Joseph DeSimone

Joseph DeSimone
DeSimone in 2008
Born (1964-05-16) May 16, 1964 (age 60)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUrsinus College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
AwardsHeinz Award in Technology, Economy & Employment (2017)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2013)
Lemelson–MIT Prize (2008)
IRI Medal (2014)
Dickson Prize in Science (2014)
Harvey Prize (2020)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University
ThesisSynthesis of well-defined single and multiphase polymers using various living polymerization methods (1990)
Doctoral advisorJames E. McGrath[citation needed]
Doctoral studentsValerie Sheares Ashby

Joseph M. DeSimone (born May 16, 1964) is an American chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur who has co-founded companies based on his research, including the American 3D printing technology company, Carbon, of which he was CEO from 2014 until November 2019.[1]

Currently, DeSimone is the Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine[2] in the department of radiology at Stanford University, where he is also professor of chemical engineering.[3] He joined the faculty at Stanford in 2020.[4] In 2020, he was also elected to the board of trustees of the National Geographic Society.[5] DeSimone previously held a joint appointment as the Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University.[6]

Education

DeSimone received his BS in chemistry in 1986 from Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania and his PhD in chemistry in 1990 from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.[7][8]

Career

DeSimone is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (2014),[9] National Academy of Sciences (2012),[10] and the National Academy of Engineering (2005).[11] He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005).[12]

External videos
video icon Joseph DeSimone: What if 3D printing was 100x faster?, TED Talks

In the 1990s, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he developed an environmentally friendly manufacturing process that relies on supercritical carbon dioxide instead of water and bio-persistent surfactants for the creation of fluoropolymers or high-performance plastics, such as Teflon.[13][14] In 2002 DeSimone, along with Richard Stack, a cardiologist at Duke University, co-founded Bioabsorbable Vascular Solutions (BVS) to commercialize a fully bioabsorbable, drug-eluting stent for the treatment of coronary artery disease.[15]

As a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, DeSimone and members of his academic laboratory also developed the nanoparticle fabrication technology, PRINT (Particle Replication in Non-Wetting Templates), leading DeSimone and students to co-found the company Liquidia Technologies in 2004.[16] Liquidia develops PRINT particle-based medical treatments and became a publicly traded company in 2018.[17] At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the PRINT technology also became a foundation for the Carolina Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence funded by the National Cancer Institute.[citation needed]

In 2015, DeSimone and colleagues published a paper in Science Magazine on their invention of a rapid polymer 3D printing technology, Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP).[citation needed] The company, Carbon, which DeSimone co-founded, now develops printers with the CLIP technology.[18][19] The printers are used to make end-use parts and products in several industries,[20] including by the companies Adidas,[21][22] Resolution Medical,[23][24] and Ford.[25] Recently, DeSimone has also been involved in the digital fabrication space using computational design to speed up the former method.[26]

Awards and honors

DeSimone is the recipient of the 2002 John Scott Award presented by the Board of Directors of City Trusts, Philadelphia, given to "the most deserving" men and women whose inventions have contributed in some outstanding way to the "comfort, welfare and happiness" of mankind;[27] the 2008 Lemelson–MIT Prize,[28] the 2009 North Carolina Award; the 2009 NIH Director's Pioneer Award;[29] the 2014 Dickson Prize in Science;[30] and the 2014 IRI Medal.

DeSimone was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honor in the U.S. for achievements related to technological progress, by President Barack Obama at the White House in May 2016.[31] In 2017, Dr. DeSimone received the 22nd Annual Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy, and Employment.[32] In 2019, DeSimone received the Wilhelm Exner Medal in Polymer Manufacturing.[33] Also in 2019, he was named the U.S. Entrepreneur Of The Year, National Overall Award winner by Ernst & Young.[34] For the years 2019-2020 he was awarded the Harvey Prize of the Technion in Israel.[35] In 2021, he received the Charles Goodyear Medal[36] from the American Chemical Society Rubber Division.

