Contact Dr Filomeno Martina
- Email: f.martina@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Dr Filomeno Martina is Chief Technical Officer of Sadirah Industrials, where he is building the group’s technical and operational foundations as it scales into a leading industrial TopCo. His remit spans governance, reporting, digital systems, and innovation frameworks, while overseeing due diligence and operational integration of new acquisitions into a cohesive, high-performance group.
Previously, he was the founding CEO of WAAM3D Ltd, a Cranfield University spin-out commercialising the Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) process. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Lecturer in Additive Manufacturing at Cranfield University, where he launched Europe’s first MSc in Metal Additive Manufacturing and managed WAAMMat, a £10 million industrial research programme.
Dr Martina holds an Executive MBA from London Business School and a PhD in Additive Manufacturing from Cranfield University. An award-winning innovator, he also advises startups in advanced manufacturing, technology, and creative industries.
www.filomenomartina.com
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Arrè L, Pagone E, Laghi V, Martina F & Palermo M. (2025). Carbon footprint of wire arc additively manufactured optimized structural steel element. ce/papers, 8(6)
- Abbaszadeh M, Ventzke V, Neto L, Riekehr S, Martina F, .... (2021). Compression behaviour of wire+ arc additive manufactured structures. Metals, 11(6)
- Syed AK, Zhang X, Davis AE, Kennedy JR, Martina F, .... (2021). Effect of deposition strategies on fatigue crack growth behaviour of wire+ arc additive manufactured titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 814(May)
- Priarone PC, Pagone E, Martina F, Catalano AR & Settineri L. (2020). Multi-criteria environmental and economic impact assessment of wire arc additive manufacturing. CIRP Annals, 69(1)
- Davis AE, Hönnige JR, Martina F & Prangnell PB. (2020). Quantification of strain fields and grain refinement in Ti-6Al-4V inter-pass rolled wire-arc AM by EBSD misorientation analysis. Materials Characterization, 170
- Lunt D, Ho A, Davis AE, Harte A, Martina F, .... (2020). The effect of loading direction on strain localisation in wire arc additively manufactured Ti–6Al–4V. Materials Science and Engineering A, 788
- Donoghue J, Davis AE, Daniel CS, Garner A, Martina F, .... (2020). On the observation of annealing twins during simulating β-grain refinement in Ti–6Al–4V high deposition rate AM with in-process deformation. Acta Materialia, 186
- Dirisu P, Ganguly S, Mehmanparast A, Martina F & Williams SW. (2020). Analysis of fracture toughness properties of wire + arc additive manufactured high strength low alloy structural steel components. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 765
- Lunt D, Ho A, Davis A, Martina F, Hönnige J, .... (2020). Microscopic strain localisation in WAAM Ti-6Al-4V during uniaxial tensile loading. MATEC Web of Conferences, 321
- Colomo AG, Wood D, Martina F & Williams SW. (2020). A comparison framework to support the selection of the best additive manufacturing process for specific aerospace applications. International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, 9(2/3)
- Garcia-Colomo A, Wood D, Martin F & Williams SW. (2020). A comparison framework to support the selection of the best additive manufacturing process for specific aerospace applications. International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, 9(3)
- Marinelli G, Martina F, Ganguly S & Williams SW. (2019). Grain refinement in an unalloyed tantalum structure by combining Wire+Arc additive manufacturing and vertical cold rolling. Additive Manufacturing, 32
- Dryburgh P, Pieris D, Martina F, Patel R, Sharples S, .... (2019). Spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy for integrity assessment in wire-arc additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 28
- Marinelli G, Martina F, Ganguly S & Williams SW. (2019). Effect of shielding gas composition and welding speed on autogenous welds of unalloyed tungsten plates. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 85
- Davis AE, Breheny CI, Fellowes JW, Nwankpa U, Martina F, .... (2019). Mechanical performance and microstructural characterisation of titanium alloy-alloy composites built by wire-arc additive manufacture - WITHDRAWN DUPLICATE: see https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14554. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 765
- Gisario A, Kazarian M, Martina F & Mehrpouya M. (2019). Metal additive manufacturing in the commercial aviation industry: A review. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 53
- Abbaszadeh M, Hönnige JR, Filomeno M, Kashaev N, Colegrove PA, .... (2019). Numerical investigation of the effect of rolling on the localized stress and strain induction for wire + arc additive manufactured structures. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 28(8)
- Michel F, Lockett HL, Ding J, Martina F, Marinelli G, .... (2019). A modular path planning solution for Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 60
- Marinelli G, Martina F, Ganguly S & Williams SW. (2019). Microstructure, hardness and mechanical properties of two different unalloyed tantalum wires deposited via wire + arc additive manufacture. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 83
- Pardal G, Martina F & Williams SW. (2019). Laser stabilization of GMAW additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V components. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 272
- Marinelli G, Martina F, Ganguly S & Williams SW. (2019). Development of Wire + Arc additive manufacture for the production of large-scale unalloyed tungsten components. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 82
- Marinelli G, Martina F, Lewtas H, Hancock D, Mehraban S, .... (2019). Microstructure and thermal properties of unalloyed tungsten deposited by Wire + Arc Additive Manufacture. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 522
- Marinelli G, Martina F, Ganguly S, Williams SW, Lewtas H, .... (2019). Functionally graded structures of refractory metals by Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing. Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 24(5)
