Eric Hanson

Biography

Eric Hanson is the director of the Printing and Content Delivery Lab in HP Labs, which conducts research on innovations in document lifecycle, track / trace, content generation / delivery, print workflow, and commercial printing processes. Hanson has been involved with digital printing and imaging research at HP Labs for 26 years, working on advanced technologies for HP’s core hardcopy and imaging business, as well as technologies that open new service and solutions business opportunities.

Over the years, Hanson has supervised teams that have made significant contributions to HP’s Thermal Ink Jet and Liquid Electrophotography technologies in the areas of materials, operating conditions, fabrication techniques and designs. He also has conducted research on several other non-impact marking techniques, in addition to analyzing strategic technological trends in the major printing technologies.

Hanson is past president of the Society for Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T), a major international engineering society in the field of printing and imaging. He has also served as the IS&T executive vice president and conference vice president, and was general chair of IS&T’s 1995 International Digital Printing Conference.

Hanson received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California at Berkeley, where his focus was experimental research on optical properties of liquid crystals and solid-state materials. He joined HP Labs after receiving his degree and initially conducted research on optical fiber fabrication and optical switching components. He has been awarded 20 U.S. patents.

 

Research interests

Digital printing processes and materials.  

Professional Activities

• Past President, Society for Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T), a major international engineering society in the field of printing and imaging
• General chair, IS&T International Digital Printing Conference (1995)

Patents

20