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Additive, Subtractive and Formative Advanced Manufacturing with Lasers.
Laser Beam Engineering

Laser Cladding

Advanced Manufacturing with Lasers

Advanced Manufacturing with Lasers:
Additive, Subtractive and Formative Advanced Manufacturing with Lasers. Understanding the dynamic relationships between mechanical and thermal effects in materials.
Developing laser processes on the micro and nano level of scale, in particular an understanding of the problems and principles of working at such a small scale. The use of Finite Element methods and solid modelling as a research and teaching tool. Iterative methods of process control of complex manufacturing processes. Optical trapping. Material processing with advanced states of polarisation. Laser Forming. Ultra-Short pulsed lasers. Additive Manufacturing. Spatial Light Modulation. Laser Beam Engineering.

Research grants

Combined Laser Additive Manufacturing and Subtractive Surface Finishing (CLASS)

INNOVATE UK (UK)

October 2017 - March 2019

Design for and of the complete AM process chain (ENCOMPASS)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

October 2016 - February 2020

High Throughput Selective Laser Melting.

RENISHAW PLC (UK)

October 2015 - October 2018

Impact Acceleration Account - University of Liverpool 2012

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 2012 - March 2017

High Throughput Precision Parallel Laser Micro-processing (PARALASE)

INNOVATE UK (UK)

October 2008 - September 2011

Small items of Research Equipment at the University of Liverpool

ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

November 2012 - March 2013

    Research collaborations

    Prof Eann Patterson

    Nanoparticle Tracking

    Prof. Laurence Hardwick

    Laser texturing of battery electrodes

    Professor Alexei Tepikin

    Optical Trapping

    Optical Trapping, Electrophysiology