Rapid Prototyping: From 2D Sketch to 3D Fabrication

Speaker:        Dr. Tim Chen
                Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany

Title:          "Rapid Prototyping: From 2D Sketch to 3D Fabrication"

Date:           Monday, 27 April 2015

Time:           3:00pm to 4:00pm

Venue:          LTH (near lifts 25/26), HKUST

Abstract:

Everyone can be a maker today. A PC plus a 3D printer on a desk can achieve 
what once required a manufacturing pipeline in a factory. Yet we are still 
in the beginning stage of this paradigm shift. Until now the personal 
fabrication process is still slow and the CAD software is mostly designed 
for the professionals. This talk summarizes my recent researches on 
enhancing users' creative workflow, from 2D sketch to 3D fabrication of 
physical objects.


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Biography:

Dr. Tim Chen is currently a post-doc researcher at the Hasso Plattner 
Institute, Germany, working with Prof. Patrick Baudisch. Before that, he 
spent one year at U of Tokyo working with Prof. Takeo Igarashi. He received 
my PhD from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan in 2012, advised by Li-Yi 
Wei and Chun-Fa Chang. His research fields are mainly human computer 
interaction and computer graphics. In particular, he is interested in 
enhancing artists and makers' workflow of digital content creation and 3D 
fabrication.