Davide Masato is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2011, MS in Mechanical Engineering in 2014, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering in 2018 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Padova in Italy. In 2016, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Bradford in the UK, working at the Centre for Polymer Micro and Nano Technology. Prior to joining the faculty at UMass Lowell, Masato was a post-doc researcher at the University of Padova, where he worked at the Te.Si. laboratory for Precision Engineering and Manufacturing.

Masato’s research interests include plastic product design, polymer processing technologies, sustainable manufacturing, and computer-aided engineering. His research has been funded by federal agencies such as NASA, the US Army, and REMADE (Department of Energy), as well as private companies in the plastics industry. He has published over 30 journal articles, presented at over 40 conferences, written one book chapter, and received three patents. In addition to his research, Masato teaches undergraduate and graduate engineering design, injection mold design, and computer-aided engineering courses.