President’s Message
It is my great pleasure and honor to have this opportunity to communicate with the laser community.
From February 29 to March 1, 2016, I chaired the LIA Executive Committee and LIA Board of Director’s meetings in Orlando. A number of important strategic issues were discussed based on an analysis of the current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the LIA business. Although LIA is USA based, the institute has long been a global association. Recognizing that the majority of laser-based manufacturing activities are in Asia and Europe, opportunities for LIA’s presence and developing activities in Europe and Asia exist, and LIA should explore these opportunities. A strategy and action plan was discussed.
I would like to introduce the new LIA Executive Committee members: LIA Secretary, Professor Milan Brandt, Director of Centre for Additive Manufacturing at RMIT University, Australia, has been involved in LIA activities for nearly 30 years and successfully chaired one of the LIA’s PICALO conferences in Australia. Another new member is Professor Minlin Zhong, Director of Laser Processing Research Centre at Tsinghua University, China. Minlin was the first person from Mainland China to participate in LIA activities and conferences and was the General Chair of PICALO in 2008 in Beijing, China. He is now the president of International Academy of Photonics and Laser Engineering (IAPLE). The third new member of the committee is Mr. Eric Mottay, founder of Amplitude Systemes, France. He has been involved in laser technologies, systems and applications for 30 years.
I would also like to welcome Mr. Clive Grafton-Reed, Global Laser Processes Owner at Rolls-Royce plc., to join the LIA Board of Directors.
I would like to congratulate Professor Yongfeng Lu for having been elected to receive LIA’s 2016 prestigious Arthur L. Schawlow award in
October. Professor Lu is a pioneer in several laser and photonic sciences and technologies; including fundamental theories in laser cleaning, laser production of diamonds and carbon onions, and non-linear optical spectroscopy.
While in Orlando, I attended the eighth annual Laser Additive Manufacturing
(LAM®) Workshop, chaired by LIA President-elect Paul Denny. The majority of the technical presentations were from companies including end users such as GKN Aerospace, Rolls-Royce and GE, reflecting the fact that the industries are driving the rapid growth and applications of the 3D printing technologies. Additive manufacturing or 3D printing has seen the fastest growth (50-100 percent per year) over the last few years and this growth is expected to be sustainable over the coming years. A key challenge is to change the engineers’ design strategy to fully utilize the new capability and opportunities provided by laser additive manufacturing and 3D printing. This includes the consideration of light-weight structures, cellular structures and functionally graded components that could not be realized in traditional manufacturing.
Finally, I encourage you to attend both the Lasers for Manufacturing Event®
(LME®) on April 26-27, 2016, in Atlanta, and ICALEO which will be held on October 16-20, 2016 in San Diego.
Lin Li, President Laser Institute of America
Executive Director’s Message The LIA Executive Committee and Board held meetings in Orlando prior
to our eighth Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) Workshop. During the meetings Neil Ball and Silke Pflueger were elected Fellows and 2014 LIA President Yongfeng Lu was selected to receive the 2016 Schawlow Award.
During the meetings encouraging progress was made by the task forces charged with developing our vision, re-evaluating our membership approach and ensuring adequate funding for LIA’s growth as we approach our 50 year Anniversary in 2018.
There is still work to do, of course and the task forces will continue their work and report progress at the LIA Annual Meeting at ICALEO®.
Peter Baker, Executive Director Laser Institute of America
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