Laser Applications Community Looks Forward to Highly-Anticipated ICALEO 2019

AS SEEN ON THE DAILY HERALD ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Laser industry professionals from academic and industrial settings will be meeting in Orlando, Florida for the 38th annual International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO) conference from Oct 7, 2019–Oct 10, 2019. Organized by The Laser Institute (LIA), the revamped iteration features the four industry foci of […]

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A Legacy in Lasers

As featured in Laser Systems Europe Autumn 2019. The LIA has introduced a set of annual awards dedicated to Professor William Maxwell Steen, a veteran and pioneer of laser technology. This year the Laser Institute (LIA) announced a new set of awards that it plans to confer annually to user organisations that demonstrate significant innovation in the […]

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Goodbye Adhesives, Hello Thermal Direct Joining

Laser Pre-Treatment and the Future of Hybrid Materials Interview by Liliana Caldero Originally in LIA TODAY July/August 2019. Throughout the world, scientists are rising to the challenge of developing new techniques to improve the eco-friendliness of products and production lines. Germany has been among the strongest supporters of the movement to be more environmentally responsible. […]

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Surface Functionalization with LIPSS Continues to Expand into New Industries

Interview by Liliana Caldero As featured in LIA TODAY July/August 2019.   Laser researchers from Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) have teamed up with medical researchers from Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU) and Kepler Universitätsklinikum Linz (KUK) in a European research project to show the potential of laser materials processing for suppressing the adhesion […]

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Winner of the Prestigious 2019 Arthur L. Schawlow Award and Inaugural Steen Awards Announced by The Laser Institute

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Professor Lin Li, Director of the Laser Processing Research Centre at The University of Manchester, has been announced as the recipient of The Laser Institute’s (LIA) prestigious Arthur L. Schawlow Award for 2019. Recognition for his career-long contributions to basic and applied research in laser science and engineering, the award will […]

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