EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes

Lead Research Organisation: Heriot-Watt University

Abstract

A Centre for Innovative Manufacture in Laser-based Production Processes is proposed. This Centre will exploit the unique capabilities of laser light to develop new laser-based manufacturing processes, at both micro and macro levels, supported by new laser source, process monitoring and system technologies.

The past 25 years has seen industrial lasers replace many 'conventional' tools in diverse areas of manufacture, enabling increased productivity, functionality and quality, where for example laser processing (cut/join/drill/mark) has revolutionised automotive, aerospace and electronics production. However the penetration of laser technology into some areas such as welding and machining has been less than might have been anticipated. But recently there has been a significant 'step change-opportunity' to take laser-based processing to a new level of industrial impact, brought about by major advances in laser technology in two key areas:

(i) A new generation of ultra-high quality and reliability lasers based around solid state technology (laser diode and optical fibre) has evolved from developments in the telecoms sector. These lasers are leading to systems with very high levels of spatial and temporal controllability. This control, combined with advanced in-process measurement techniques, is revolutionising the science and understanding of laser material interactions. The result of this is that major improvements are being made in existing laser based processes and that new revolutionary processes are becoming viable, e.g. joining of dissimilar materials.

(ii) A new generation of high average power laser technologies is becoming available, offering controllable trains of ultrashort (picosecond and femtosecond) pulses, with wavelengths selectable across the optical spectrum, from the infrared through to the ultra-violet. Such technology opens the door to a whole range of new laser-based production processes, where thermal effects no longer dominate, and which may replace less efficient 'conventional' processes in some current major production applications.

These new developments are being rapidly exploited in other high-value manufacturing based economies such as Germany and the US. We argue that for the UK industry to take maximum advantage of these major advances in both laser material processing and machine technology there is an urgent requirement for an EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes. This will be achieved by bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of leading UK researchers and key industry partners with the goal of exploiting 'tailored laser light'.

Together with our industrial partners, we have identified 2 key research themes. Theme A focuses on Laser Precision Structuring, i.e. micro-machining processes, whilst Theme B is focused on joining and additive processes. Spanning these themes are the laser based manufacturing research challenges which fall into categories of Laser Based Production Process Research and Laser Based Machine Technologies, underpinned by monitoring and control together with material science. Research will extend from the basic science of material behaviour modelling and laser-material interaction processes to manufacturing feasibility studies with industry.

The Centre will also assume an important national role. The Centre Outreach programme will aim to catalyse and drive the growth of a more effective and coherent UK LIM community as a strong industry/academia partnership able to represent itself effectively to influence UK/EU policy and investment strategy, to promote research excellence, and growth in industrial take-up of laser-based technology, expand UK national knowledge transfer and marketing events and improve the coordination and quality of education/training provision.

Planned Impact

Laser-based manufacturing is a global multi-billion dollar industry with significant business opportunities for both UK manufacturers and UK companies in the laser-based machine supply chain. Our joint industry/academic Team propose an ambitious programme of coordinated research that will enable significant business growth opportunities for our multi-national and SME partners. Furthermore, the Centre will stimulate the broader UK community, providing leadership in developing UK public policy, in providing specific hardware and infrastructure access especially for SMEs, as well as coordinating provision for education and training needs for the industry, to ensure the availability of the high engineering skill levels that sustainable growth in this technology demands.

Our business model assumes co-financing of the Centre by the universities and the EPSRC with substantial gearing on the core public investment from the partner companies and other sources as indicated below. The primary use of the core investment will be to fund the Platform and Flagship research programmes, and as the initial source of seed funding designed to broaden Centre participation and stimulate innovation among both academic and industry researchers. The main focus of the Centre research programmes will be on low TRL science-based activity aiming to generate high impact manufacturing process and supply chain technology opportunities for our industry partners, and to enhance the Centre's global reputation for research excellence.

A total of 28 UK companies have confirmed in writing their commitment to take an active role in the UK National Centre, as either core or specific project partners. The industrial foci of these companies cuts right across the value supply chain for this industry, including laser process users in diverse industrial manufacturing sectors, as well as laser source, optics and laser machine manufacturers. Moreover, core partner staff have been active participants with the academic team in formulating plans for the Platform Research portfolio and identifying the challenges which underpin the Flagship Research Themes.

Although the Centre will employ a range of exploitation strategies, the underpinning approach will be the systematic sharing of new scientific information and technology with industry partners through effective project review procedures, including project-by-project IP audits. In addition to the Core Platform and Flagship programmes, we will seek additional leverage and industry engagement by winning directly-funded, company-focussed research projects, by partnering in TSB projects and by actively promoting larger-scale EU funded programmes, utilising our well-developed European networks. We will also work with our Strategic Partners for Exploitation, the Fraunhofer-Centre for Applied Photonics (F-CAP) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) to provide a bridge to commercial exploitation where appropriate. Overall, the Centre Team aims to build on our previous research commercialisation successes by seeking appropriate exploitation channels in consultation with our partners.

Funded Value:

£5,571,750

Funded Period:

Sep 13 - Mar 19

Funder:

EPSRC

Project Status:

Closed

Project Category:

Research Grant

Project Reference:

EP/K030884/1

Principal Investigator:

Duncan Hand

Research Subject:

Manufacturing (50%)

Optics, photonics & lasers (50%)

Research Topic:

Manufacturing Machine & Plant (50%)

Optical Devices & Subsystems (50%)

Organisations

People	ORCID iD
Duncan Hand (Principal Investigator)
Derryck Reid (Co-Investigator)	http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0385-4939
Philip Prangnell (Co-Investigator)
Supriyo Ganguly (Co-Investigator)	http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1903-4342
Christopher Sutcliffe (Co-Investigator)
Andrew Moore (Co-Investigator)
Jonathan Shephard (Co-Investigator)
Stewart Williams (Co-Investigator)
Howard Baker (Co-Investigator)
Robert Thomson (Co-Investigator)
William O'Neill (Co-Investigator)

Publications

Author Name

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A J Moore (2019) Laser powder bed fusion in sub-atmospheric and high-pressure atmospheres"

A Sidambe (2019) Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Refractory Metals

A. A. Serkov (2017) Transparent Conductive Oxides - Fundamentals and Applications

A. Lopes (2017) Micromachining of glass materials using picosecond pulses"

A. Lopes, (2016) "Micromachining of fused silica using picosecond laser pulses for micro-optic applications"

A.T.Sidambe (2017) Investigation of the selective laser melting process with tungsten metal powder"

A.T.Sidambe (2017) "Interaction of pure tungsten powder with processing conditions in Selective Laser Melting"

