Category Archives: Profiles

Kay Matin – “The AM industry is exactly where it should be, with lots of room for growth & improvement”

November 28, 2018 by Nora Toure

Kay Matin has served AlphaSTAR as President and Chief Operating Officer since 1990. During her tenure, the company has evolved from an advanced Research & Development firm to a leading provider of software and engineering solutions for the global aerospace, automotive, department of defense, and energy markets. With Additive Manufacturing creating interest from all sectors & industries globally, Kay has established an aggressive R&D agenda with the support of DOD and tier one organizations to develop, optimize, verify & validate […]

Categories: Profiles

Leave a comment

Katie Weimer – “The thing that keeps me driven each and every day is the fact that we utilize 3D printing to directly impact human beings”

November 21, 2018 by Nora Toure

As VP Medical Devices, Healthcare, 3D Systems, Katie Weimer leads the company’s Denver, Colorado and Leuven, Belgium healthcare operations, specializing in Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP®), 3D printed medical devices and patient-specific anatomical models, surgical guides and templates. Katie joined Medical Modeling in 2008 (acquired by 3D Systems in 2014) and is passionate about enabling better healthcare through innovative technologies. Katie received her master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and writes and speaks frequently on her […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3d systems, medical, medical device

Leave a comment

April Staines – “I know and can fix things I probably shouldn’t need to know but guess who fixes the machines in my shop? Me”

November 14, 2018 by Nora Toure

April Staines is a seasoned technology leader and passionate girl geek with over 15 years’ industry experience. In 2012, April founded Open Source Prop Alliance. The Facebook group, which now has over 600 members, uses electronic media and 3D printers to design and create props and is constantly growing. The myriad of skills made her ideal to lead Girl Geek Academy’s world-first #SheMakes event in 2014, a makerfest on 3D printing and modeling for women. A digital visionary, April designed and made […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: Australia, Girl Geek Academy, Melbourne, star wars

Leave a comment

Christina Guo – “92% of indie game companies want to sell 3D printed merchandise based on their games”

November 7, 2018 by Nora Toure

Christina Guo is the founder of U-Dimensions. She attended OCAD University and graduated with a Bachelor of Material Design, and a minor in Communication Design. She also obtained a Leadership Certificate from the University of Toronto of the business and professional management program. She began the U-Dimensions project during her undergraduate thesis year as her thesis was on allowing users to design and personalize 3D figurines that reflect and resemble their unique identities. Christina, could you let us know about your […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: customization, game, toys, video games

Leave a comment

Eve Tan – “In my country, a majority of men would be surprised to see a woman in the 3D printing industry. We’ve proved them wrong. Haven’t we?”

October 31, 2018 by Nora Toure

Eve Tan is our Women in 3D Printing Singapore local ambassador since this summer. She is also the only Asian Female moderator in the Original Josef Prusa Facebook support group, that now has over 19,000 members. Eve is a certified ACTA trainer from the Singapore IAL institute and currently teaches 3D printing and scanning for Skill future and WDA course. She also graduated from ACC Institute of Human Services in Psychology Counselling, Singapore Polytechnic in CEO. She created her own 3D […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: singapore

Leave a comment

Casey Kerrigan – “When I discovered that most footwear increases loads on the knee joint in the exact location where knee osteoarthritis occurs, I knew I had to develop better shoes”

October 24, 2018 by Nora Toure

Dr. Casey Kerrigan, a Harvard Medical School graduate, recognized internationally for her peer-reviewed published research on gait (walking and running) and the effects of footwear, left her perfectly good job at the University of Virginia (UVa), where she was the first woman tenured professor and chair of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and professor of sports medicine, to make OESH. Casey is well known for dramatically changing the way we think about gait and footwear–ripping apart old, sometimes disastrous concepts […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: footwear, insoles, OESH, shoes, soles

Leave a comment

Heidi Hostetter – “This isn’t just technology that’s happening. It’s history in the making!!!! Come make history with us”

