Ian Gibson (born 7 April 1963) is a Professor of Design Engineering at the

University of Twente The University of Twente ( ; Abbreviation, abbr. ) is a Public university, public technical university located in Enschede, Netherlands. The university has been placed in the top 170 universities in the world by multiple central ranking tables. ...

. Gibson was selected as the scientific director of Fraunhofer Project Center at the

and is a recipient of lifetime achievement award, the Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Award. His main areas of research are in at the

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, multi-material systems, micro-RP,

Rapid Prototyping Rapid prototyping is a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design ( CAD) data. Construction of the part or assembly is usually done using 3D printing ...

, Medical Modelling and

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. Gibson is also an editor at the Rapid Prototyping Journal and a visiting professor at

Deakin University Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974 with antecedent history since 1887, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia and a founding father of Australian Fede ...

. He has co-authored over 240 articles in

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and

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Education

Gibson completed schooling from the Wick High School in 1979. He first completed a B.S. in the Electronic Eng in 1984 from the

University of Hull The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hu ...

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and then received a Ph.D. in 1989 in

Robotics Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...

from the University of Hull.

Career and research

Gibson began his career as an automation and robotics lecturer at the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

. From 1994 to 2005, he was a professor at the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...

. In 2005, Gibson moved to the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...

where he worked as an associate professor for 8 years. In 2014, Gibson joined as the professor of Industrial Design at the Deakin University in Geelong, Australia and there he initiated the university’s ‘flagship’ Centre for Advanced Design and Engineering Training (CADET). In 2018, he joined University of Twente. He is also the co-editor of the Rapid Prototyping Journal and co-founder of the Global Alliance of Rapid Prototyping Associations. Gibson is the recipient of the FAME award for his recognition of his lifetime contribution to

3D printing 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...

. He gained recognition for his work on the prosthetic device for total joint replacement in small joint

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. He has authored book Additive Manufacturing Technologies with David Rosen, Brent Stucker, which is used as a text in the universities.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Ian Gibson on University of Twente
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