TCT Awards | 3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing Awards

The TCT Hall of Fame celebrates those members of the additive manufacturing community who have made a positive, significant and long-term impact on the industry. The TCT Expert Advisory Board have nominated AM community members who meet our strict judging criteria, to produce a shortlist of six nominees for 2022.

The nominations for the Hall of Fame Inductees is a 3-stage process:

Stage 1

The TCT Expert Advisory Board (EAB) each put forward 5 names which they believe have made a significant and long-term impact on the 3D technologies industry. This generates a long list of potential nominees.

Stage 2

The TCT EAB submit their top 5 nominations from the long list and the 5 nominees with the highest combined votes then become our Hall of Fame nominees.

Stage 3

The EAB use their unique knowledge and expertise to vote on these five nominees to decide who deserves to be inducted into the prestigious Hall of Fame. It is our feeling that this will ensure that the most deserving and impactful members of our community are inducted.

Judging Criteria:

1. Has this person been involved in AM/3DP long enough to have a lasting impact and legacy?

2. Has this person formed a cornerstone of the industry, or are they just standing on the shoulders of giants?

3. Has this person contributed new knowledge that has led to change?

4. Has this person led to innovation with impact?

Nomination process and Judging criteria button

We are pleased to announce that the Hall of Fame 2022 Nominees are:

2022 NOMINEE

DIANA KALISZ

PROCESS PIONEER AND MATERIAL SPECIALIST

Diana Kalisz has been part of 3D Systems for more than 30 years–joining the company in 1989 after beginning her career in aerospace. She has worked in a variety of capacities including managing printer, software and materials programs as well as leading the company’s overall engineering organization. Under her leadership, 3D Systems has commercialized dozens of products to facilitate the maturation of rapid prototyping as well as true production applications.In her current role, Diana is focused on materials development for the company’s Figure 4platform.She has a specific focus on Figure 4 materials directly used for many types of production applications.

Diana is a member of P.E.O., a women’s Philanthropic Educational Organization that supports higher education for women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans, and stewardship of Cottey College. This small organization has raised and given hundreds of millions of dollars to support women’s education.

2022 NOMINEE

ELAINE HUNT

EARLY PIONEER, RESEARCHER AND INDUSTRY ADVOCATE

Now retired from the industry, Elaine was an early pioneer in AM, developing her passion for the technologies through running one of the first ‘rapid prototyping’ laboratories at Clemson University in the US back in 1989. As the potential of this new technology was being revealed, in 1994 Elaine went on to become the Director of the Laboratory to Advance Industrial Prototyping (LAIP) which provided industrial support in what was then known as Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing. Elaine became a huge advocate for education around AM, and was a vocal proponent on a national and international level. Elaine served on the Board of Advisors to SME for 2 years, as well as holding all major offices in the North American Stereolithography User Group –now known as AMUG.

2022 NOMINEE

JEAN-PIERRE KRUTH

AM RESEARCHER AND PROCESS PIONEER

Professor Jean-Pierre Kruth has been a researcher and process pioneer in the AM industry for over 30 years. As Professor in Production Engineering and Manufacturing at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium) Jean-Pierre began his long career in AM in 1990 where his research on stereolithography led to him co-founding the AM company Materialise. He continued his research activities into other areas of AM such as selective laser sintering and direct metal 3d printing, and has authored over 770 scientific papers. As well as Materialise, Jean-Pierre set up other spin-off companies such as Metris in 1995 (now Nikon Metrology) and LayerWise N.V. in 2008 (now 3D Systems –LayerWise). Jean-Pierre is a fellow of CIRP and SME and has received numerous awards for his work in AM.

2022 NOMINEE

MELISSA ORME

AM RESEARCHER AND APPLICATION SPECIALIST

Melissa Orme began her career in AM over three decades ago as Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine in the US. Here she developed a research programme centred on AM that drew international recognition, and resulted in 15 US patents. Melissa went on to hold senior leadership roles at start-up AM companies, including chief scientist and chief technology officer, before becoming Vice President of Boeing Additive Manufacturing for The Boeing Company. Here she sets the AM strategy for the entire business and oversees all AM activities including flight hardware, production aids and research models to increase efficiency in the factories and to accelerate new product development. As an author and technical advisor, Melissa serves on several advisory and professional committees for additive manufacturing and aerospace.

2022 NOMINEE

NORA TOURE

AM DIVERSITY PIONEER AND BUSINESS LEADER

Nora Toure is an experienced business leader in the field of AM, having been instrumental in the business development of AM companies such as Sculpteo, Ivaldi Group and Fast Radius. But it is in her work through the non-profit Women in 3D Printing that her impact has been felt the greatest. Nora founded Wi3DP in 2014 as a blog to share stories of women making their way in this male-dominated industry. With overwhelming response, the community quickly grew to a network of over 30 ambassadors and 30,000 members worldwide and established an online magazine, local Wi3DP events as well as the International TIPE conference to promote women leaders in the additive manufacturing industry. After 7 years building the community, Nora is now acting as the Chairwoman of the Board, and serves as the Director of Enterprise Sales at Materialise.

2020 NOMINEE

WILHELM MEINERS

INVENTOR OF THE L-PBF PROCESS

In 1994 Wilhelm Meiners began what would become a long and prosperous career at Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Aachen, Germany. As a PhD student, Wilhelm invented one of the most important metal additive manufacturing technologies -the Laser-Powder-Bed Fusion (L-PBF) process (also known as SLM, DMLS, LaserCusing and others). Over the next 20+ years he continued to develop the process, it’s applications and machine technology. In many of these pioneering developments, the basis of today’s most relevant applications was established. The fundamentals of this work made a significant contribution to the change from Rapid Prototyping to Additive Manufacturing. In 2018 Wilhelm left the world of academia to work in the industry as an AM Expert at Trumpf Laser and Systemtechnik GmbH.

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