AlQattan B (2016) Holographic direct pulsed laser writing of two-dimensional nanostructures. in RSC advances

Alqurashi T (2017) Nanosecond pulsed laser texturing of optical diffusers in AIP Advances

Alqurashi T (2017) Femtosecond laser directed fabrication of optical diffusers. in RSC advances

Key Findings
Impact Summary
Policy Influence
Further Funding
Collaboration
Intellectual Property
Spin Outs
Engagement Activities


Description	Our stated vision at the outset of the Centre was to exploit the unique features of laser light and the experience of our world-leading team to unlock manufacturing innovation and deliver ground-breaking industrial impact in key areas of the UK economy. To realise this vision we focused on science-based research, drawing on our considerable depth and breadth in physics, materials science, and mechanical/electrical/photonics engineering at the five partner universities to deliver innovative laser process and hardware solutions, thereby enabling the creation of high-impact laser-based production processes and machine technologies. CIM-Laser supported a total of 40 separate projects, co-funded with our industrial partners. Our strategy throughout has been to combine laser material interaction fundamentals with advanced materials science to underpin the development and optimisation of laser-based manufacturing processes. We developed, initiated and delivered projects across a wide range of laser interaction timescales (from picosecond pulsed to continuous lasers) to characterise basic laser-material interactions at a fundamental level, whilst solving specific manufacturing challenges. For example, we undertook fundamental research to understand the underlying physics and hence significantly improve the yield of a novel picosecond laser welding process for direct bonding of highly dissimilar materials (such as glass and metal). Key research highlights across CIM-Laser include: the development of a laser wire additive manufacture system capable of producing features as small as 1 mm across, suitable for applications such as the repair of turbine blades; the demonstration of laser melting systems in novel configurations including high laser power, ns pulsed systems and low atmospheric pressure systems; the development of high-energy lasers at 2 µm wavelength to enable materials processing feasibility studies; the manufacture of holographic anti-counterfeiting structures directly onto metal surfaces (as highlighted by BBC Scotland); the development of a miniaturised GHz frame rate holographic imaging system and testing of this with ultra-short pulsed laser processes including the welding of glass to metal (as highlighted by BBC Scotland); the development of a phenomenological model for laser powder bed processes, essential to understand and compensate machine-to-machine variability with powder bed additive manufacturing; and the demonstration of improved strength dissimilar welding (steel to aluminium) by pre-processing with a pulsed laser. Our Outreach Activity particularly focused on building links to the UK industrial laser, manufacturing, and academic communities beyond the cohort of our collaborators. In year one we worked with these communities to produce a UK Roadmap. Building on this, we (jointly with AILU, Association of Industrial Laser Users) formed a National Strategy Working group to develop Lasers for Productivity: a UK Strategy. This was launched at the Houses of Parliament in March 2018.
Exploitation Route	The findings are being taken forwards in a number of follow-on projects, both EPSRC, EU and Innovate UK. There has been significant interest from many different companies and other researchers in our results. Possible applications outside of those already being pursued include for example anti-counterfeiting of whisky bottles; microfluidics manufacture for medical applications; improved additive manufacturing machines.
Sectors	Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology
URL	http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk


Description	Laser-based manufacturing: from university laboratory to industrial impact The EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes (CIM-Laser) is a 5-university Centre that over the past 5 years has played a key role in supporting an increased uptake of laser-based manufacturing in the UK. The academic partners (Heriot-Watt, Cranfield, Liverpool, Manchester and Cambridge Universities) have worked with more than 30 companies in a wide-ranging programme of coordinated industrially-focused research and network-building activities. Together with the Association of Industrial Laser Users (AILU), we have developed a national strategy for increased use of industrial lasers in the UK: Lasers for Productivity: A UK Strategy, which was launched at the Houses of Parliament in March 2018. During the past 5 years we have delivered a significant volume of industry-focused manufacturing research, much of which is now either being transferred to industry or being further developed in follow-on EPSRC, EU and Innovate UK funded projects. We have also contributed to the development of many highly skilled people, with more than 60 researchers directly involved in CIM-Laser: 19 academic staff, 26 RAs, 12 PhD and 5 EngD students. In addition, we have funded 4 Innovation projects at Universities outside of CIM-Laser. CIM-Laser has supported a total of 40 separate projects, co-funded with our industrial partners. Our strategy throughout has been to combine laser material interaction fundamentals with advanced materials science to underpin the development and optimisation of laser-based manufacturing processes. We developed, initiated and delivered projects across a wide range of laser interaction timescales (from picosecond pulsed to continuous lasers) to characterise basic laser-material interactions at a fundamental level, whilst solving specific manufacturing challenges. For example, we undertook fundamental research to understand the underlying physics and hence significantly improve the yield of a novel picosecond laser welding process for direct bonding of highly dissimilar materials (such as glass and metal). A selection of key research outcomes are highlighted below. Ultrashort pulsed laser welding of glass and metal We have worked to develop a robust process to weld optical materials, such as glasses and crystals directly to mechanical support materials such as metals. This process is dependent on creating the right mix of rapid absorption of the high peak power laser light leading to plasma generation, and thermal accumulation to create a suitable melt volume. Following the success of the CIM-Laser research, Heriot-Watt, Oxford Lasers and other partners developed an Innovate UK project, UltraWELD, for industrial translation of this process. This involves the development of a prototype ultra-short pulse laser welding machine by Oxford Lasers. End-users of the welding technology, Leonardo and Gooch & Housego are also involved. We have also continued related work in EPSRC funded project, Ultra-short pulsed laser welding - an industrially-relevant manufacturing tool for bonding IR and visible optical materials, EP/V01269X/1, in this case to extend the process to IR optical materials. Tamper-proof holographic markings for high-value metal goods By carefully controlling the pulse energy from a nanosecond pulsed UV laser it is possible to create optically-smooth craters, a few microns wide and a fraction of a micron deep, with a high degree of dimensional control. These craters have been used as the basis of holographic structures, by creating a suitably patterned array of craters on a smooth metal surface. When illuminated with a visible laser beam, light reflected from these craters interferes with that reflected from the unprocessed metal surface, creating a diffractive image that can be viewed on some kind of screen, e.g. a piece of paper or card, placed a short distance away. This work is now being translated to industry via further support from EPSRC (Impact Acceleration Account). A patent was filed in 2017 on techniques to hide additional information in the holograms, and we are now working with Sisma S.p.A. to incorporate the process into their laser marking machines for applications in the jewellery industry. Holographic Diagnostics of Laser Based Processes Laser manufacturing processes have in general been developed empirically, that is, based on observation and experience, rather than derived from theory. Whilst this approach has been very successful, the large number of variables involved means that large regions of potential parameter space remain unexplored and many processes are likely not optimised. To address this, in CIM-Laser a GHz frame rate holographic camera has been developed to provide a proper link to process and material fundamentals. This has now been commercialised by the University of Cambridge spin-out Cambridge Techworks Ltd, who have found a ready market in laser processing research laboratories. Wire + Laser Additive Manufacture (WLAM) A fundamental study of this process was made within CIM-Laser, including a study of the critical parameters underpinning the process, resulting in development of a well-controlled deposition system, and demonstration of high build rate and net shape deposition. This led to additional major EPSRC and industry funding (£8.7M) for the NEWAM Programme Grant led by Cranfield University, to transform large-area metal additive manufacture, by pioneering new high build-rate wire based processes with greater precision of shape and microstructure. A key focus is to ensure guaranteed as-built structural integrity with process-independent physics-based quality control and assurance enabling low cost industrial qualification. Multi-Laser Powder Bed Fusion Powder bed additive manufacturing has enjoyed great commercial success in recent years, however it remains slow with builds taking many hours or days to complete. The process is also plagued by problems with residual stress which can warp parts, lead to catastrophic failure during manufacture and premature fatigue failure during operation. In CIM-Laser we have developed equipment and processes to measure the effectiveness of a multi-laser powder bed process, and instigated the development of new high-throughput melting strategies that also minimise residual stress. This has contributed to the development of a new AM platform by Renishaw, and the University of Liverpool is continuing to work closely with Renishaw to ensure that developments made are transferred rapidly into products. Refractory Material Laser Powder Bed Fusion Refractory metals such as tungsten and niobium are extraordinarily resistant to wear and high temperature, because of this they are important high-value materials. However, their high temperature properties means that are very difficult to process using additive manufacturing. By carrying out detailed process development supported by fundamental knowledge we have defined parameters suitable for these materials. We have designed and modified the production equipment to allow this and identified stable processing regimes to allow effective production. A further 2 year project has been secured to transfer process knowledge to a commercial platform (RenAM 500M), and the industrial partners have reported that they are adapting the technology to replace conventional and expensive manufacturing routes.
First Year Of Impact	2015
Sector	Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology
Impact Types	Economic