October 17, 2018 by Nora Toure

Heidi has over 23 years of experience in technical sales, marketing, and operations. Her expertise spans many different industries and commodities, although, for more than a decade now, her business development interests have remained focused on mechanical commodities and the support/emerging manufacturing technologies that accompany this particular industry. She has deep roots with many of the nation’s leading OEMs as well as within academia and the community. Her career highlights include 2016 Manufacturer Innovation Award, 2014 Ball Platinum Supplier of […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: Colorado, Denver, metal

Leave a comment

Beatrice Müller – “One day it will be possible to print a sneaker of different materials including textile in one go”

October 10, 2018 by Celine Razat

Beatrice Mueller is a German industrial designer based in London. She specializes in consumer technology, homeware, furniture, and 3D printing. She studied Industrial Design at Pforzheim University, Germany and came to London to work for ChauhanStudio in 2010. In 2016 she moved to Berlin to work for BigRep, a manufacturer of large-scale 3D printers. Whilst there, she developed prints for trade shows, as well as working on the design of the BigRep STUDIO printer and a future 3D printing technology. She […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D-printed Ocke chair

Leave a comment

Marylou Morat – “3D printing is a fantastic tool ! It redefines design rules and allows a new creativity”

October 3, 2018 by Nathalie Maillol

After studying design and art, Marylou began her career in prototyping and 3D printing for a French car manufacturer. Today, Marylou is still a designer and production manager at Fabulous 3D, a consulting and support company based in Lyon and Paris. Due to her position and experience, she has a good knowledge of the 3D printing process, materials and parts design. Marylou, could you let us know your background and what brought you in 3D printing? I firstly studied industrial […]

Categories: Profiles

Leave a comment

Nicole Clement – “While rapid prototyping is clearly still the core application of 3D printing, more and more companies are willing and looking to integrate additive into their manufacturing lines”

September 26, 2018 by Nora Toure

Nicole Clement is Vice President of Global Marketing and Demand Generation for 3D Systems. Nicole began her role at 3D Systems in May of 2017 and has been working in the 3D printing industry since 2015. She has a wealth of experience, based on over 20 years operating in international marketing communications, product marketing, product and service development, sales and business development roles. Nicole, could you let us know about your background and what brought you to 3D printing in […]

Categories: Profiles

Leave a comment

Keri Wright – “Many are introducing carbon fiber into aerospace manufacturing, but not many have been successful in taking carbon fiber in aircraft and re-introducing it back to manufacturing”

September 19, 2018 by Nora Toure

Keri Wright is the CEO of Universal Asset Management (UAM), an aviation leader in disassembly, full recycling solutions, as well as component sales, warehousing and third-party logistics. UAM’s focus on innovation and mission to reimagine the aviation industry has led UAM to also be selected as a 2015 Inc. 5000 recipient and an Impact 50 recipient recognizing the top women-owned businesses from the prestigious Inc. 5000 list. Additionally, Memphis Business Journal selected UAM as a “Pacesetters” honoree, recognizing UAM as a top innovative […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: aeronautic, aerospace, aircraft, carbon fiber, recylcing, USA

Leave a comment

Eliana Fu – “Additive Manufacturing is changing the way we want to think about manufacturing launch vehicles for space exploration and overturning the way we design parts, increasing the speed of iterative development and reducing waste”

September 12, 2018 by Nora Toure

Eliana Fu is the Senior Raw Materials Supply Chain Engineer at Relativity Space. If you are not familiar with Relativity Space, they are creating the rocket factory of the future, using additive manufacturing! Educated at Imperial College, University of London (Masters and PhD in Materials Science), Eliana also holds a Post Docs from Loughborough University (UK) and Clemson University (USA). Before joining Relativity Space, Eliana worked at Firth Rixson Rings (Rotherham, UK), TIMET (Henderson, NV) and SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA). Eliana, could you let us […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: aerospace, metal, rocket, space, space exploration

Leave a comment

Melanie Lang – “By leveraging additive manufacturing, I realized we could eliminate some limitations I had learned over the years regarding design and materials, and that’s when I dove in and altered my path towards 3D printing”

