Yuri Borgianni has obtained the Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florence, Italy (2005) and the Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the same Institution (2014). He is currently a Contract Researcher at the Free University of Bozen|Bolzano, Italy, where he teaches Technical Drawing, Reverse Engineering & Rapid Prototyping, Design Creativity. His research interests include value innovation, ideation within engineering design, creative development of new products, re-engineering of industrial processes, non-standard employment of problem-solving techniques, Computer-Aided Innovation, intellectual property. He is author of about 85 publications in scientific journals and international conferences.