Description	ADS Digital Manufacturing Group Special Interest group AMRC Sheffield - Prof Chris Sutcliffe
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review


Description	Advanced Manufacturing Expert Mission to Canada on Advanced Manufacturing - Prof Chris Sutcliffe
Geographic Reach	North America
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review


Description	Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Workshop - Prof Chris Sutcliffe
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review


Description	MSc course - Module in Advanced Welding Processes
Geographic Reach	Multiple continents/international
Policy Influence Type	Influenced training of practitioners or researchers


Description	Masters course on metal additive manufacturing
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Influenced training of practitioners or researchers


Description	Short course - Advanced Welding Processes - Laser welding
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact	Increase number of skilled people working in laser processing


Description	Stewart Willaims is member of advisory group on materials for national strategy of Additive Manufacture
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review


Description	Vice Chair Advanced Manufacturing Theme leadership Group of SRPe
Geographic Reach	National
Policy Influence Type	Contribution to a national consultation/review


Description	''Mechanically-intelligent'' Intra-operative Tissue Assessment for Robot-Assisted Surgery (MIRAS)
Amount	£1,245,292 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/V047612/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	07/2021
End	08/2024


Description	Advancing Manufacture Challenge Fund
Amount	£1,587,903 (GBP)
Organisation	European Commission
Department	European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Sector	Public
Country	Belgium
Start	03/2020
End	12/2022


Description	CDT Photonics
Amount	£60,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2015
End	08/2019


Description	CDT Photonics
Amount	£60,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2014
End	08/2018


Description	CDT Photonics
Amount	£60,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2015
End	08/2019


Description	CDT Photonics
Amount	£60,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2015
End	08/2019


Description	Direct Funding
Amount	£250,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Atomic Weapons Establishment
Sector	Private
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2020
End	08/2022


Description	Doctoral Training Programme
Amount	£60,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	09/2015
End	03/2019


Description	Doctoral Training Programme
Amount	£60,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	09/2014
End	03/2018


Description	EPSRC Adventurous Manufacturing
Amount	£250,000 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/T005076/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	06/2019
End	06/2021


Description	EPSRC Programme grant
Amount	£5,746,005 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/R014574/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	04/2018
End	04/2023


Description	Environmental Domed End (EDEN) project
Amount	£1,300,000 (GBP)
Funding ID	Council ref TS/M011089/1
Organisation	Innova UK
Sector	Private
Country	United Kingdom
Start	05/2015
End	04/2018


Description	H2020
Amount	€ 4,434,352 (EUR)
Funding ID	768701
Organisation	European Commission H2020
Sector	Public
Country	Belgium
Start	09/2017
End	09/2020


Description	Industrial funding - SPI Lasers
Amount	£42,846 (GBP)
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Sector	Private
Country	United Kingdom
Start	12/2017
End	11/2020


Description	Industry Doctorate Programme in Advanced Manufacturing (NMIS-IDP)
Amount	£40,000 (GBP)
Funding ID	NMIS-IDP/035
Organisation	Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering
Sector	Academic/University
Country	United Kingdom
Start	01/2020
End	12/2023


Description	Industry Doctorate Programme in Advanced Manufacturing (NMIS-IDP) - Industrial contrbution
Amount	£39,928 (GBP)
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Sector	Private
Country	United Kingdom
Start	01/2020
End	12/2023


Description	James Watt Scholarship Scheme
Amount	£60,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Heriot-Watt University
Sector	Academic/University
Country	United Kingdom
Start	08/2014
End	02/2018


Description	Large Area Metal Additive - LAMA
Amount	£5,886,209 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/R027218/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	05/2018
End	06/2023


Description	Laser peening of structural alloy to improve dynamic performance of an actuator
Amount	£20,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Industry Partners
Sector	Private
Country	United States
Start	03/2018
End	04/2019


Description	Laser-laser hybrid welding of structures for advanced applications
Amount	£80,000 (GBP)
Funding ID	Industrial grant
Organisation	Industry Partners
Sector	Private
Country	United States
Start	06/2015
End	03/2017


Description	Multifun
Amount	€ 8,320,000 (EUR)
Funding ID	P12842
Organisation	European Commission H2020
Sector	Public
Country	Belgium
Start	03/2020
End	02/2023


Description	Platform Grant
Amount	£1,300,000 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/P027415/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	06/2017
End	07/2022


Description	Responsive Mode
Amount	£362,024 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/M025888/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	12/2015
End	11/2018


