With only 1 month to go the agenda for the CIM-Laser Conference taking place on Tuesday 9th May, can be seen below:

                                  EPSRC Innovative Manufacturing Centre in Laser-based Production Processes

                                                          CIM-Laser One Day Conference

                                  9th May 2017, Post Graduate Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

10.00 – 10.30              Welcome and Registration

10.30 – 10.50              Introduction & overview of CIM-Laser – Prof. Duncan Hand, Centre Director

10.50 – 11.20              Dr Francois Courvoisier, FEMTO-ST Institute University of Franche‑Comte, “Laser micro & nano machining with non-diffracting and curved beams”

11.20 – 11.35              CIM-Laser (project) presentation – Goncalo Pardal – “Laser texturing to improve the mechanical strength of steel to aluminium dissimilar joints”.

11.35 - 12.00              CIM-Laser EngD Student presentation – Riccardo Geremia, Oxford Lasers/Heriot-Watt - “Additive and subtractive laser based manufacturing techniques for the rapid                                    prototyping of flexible electronics”

11.50 – 12.30              Poster summary -“1 minute pitch”

12.30 – 14.00              LUNCH & Poster session

14.00– 14.30               Dr Guido Hennig, Daetwyler Graphics AG “Efficient and optimized large area surface micro-structuring with ultrashort pulsed lasers for industrial applications”.

14.30 – 14.45              CIM-Laser project presentation –Alfred Sidambe “Selective Laser Melting of Refractory Metals”.

14:45 – 15:00              CIM-Laser project presentation – Debaditya Choudhury “Ultrafast laser microfabrication of advanced endoscopic technologies”

15.00   15.30               BREAK

15.30 – 16.00              Prof Stefan Nolte, Friedrich Schiller University Jena – “Ultrashort pulse laser processing of glass – from cutting to welding”

16.00 – 16.25              CIM-Laser project presentation Cambridge – Richard Carter & Krste Pangovski – Laser welding of glass-metal

16.25 – 16.50              CIM-Laser project presentation – Wojciech Gora & Yingtao Tian – ”Laser polishing of powder based additive manufactured components – surface smoothing and impact to                                     sub-surface material.”

17.00 – 18.00              Lab Tours

18.30 – 22.00              Dinner

Please register for the event using the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cim-laser-one-day-conference-tickets-33014471172

We look forward to seeing you soon!!