While some of the RP-MLs most active members know each other from various industry conferences, most participants are real-world strangers. In April 1999, the first official in-person meeting of RP-ML members was held in conjunction with the annual Rapid Prototyping & Manufacturing conference in Chicago.
The meeting was organized by Dr. Rafael Santillan of CIATEQ in Querétaro, Mexico and Prof. Elaine Hunt of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. In addition, sponsorship of the room and refreshments was generously provided by Mark Littlewood of Time-Compression Technologies magazine and Mark Bliek of software developer Materialize.
The following photographs were taken by Dr. Santillan. Click on each image to enlarge.
These photos are posted here with permission of Dr. Santillan. They were selected, cropped, and reduced from a greater number of larger photos posted by him on his ftp server, where the original photos may be found and downloaded.
The following outline drawing provides index numbers to identify the people at the meeting. Click on the drawing to view it at an enlarged scale suitable for reading the numbers. The names of known people are listed below.
(Click on the outline drawing to view it at an enlarged scale suitable for reading the numbers.)
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1 | Simon Marriott | Silhouette Designs | Victoria, Australia | 4 | Mark Littlewood | Time-Compression Technologies | England, UK | 5 | Michael Litscher | The Frantz Group | Ohio, USA | 7 | Mark Horner | The Technology House | Ohio, USA | 8 | Andy Balch | The Technology House | Ohio, USA | 9 | Scott McMillan | Javelin (formerly Lone Peak Engineering) | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | 10 | Dave Salisbury | AARK | San Diego, California, USA | 11 | Lee Dockstader | 3D Systems | Hong Kong | 12 | Bob Bechtold | Harbec Plastics | Ontario, Canada | 13 | David Wimpenny | Rover (?? University of Warwick) | England, UK | 14 | Ariel Lijtenstain | | Brasil | 15 | Marshall Burns | Ennex Corporation | Los Angeles, USA | 16 | Tom Greaves | New Directions Consulting (formerly of General Motors) | Detroit, USA | 17 | Brock Rooney | Brock Rooney Associates | Detroit, USA | 18 | Rex Brown | Allied Signal | Missouri, USA | 19 | Doug Van Putte | Independent Consultant (formerly of Kodak) | Rochester, NY, USA | 21 | Alair Griffin | Javelin (formerly Lone Peak Engineering) | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | 24 | Robert Olson | Molex | Illinois, USA | 25 | Terry Wohlers | Wohlers Associates | Colorado, USA | 26 | Doug Groh | 3D Systems | Detroit, USA | 27 | Peter Hardro | University of Rhode Island | Rhode Island, USA | 28 | Ian Gibson | University of Hong Kong (formerly of Nottingham University) | Hong Kong | 29 | Rafael Santillan | CIATEQ | Mexico | 30 | Beth Israelnaim | Becton Dickinson | North Carolina, USA | 31 | Daniel Lipsker | Micromod RP | Israel | 32 | Amit Bagchi | MTD (formerly of Clemson University) | Ohio, USA | 34 | Tim Bush | Prototech Engineering | Chicago, USA | 35 | Joe Frantz | The Frantz Group | Ohio, USA | 37 | Kai Uwe Koch | Fraunhofer Institute | Stuttgart, Germany | 39 | Gary Bredael | Paramount Industries | Pennsylvania, USA | 40 | Frank Ickinger | Porsche | Stuttgart, Germany | 42 | Al Hastbacka | Sanders Prototype | New Hampshire, USA | 43 | Jim Williams | Paramount Industries | Pennsylvania, USA | 44 | Vesna Cota | AMP | Ontario, Canada | 47 | Elaine Hunt | Clemson University | South Carolina, USA | 49 | Phill Dickens | De Montfort University (formerly of Nottingham University) | England, UK | 51 | ??? Jeff Cannon | Jay R. Smith Manufacturing | Alabama, USA | 52 | ??? Jeff Tidwell | Jay R. Smith Manufacturing | Alabama, USA | Present but not in photo: | | Dan Mickish | DSM SOMOS | Delaware, USA |
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