References

  1. ^ Kolodny, Lora (November 21, 2019). "Ellen Kullman takes the reins as CEO of Carbon, a 3D printing start-up worth over $2.5 billion". CNBC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  2. ^ University, Stanford (October 9, 2020). "Report of the president: Appointments and promotions". Stanford News. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  3. ^ University, Stanford (October 9, 2020). "Report of the president: Appointments and promotions". Stanford News. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "Carbon co-founder Dr. Joseph DeSimone joins Stanford University faculty". 3D Printing Media Network - The Pulse of the AM Industry. September 2, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "National Geographic Society Names Three New Trustees: Ellen Stofan, Joseph M. DeSimone and Rajiv Shah". National Geographic Society Newsroom. August 11, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. ^ "DeSimone Elected into National Academy of Sciences". NC State News. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. ^ "DeSimone Research Group: People: DeSimone". Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  8. ^ "UNC Faculty: DeSimone". Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
  9. ^ Institute of Medicine Elects 70 New Members, 10 Foreign Associates (October 20, 2014) Archived February 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected (May 1, 2012)
  11. ^ "NAE Members Directory – Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone". U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  12. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter D" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  13. ^ EarthSky.org (September 12, 2011). "Joseph DeSimone, The Inventor Of Clean Teflon, On Invention In The 21st Century". Fast Company. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  14. ^ "What if DuPont Had Gone Green in North Carolina?". North Carolina Health News. October 3, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  15. ^ "Dr. DeSimone Receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation". August 18, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  16. ^ "Joseph DeSimone". lemelson.mit.edu. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  17. ^ "Successful IPO Highlights Liquidia Technologies' Ambitious Upcoming 18 Months". BioSpace. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  18. ^ "DLS 3D Printing Technology". Carbon3D. June 19, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  19. ^ "How Continuous Liquid Interface Production is Speeding Up the 3D Process". AZoM.com. June 18, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  20. ^ "New Technology Transforms 3D Printing". www.asme.org. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  21. ^ "Adidas Uses Carbon's 3D Printing to Mass-Produce Futurecraft 4D Shoes by MichaelMH". Engineering.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  22. ^ "adidas unveils Carbon 3D printed shoe in collaboration with Stella McCartney". 3D Printing Industry. March 28, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  23. ^ "Resolution Medical adopts Carbon 3D printing tech for medical device production » 3D Printing Media Network - The Pulse of the AM Industry". 3D Printing Media Network - The Pulse of the AM Industry. September 26, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  24. ^ "Carbon partners with Adidas, Resolution Medical on COVID-19 response". Medical Design and Outsourcing. April 8, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  25. ^ "Carbon and Ford Expanding Collaboration for Automotive 3D Printing Solutions". 3DPrint.com. January 17, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  26. ^ "Injection continuous liquid interface production of 3D objects". science.org | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. September 28, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  27. ^ "John Scott Award Recipients". John Scott Award Advisory Committee. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
  28. ^ "Winners' Circle: Joseph DeSimone". June 27, 2008. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  29. ^ "2009 Pioneer Award Recipients". NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program. National Institutes of Health. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  30. ^ Dickson Prize in Science 2014
  31. ^ Ray Gronberg (May 19, 2016). "Chemist DeSimone feted at White House". The Herald-Sun (Durham, North Carolina). Retrieved May 25, 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  32. ^ "Heinz Awards - Joseph DeSimone".
  33. ^ Bringing the Digital Revolution to Polymer Manufacturing, retrieved: 11. Sep. 2019 in Wilhelmexner.org.
  34. ^ "Carbon Inc CEO Named Entrepreneur Of The Year 2019 National Overall Award Winner". www.ey.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  35. ^ Harvey Prize 2019-2020
  36. ^ "Joseph DeSimone Is 2021 Charles Goodyear Medalist". IEC Daily. Lippencott and Peto. October 19, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.