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TCT HALL OF FAME 2020
The TCT Hall of Fame was founded to recognise the pioneers and innovators within the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. Nominated for their research, development, innovation, and promotional efforts within the industry, inductees are decided by the TCT Expert Advisory Board – a group of leading additive manufacturing industry experts. This year’s celebrations, which will take place during the TCT Awards ceremony on June 8th in Birmingham, UK, will kick off with a belated induction for our 2020 Hall of Famers Phill Dickens and Terry Wohlers following the postponement of 2020 ceremony. PHILL DICKENS has been working within AM for more than three decades, first as the founder of a world-leading research group and later as a professor at Loughborough University and the University of Nottingham. In these roles, he carried out research into 3D printing processes and introduced the technologies to a generation of young engineers. More recently, he co-founded Added Scientific, a company providing technical development expertise in AM, and has served on the UK AM Strategy board. TERRY WOHLERS, meanwhile, is the Principal Consultant and President of Wohlers Associates, Inc., an independent consulting firm he founded 33 years ago. Over the years, he has provided assistance to more than 275 organisations in 27 countries, as well as to 180 companies in the investment community. He has authored 425 books, articles and technical papers; is a renowned speaker on the industry’s conference circuit; and is the principal author of the Wohlers Report, which has provided insights on the AM industry for 25 years.
TCT HALL OF FAME 2022 Joining Dickens and Wohlers, one inductee for 2022 will be announced during the TCT Awards ceremony. This year’s nominees are:
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DIANA KALISZ Process pioneer and material specialist
ELAINE HUNT Early AM pioneer, researcher and industry advocate
Diana Kalisz has been part of 3D Systems for over 30 years and has been instrumental in the development of the technology, materials and its applications. Joining the company in 1989 after beginning her career in aerospace, Diana has worked in a variety of capacities including managing printer, software and materials programmes as well as leading the company’s overall engineering organisation. Under her leadership, 3D Systems has commercialised dozens of products to facilitate the maturation of rapid prototyping as well as true production applications. In her current role as Vice President, Materials, Diana is focused on materials development for the company’s Figure 4 platform, specifically for production applications. Diana is a member of P.E.O., a women’s Philanthropic Educational Organisation that supports higher education for women through scholarships, grants, awards, loans, and stewardship of Cottey College. This small organisation has raised and given hundreds of millions of dollars to support women’s education.
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.
