers: Michele Bici and Daniela Pilone of Sapienza, Paolo Cicconi of the University of Roma 3, Tommaso Ingrassia of the University of Palermo, and Francesco Gherardini of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia to whom I deserve special thanks for having “passed the baton” to me in the conference organizational relay. I wish to thank also all the colleagues who have supported us as Members of the Scientific Committee and as Reviewers and all Authors who gave their valuable contribution to the conference with their research. Likewise, I thank President of ADM Prof. Vincenzo Antonio Nigrelli and Prof. Caterina Rizzi, Coordinator of the Scientific Council of the ADM. A further thank is due to Altair and the ASME Italian Section for their patronage, to the Sapienza institutions, the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering and the Department of Mechanics and Aerospace, for hosting us. Last, but not least, the ix publisher Springer Nature, who honored us by publishing the proceedings of this second edition in the series “Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering.” With the hope that ADM2021 and the presence in Rome can also set the restart for new opportunities for social sharing and research.