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Carmine Maletta is a leading researcher at the intersection of smart materials and adaptive structures, with a primary focus on shape memory alloys (SMAs) and twisted and coiled artificial muscles (TCAMs). His work addresses critical challenges in actuation and control for morphing systems, aiming to replace heavy electromagnetic motors with lightweight, high-performance alternatives. Maletta’s most cited paper, a 2024 systematic review on SMA-based actuation in morphing structures (43 citations), provides a comprehensive framework for integrating these materials into composites for controllable shape adaptation. He further advanced the field with a dynamic model for TCAM tensile actuation (29 citations), demonstrating how these artificial muscles achieve power-to-weight ratios comparable to skeletal muscle. Most recently, his 2025 review on AI control methodologies for SMA actuators (7 citations) tackles the persistent issues of nonlinearity, hysteresis, and temperature sensitivity, offering a roadmap for intelligent control systems. Through these contributions, Maletta has established himself as a key figure in smart actuation, bridging materials science and control engineering to enable next-generation adaptive technologies.