Description	Royal Academy of Engineering
Amount	£50,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Royal Academy of Engineering
Sector	Charity/Non Profit
Country	United Kingdom
Start	03/2019
End	03/2021


Description	Standard Research
Amount	£910,587 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/M02086X/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	04/2015
End	04/2018


Description	Standard Research - NR1
Amount	£188,109 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/L022249/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	07/2014
End	01/2016


Description	Start-up Fund
Amount	£60,000 (GBP)
Organisation	Heriot-Watt University
Sector	Academic/University
Country	United Kingdom
Start	09/2013
End	10/2017


Description	Sustainable Additive Manufacture - SAM
Amount	£1,638,781 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/W01906X/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	05/2022
End	05/2025


Description	U-care: Deep ultraviolet light therapies
Amount	£6,132,366 (GBP)
Funding ID	EP/T020903/1
Organisation	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Sector	Public
Country	United Kingdom
Start	01/2021
End	12/2025


Description	WAAM of aluminium bulkheads for satellite applications
Amount	£325,188 (GBP)
Organisation	WAAM3D Limited
Sector	Private
Country	United Kingdom
Start	06/2021
End	08/2022


Description	Application of latest generation fibre pulsed lasers for dissimilar joining of aluminium to stainless steel
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	The project evaluated the possibility of joining thin sheet of dissimilar alloys in overlap configuration. The research team focused on understanding laser metal interaction for the two alloys separately and then the possibility of joining these two alloys in dissimilar configuration was evaluated. Fe and Al atoms on interaction forms intermetallic compounds (IMC) which are very hard and often results in cracking near the interface due to formation of such intermetallic alloys. application of the latest generation pulsed laser which has pulse energy in the range of (~1 mJ) but very high repetition rate, may able to overcome the problem of IMC formation by fast freezing weld pool which prevents inter-diffusion of the two dissimilar alloys. The research team worked evaluated the thickness range that can be welded by such pulse energy and evaluate the strength of the dissimilar joint under different welding conditions and by different weld lengths.
Collaborator Contribution	Our partner provided the laser to perform the welds and gave us input regarding the performance of the laser under different operating conditions and also shared information on research effort on dissimilar joining of different alloy combinations at their premises
Impact	- Two Masters project - SPI is now strategic partners with CU in a number of laser processing related projects, the main one being an Innovate, UK sponsored project on joining of tab to end of extremely thin Al alloy (Environment Domed End)
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_01 'Add, Remove, Measure or Repair'
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	This project will develop a novel 3D freeform fabrication laser based manufacturing platform. The philosophy behind this is to provide a flexible platform combining the ability to construct, build and add material to freeform shapes with metrology of the created part and the ability to remove material to achieve a high level of form fit and low tolerances in excess of that achievable in freeform manufacture on its own. By integrating fibre delivered laser sources into a parallel robot device we
Collaborator Contribution	Renishaw's in kind contribution has £50k of staff time to advise and support the project. Visit to Rensiahw head quarters is planned for Autmun 2014. The contribution for Renishaw consists of 3 paralell robots systems.
Impact	None to date, but potential for new product line and greater presence in additive manufacturing market.
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_02 'High speed, large area surface structuring'
Organisation	M-Solv
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	£20k cash, associated with 2 EngD students on related projects, plus £10k in-kind support, for testing of processed parts and management time
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_03 Ultashort pulsed welding
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Bonding of glass-to-glass , Bonding of dissimilar materials ,Demonstrate processes for example applications
Collaborator Contribution	Renishaw have committed cash support to this project of £24k, given their interest in replacing conventional bonding techniques in their current manufacturing processes which rely on intermediate bonding layers.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_04 'High Energy Amplifiers for Ultrafast Lasers'
Organisation	Rofin-Sinar UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment, advice, sponsorship.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_06 'Controlled Laser Milling'
Organisation	Atomic Weapons Establishment
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	AWE plc have indicated an urgent need to develop laser based methods for the removal of thin metallic protective layers, such as Ag, from a metallic substrate material. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy [LIBS] is an established tool for the identification of metals in laser plasmas and it is proposed to use LIBS as a process monitor to detect removal of the protective layer material.
Collaborator Contribution	AWE have provided samples.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_07 'Laser Finishing'
Organisation	Atomic Weapons Establishment
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Work is underway to investigate the feasibility of using laser processing for post-machining of parts manufactured by powder bed and wire based additive manufacturing processes. A range of different laser ablation and smoothing approaches are being tested for materials of interest for additive processes, including stainless steel, cobalt-chrome alloy, aluminium and titanium. The work to date has focused on post-processing, however it is planned to also explore in-situ inter-processing approaches. Many applications e.g. medical require a reasonably polished surface finish (i.e. good micro-roughness), so there is a particular focus on laser polishing processes. An experimental optimization of pulsed fibre laser polishing on martensitic stainless steel surfaces has provided reductions in the surface average micro-roughness (spatial ? < 10 µm) of around 80%, however the meso- and macro-roughness (10 µm < spatial ? < 80 µm and spatial ? > 80 µm, respectively) have not been affected. A combination of laser micro-machining and laser melting is currently being explored to provide improved independent control of micro, meso and macro-roughnesses.
Collaborator Contribution	Fortnightly project review meetings at Heriot Watt University with Renishaw Plc AWE/Heriot Watt University strategic alliance workshop EPSRC CIM for Laser-Based Production Processes Research Assistants meeting at Cranfield University (Meeting with John Barr, Selex ES UK) 03.09.2014 Various lab visits at our site
Impact	IP has been generated in the form of processing parameters
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_07 'Laser Finishing'
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Work is underway to investigate the feasibility of using laser processing for post-machining of parts manufactured by powder bed and wire based additive manufacturing processes. A range of different laser ablation and smoothing approaches are being tested for materials of interest for additive processes, including stainless steel, cobalt-chrome alloy, aluminium and titanium. The work to date has focused on post-processing, however it is planned to also explore in-situ inter-processing approaches. Many applications e.g. medical require a reasonably polished surface finish (i.e. good micro-roughness), so there is a particular focus on laser polishing processes. An experimental optimization of pulsed fibre laser polishing on martensitic stainless steel surfaces has provided reductions in the surface average micro-roughness (spatial ? < 10 µm) of around 80%, however the meso- and macro-roughness (10 µm < spatial ? < 80 µm and spatial ? > 80 µm, respectively) have not been affected. A combination of laser micro-machining and laser melting is currently being explored to provide improved independent control of micro, meso and macro-roughnesses.
Collaborator Contribution	Fortnightly project review meetings at Heriot Watt University with Renishaw Plc AWE/Heriot Watt University strategic alliance workshop EPSRC CIM for Laser-Based Production Processes Research Assistants meeting at Cranfield University (Meeting with John Barr, Selex ES UK) 03.09.2014 Various lab visits at our site
Impact	IP has been generated in the form of processing parameters
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_08 'Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting'
Organisation	Atomic Weapons Establishment
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	The overall goal of this project is to make the powder-based laser additive manufacturing process more robust and transferable between different powder bed systems. This is planned to be achieved by: • Investigation of conduction laser welding in terms of fundamental interaction parameters of spatial distribution of laser energy on the workpiece; • Identification of laser system-independent parameters that control depth of penetration and weld bead profile during powder melting; • Development of a phenomenological model of weld bead profile and depth of penetration in powder melting for various beam diameters; • Identification of the most optimum conditions for different build-up strategies i.e. maximum deposition rate or maximum resolution; • Investigation of the effect of powder grade (particle size etc) on fusion characteristics in additive manufacturing; • Investigation of the effect of thermal properties of powder on fusion characteristics and the main differences to conduction welding in solid materials
Collaborator Contribution	Attendance at project review meetings, provision of funding
Impact	None to date
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_08 'Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting'
Organisation	Laser Cladding Technology
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	The overall goal of this project is to make the powder-based laser additive manufacturing process more robust and transferable between different powder bed systems. This is planned to be achieved by: • Investigation of conduction laser welding in terms of fundamental interaction parameters of spatial distribution of laser energy on the workpiece; • Identification of laser system-independent parameters that control depth of penetration and weld bead profile during powder melting; • Development of a phenomenological model of weld bead profile and depth of penetration in powder melting for various beam diameters; • Identification of the most optimum conditions for different build-up strategies i.e. maximum deposition rate or maximum resolution; • Investigation of the effect of powder grade (particle size etc) on fusion characteristics in additive manufacturing; • Investigation of the effect of thermal properties of powder on fusion characteristics and the main differences to conduction welding in solid materials
Collaborator Contribution	Attendance at project review meetings, provision of funding
Impact	None to date
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_08 'Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting'
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	The overall goal of this project is to make the powder-based laser additive manufacturing process more robust and transferable between different powder bed systems. This is planned to be achieved by: • Investigation of conduction laser welding in terms of fundamental interaction parameters of spatial distribution of laser energy on the workpiece; • Identification of laser system-independent parameters that control depth of penetration and weld bead profile during powder melting; • Development of a phenomenological model of weld bead profile and depth of penetration in powder melting for various beam diameters; • Identification of the most optimum conditions for different build-up strategies i.e. maximum deposition rate or maximum resolution; • Investigation of the effect of powder grade (particle size etc) on fusion characteristics in additive manufacturing; • Investigation of the effect of thermal properties of powder on fusion characteristics and the main differences to conduction welding in solid materials
Collaborator Contribution	Attendance at project review meetings, provision of funding
Impact	None to date
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_09 'Multi-laser selective laser melting'
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time and experience, access to equipment.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_09 'Multi-laser selective laser melting'
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time and experience, access to equipment.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_10 'Process control for laser-hybrid additive manufacture of metals'
Organisation	Atomic Weapons Establishment
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially Relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time and expertise.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_10 'Process control for laser-hybrid additive manufacture of metals'
Organisation	BAE Systems
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially Relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time and expertise.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_11 'SMART laser technology for welding and cutting'
Organisation	J K Lasers
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	For laser cutting monitoring and pierce detection the aims are: o Measure the back reflected laser light during the cutting process and correlate the signal with the cutting process stability. o Study the effect of the laser beam geometry, Gaussian and doughnut shape, on the cutting quality/stability. In laser welding, the aims are: o Extend the power factor model developed by Cranfield University to laser beam diameters smaller than 400 um and different materials. o Develop an Expert Laser System in collaboration with JK Lasers to integrate the power factor model into the control software of the laser and ease the selection of the laser parameters according to the user requirements.
Collaborator Contribution	JK Lasers have donated a 3kW laser with multiple fibre delivery to the Centre along with welding and cutting heads, Attendance at project review meetings, additional in-kind contributions throughout the project, lab visits, etc. JK Lasers hosted a visit by all research fellows within the Centre
Impact	The Expert System will give JK Lasers a unique capability in the technology provision for laser welding systems. Similarly the pierce detection system for cutting will give them a significant technological advantage compared to their competitors.
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_12 'Processing of refractory metals'
Organisation	Applied Laser Engineering
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time and expertise, equipment.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_12 'Processing of refractory metals'
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time and expertise, equipment.
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_13-1 'GHz-rate holographic observation and optimisation of laser-based materials processing'
Organisation	Applied Laser Engineering
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Man power, materials, testing, access to equipment
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_13-1 'GHz-rate holographic observation and optimisation of laser-based materials processing'
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Man power, materials, testing, access to equipment
Impact	N/A
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_14-1 - Laser Welding of Optical Components to Metal Alloys
Organisation	Selex ES
Country	Italy
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time, expertise, equipment.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2014