September 5, 2018 by Nora Toure

Melanie Lang, Formalloy Co-Founder, and Managing Director is motivated by developing a disruptive technology that delivers the future we could have previously only imagined – geometrically complex components made from exotic materials at cost-effective prices with reasonable lead times. Her passion has manifested into making wave(length)s in metal additive manufacturing since co-founding Formalloy in 2016. Prior to Formalloy, Melanie spent over 15 years as an engineer and program manager in the Aerospace & Defense Industry. She holds a B.S. in […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: aerospace, metal, san diego, USA

Leave a comment

Deirdre MacCormack – “The importance of prototyping to the product development cycle cannot be overstated, and 3D printing right now presents an invaluable tool for speeding the time to market. It is the foundational cornerstone of the AM industry”

August 29, 2018 by Nora Toure

Mcor Chief Marketing Officer, Deirdre MacCormack has gained transatlantic experience with companies such as Panavision New York, Golden Books Entertainment, Carlsberg, Vodafone and Cadburys in a variety of marketing roles. Deirdre brings a wealth of experience and a highly regarded reputation in marketing including social marketing, public relations, website marketing, content, events, sales enablement and lead generation. Deirdre has been CMO since 2006 and has successfully launched three flagship products and brought Mcor to success in several business/marketing awards. Deirdre herself […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: Ireland, MCor

Magalie Steinmetz & Pascale Chabal – “Entrepreneurship allowed me to reveal myself in different fields, like commercial and leadership” – “I’m a creative woman and 3D printing offer lots of creative project”

August 22, 2018 by Nathalie Maillol

On one hand, Magalie Steinmetz worked for 10 years in a rail transport company as project leader. During a few breaks in her professional activity, she met a 3D printing enthusiastic partner. As she likes the entrepreneurship and creative activities, she decided to set up a workshop. On the other hand, Pascale Chabal, comes from computing field. She was giving computer courses when she began to have an interest in 3D printing. What was a passion, became her professional activity. […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: fablab, FDM, laser cutting

Leave a comment

Chloe Kow – “Due to this learning curve, we haven’t seen the true untapped potential of metal 3D printing just yet”

August 15, 2018 by Nora Toure

Chloe Kow has 10 years of industry experience including more than 5 years specializing in additive manufacturing and metallurgical research related to aerospace and transportation applications. In her role as DMLM Manager at Star Rapid, Chloe brings a wealth of expertise to every project, ensuring the integrity of the design and build process to maximize the benefits of additive manufacturing for the most demanding applications in aerospace, automotive, medical and more. Chloe received both a bachelor’s degree with honors in materials […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: China, DMLM, metal, Renishaw, Star Rapid

Leave a comment

Melissa Ng – “I gave myself a time limit of three months to learn how to 3D model and 3D print something and whether or not it was worth pursuing”

August 8, 2018 by Nora Toure

Melissa Ng makes intricate Dreamer Masks and fantasy wearable art for ambitious creatives who want to take people’s breath away. With a love for blending new and old processes and a knack for fantastical elegance, she creates all kinds of fine complexities. As a New York-based self-taught artist who started 3D printing in 2014, combined with a background in media and public relations, plus her experience as an owner of two other small businesses, she has an unconventional approach when it comes […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: armor, artist, dream, fantasy, New York, USA

Sarah Boisvert – “It is much easier now to work in digital fabrication technology than it was 30 years ago. At least now there ARE other women in additive!”

