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HP Labs Distinguished Technologist and Principal Scientist Jim Stasiak
HP Labs Distinguished Technologist and Principal Scientist Jim Stasiak has been named an IS&T Fellow by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T), the leading international technical society for imaging science.
IS&T fellowships are awarded for “outstanding achievement in imaging science or engineering.” Stasiak, who leads HP Labs’ Voxel Physics research group based in Corvallis, Oregon, is being recognized for his “outstanding contribution to inkjet printing technologies and the emerging field of 3D printing.”
“This is a career highlight for me,” said Stasiak of the award. “I am especially pleased to have been elected a Fellow in large part for the work I’ve done in helping make digital fabrication and additive manufacturing a central theme within the society.”
“Jim’s award is well-deserved recognition for a body of research that helped create an entirely new industry,” added Shane Wall, HP Chief Technology Officer and Global Head of HP Labs. “We’re excited to see what he and his team come up with next.”
Over a career spanning almost four decades, Stasiak has made important contributions in the fields of condensed and soft matter physics, molecular electronics, and nanotechnology, and played a leading role in the transformation of digital inkjet technology into a new platform for fabricating and manufacturing using additive methods and functional materials. His industry leadership helped define this new paradigm and establish digital fabrication and digital manufacturing as a revolutionary alternative to traditional analog manufacturing methods.
An active member of IS&T for more than 25 years, Stasiak has held multiple committee and board positions, including Vice President (2014-2018). In 2005, Stasiak organized and launched what became the IS&T Printing for Fabrication conference, now one of the industry’s leading conferences for 2D and 3D digital manufacturing.
Stasiak joined HP in 2001 after holding engineering management, senior technologist, and staff scientist positions at Xerox, Tektronix, and IBM. His HP research has involved using digital printing methods to fabricate novel materials and devices. This includes investigating the use of HP’s Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing technology as a platform for developing new materials and for tailoring the physical properties of new materials digitally and at voxel-scales.
A named inventor on more than 60 issued US patents and applications in progress, Stasiak is the author of numerous scientific and technical journal articles and book chapters, and is regularly invited to present keynote and plenary papers at US and international conferences and workshops. He will officially be presented with the award at the 2019 Printing for Fabrication conference in San Francisco this fall.
