Orlando, FL – 3/28/23 The Laser Institute, a nonprofit organization that promotes laser safety and education, announced that Dr. Nathaniel Quick has retired from his Executive Director position, effective February 28, 2023. LIA’s President Henrikki Pantsar says, “The organization has been managed by Executive Director Dr. Nat Quick for the past five years, and it […]
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Dr. Bo Gu – 2022 Schawlow Award Recipient
ORLANDO, FL – September 22, 2022 — Laser Institute of America (LIA) Fellow, LIA Board officer Dr. Bo Gu has been selected as the 2022 Arthur L. Schawlow Award recipient in recognition to his career long contributions throughout the laser industry in the fields of micro- and nano engineering and laser applications in industrial metal […]
Physics societies unite in support of open access
Today, LIA has joined forces with other major physics societies, which support physical science researchers with the publication of more than 75,000 peer-reviewed journal articles each year, to show our commitment to open access (OA) for physics research. This group comprises 16 societies: the Acoustical Society of America, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, […]
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 […]
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 […]