August 1, 2018 by Nora Toure

Sarah Boisvert is the founder of the Fab Lab Hub, an MIT-based Fab Lab Network non-profit. Fab Lab Hub helps start new maker spaces, conducts workforce and entrepreneurship training in digital fabrication, and organizes the annual DigiFabCon. Additionally, Sarah co-founded the commercial division and is the current Chief 3D Printing Officer of Potomac Photonics, Inc. With over 30 years experience in the design, development, and commercialization of high technology products utilizing Digital Fabrication, Sarah has a lot of knowledge to share! You can read about it […]

Categories: Profiles

Leave a comment

Dominique Mueller – “3D printing today is a very powerful tool but using it in the right way is still difficult”

July 25, 2018 by Nora Toure

Dominique Mueller is a Principal Research Engineer at Autodesk with a focus on large-scale additive manufacturing applications. She is based in Germany and works hand in hand with the development team of Autodesk Netfabb to constantly improve the software. Dominique, could you let us know about your background and what brought you to 3D printing in the first place? I studied Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Bayreuth and already focused on additive manufacturing for industrial applications during […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: architecture, Autodesk, Germany, manufacturing, software

Leave a comment

Kim Thoman – “Many artists running art departments stick with their own medium and don’t branch out. For the students to learn new technologies, outside support is needed”

July 18, 2018 by Nora Toure

Kim Thoman has been painting and exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area and nationally for more than 35 years. She was a recipient of a grant at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos, New Mexico, and other awards include the Vermont Studio Center Residency Grant and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Change Grant. Selected solo exhibitions include: The Hardin Cultural Center for the Arts, Gadsden, AL, Godard Center for the Arts, Ardmore, OK, The Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA, The […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: artist, Bay Area, fine art, painting, sculpture, USA

Malika Khodja – “it is important to show local manufacturing industry the advantages of metal 3D printing and where it can be used to give them a competitive advantage”

July 11, 2018 by Nora Toure

Malika Khodja is the business development engineer at Metal Heart, the 1st and so far only commercial metal 3D printing company in South Africa. In parallel to her work at Metal Heart, she is finishing her PhD in Mechanics of Materials. She was awarded a grant from the Algerian government (MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH) as part of the Exceptional National Programme (RESIDENTIAL FOREIGN TRAINING PROGRAM 2015-2016 (National Exceptional Program-PNE). During her stay in South Africa thus far, Malika has […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: africa, Algeria, DMLS, SLM Solutions, South Africa, tooling

Leave a comment

Linda Pouliot – “I would love to see advances in the speed and durability of the products printed”

June 27, 2018 by Nora Toure

Linda Pouliot is a serial entrepreneur specializing in robotics, based in Silicon Valley. In 2004, she co-founded Neato Robotics (acquired) with the idea that robots can perform household chores as effectively as humans. Neato’s award-winning vacuums sell at big-box retailers throughout the world, making Neato the number-two consumer robotic vacuum company globally. At Neato, Linda Pouliot was Vice President of Product Management and Operations, where, in addition to product management and operations, she oversaw hiring and manufacturing. Linda Pouliot also […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: #3DTalk, Adiri, Neato Robotics, robotics

Leave a comment

Laurence Berthoud-Lafarge – “Manufacturing will have to adapt to technical changes, pollution problems related to transport, waste caused by overproduction”

June 20, 2018 by Nathalie Maillol

Laurence is the founder of a fablab and “La Fab”, a 3D Printing service company. She is also the chief delegate of the incubator Les Premières. All these activities are based around Dijon, in the Bourgogne Franche Comté, in the east of France. In 2012, she was the first to talk about 3D printing in the area. Laurence also does a lot to support and encourage women to work in the 3D printing field. Laurence, you are involved in several […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, Bourgogne, business developer, fablab, France, service bureau

Leave a comment

Laura Gilmour – “It’s now an industry I’m passionate about because of the promise it has for improving medicine and medical devices for years to come”

June 6, 2018 by Nora Toure

As the Global Medical Business Development Manager of EOS North America, Laura Gilmour oversees more than 20 medical device OEMs and contract manufacturers using EOS technology around the world. She joined EOS in 2016 after working with the company as a customer during her 15 years as a biomedical research and development engineer. Previously, Laura was a senior research engineer at Smith & Nephew Orthopedics where she and a team of engineers developed an advanced porous structure now used in […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: EOS, industrial, medical device, orthopedic, production, prosthetics

Greta D’Angelo – “It was really fun and inspiring spending whole days in the lab, getting our hands dirty and discovering new things every day”

