Timothy W. Simpson Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing

Dr. Timothy W. Simpson is the Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing at Penn State University, as well as the co-director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D). He is a regular contributor to Additive Manufacturing, and writes the monthly Additive Insights column for Modern Machine Shop.

Postprocessing 25 Aug 2023

Postprocessing Steps and Costs for Metal 3D Printing

When your metal part is done 3D printing, you just pull it out of the machine and start using it, right? Not exactly.

Software 31 Jan 2023

AM's Progress: How Far Additive Manufacturing Has Come in 6 Years

Tim Simpson reflects on how additive manufacturing has progressed since he began his column six years ago. Standards and software are two examples.

Enterprise Issues 30 Nov 2022

Saving Time and Money on the Shop Floor with AM

Some of the most popular ways AM is presented miss some of the most practical and valuable ways AM can be used.

Education & Training 5 Oct 2022

Little Wins Create Value in Additive Manufacturing

How to create value with a multilevel approach to additive manufacturing.

Production 19 Aug 2022

Productivity Gains Set to Transform AM

Integrated digital production set to transform additive manufacturing.

Enterprise Issues 15 Jul 2022

Thinking “Inside Out” and “Outside In”

The mindset for additive flips subtractive thinking inside out.

Lightweighting 31 May 2022

Lightweight Components: A Paradox When Machining

Today’s computer software can just as easily generate lightweight shapes for subtractive processes as it can for additive ones, but it increases cost and waste to make them.