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_15-1 - Laser micro-sculpting of holographic security markings on high-value metal components
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Expertise and equipment.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_15-1 - Laser micro-sculpting of holographic security markings on high-value metal components
Organisation	Sisma Group
Country	Italy
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Expertise and equipment.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_16-1 - Feasibility & Design: 2um lasers for industrial applications
Organisation	M-Solv
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time, equipment and laboratory time.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_16-1 - Feasibility & Design: 2um lasers for industrial applications
Organisation	Rofin-Sinar UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time, equipment and laboratory time.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_17-1 - Metallurgical Interactions in advanced laser processing
Organisation	Airbus Group
Department	Airbus Operations
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship support, expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_17-1 - Metallurgical Interactions in advanced laser processing
Organisation	BAE Systems
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship support, expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_17-1 - Metallurgical Interactions in advanced laser processing
Organisation	GKN
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship support, expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_17-1 - Metallurgical Interactions in advanced laser processing
Organisation	Rolls Royce Group Plc
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship support, expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_18-1 - Fundamentals of Laser Shock Peening
Organisation	Airbus Group
Department	Airbus Operations
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentships, equipment, expertise and laboratory time.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_18-1 - Fundamentals of Laser Shock Peening
Organisation	BAE Systems
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentships, equipment, expertise and laboratory time.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_19-1 - Laser polishing of Additively Manufactured Complex 3D Structures
Organisation	GKN
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_19-1 - Laser polishing of Additively Manufactured Complex 3D Structures
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_19-1 - Laser polishing of Additively Manufactured Complex 3D Structures
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2015


