Digital Design & Fabrication (D2F) Research Group

Welcome

In the Digital Design and Fabrication (D2F) Research Group, we bridge the gap between design and manufacturing through cutting-edge computational research—nurturing fundamental ideas and shaping them into impactful, real-world solutions.  Interested prospective students may contact at rajitranjan@iitj.ac.in 

Update

• (Jan 2026) Our conference paper "Topology Optimization for Efficient Support Structure Designs in Additive Manufacturing" is published in Advances in Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization. iNCMDAO 2024. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore.

• (Oct 2025) Our conference paper titled "Deep Learning based Health Indicator for Defect Monitoring in Additive Manufacturing" presented in 10th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Modeling, Simulation and Synthesis (PLMSS)  at BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.

• (Oct 2025) Our conference paper titled "Manufacturability Assessment of Lattice Structures in Metal Additive Manufacturing" presented in 10th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Modeling, Simulation and Synthesis (PLMSS) at BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.

• (Sep 2025) Our new paper "A physics-motivated geometric method for overheating prevention in topology optimization for additive manufacturing" is published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME) journal.

• (June 2025) Dr. Rajit Ranjan got awarded Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowships (SSHN) 2025 by the French Institute in India (IFI), Embassy of France in India.