Heidi Piili
Senior Research Scientist, D.Sc. (Tech.) | Additive Manufacturing and Laser Materials Processing | Digital Manufacturing and Surface Engineering (DMS) | Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | University of Turku
heidi.piili@utu.fi +358 29 450 3869 +358 50 473 4723 Joukahaisenkatu 3-5 Turku ICT-City Office: B5089 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5594-6253 |
Additive Manufacturing; 3D Printing; Laser Materials Processing; Materials; Metals; Polymers; Biobased Materials; Industrial Applications; Monitoring; In-Situ Process Detection; Laser Based Powder Bed Fusion; Process Metrology; Process Signature; Process Control; Quality Assurance; Laser Beam and Material Interaction; Chemical Engineering; Wood-based Materials; Cellulose; Education; Pedagogy; Sustanbility; Circular Economy
Degrees: D.Sc.(Tech.) - Laser Materials Processing; Adjunct Professor - LPBF Metrology; M.Sc.(Tech.) - Chemical Engineering; PhD student - LPBF of electrodes; Professional Teacher (AmO)
Heidi Piili is working as senior research scientist in Additive Manufacturing and Laser Materials Processing in Research group of Digital Manufacturing and Surface Engineering (DMS) of Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering of Faculty of Technology at University of Turku, Finland.
She started in this position 8/2021. She is doing academic and industrial R&D (national and international) in field of additive manufacturing (i.e. 3D printing) of metals, biobased materials and polymers, laser materials processing, camera and sensor based quality assurance and process control and novel industrial applications of additive manufacturing. She also educates B.Sc., M.Sc. and D.Sc students and trains industrial partners in same field of science. Piili is also doing supervising of B.Sc., M.Sc. and D.Sc. theses.
Piili is docent in LUT University in field of "Monitoring of additive manufacturing of metallic materials" and will get during beginning of year 2022 docentship from Oulu University, Finland in field of "Industrial Applications of Laser Materials Processing and Additive Manufacturing".
Piili is currently also doing her second doctoral thesis: ”Optimization of Electrochemical Systems Manufactured by Laser Based Powder Bed Fusion for Separation Technology” in Department of Purification and Separation Technology, LUT University, Finland (will be completed 6/23).
Piili has more than 19 years’ experience in laser materials processing and more than 13 years’ experience in additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing (3DP). Piili was working with industrial additive manufacturing at EOS Finland for one year in 2017.
Piili has participated to several academic and industrial projects both national and international connections. She has as well done education and training and development of them in field of laser materials processing and AM3DP more than 19 years’.
Piili has 39 peer reviewed articles, 2 chapter in research books, 58 conference articles, 29 other publications (totally 128 publications). Her H-index is 10 (Scopus), 13 (Google Scholar) and number of citations (Scopus): 513, (Google Scholar): 1206.
Senior Research Scientist, D.Sc.(Tech.) | Additive Manufacturing and Laser Materials Processing | Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | University of Turku, Finland. R&D: Novel, smart industrial applications of metals, biobased materials and polymers. LPBF metrology. Industrial experience: EOS Finland, 2017, 11 months. R&D activities: Academical and industrial R&D in international and national projects, education in B.Sc. level, M.Sc. level and doctoral level, societal impact.
Current activities in educaton:
Heidi Piili educates B.Sc., M.Sc. and D.Sc. students and trains industrial partners in same field of science. Piili is also doing supervising of B.Sc., M.Sc. and D.Sc. thesis. Piili also participates courses in pedagogy, for example:
- “UNIPS Lecturing and Expertise” (3 ECTS), 20.1.2022-17.3.2022, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
- “Active methodology: flipped classroom”, 2 hours, online-course, 18.1.2022, TeacherLAB, Denmark, https://elearningindustry.com/press-releases/canopylab-launches-teacherlab-a-free-platform-for-teachers.
Education experience of Piili:
Undergraduate courses since 2002: 13 courses; post-graduate courses since 2017: 2 courses; professional teacher degree, HAMK, 2015; participation into 10 pedagogical courses; 10 pedagogical publication; 4 educational projects 2018-2021.
Interests areas of education;
Interests areas in teaching are development of pedagogy for additive manufacturing (3D printing). Piili has published following articles of this:
- Pikkarainen, A., Piili, H., & Salminen, A. (2021). Perspectives of Mechanical Engineering Students to Learning of Additive Manufacturing -Learning through Multiple Technologies. International Journal of Innovation and Research in Educational Sciences, 8(1). https://www.ijires.org/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/IJIRES_1814_FINAL.pdf, JUFO1
- Pikkarainen, A., Piili, H., Salminen, A., Introducing Novel Learning Outcomes and Process Selection Model for Additive Manufacturing Education in Engineering. European Journal of Education Studies Volume 8, Issue 1, 2021. DOI: 10.46827/ejes.v8i1.3511, JUFO1
- Pikkarainen, A. Piili H. The design process of an occupationally safe and functional 3D printing learning environment for engineering education. European Journal of Education Studies, Vol. 7 , 2020, No. 12, pp. 80-105. JUFO1.