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_20-1 - 2ARMOR
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_21-1 - In-situ characterisation of residual stresses for process setting in metal powder-bed fusion
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_22-1 - Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting - Phase 2
Organisation	Atomic Weapons Establishment
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time, equipment.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_22-1 - Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting - Phase 2
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time, equipment.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_22-1 - Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting - Phase 2
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time, equipment.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_22-1 - Study of fundamental laser material interaction parameters in powder melting - Phase 2
Organisation	Swansea University
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Staff time, equipment.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_23-1 - Development of free-form mid-IR volume gratings
Organisation	UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC)
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Hardware and staff costs.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_25-1 - Multi Laser Selective Laser Melting - Continuation (CfIM 09-02)
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_26-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 1
Organisation	Leonardo S.p.A.
Country	Italy
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment, studentship.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_27-1 - High-Brightness Laser Diode Module - Phase 1
Organisation	PowerPhotonic
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_27-1 - High-Brightness Laser Diode Module - Phase 1
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_28-1 - Investigation of the application potential of latest generation state of the art fibre lasers for advanced processing and fabrications of metals
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship and equipment.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_29-1 - High power laser cutting
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_30-1 - Application of Digital Holographic Imaging to understand short-range process dynamics during AM powder bed processes
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_31-1 - Laser Welding of Optical Components to Metal Alloys - Phase 2
Organisation	Leonardo S.p.A.
Country	Italy
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Equipment and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_32-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 2
Organisation	Leonardo S.p.A.
Country	Italy
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship support, equipment, and access to laboratory facilities and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_32-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 2
Organisation	PowerPhotonic
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship support, equipment, and access to laboratory facilities and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_32-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 2
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship support, equipment, and access to laboratory facilities and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_32-1 - High-energy pulsed 2µm oscillator-amplifier demonstrators - Phase 2
Organisation	Rofin-Sinar UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Studentship support, equipment, and access to laboratory facilities and expertise.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Industry contribution to sub-project CfIM_33-1 - Laser diode module - Phase 2
Organisation	Renishaw PLC
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Expertise, research and development costs.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2017


Description	Innovation Project IP_16 - Ultrashort Pulse Laser Micromachining Centre (USP-LMC) Scoping studies for new laser interaction regimes
Organisation	University of Hull
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Innovation Project IP_24 - Rapid fabrication of biosensors for protein detection using laser interference ablation technique
Organisation	University of Birmingham
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Innovation Project IP_3 - Micro-ablation with extreme ultra-violet laser light
Organisation	University of York
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Innovation Project IP_7 - Modelling and validation of bead profile in powder melting and additive manufacturing
Organisation	Swansea University
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Collaborator Contribution	Industrially relevant research.
Impact	n/a
Start Year	2016


Description	Knowledge Transfer Partnership on Advanced Laser Joining
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	SPI Lasers and Cranfield University are collaborating through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to advance application of the state of the art lasers and welding processes for joining of similar and dissimilar alloy combinations with a specific target to increase the application of laser processing in the e-mobility sector. The research team at Cranfield University is working in the area of innovative laser processing and joining of dissimilar alloys for over last 6 years. The Center for Innovative Manufacture using Laser (CIM_L) grant is laser processing and joining of thin alloys played a major role in creating larger collaboration opportunity. The advancement of understanding in dissimilar joining at a fundamental level is a important factor for recognizing the research team at Cranfield as an internationally leading expert in this area.
Collaborator Contribution	SPI Lasers are inventing the state-of-the-art in laser processing by creating single mode CW and pulsed lasers for advanced processing. They are also developing their customer base through strategic and application oriented tailored joining and processing using lasers.
Impact	A KTP position was created. A suitable researcher for this position is being recruited.
Start Year	2019


Description	Laser joining of dissimilar alloys: aluminium to copper and stainless steel
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	Application of pulsed fibre lasers for dissimilar joining of aluminium to copper. Experiments performed as a Masters group project work at Cranfield University with very useful results. In process of publication.
Collaborator Contribution	SPI Laser, UK and Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre of Cranfield University works very closely in a range of different projects. One of the major area where we collaborate is in evaluating the different potential applications of the state-of-the-art fibre laser that SPI developed. One of the major thematic area is dissimilar joining of very thin metallic components for applications in battery, automobile, electronics and other consumer sectors. SPI initially provided us with the laser and we also worked in close relationship through the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing using Laser. This close collaboration benefits us from having lasers for research purposes and also most importantly understanding the application area from the customer base of SPI.
Impact	Three presentations will be made in the LPM2018 - Laser Precision Micro-fabrication Symposium 2018 to be held at Edinburgh in June. SPI is an active member and support our hub proposal bid and also we are planning to have a Research Associate as Knowledge Transfer Partner between Cranfield and SPI.
Start Year	2016


Description	Laser material processing using fibre lasers
Organisation	SPI Lasers UK
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Private
PI Contribution	We carry out research into laser material processing using lasers supplied by SPI
Collaborator Contribution	They have donated 1 3KW laser and 3 500 W lasers to the Centre to enable us to do this work. They have now provided further lasers and have supported our successful programme grant application NEWAM
Impact	Software that can be used commercially based on the power factor concept has been offered to SPI.
Start Year	2014


Description	Laser texturing of steel for improving the mechanical strength of the dissimilar metal laser spot welded joints of steel to aluminium
Organisation	Heriot-Watt University
Department	School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Country	United Kingdom
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	A seedcorn project for 4 months has been performed to evaluate the applicability of laser surface texturing, in order to improve the surface energy, towards joining of highly dissimilar alloys
Collaborator Contribution	The researcher from HW was involved in forming the textured surface with the application of laser and researchers from Cranfield University were engaged in dissimilar joining
Impact	A technical paper has been submitted and in future this may form part of greater proposals in the area of joining of dissimilar materials
Start Year	2015


Description	Laser welding of Al to Mg
Organisation	Nanjing Tech University
Country	China
Sector	Academic/University
PI Contribution	This project specifically investigated the application of the latest generation fibre pulsed lasers and continuous wave lasers in dissimilar joining of aluminium to magnesium for electronic applications. At Cranfield University all the experiments were performed using CW and pulsed lasers. Different interlayers were experimented with to understand their suitability in forming a robust joining solution for these two alloys
Collaborator Contribution	At Nanjing University, all the characterisations were performed. The researcher is a PhD student from the collaborating University
Impact	Not as yet but journal articles are being written
Start Year	2016