May 30, 2018 by Nora Toure

Greta is a multidisciplinary engineer born and raised in Italy. In 2010 she moved to Denmark to continue her studies in design and shortly after she had her first encounter with a 3D printer. In the following years, she would the embark in countless academic 3D printing adventures that culminated in a PhD in additive manufacturing from the mechanical engineering department at the Technical University of Denmark in 2016. During that time she has collaborated with designers and with other […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: consulting, education, industry, Italy, Sweden

Leave a comment

Jennifer A. Prioleau – “I spend a good part of my time thinking about the potential legal uncertainties and risks 3D printing could present as well as mitigation strategies & ways to accelerate 3D printing”

May 23, 2018 by Nora Toure

Jennifer A. Prioleau is Division Counsel at HP Inc. for the 3D Printing business. In this capacity, Jennifer oversees general legal matters and is responsible for drafting, negotiating, and advising regarding a broad range of strategic complex commercial contracts involving hardware, software, technology and IP with suppliers, R&D partners, promotional partners, strategic partners, channel partners, OEMs and customers. Should you be a HP MultiJet Fusion customer, chances are that Jennifer was involved at some point in the negotiation! In […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 4th Industrial Revolution, HP, IP, legal

Leave a comment

Chantelle Sims – “Look! I’m 3D Printing men!”

May 16, 2018 by Celine Razat

Chantelle Sims came to engineering late in life, enrolling in Portland Community College’s Civil/Mechanical Engineering Technology (CMET) program as a 43 year old. She graduated in 2014 with High Honors, receiving her AAS in Mechanical Engineering Technology and started her career at NW Rapid Mfg, a small, woman-owned boutique Additive Manufacturing service bureau in McMinnville, Oregon. Experts in the manufacture of aerospace production parts for the UAS (drone) industry, NW Rapid Mfg is known for its success with laser sintering […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, service bureau

Leave a comment

Resha Agarwal – “3D printing has already broken the barriers of traditional ways of design. Similarly, we have to break the traditional belief that manufacturing is a man’s game”

May 9, 2018 by Celine Razat

Resha Agarwal is the Marketing Head at Imaginarium India Pvt Ltd. As such, she is responsible for marketing initiatives of the company, catering to a vast array of industries ranging from jewelry, medical, automotive to education. Resha, could you let us know about your background and what brought you into 3D printing in the first place? This may sound very cheesy, but it was love and marriage that got me into 3D printing! I was first introduced to 3D printing […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, India, Mumbai, service bureau

Leave a comment

Irene Healey – “My strengths are coming up with new designs for prostheses and working with patients to develop products specific to their needs”

May 2, 2018 by Nora Toure

Irene Healey is a visual artist and Certified Clinical Anaplastologist with over 20 years of experience providing restorative lifelike and functional external body prostheses to patients who have lost a part of their body. She tells us more here about how she uses 3D Printing when building a prosthesis. Irene, could you let us know about your background and what brought you to 3D printing in the first place? I am a sculptor and have always been interested in the […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: artist, healthcare, New York, prosthetics

Leave a comment

Kadine James – “The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing the way we receive information, how we process it, how we work and what jobs we will do. It is happening at an unprecedented pace”

April 25, 2018 by Nora Toure

Learner, maker, innovator & 3D technology enthusiast, Kadine James is Hobs studio’s 3D Tech Lead. Combining 6+ years’ experience in 3D Printing, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality. she’s driven by big ideas, a global mindset & empowering the use 3D printing in art and architecture. She is also collaborating with international galleries, leading contemporary artists / architects, and sets out to create a platform for 3D printing VR/AR/MR learning opportunities for young people to get involved with 3DTech […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3d scan, AR, architecture, art, design, London, meetup, VR

Leave a comment

Priyanka Nadig – “At the end of the day the skill set of the person oversees the gender”

