Jordanian university specializing in topology optimization, additive manufacturing, and deployable structures for engineering and humanitarian applications.
Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) is an applied engineering research institution based in Irbid, Jordan, contributing structural and computational design expertise to international research consortia. Their work centres on optimizing how structures are designed and built — using topology optimization, finite element analysis, and generative design methods to make structures lighter, stronger, and more efficient. They have recently extended this expertise into additive manufacturing, combining 3D printing with machine learning to produce optimized structural components. A distinctive thread running through their work is the application of deployable and optimized structures to real-world humanitarian contexts, including emergency shelter design for crisis situations.
Both OptArch and ADDOPTML involve optimization-driven structural design, with ADDOPTML specifically citing topology optimization, nonlinear finite element analyses, and generative design as core methods.
ADDOPTML (2021–2025) directly targets additively manufactured structures optimized via machine learning, indicating hands-on expertise in 3D-printed structural components.
ADDOPTML integrates ML into the structural optimization pipeline, reflecting an emerging capability built on top of their established computational mechanics base.
ADDOPTML keywords include deployable structures, humanitarian crises, and human shelter structures, suggesting application of structural optimization to emergency and disaster-response contexts.
OptArch (2016–2020) was explicitly titled 'Optimization Driven Architectural Design of Structures,' pointing to a research strand bridging engineering and architecture.
JUST's first H2020 project (OptArch, 2016–2020) focused on optimization-driven architectural design — applying computational methods to improve how buildings and large structures are conceived and shaped. Their second project (ADDOPTML, 2021–2025) marks a clear pivot: the same optimization thinking is now applied downstream, at the manufacturing stage, using additive manufacturing and machine learning to physically produce the optimized forms. The trajectory shows a coherent deepening: from designing optimized shapes on paper to fabricating them layer by layer, with AI accelerating the bridge between the two.
JUST is moving toward AI-assisted additive manufacturing for structurally optimized components, with a distinctive humanitarian applications thread that could make them a compelling partner for construction, emergency response, or defense-adjacent engineering projects.
JUST participates exclusively as a third-party partner in MSCA-RISE networks — they do not coordinate projects. MSCA-RISE consortia are typically large, multi-country staff-exchange networks, which explains their 28 unique partners across 12 countries despite only two projects. This suggests they are valued as a specialist node that brings regional expertise and specific technical capability, rather than as a project driver or administrative hub.
JUST has built a surprisingly broad network for a two-project participant: 28 unique consortium partners spanning 12 countries, almost certainly reflecting the wide geographic spread typical of MSCA-RISE exchanges. Their position as a Jordanian university in European-led consortia gives them a rare bridging role between EU research networks and the Middle East.
JUST is one of very few Jordanian universities active in H2020, giving them a rare geographic positioning as a Middle East anchor in European structural engineering consortia. Their combination of computational structural mechanics with additive manufacturing and an explicit humanitarian applications focus — emergency shelters, deployable structures for crisis zones — is a niche that few European partners can replicate with the same regional credibility. For consortia seeking to demonstrate global reach or address construction challenges in developing or post-conflict contexts, JUST offers both technical depth and authentic regional grounding.