Title	Additive manufacture
Description	Method of producing a 3D article by additive manufacture, comprising the steps of; i) forming a meltpool in an already-existing part of the article and moving the meltpool relative thereto; ii) feeding a directed feedstock (which may be a wire or tape) into the moving meltpool to deposit and fuse a layer of material on the already-existing part; and iii) repeating the forming and moving and feeding steps to build up successive layers of material, and thereby produce the 3D article, wherein, in performance of the forming and moving step; a) a first energy source (which may be a plasma transferred arc) is directed onto the already-existing part, the first energy source impinging at a first region which moves with and leads the meltpool, whereby the first energy source initiates the formation of the meltpool and b) a second energy source (which may be one or more lasers) is directed onto the already-existing part, the second energy source impinging at a second region which moves with and follows the first region, whereby the second energy source grows the lateral width of the meltpool before the feedstock is fed therein. A third energy source may be used to melt the feedstock.
IP Reference	GB2569673
Protection	Patent granted
Year Protection Granted	2019
Licensed	No
Impact	None so far


Title	Improvements in or relating to laser based machining
Description	New approach for laser micro-machining of glass that provides for more significantly higher material removal rates than the conventional laser micro-machining technique
IP Reference	GB2569798A, US2019193198A1, EP3511106A1
Protection	Patent application published
Year Protection Granted	2017
Licensed	Commercial In Confidence
Impact	This techniques has been exploited in the machining of glass microfluidic devices


Title	Laser beam amplification by homogenous pumping of an amplification medium
Description	Apparatus 10 for amplifying a laser beam using a pump beam, comprised of a plurality of source beams 22, through an amplification medium 14; the amplification medium is pumped via a pump module 16 having a laser diode bar 18 and an optical assembly 30; the optical assembly has a first lens acting as a fast axis collimator 34 (Figure 3b), an array of second lenses acting as slow axis collimators 42 and a third focusing lens acting in both the fast and slow axis 36; the lenses are spaced so that the individual source beams from the emitters are imaged upon a facet of the amplification medium, are sized to fill the facet and overlap on the facet. In one embodiment the amplification medium is rectangular and has a long edge and a short edge oriented parallel to the slow axis and fast axis of the laser diode bar respectively. In another embodiment the source beams are directed so that peripheral source beams undergo total internal reflection on entering the amplification medium. In one embodiment several pump beams are imaged onto the amplification medium.
IP Reference	GB2518794
Protection	Patent application published
Year Protection Granted	2015
Licensed	Commercial In Confidence
Impact	n/a


Title	MARKING METHOD AND SYSTEM
Description	The present disclosure describes a method and system for forming a holographic structure (14) in a material (12). The holographic structure (14) is configured to project a selected target image (22) in the far field under illumination of the holographic structure (14) by a laser (16). The method calculates a modified design (28) for the holographic structure 14 that encodes a unique identifier within the holographic structure (14) for projecting the target image (22). The method modifies the material (12) by mapping features corresponding to the modified design (28) into the material (12) so as to form the holographic structure (14). A basic check of the authenticity of the material (12) is performed by checking whether a projected replica (20) of the target image (22) is as expected. A more detailed check of the authenticity of the material (12) is performed by directly inspecting the features in the holographic structure (14).
IP Reference	WO2019077329
Protection	Patent application published
Year Protection Granted	2019
Licensed	Commercial In Confidence
Impact	This process has been incorporated into laser marking machines manufactured by Sisma SpA, for use in the jewellery industry, for demonstration to their customers.


Company Name	CAMBRIDGE TECHWORKS LIMITED
Description	Technology company, providing both state-of-the-art scientific hardware (ultrafast holographic camera) and consultancy to solve design and business problems.
Year Established	2014
Impact	The ultrafast holographic camera technology developed as part of the Centre for Laser-based Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes has been successfully commercialised.
Website	http://cambridgetechworks.com


Description	"Application of High-Power Lasers in Industrial Processing", EPSRC CDT Photonics Systems, University College London, Invited talk, BIll O'Neill, Krste Pangovski
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	discussion on possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	"ORC Southampton ""Applications of Ultrafast Holography for Diagnostics of Light-Matter Interaction"" - Invited talk Bill O'Neill, Krste Pangovski
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	discussion round possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	- Laser welding of steel to aluminium: Thermal modelling and joint strength analysis
Form Of Engagement Activity	A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Journal article- Laser welding of steel to aluminium: Thermal modelling and joint strength analysis by Cranfield University/Sonia Meco; Supriyo Ganguly; Stewart Williams
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	18th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM), Toyama, Japan: "Fabrication of three-dimensional micro-structures in glass by picosecond laser micro-machining and welding"
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	18th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM), Toyama, Japan: "Fabrication of three-dimensional micro-structures in glass by picosecond laser micro-machining and welding" K Wlodarcyzk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	2nd Additive Manufactured Metallic Materials Properties & Structures
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	2nd Additive Manufactured Metallic Materials Properties & Structures presentation aimed at UK academia and industries plus people involved in deciding on manufacturing strategy for UK by Dr Shahin Mehraban/Nick Lavery (Swansea)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	7th SU2P Symposium, Edinburgh, Invited Talk, "Laser device technology for laser-based manufacturing" Daniel Esser
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	invited talk led to discussion on possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	A lab tour and demonstration of laser marking will be part of the event "Festival of flight 2016" held in Cranfield University. Souvenirs and a demonstrator will be produced for the event.(Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	A lab tour and demonstration of laser marking will be part of the event "Festival of flight 2016" held in Cranfield University. Souvenirs and a demonstrator will be produced for the event.(Cranfield). Promotion of the CIM LbPP. Dissemination of the projects investigated within the CIM aimed at public including children
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	A talk given before the industrial laser users association on the fundamentals of laser metallic powder interaction by Wasiu Ayoola
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Wasiu Ayoola is a PhD student in the Cranfield University and he presented his research work on fundamental laser- metal powder interaction before the industrial laser users
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015


