IN THIS ISSUE: FEATURES


ICALEO 2016 It Can Only Be Done with Lasers


A New Method of Laser Shock Peening


The Magic of Nonlinear Laser Processing: Shaping Multi-Functional Lab-in-Fiber


Laser Weld Process Monitoring: Seeing the Unseeable


Darrell Seeley LIA Remembers a Leader in the Laser Safety Community


DEPARTMENTS Calendar of Events President’s Message


Executive Director’s Message New Leadership Search Corporate Member Profile Member Innovations Members in Motion ASC Z136 Update BLS Update OSHA Update


JLA Editor’s Pick LIA Announces


New Corporate Members


ADVERTISERS Board of Laser Safety ICALEO 2017 ILSC 2017


IPG Photonics Corporation Kentek Corporation


Laser Focus World (PennWell)


Laser Safety Officer for R&D Training


LIA Membership


Newport Corporation PhotoMachining, Inc. Photonics Media


Rockwell Laser Industries, Inc. TRUMPF, Inc.


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President – Lin Li The University of Manchester


President-Elect – Paul Denney Lincoln Electric Company


Past President – Robert Thomas US Air Force Research Lab


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Secretary – Milan Brandt RMIT University


Treasurer – Stephen Capp Laserage Technology Corporation


EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief – Peter Baker Managing Editor – Michelle Williams Copy Editor – Barbara Sams


BUSINESS STAFF Publisher – Jim Naugle Advertising Sales – Jim Naugle


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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Laser Safety Officer Training Dec. 6-8, 2016


Orlando, FL Feb. 28 - Mar. 2, 2017 Las Vegas, NV


Laser Safety Officer with Hazard Analysis* Nov. 7-11, 2016


Jan. 30 - Feb. 3, 2017 Mar. 6-10, 2017 Jun. 5-9, 2017


St. Louis, MO Denver, CO


*Certified Laser Safety Officer exam offered after the course.


Laser Safety Officer for R&D Training Jun. 6-8, 2017


New Orleans, LA Orlando, FL


LIATODAY


THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE LASER INSTITUTE OF AMERICA


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in addition to discounts on all LIA products and services.


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Denver, CO


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Medical Laser Safety Officer Training* Nov. 5-6, 2016 Jan. 28-29, 2017 Mar. 4-5, 2017 Jun. 3-4, 2017


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St. Louis, MO Denver, CO


*Certified Medical Laser Safety Officer exam offered after the course. Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®


Feb. 21-22, 2017 ABOUTLIA Houston, TX


International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC® Mar. 20-23, 2017


Atlanta, GA


Laser Institute of America (LIA) is the professional society for laser applications and safety. Our mission is to foster lasers, laser applications and laser safety worldwide.


We believe in the importance of sharing new ideas about lasers. In fact, laser pioneers such as Dr. Arthur Schawlow and Dr. Theodore H. Maiman were among LIA’s original founders who set the stage for our enduring mission to promote laser applications and their safe use through education, training and symposia. LIA was formed in 1968 by people who represented the heart of the profession – a group of academic scientists, developers and engineers who were truly passionate about taking an emerging new laser technology and turning it into a viable industry.


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