Hi! I'm Alessia Romani, a Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee and Postdoctoral Research Associate at FAST Lab, Western University (Canada).
My work lies at the intersection of product and engineering design, materials, digital fabrication, and sustainability, with a focus on circular practices and open design. My research experience and background merge product and engineering design with materials engineering and design, keeping an hands-on and application-driven approach.
Holding a Ph.D. in Design (with Honors, 2024) from Politecnico di Milano (Italy), I am exploring the potential of openness — in materials, products, technologies, processes, and systems — toward more circular, sustainable, and regenerative futures!
Mar 20, 2026
🔩 · mNasometer, the open-source nasometer for accessible speech assessment and clinical treatments, has been certified as an Open Source Hardware by OSHWA, License number OSHWCA000074!
Mar 19, 2026
📢 · I’ve discussed my work on the Replicating Materials Library (RepMat) and the role of openness in material practices for design and sustainability in a video interview for the LAUDS Factories EU project.
