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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Award
  • 2012 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Ian Gibson is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a primary focus on additive manufacturing and related technologies. Their research spans multiple subfields including mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, biomedical engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and polymers and plastics.

Their body of work covers diverse topics, mainly centered around additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, additive manufacturing materials and processes, high entropy alloys studies, manufacturing process and optimization, laser material processing techniques, bone tissue engineering materials, and welding techniques and residual stresses.

Recent notable publications by Ian Gibson include:

  • Wire and arc additive manufacturing: Opportunities and challenges to control the quality and accuracy of manufactured parts, 2021, Materials & Design
  • Heat treatment for metal additive manufacturing, 2022, Progress in Materials Science
  • Design for additive manufacturing: Framework and methodology, 2020, CIRP Annals
  • Additive manufacturing a powerful tool for the aerospace industry, 2021, Rapid Prototyping Journal
  • A review of technological improvements in laser-based powder bed fusion of metal printers, 2020, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Ian Gibson's frequent co-authors include:

  • Mahyar Khorasani
  • Bernard Rolfe
  • Martin Leary
  • Davoud Jafari
  • Amirhossein Ghasemi

The venues where Gibson most frequently publishes include:

  • Rapid Prototyping Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Procedia CIRP
  • Packaging Technology and Science

Ian Gibson's research is categorized under the broader engineering domain with a substantial number of contributions to mechanical engineering and automotive engineering. They also maintain a presence in biomedical engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and polymers and plastics, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Recognized for their contributions, Ian Gibson was named a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing

    Ian Gibson;David W. Rosen;Brent Stucker

  • Additive manufacturing technologies : 3D printing, rapid prototyping, and direct digital manufacturing

    Ian Gibson;David Rosen;Brent Stucker

  • Design for additive manufacturing: trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints

    Mary Kathryn Thompson;Giovanni Moroni;Tom Vaneker;Georges Fadel

  • Additive manufacturing: rapid prototyping comes of age

    Ian Campbell;David L Bourell;Ian Gibson

  • Material properties and fabrication parameters in selective laser sintering process

    Ian Gibson;Dongping Shi

  • Wire and arc additive manufacturing : Opportunities and challenges to control the quality and accuracy of manufactured parts

    Davoud Jafari;Tom H.J. Vaneker;Ian Gibson

  • Heat Treatment for Metal Additive Manufacturing

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  • The use of rapid prototyping to assist medical applications

    I. Gibson;L.K. Cheung;S.P. Chow;W.L. Cheung

  • A review of 3D concrete printing systems and materials properties : current status and future research prospects

    Suvash Chandra Paul;Gideon P.A.G. van Zijl;Ming Jen Tan;Ian Gibson

  • Evolution of 3D printed soft actuators

    Ali Zolfagharian;Abbas Z. Kouzani;Sui Yang Khoo;Amir Ali Amiri Moghadam;Amir Ali Amiri Moghadam

  • Effects of energy density on morphology and properties of selective laser sintered polycarbonate

    H.C.H Ho;I Gibson;W.L Cheung

  • Advanced manufacturing technology for medical applications : reverse engineering, software conversion, and rapid prototyping

    Ian Gibson

  • Rapid prototyping for architectural models

    Ian Gibson;Thomas Kvan;Ling Wai Ming

  • Lab-on-a-chip or chip-in-a-lab: challenges of commercialization lost in translation

    Mazher Iqbal Mohammed;Steven Haswell;Ian Gibson

  • Design for additive manufacturing: Framework and methodology

    Tom Vaneker;Alain Bernard;Giovanni Moroni;Ian Gibson

  • Biomimetic composite coating on rapid prototyped scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.

    M. Tarik Arafat;Christopher X.F. Lam;Andrew K. Ekaputra;Siew Yee Wong

  • The effect of SLM process parameters on density, hardness, tensile strength and surface quality of Ti-6Al-4V

    AmirMahyar Khorasani;AmirMahyar Khorasani;Ian Gibson;Umar Shafique Awan;Alireza Ghaderi

  • Additive manufacturing a powerful tool for the aerospace industry

    Mahyar Khorasani;Amir Hossein Ghasemi;Bernard Rolfe;Ian Gibson

  • Layer manufacturing of magnesium and its alloy structures for future applications

    C. C. Ng;M. M. Savalani;H. C. Man;I. Gibson

  • Directed Energy Deposition Processes

    Ian Gibson;David Rosen;Brent Stucker

  • A Novel Classification and Online Platform for Planning and Documentation of Medical Applications of Additive Manufacturing

    Jukka Tuomi;Kaija-Stiina Paloheimo;Juho Vehviläinen;Roy Björkstrand

  • Morphology and Properties of Selective Laser Sintered Bisphenol A Polycarbonate

    Henry Chung Hong Ho;Wai Lam Cheung;Ian Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Rosen
David W. Rosen Singapore University of Technology and Design
Dietmar W. Hutmacher
Dietmar W. Hutmacher Queensland University of Technology
Abbas Z. Kouzani
Abbas Z. Kouzani Deakin University
Anthony E. Hughes
Anthony E. Hughes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Wen Feng Lu
Wen Feng Lu National University of Singapore
Xu Li
Xu Li Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Bernard Rolfe
Bernard Rolfe Deakin University
William W. Lu
William W. Lu University of Hong Kong
Simon M. Cool
Simon M. Cool University of Queensland
Akif Kaynak
Akif Kaynak Deakin University

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