Professor Joseph Beaman

    Professor Joseph Beaman, University of Texas at Austin

Professor Joseph J. Beaman joined The University of Texas at Austin faculty in 1979 after receiving his Sc.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering.

His career work has been in both manufacturing and control. His specific manufacturing research interest is in Additive Manufacturing (AM).

Professor Beaman was the first academic researcher in the field. One of the most successful AM approaches, Selective Laser Sintering, was a process that was developed in his laboratory.

He was one of the founders of DTM Corporation (now merged with 3D Systems), which markets Selective Laser Sintering.
Professor Beaman has also worked extensively with the special metals processing industry to develop next generation process control for super alloys and titanium alloys.

Dr. Beaman is a Fellow of both ASME and SME. He is former technical editor of the Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control of ASME. He was chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas from 2001 to 2012.

He was elected to the National Academy of Engineers in 2013, received the FAME award in Additive Manufacturing in 2014, elected National Academy of Inventors in 2015, elected Distinguished Engineering Graduate, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (2015), received the SME Albert M. Sargent Award in 2016, the SM Wu Implementation Award from NAMRI/SME in 2018, and received the CIRP Nicolau award in August 2021 at the CIRP General Assembly.