TCT Wi3DP INNOVATOR AWARD:
WORDS: Dannielle Jones
MEET THE FINALISTS
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n Wednesday, 19 January 2022, TCT’s Laura Griffiths announced the five finalists for the TCT Women in 3D printing Innovator award 2022 and spoke with the candidates in a live panel session during Women in 3D Printing’s TIPE 3D Printing Conference. The finalists for the award, which is a collaboration between the TCT Group and Women in 3D Printing, are: Eliana Fu, Diana Kalisz, Ellen Lee, Candice Majewski and Katy Milne. During the conference, the finalists were each asked about their careers in additive manufacturing (AM), what each of them are currently working on in the industry, how they started out, and much more.
ELIANA: Eliana Fu is an Industry Manager for Aerospace and Medical at TRUMPF. Having previously worked in metalworking, Fu turned her attention to AM when customers continued to ask about 3D printing. Fu then moved into AM at SpaceX followed by Relatively Space before joining TRUMPF last year. Fu said: “I’m looking after aerospace and medical, two amazing industry sectors that can benefit from 3D printing and one of the things I’m most interested in at the moment is using green laser for 3D printing and making a lot of developments on that. We have a couple of challenges but the door is wide open for enhanced products." During her career, Fu has worked to encourage more women and girls to get into the industry as well as increasing awareness and encouraging change regarding anti-Asian hate. Currently, her focus is on improving the use of green laser in AM, especially within the space industry which Fu thinks can benefit tremendously from this technology in building rocket parts.
AWARDS
The public vote for the award is now open and people have until 23rd February to choose their favourite. The winner will be announced at the TCT Awards Ceremony in Birmingham on 8th June. Submissions for the other 11 technology and application awards also presented at TCT Awards are now open too. Vote now: tctawards.com
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