- Editors: Piili, H., Salminen, A., Korpela, M., Kurvinen, A., Pikkarainen, A., Riikonen, N., Heiskanen, A., Westman, S. Lähtökohdat 3D-tulostuksen opetukseen ja koulutukseen, LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications, LUT University, Finland, 2019, 23 p.
- Editors: Piili, H., Heiskanen, E., Koponen, M., Karppinen, H., Salminen, A., Digipedagogiikka: Lasten ja nuorten digitalisaatiokasvatus, LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications, LUT University, Finland, 2019, 34 p.
- Pikkarainen, A., Piili, H., Salminen, A., Creating learning environment connecting engineering design and 3D printing. Physics Procedia 89 (2017) 122–130.
- Editor: Piili, H., Salminen A., Näin opetan lisäävää valmistusta ja 3D-tulostusta: Pohdintoja uuden teknologian opetuksesta ja koulutuksesta, LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, 2016
- Salminen, A. ja Piili, H., Lisäävän valmistuksen eli ns. 3D-tulostuksen opetuksesta ja koulutuksesta. Hitsaustekniikka Vol. 66. 2015, No 1., s. 21-24.
- Piili, H., Matilainen, V., Salminen A., Lisäävän valmistuksen eli 3D-tulostuksen opetuksen ja koulutuksen haasteet ja mahdollisuudet. Ohutlevy 1/2016. pp. 43-46.
- Editor: Piili, H., Näkökulmia 3D-tulostuksen opetukseen ja koulutukseen, LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, 2015, ISBN:978-952-265-857-9.
- Data related to the microstructural identification and analyzing the mechanical properties of maraging stainless steel 13Cr10Ni1. 7Mo2Al0. 4Mn0. 4Si (commercially known as CX) processed by laser powder bed fusion method (2022)
- Data in Brief
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Effects of manufacturing parameters, heat treatment, and machining on the physical and mechanical properties of 13Cr10Ni1·7Mo2Al0·4Mn0·4Si steel processed by laser powder bed fusion (2022)
- Materials Science and Engineering A
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Thermomechanical simulation of the heat-affected zones in welded ultra-high strength steels: Microstructure and mechanical properties (2022)
- Materials and Design
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Effects of manufacturing parameters and mechanical post-processing on stainless steel 316L processed by laser powder bed fusion (2021)
- Materials Science and Engineering A
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Effects of notch-load interactions on the mechanical performance of 3D printed tool steel 18Ni300 (2021)
- Additive Manufacturing
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Introducing Novel Learning Outcomes and Process Selection Model for Additive Manufacturing Education in Engineering (2021)
- European Journal of Education Studies
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Mechanical properties and microstructure of additively manufactured stainless steel with laser welded joints (2021)
- Materials and Design
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Optimisation and compressive testing of additively manufactured stainless steel corrugated shells (2021)
- ce/papers
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Prospects for laser based powder bed fusion in the manufacturing of metal electrodes: A review (2021)
- Applied Materials Today
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2)) - Testing and analysis of additively manufactured stainless steel CHS in compression (2021)
- Thin-Walled Structures
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Additive Manufacturing—Past, Present, and the Future (2020) Korpela Markus , Riikonen Niko , Piili Heidi , Salminen Antti , Nyrhilä Olli
(Published independent work of art (F1)) - An approach for a better understanding of spattering phenomena: Spatter analysis system development for direct metal laser sintering (2020) Kivirasi E, Piili H, Ylander P, Kotila J
(Published independent work of art (F1)) - Characterization of part deformations in laser powder bed fusion of stainless steel 316L (2020) Riikonen N, Piili H
(Published independent work of art (F1)) - Design of electrode for electrochemical gold separation process manufactured via laser-based powder bed fusion (2020) Heiskanen A, Repo E, Piili H
(Published independent work of art (F1)) - Detecting spattering phenomena by using high speed imaging in L-PBD of 316 L (2020) Kivirasi E, Piili H, Minet-Lallemand K, Kotila J
(Published independent work of art (F1)) - Implementing 3D Printing Education Through Technical Pedagogy and Curriculum Development (2020)
- International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Preliminary study of spattering phenomena and its fundamentals in powder bed fusion of metallic materials (2020) Piili H, Kivirasi E, Ylander P, Kotila J
(Published independent work of art (F1)) - Effective parameters on the fatigue life of metals processed by powder bed fusion technique: A short review (2019) Afkhami S, Piili H, Salminen A, Björk T
(Published independent work of art (F1)) - Effect of process parameters on the formation of single track in pulsed laser powder bed fusion (2019)
- Procedia Manufacturing
(Refereed article in conference proceedings (A4)) - Galvanic exchange platinization reveals laser-inscribed pattern in 3D-LAM-printed steel (2018)
- Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))