Industrial Laser Solutions welcomes Timothy W. Simpson to Editorial Advisory Board
Industrial Laser Solutions announces that Timothy W. Simpson is now a member of the publication's International Editorial Advisory Board. Simpson, who is one of the leading experts in additive manufacturing, will strengthen the publication's perspective on that technology. He holds doctoral and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA) and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY).
At Penn State University (State College, PA), where he has been a faculty member since 1998, he is the Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing. He is co-director of the Penn State Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D), and he helped launch and oversees the Additive Manufacturing and Design Graduate Program at Penn State, the first-of-its-kind online and resident degree program in the world. He is nationally recognized for his work in 3D printing.
Simpson is an ASME Fellow, Penn State’s Teaching and Learning with Technology Fellow in 3D Printing, and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has spoken at numerous industry events and conferences on additive manufacturing and design, and his work has been widely published in both scholarly journals and mainstream media.
He helped launch and coordinate the ASME Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing Conference & Expo and was part of the team that founded the ASME Innovative Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing Design Challenge. He also served as chair of the Design Engineering Division, the largest division within ASME, and he was a founding member and chair of ASME’s Design, Materials and Manufacturing Segment Leadership Team.
David Belforte | Contributing Editor
David Belforte (1932-2023) was an internationally recognized authority on industrial laser materials processing and had been actively involved in this technology for more than 50 years. His consulting business, Belforte Associates, served clients interested in advanced manufacturing applications. David held degrees in Chemistry and Production Technology from Northeastern University (Boston, MA). As a researcher, he conducted basic studies in material synthesis for high-temperature applications and held increasingly important positions with companies involved with high-technology materials processing. He co-founded a company that introduced several firsts in advanced welding technology and equipment. David's career in lasers started with the commercialization of the first industrial solid-state laser and a compact CO2 laser for sheet-metal cutting. For several years, he led the development of very high power CO2 lasers for welding and surface treating applications. In addition to consulting, David was the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Industrial Laser Solutions magazine (1986-2022) and contributed to other laser publications, including Laser Focus World. He retired from Laser Focus World in late June 2022.