April 18, 2018 by Celine Razat

Priyanka Nadig is the Assistant Manager-Materials Engineering at Intech DMLS Pvt. Ltd, a Metal Additive Manufacturing company in Bangalore, India. Intech provides solutions for the aerospace, automotive, health, and general engineering applications. At Intech, her research is primarily channelized towards reducing the manufacturing cost, development of new alloys, process optimization and characterization. She also collaborates with multiple leading academic institutions and carries out research activities that are both strong academically and from the business perspective. Through her past experience, she […]

Categories: Profiles

Laura Griffiths – “Often the most interesting stories are those where 3D printing isn’t the primary focus”

April 11, 2018 by Nora Toure

Laura Griffiths is the Deputy Group Editor at TCT Magazine, the magazine for design-to-manufacturing innovation. Laura graduated with a Masters in Multimedia Journalism in 2014 and joined the TCT team as an editorial assistant shortly after. Now with four magazines in Europe, North America, Asia and most recently, a German-language edition, Laura spends her time producing content for TCT’s print and digital formats and attending events across the globe reporting on the biggest industry news. Laura, could you let us […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: #3DTalk, TCT

Leave a comment

Fawn Medesha – “3D printed homes could quickly provide housing for disaster victims”

April 3, 2018 by Celine Razat

As Founder and CEO of It’s 3D Now! Fawn Medesha owns a 3D printing services organization serving local manufacturing and architectural firms in Tempe, Arizona providing quick turnaround prototypes, 3D printing, 3D scanning, customized designs and strategic consulting. Prior to starting her company, Fawn was an IT executive at the Arizona Department of Revenue delivering predictive fraud prevention analytics and managing the PMO. Prior to ADOR, she was CIO and a member of the executive operations team at Investors Mortgage […]

Categories: Profiles

Leave a comment

Lucie Pertuisel – “It is really fascinating to what extent we can replicate the human anatomies through 3D printing technology”

March 28, 2018 by Nora Toure

Manual, thorough and passionate about the realization of objects, Lucie Pertuisel oriented herself towards engineering and industry work early on in order to perfect her craftsman skills. This allowed her to learn to organize and manage production workflow and to master the techniques of creation. Her versatility makes her suitable for shaping all kinds of materials (wood, resin, …) through a wide range of technologies (molding, thermoforming, …). Having become a model maker-prototypist, she entered the paramedical sector to contribute to the […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: Biomodex, healthcare, material, materials, surgery

Leave a comment

Julie Reece – “The consumer 3D printing bubble burst and now we are wisely back to focusing on the fast-growth industrial market”

March 21, 2018 by Nora Toure

Formerly the Director of Marketing at Mcor Technologies, 3D Systems and Z Corporation, and having held senior marketing and leadership team positions in global companies across industries, Julie joined Rize as Vice President of Marketing. In this role, Julie is responsible for growing global awareness, positive brand perception and driving demand for Rize’s 3D printers worldwide, as well as strategic marketing activities and programs to support the sales process. Highly regarded in the 3D printing industry, Silver Award winner of the 2017 Stevie Award […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printer, marketing, rize

Leave a comment

Karen Dubbin – “Bioprinting serves an unmet need in tissue engineering”

March 14, 2018 by Celine Razat

Karen has studied biomaterials for almost 10 years during both her undergraduate career at MIT and graduate work at Stanford. She currently works at Aether, a 3D bioprinting startup, developing biomaterials for printing cells into living tissues for applications from drug development to full-organ printing. Karen, could you let us know about your background and what brought you into 3D printing in the first place? I became interested in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in high school, which led […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D bioprinter, 3d printed bones, 3d printed cells, 3d printed organ, 3d printed tissues, bio-ink, biomaterial, bioprinting

Leave a comment

Kristel Van den Bergh – “3D Printing is not the Panacea some claim it to be – but the untapped potential is huge!”

March 7, 2018 by Nora Toure

Kristel Van den Bergh is a creative intrapreneur with a deep passion for people and technology. Throughout her career, she has led various new product launches in Europe, China, and Northern Africa. Today, she is Innovation Manager at Materialise where she focuses on enabling new applications of 3D Printing through open innovation projects. In her free time, Kristel speaks about the potential of the human mind, connecting the dots with innovation and personal transformation. She is currently Steering Committee Member […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: Belgium, Business, China, healthcare, materialise

Sarah O’Sell – “3D printing enables rapid physical communication of scale, detail, function, and direct user experience”

February 28, 2018 by Celine Razat

Growing up in the Pacific NW part-time on a farm and highly involved in Girl Scouts, environmental and community stewardship became embedded values at a young age. In high school, Sarah O’Sell became interested in technology and art, and achieved international success in business through DECA. Traveling for business competitions and interviewing industry experts brought to her attention the challenges our linear systems face for achieving sustainability goals, as well as the power of design to influence decisions. Sarah leveraged […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, design, knowledge sharing, Sustainability

Leave a comment

Christina Perla – “It’s exciting to see a variety of people in different sectors embracing 3D Printing”

February 21, 2018 by Nora Toure

Christina Perla is Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Brooklyn-based 3D Printing company Makelab, known for producing high quality, affordable and fast 3D prints in just 4 easy steps. As a driven industrial designer and entrepreneur, the Pratt University Institute is passionate about seeing a concept turn into reality by bringing a model from screen to an object you can hold in your hand. At just 26 years old, Christina has already produced 3D prototypes for a breadth of big names […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: design, service, USA

Leave a comment

Nicole Wake – “Although 3D printing is being utilized at many hospitals, I’d like to see it become fully incorporated into the medical infrastructure”

February 14, 2018 by Nora Toure

Nicole Wake, a PhD candidate in biomedical imaging at the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at NYU School of Medicine, is investigating the intersection of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 3D printing, and medical practice. She has coupled MRI data with a range of 3D printing technologies to create individualized anatomically precise cancer models for pre-operative planning. She is using these models to guide clinical care and is investigating the impact that these models can make in pre-surgical planning and […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: #3DTalk, biomedical, healthcare

Leave a comment

Sylvia Heisel – “3D printing clothes at scale isn’t possible yet but we are moving closer very quickly”

February 7, 2018 by Celine Razat

Named as one of the “25 Forward Thinkers Defining the Future of Fashion”, Sylvia Heisel is a fashion designer and creative director working with new materials, manufacturing and physical computing for apparel. An expert in 3D printing, functional fashion, and design for smart wearables she is currently developing a work-flow and manufacturing system for 3D printed apparel. Sylvia, could you let us know about your background and what brought you into 3D printing in the first place? My background is […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3d printed clothes, fashion

Tatiana Reinhard – “The faster we are, better our chance to survive is”

January 31, 2018 by Nora Toure

Proud to be part of the maker movement, Tatiana Reinhard is a jack-at-all-trades : Project Manager and Fabmanager at le FabShop in France, she also provides professional training to businesses going into 3D printing. Co-author of “Design for 3D printing”, translated and distributed overseas by Make, she herself described as a “designerd”. Now prototypist at Rythm, she used her experience to develop the Dreem product, a connected headband improving sleep. Tatiana, could you let us know about your background and […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: #3DTalk, 3D printing, maker, teacher

Selin Olmsted – “The fact that designing in millimeters can have such a profound impact on a person’s face and the way they feel about themselves is exciting”

January 24, 2018 by Nora Toure

Selin Olmsted discovered her passion for art and design at a young age while growing up in Istanbul, Turkey. She was continually influenced by the diverse textures around her such as the metropolitan cityscapes and the style of people living in Istanbul. This, with her love of fashion, brought her to NYC to study at The Fashion Institute of Technology. After graduating from F.I.T.’s Fashion Design BFA program, Selin designed menswear for 10 years. While in the menswear field, Selin […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: #3DTalk, 3D printed glasses, 3D printing, eyewear, rapid prototype

Leave a comment

Sarah Goehrke – “The more diversity that comes into the industry, the more ways of thinking that are brought to the table, the more approaches become possible”

January 17, 2018 by Nora Toure

Sarah Goehrke has been covering the 3D Printing industry since 2014, in a leadership position since 2015, and loves the opportunity to gain first-hand looks and inside knowledge through traveling to events and sites. As the Editor-in-Chief of 3DPrint.com, Sarah helms content operations, overseeing full-time and freelance writers, heading social media efforts, and encouraging unique content creation. No matter for how long you’ve been in the industry, Sarah’s name is probably familiar to you, and she knows about you and your […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, Business, journalist, manufacturing, press

Anouk Régnier – “77% of girls between the ages of 5 and 10 love science and technologies”

January 10, 2018 by Celine Razat

Passionate about human interactions, Anouk started her career in human resources. After discovering 3D printing through her husband, founder of Dagoma, Anouk saw an opportunity to reconcile her professional life with her creativity. After experiencing 3D design and printing, she forges the conviction that families are at the dawn of a new revolution. A revolution that allow families to do some saving, while producing at home through an educational tool: the 3D printer. Passionate about nature and hiking, she is […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printer, community, eco-friendly, local

Leave a comment

Monica Smith – “I have the opportunity to see many different applications for our technology and bring my expertise into each industry”

December 20, 2017 by Nathalie Maillol

Monica Smith moved from the US to Germany to work as an Application Development Consultant for EOS. Even though she travels a lot for her job, she is now based in Munich and specialized in applied process consulting. Her job consists of helping customers achieve serial production in Additive Manufacturing with their application. As she said, the Additive Manufacturing environment is so fast-paced, they are constantly learning and pushing the possibilities of 3D Printing. Could you let us know about […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, Germany, SLS

Naomi Wu – “My visibility allows me to direct more attention to important issues and other deserving women”

November 29, 2017 by Helene Andre

Our Chinese readership might have met with Naomi Wu at tradeshows and maker fairs in Shenzhen, others might have stumbled upon her eye-catching character, SexyCyborg, on YouTube or Twitter. Even if you don’t know her, Women in 3D Printing is very proud of this interview with the self-proclaimed “Mainland China’s only female Maker hobbyist”, Naomi Wu. Could you let us know about your background and what brought you into 3D printing in the first place? I was born, raised and […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printer, 3D printing, asia, China, maker, sexycyborg, shenzhen, STEM, technology, tinkerer, Women

Leave a comment

Virginia Estrada – “Sharing our experiences and working together as women is so important”

November 22, 2017 by Nora Toure

Virginia Estrada is a lifelong artist and sculptor, with an extra passion for hand-carving alabaster, wood, and metal. She has designed women’s fashion and jewelry collections, interior designs and home decor products. Her photographs have been displayed as on-air set design at CNN and in private collections. We were thrilled to have her as one of our guests during last May’s #3DTalk Talk: 3D Printing & Design panel, in New York City. Virginia, could you let us know about your background and what brought […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: designer, fashion, New York

Leave a comment

Lizz Hill Wiker – “In 10 years, perhaps Autodesk will be the new Adobe!”

November 15, 2017 by Celine Razat

Lizz (Hill) Wiker grew up in the Pacific Northwest where she spent her days learning, crafting, designing and making. Her long time love of textiles and sewing led her to New York where she pursued an education in Textile Development and Marketing and Accessories Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Two years after graduating, Lizz landed her dream job as a hardware developer at Coach Inc and spent several years developing hardware, traveling overseas to work with hardware suppliers and ultimately trained herself in […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printed jewelry, fashion

Leave a comment

Alice Etcaetera – “3D printing gave me a new freedom as a designer”

November 8, 2017 by Helene Andre

After studying product & furniture design in London, Alice went to work in Paris for two great designers – Andrée Putman and Pascal Mourgue – on many projects for the home & luxury industry. These major opportunities gave her the freedom to create “Alice Etcaetera” in 2010 – a sustainable design studio – while collaborating on a broad diversity of projects: craft & industrial, contemporary & traditional, on various scales. Very curious about manufacturing techniques by nature, Alice […]

Categories: Profiles • Tags: 3D printing, design, jewelry, paris, sustainable

Leave a comment

← Older posts

<<	Dec 2018					>>
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
26	27	28	29	30	1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31	1	2	3	4	5	6