Charles W.

Hull
He was born on May 12, 1939, the son of
Lester and Esther Hull. He spent his early
years in Clifton and Gateway, Colorado, in
generally cloudy weather. He graduated
from Central High School in Grand
Junction.
His way of dressing was elegant, in his free
time he dedicated himself to inventing and
experimenting with various substances
within which was a photopolymer that,
together with ultraviolet light, became a solid,
allowing him to draw something and show it. This
led him to achieve one of the greatest achievements that was
creating the 3D printer.
The idea of three-dimensional printing was born in a laboratory during
the 1980s. After years of dedication to his field of study, he succeeded
in printing a small black mug which was the first step to improve the
tedious process of creating small pieces of plastic in the design of
prototypes involved in the testing of new elements.
Today he is being known as Chuck Hull, the co-founder, executive
vice president and chief technology officer of 3D Systems. He is the
inventor of the solid imaging process known as stereolithography, The
first commercial rapid prototyping technology, and the STL file
format.
With the invention of the 3D Printer, the use of prints and designs was
changed. This printer is used daily by workers designing and modeling
3D figures from simple designs to architectural use.
At Princeton University they have developed a 3D printed ear, which
allows us to "hear" frequencies beyond what our ears are currently
capable of hearing. In Europe, the European Space Agency is
considering building a lunar station using 3D printing without having
to transfer materials from Earth, but using lunar rocks as a raw
material.
Already in a more playful field, but undoubtedly with a spectacular
business application, we have seen how models with 3D printed suits
have already begun to parade down the fashion catwalks.
Gladys: Buenas Noches, señor Charles.
Jesús: Buenas Noches, señorita entrevistadora.
Gladys: Me presento, me llamo Gladys y me gustaría hacerle una
entrevista.
Jesús: Si con mucho gusto.
Gladys: Donde y cuando nació usted.
Jesús: Nací el 12 de mayo de 1939 en Colorado
Gladys: ¿Cómo es el clima mayormente por ahí?
Jesús: Es generalmente húmedo y en épocas de calor el sol brilla
bastante.
Gladys: ¿Quiénes fueron sus padres?
Jesús: Mis padres fueron Lester y Esther Hull.
Gladys: En qué Universidad completo sus estudios.
Jesús: Culmine mis estudios en la Central High School en Grand
Junction.
Gladys: Podría decirme cuál era su forma de vestir y cuáles eran
sus pasatiempos.
Jesús: Mi forma de vestir es elegante. Mis pasatiempos eran
inventar y experimentar diversas cosas o sustancias.
Gladys: ¿Que te llevo a alcanzar este gran logro?
Jesús: Lo que me llevo a alcanzar este logro es la constante
experimentación con el Fotopolímero junto con la luz ultravioleta
que al final se llegaron a convertir en un sólido, permitiéndome
crear la impresora en 3D.
Gladys: ¿A mediados de que año vino la idea de la creación de la
impresora 3D?
Jesús: Cerca del año 1980, esto surgió al querer mejorar los
diseños y poder personalizarlos, que con un buen trabajo se pudo
lograr.
Gladys: Como fue el proceso para poder lograr la primera
impresión 3D.
Jesús: Fue tedioso al realizar creaciones de pequeñas piezas de
plástico en el diseño y creación de prototipos involucrados en la
prueba de nuevos elementos que con reiterados intentos pudimos
lograr nuestra primera impresión en 3D.
Gladys: ¿Actualmente usted qué cargo está ocupando y a que se
dedica?
Jesús: Actualmente soy vicepresidente ejecutivo y director de 3D
systems, me dedico a ver el avance, progreso y mejoramiento de
la impresora 3D.
Gladys: Cual fue el cambio que logro la impresora 3D en la
sociedad.
Jesús: Con la invención de la impresora 3D, se cambió el uso de
diseños e impresiones, se está utilizando a diario ya que los
trabajadores de diseño y modelos pueden lograr desde simple
diseños hasta Modelos arquitectónicos.
Gladys: ¿Hoy en día como se está empleando la impresora 3D?
Jesús: Uno de los grandes logros y usos se dio en la universidad
de Princeton que han desarrollado un oído impreso en 3D, que
nos permite oír frecuencias más allá de lo que nuestros oídos son
capaces de oír actualmente.
Gladys: Se sabe también que ya se han empezado a diseñar y
modelar trajes en 3D pero que vista a futuro tiene usted sobre la
impresora 3D. ¿Tiene algunos logros previstos?
Jesús: En un futuro, en Europa, la Agencia Europea está
considerando construir una estación lunar usando una impresora
3D sin tener que transferir materiales desde la tierra, para esto
querrán usar las rocas lunares como materia prima.
Gladys: Que interesante, muchísimas gracias por aceptar la
entrevista.
Jesús: No hay de qué, fue un placer conocerla.
Gladys: Adiós.
Gladys: Good evening, Mr. Charles.
Jesús: Good evening, Miss interviewer.
Gladys: I introduce myself, my name is Gladys and I would like to
interview you.
Jesus: Yes, with pleasure.
Gladys: Where and when were you born.
Jesus: I was born on May 12, 1939 in Colorado
Gladys: What is the weather like mostly out there?
Jesus: It is generally humid and in hot weather the sun shines
quite a bit.
Gladys: Who were your parents?
Jesus: My parents were Lester and Esther Hull.
Gladys: In which university did she complete her studies.
Jesus: I finished my studies at Central High School in Grand
Junction.
Gladys: Could you tell me what your dress was and what your
hobbies were.
Jesus: My way of dressing is elegant. My hobbies were inventing
and experimenting with various things or substances.
Gladys: What led you to achieve this great achievement?
Jesús: What led me to achieve this achievement is constant
experimentation with Photopolymer toget that eventually
became a solid, allowing me to create the 3D printer.
Gladys: In the middle of which year did the idea of creating the 3D
printer come?
Jesús: Around the year 1980, this arose from wanting to improve
the designs and be able to personalize them, which with good
work could be achieved.
Gladys: How was the process to achieve the first 3D printing.
Jesus: It was tedious when creating small plastic pieces in the
design and prototyping involved in testing new elements that
with repeated attempts we were able to achieve our first 3D print.
Gladys: What position are you currently occupying and what do
you do?
Jesús: I am currently executive vice president and director of 3D
systems, I am dedicated to seeing the advancement, progress and
improvement of the 3D printer.
Gladys: What was the change that the 3D printer achieved in
society.
Jesus: With the invention of the 3D printer, the use of designs and
prints was changed, it is being used on a daily basis as design and
model workers can achieve from simple designs to architectural
modelsher with ultraviolet light
Gladys: How is the 3D printer used today?
Jesus: One of the great achievements and uses was at Princeton
University that they developed a 3D printed ear, which allows us
to hear frequencies beyond what our ears are currently capable of
hearing.
Gladys: It is also known that they have already started designing
and modeling suits in 3D but what vision of the future you have in
the 3D printer. Do you have any expected accomplishments?
Jesus: In the future, in Europe, the European Agency is considering
building a lunar station using a 3D printer without having to
transfer materials from the earth, for this they will want to use
lunar rocks as raw material.
Gladys: How interesting, thank you very much for accepting the
interview.
Jesus: No wonder, it was a pleasure meeting you.
Gladys: Bye.