- Ho A, Zhao H, Fellowes JW, Martina F, Davis AE, .... (2019). On the origin of microstructural banding in Ti-6Al4V wire-arc based high deposition rate additive manufacturing. Acta Materialia, 166
- Martina F, Ding J, Williams SW, Caballero A, Pardal G, .... (2018). Tandem Metal Inert Gas process for high productivity Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing in stainless steel. Additive Manufacturing, 25
- Xu X, Ganguly S, Ding J, Philip D, Martina F, .... (2018). Improving mechanical properties of wire + arc additively manufactured maraging steel through plastic deformation enhanced aging response. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 747
- Ríos S, Colegrove PA, Martina F & Williams SW. (2018). Analytical process model for wire + arc additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 21
- Xu X, Ganguly S, Ding J, Guo S, Williams SW, .... (2017). Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of maraging steel produced by wire + arc additive manufacture process. Materials Characterization, 143
- Busachi A, Erkoyuncu JA, Colegrove PA, Martina F, Watts C, .... (2017). A review of additive manufacturing technology and cost estimation techniques for the defence sector. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 19
- Lockett HL, Ding J, Williams SW & Martina F. (2017). Design for wire + arc additive manufacture: design rules and build orientation selection. Journal of Engineering Design, 28(7-9)
- Colegrove PA, Donoghue J, Martina F, Gu J, Prangnell PB, .... (2016). Application of bulk deformation methods for microstructural and material property improvement and residual stress and distortion control in additively manufactured components. Scripta Materialia, 135
- Zhang X, Martina F, Ding J, Wang X & Williams SW. (2016). Fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth rate properties in wire + arc additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 40(5)
- Donoghue J, Antonysamy AA, Martina F, Colegrove PA, Williams SW, .... (2016). The effectiveness of combining rolling deformation with Wire–Arc Additive Manufacture on β-grain refinement and texture modification in Ti–6Al–4V. Materials Characterization, 114
- Williams SW, Martina F, Addison AC, Ding J, Pardal G, .... (2016). Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing. Materials Science and Technology, 32(7)
- Martina F, Roy MJ, Szost BA, Terzi S, Colegrove PA, .... (2016). Residual stress of as-deposited and rolled Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing Ti–6Al–4V components. Materials Science and Technology, 32(14)
- Szost BA, Terzi S, Martina F, Boisselier D, Prytuliak AA, .... (2015). A comparative study of additive manufacturing techniques: Residual stress and microstructural analysis of CLAD and WAAM printed Ti-6Al-4V components. Materials & Design, 89
- Martina F, Colegrove PA & Williams SW. (2015). Microstructure of interpass rolled wire + arc additive manufacturing Ti-6Al-4V components. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46(12)
- Ding J, Colegrove P, Martina F, Williams S, Wiktorowicz R, .... (2015). Development of a laminar flow local shielding device for wire + arc additive manufacture. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 226
- Colegrove PA, Coules HE, Fairman J, Martina F, Kashoob T, .... (2013). Microstructure and residual stress improvement in wire and arc additively manufactured parts through high-pressure rolling. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 213(10)
- Martina F, Mehnen J, Williams SW, Colegrove P & Wang F. (2012). Investigation of the benefits of plasma deposition for the additive layer manufacture of Ti–6Al–4V. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 212(6)
Conference Papers
- Catalano AR, Pagone E, Martina F, Priarone PC & Settineri L. (2023). Wire arc additive manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V components: the effects of the deposition rate on the cradle-to-gate economic and environmental performance
- Pagone E, Antonissen J & Martina F. (2022). Life cycle sustainability assessment of repair through wire and arc additive manufacturing
- Diao C, Eimer E, Mancini S, Krishnaswamy S, Schwarz F, .... (2022). Manufacture of large-scale space exploration components using wire + arc additive manufacturing
- Abbaszadeh M, Hönnige JR, Filomeno M, Kashaev N, Williams SW, .... (2019). Numerical study of rolling process on the plastic strain distribution in wire + arc additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V
- Dirisu P & Ganguly S. (2019). Wire plus arc additive manufactured functional steel surfaces enhanced by rolling
- Zhang X, Syed AK, Biswal R, Martina F, Ding J, .... (2019). High cycle fatigue and fatigue crack growth rate in additive manufactured titanium alloys
- Busachi A, Erkoyuncu J, Colegrove P, Drake R, Watts C, .... (2018). A System Approach for Modelling Additive Manufacturing in Defence Acquisition Programs
- Busachi A, Erkoyuncu JA, Colegrove PA, Drake R, Watts C, .... (2016). Defining next-generation additive manufacturing applications for the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Thompson MK, Moroni G, Vaneker T, Fadel G, Campbell RI, .... (2016). Design for additive manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints
- Busachi A, Erkoyuncu JA, Colegrove PA, Martina F & Ding J. (2015). Designing a WAAM based manufacturing system for defence applications
- Colegrove PA, Martina F, Roy MJ, Szost BA, Terzi S, .... (2014). High Pressure Interpass Rolling of Wire + Arc Additively Manufactured Titanium Components
Books
- Martina F, Sun Y, Krishnaswamy S & Ganguly S. (2026). Metal additive manufacturing MSc—a pioneering global master’s course for leaders of future manufacturing In Pei E, Monzón M, Bernard A & Gibson I (eds), Additive Manufacturing Teaching and Training Case Studies. Springer.
- Arrè L, Pagone E, Laghi V, Martina F & Palermo M. (2025). Comparative life-cycle assessment of novel steel section design with wire arc additive manufacturing In Lazou A, Meskers C, Olivetti E, Diaz F & Gökelma M (eds), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer.
- Williams SW, Ding J, Hönnige JR, Martina F & Neto L. (2019). Mechanical properties enhancement of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V by machine hammer peening In Itoh S & Shukla S (eds), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer .