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

University of Twente The University of Twente (Dutch: ''Universiteit Twente''; , abbr. ) is a 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 printin ...

, 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, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia. Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...

. 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 Hull ...

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and then received a Ph.D. in 1989 in

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from the University of Hull.

Career and research

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

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

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...

. In 2005, Gibson moved to the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

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 Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, a ...

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

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. 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Ian 1963 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Twente Alumni of the University of Hull