Eliana Fu

Eliana Koon Yee Fu is a British materials scientist and innovator. She works as an aerospace and medical manager at Trumpf Laser Technology. In 2022, she was named the TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator of the Year.

Early life and education Fu is from London. As a young person, she had never heard of materials science. She was given a leaflet by someone at Queen Mary University of London and so she decided to study it as an undergraduate degree. She moved to Imperial College London for her doctoral research, where she studied titanium aluminides using powder metallurgy. She moved to Loughborough University for a postdoctoral position, before moving to the United States. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Clemson University. She has said that she had a cultural shock moving to South Carolina as she was used to living in London. At the time, it was the only company in the world that focused on 3D printing an entire rocket. She was their first woman engineer.

In 2021, Fu was recruited by Trumpf Laser Technology to serve as their Industry Manager for Aerospace and Medical. She focused on sustainability in manufacturing, and the development of green laser technologies for 3D printing. That year she joined the technical advisory board of Hyperion Metals (now called IperionX). In 2022 she was named the TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator of the Year.

Personal life Fu was a former amateur triathlete, and once cycled on a fun ride with Chrissie Wellington.

Fu is a life-long fan of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and has made numerous appearances as a fan-contributor to Premier League Productions “Fanzone” program with opinions on performance and predictions.