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Special Events SUNDAY / MONDAY Leadership Council, and ASME honored Chuck and named the
SLA-1, the first commercial 3D printer, a Historic Mechanical
In addition to the Mini-Talks, you will have the opportunity Engineering Landmark. He also received The Economist’s
to engage in a networking activity which will allow you to prestigious 2013 Innovation Award, recognizing significant
experience in real time the power of social relationships. contributions across the fields of science and technology.
Practice your networking skills and learn best practices by
participating in this group activity where you will meet and Prior to founding 3D Systems, Chuck served six years as vice
introduce yourself to new people. Come meet up with other president of engineering at UVP, Inc. in San Gabriel, Calif., a
early career engineers that have similar interests, to network systems manufacturing company. Before that, he spent 10
professionally, and make new connections with ASME years as an engineering manager at DuPont’s Photo Products
leadership and/or renew past friendships. Bring plenty of Division, concentrating on the development of analytical
business cards for networking! equipment for chemists, including mass spectrometer and
GC/MS systems. Earlier in his career he was a senior engineer
Ice cream will be served and surprise prizes will be given away! at Bell & Howell. Chuck received a bachelor’s degree in
(must be present to win) engineering physics from the University of Colorado in 1961,
an honorary doctorate in engineering from Loughborough
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 University in the U.K. in 2005, and an honorary doctorate in
science from the University of Colorado in 2016.
Keynote Event
8:00am–9:45am VOLT Leadership Workshop – IMECE 2017
10:00am–12:00pm
(breakfast served from 7:30am to 8:00am)
Ballroom B & C, Tampa Convention Center Meeting Room 10, 3rd Floor, Tampa Marriott Waterside
Keynote Speaker: Charles W. Hull, Co-Founder and Creating and Working in Effective Teams
Chief Technology Officer, 3D Systems
Teams are at the core of everything we do at ASME. From the
“3D Printing, Update and Future Direction” committees that develop our codes and standards, to the
student teams who participate in our competitions, and
Chuck Hull will take the audience through a historical journey everything in between, teamwork is essential to success.
of additive manufacturing and then set the stage for where Working effectively as a team takes more than just getting the
the industry is headed by discussing innovative trends such best minds together. This workshop will discuss what makes
as the shift to making 3D production real; precision metals in an effective team, how to create successful teams, and actions
industries like aerospace and medical device manufacturing; you can take to make your group stronger. Whatever your role
and the future of impacting humanity with applications like bio at ASME, this workshop will give you a foundation for success
printing. in your teams.
Biography: Charles W. Hull is the Co-Founder President’s Luncheon
and Chief Technology Officer of 3D Systems. 12:00pm–1:30pm
Chuck is the inventor of the solid imaging
process known as Stereolithography, the first Grand Ballroom A, 2nd Floor, Tampa Marriott Waterside
commercial 3D printing technology. With the
founding of 3D Systems in 1986, he initiated PER BRUEL GOLD MEDAL FOR NOISE CONTROL AND
the 3D printing industry and continues to lead it today with ACOUSTICS
cutting edge innovations ranging from state-of-the-art Malcolm Crocker, Ph.D., Fellow
production 3D printers that have changed the game in Auburn University
manufacturing to precision healthcare and medical 3D printing
solutions, on-demand parts manufacturing services and digital EDWARD F. OBERT AWARD
design tools. He is a named inventor on 85 United States Luca Rivadossi
patents, plus numerous other patents around the world in the RVD S.R.L.
fields of ion optics and 3D printing. Gian P. Beretta, Sc.D., Fellow
Brescia State University
In 2014, Chuck was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of
Fame at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for his globally SOICHIRO HONDA MEDAL
impactful and transformative work inventing and pioneering John E. Dec, Ph.D., Fellow
3D printing. The same year, Chuck was the recipient of the Sandia National Laboratory
European Patent Office’s prestigious European Inventor Award
in the non-European countries category for his contributions FRANK KREITH ENERGY AWARD
to technological progress and the advancement of society. Gershon Grossman, Sc.D., Fellow
In 2016, he received the Manufacturing Leadership Lifetime Technion–Israel Institute of Technology
xii Achievement Award from Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing
