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Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) workshop; 21-22 February 2017,


Houston, TX, USA


International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC); 20-23 March 2017, Atlanta, GA, USA


International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO); 22-26 October 2017, Atlanta, GA, USA


lA laser technique to modify the surface of bulk glass, called ‘Picosecond laser pulses for spatially resolved gloss reduction’, which demonstrated glass with dramatic gloss reduction by direct laser structuring;


lA new laser-assisted doping process that allows high performance devices to be fabricated from ultra-thin films of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs); and


lTe successful applications of laser ablation for next generation


Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, LIA board member, past president, treasurer and fellow. LIA also honoured Silke Pflueger and Neil Ball by elevating them to the highest level of membership as LIA fellows. By unanimous decision, the first


ICALEO gave visitors the opportunity to discuss the latest experimentation revelations from the use of lasers in emerging areas


contactless payment cards and flexible wearable devices, and the generation of flexible printed batteries for future bendable, wearable and portable devices.


Other highlights included LIA executive director Peter Baker’s honour as the first recipient of the new LIA Leadership Award. Retiring


next April, Baker said of his meaningful career: ‘At LIA we’re saving eyesight, preventing skin damage, and helping create laser technologies, products, and services that make the world a better place.’ Te 2016 Arthur L Schawlow


Award was awarded to Yongfeng Lu, the Lott Distinguished Professor of


place ICALEO Poster Award went to Kohei Asano and his colleagues from Osaka University, the Industrial Research Institute of Ishikawa, and Yamazaki Mazak Corporation in Japan, for their poster ‘Copper layer formation produced with 100W blue direct diode laser system’, while the first place Student Paper Award winner was Christian Hagenlocher from IFSW in Stuttgart, Germany, for his paper ‘Space and time resolved determination of thermomechanical deformation adjacent to the solidification zone during hot crack formation in laser welding’. As the 35th ICALEO ended, Neil


Ball, newly-honoured LIA fellow, called the breakthrough laser event,


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