Description	A visiting researcher from Brazil came to Cranfield to investigate the feasibility of using laser plus wire additive manufacturing for repairing of turbine blades
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	A visiting researcher from Brazil came to Cranfield to investigate the feasibility of using laser plus wire additive manufacturing for repairing of turbine blades. Collaborative research on application of laser plus wire to build worn turbine blades. Discussion of possible collaboration. Promotion of the CIMlbPP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	A visiting researcher from China came to Cranfield to investigate laser welding of magnesium to aluminium
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	A visiting researcher from China came to Cranfield to investigate laser welding of magnesium to aluminium. Collaborative research on application of laser to weld thin sheets of magnesium to aluminium. Promotion of the CIMlbPP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	AILU Steering Committee Meeting (HWU) - invited talk - Duncan Hand
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	AILU Steering Committee Meeting (HWU) invited speaker Duncan Hand. Update on National Strategy to AILU Steering Group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	AILU event: Additive Manufacturing, Invited Talk, "Open-architecture system for in-situ x-ray imaging during selective laser melting (SLM)" Andrew Moore
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	discussions on possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	AILU workshop (HWU) - sponsored event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	AILU workshop (HWU) - sponsored event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	AILU workshop hosted by Cranfield University including walking tour of Laboritories - Stewart Williams
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	existing dialogues continued, new dialogues begun, possible further opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	AWE UK/US visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	AWE UK/US visit, Presentations, lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Additive Manufacturing Seminars organised by Centre for Industrial Photonics
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Additive Manufacturing Seminars organised by Centre for Industrial Photonics, seminar series designed to connect various research centres aiming to provide a more connected AM academic landscape
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Arrangement to include the laser lab into the interactive map of Cranfield University campus - 360° pictures of the laser lab and videos showing the lasers in operation. (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Third sector organisations
Results and Impact	Arrangement to include the laser lab into the interactive map of Cranfield University campus - 360° pictures of the laser lab and videos showing the lasers in operation. (Cranfield). The virtual open day platform will enable prospective students and companies to explore the laboratory and see examples of laser processing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Article in Association of Industrial Laser Users title "Dissimilar metal joining using a 8 kW fibre laser
Form Of Engagement Activity	A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Received queries related to laser processing The Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Center (WELP) of Cranfield University is a more familiar name to the wider laser processing community and the center is submitting more proposals in the area of advancing laser processing of materials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2013


Description	Attendance at Leeds Photon16
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Supporters
Results and Impact	Leeds Photon16. CIM laser hosted session involving partner universities and industrial partners
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Attended the UK Manufacturing Professors' Forum 2014
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Promoted the centre and it's work to other academics working in Manufacturing. Networking and discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/events/mpf2014/


Description	BBC Radio Scotland interview with Duncan Hand
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	BBC Radio Scotland interview with Duncan Hand
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Belgian welding society talk
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Keynote lecture at Belgian Welding Society 75 year celebration workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	CIM Annual Conference 2018
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	CIM Annual Conference 2018, Cranfield University hosting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	CIM Laser engagement at the Cambridge Science festival 2017
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	CIM Laser engagement at the Cambridge Science festival 2017 aiming to increase public awareness of manufacturing technologies and impact
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	CIM Laser engagement at the Cambridge Science festival 2018
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	CIM Laser engagement at the Cambridge Science festival (March 2018), Public demonstrations of manufacturing technologies, aimed at increased public awareness of manufacturing technologies and impact
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	CIM-Laser Strategic Advisory Group meeting
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	CIM-Laser Strategic Advisory Group meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	CPI visit to CIM-Laser (Arun Harish & Tom Harvey) (HWU)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	CPI visit to CIM-Laser (Arun Harish & Tom Harvey) (HWU) - possible future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Centre and AILU event to develop a UK Roadmap for Laser-based Manufacturing
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Activity provided the basis for the document 'UK Roadmap 2014 - Laser-based Manufacturing Application' leading to a National Strategy Consultation with community about direction of research and application of laser-based production processes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/roadmapping-event-marks-beginning-national-strategy-laser-based-prod...


Description	Centre attended launch of Photonics Public Private Partnership and new H2020 programme
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Participated in discussion influencing research and innovation priorities for H2020. Discussions influenced the content of future H2020 calls.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014


Description	Centre sponsorship of AILU 'Power beam delivery and manipulation' conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Sponsorship, networking, presentations networking, profile raising
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2013
URL	http://www.ailu.org.uk/laser_technology/events/2013-12-03/131203ailuevent.html


Description	Centre sponsorship of SMAS National Manufacturing Conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Centre sponsorship for and stand at SMAS national conference. networking, profile raising, information sharing, publicity.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.scottishmasconference.co.uk/


Description	Chris Sutcliffe article in The Conversation, 'The printed face is just the beginning of a 3D revolution'
Form Of Engagement Activity	A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact	Article published in online publication 'The Conversation' Increase in awareness of potential of 3D printing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://theconversation.com/the-printed-face-is-just-the-beginning-of-a-3d-revolution-24386


Description	Conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	CIM-Laser One Day Conference (Conference held on site at HWU)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference - CIM_L one day coference at the Heriot Watt University
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	This conference enables networking with industrial and professional practitioners in this area. Work performed in different areas were presented and future projects discussed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference - Europhoton 18 - Invited talk on Fundamentals of material interaction in laser processing
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Invited talk on Fundamentals of material interaction in laser processing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Conference - Invited talk at SPI Technology Conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Engagement with industry to explain them the latest research findings
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference - LPM 2018 - Application of state-of-the-art fibre lasers in dissimilar joining and processing of structural alloys for innovative and new applications
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Two presentations were made on Laser joining and processing of structural alloys for novel and innovative applications
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Conference - LSP 2018 - Application of laser peening in improving fatigue life and application of laser peening to redistribute residual stress state and induce grain refinement
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Two presentations were made at the LSP 2018 conference at Singapore on the following topics; - Application of Laser peening to induce grain refinement in wire plus arc additive built structures - Application of laser peening in improving fatigue life of aircraft fuselage structural joint
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Conference - Open day
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Masters programme - Group project presentation day - Project reported on "Dissimilar welding of thin metallic sheets using fibre pulsed laser"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference - Open day
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	PhD Poster presentation day at Cranfield University to "Promote the CIM Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference - Open day - Display of Masters programme - Group project presented on "Dissimilar welding of thin metallic sheets using fibre pulsed laser" plus contributions made in PhD poster presentation day
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Group worked on a project sponsored by SPI Lasers on dissimilar joining of thin structural alloys. The project led to further projects and ongoing collaborative activities in this area and finally in a KTP project in 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference - Photon 2018 - Invited talk on Fundamentals of material interaction in laser processing
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The relevant research and industrial community engaged with the latest findings on laser metal interaction
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Conference - Plenary lecture at the opening of the Chinese National Innovation Institute for Additive Manufacture (NIIAM), Xi'an China
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Plenary lecture at the opening of the Chinese National Innovation Institute - these resulted in huge surge in research and academic collaboration with Chinese industries and academia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference - Plenary opening lecture at ICWAM conference in Metz France
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Outreach in the areas of laser processing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference ILAS 2017 - The 5th Industrial Laser Applications Symposium - (Cranfield/HWU)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presentation on laser processing and additive manufacturing. Display of posters, demonstrators and banner
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference Session Laser-based Manufacturing: Towards a National Strategy for UK Growth Hand, Williams, Lipton
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Presentation on the process, progress and outputs of the Centre's National Strategy work. Audience were invited to contribute to consultation process. Contributions to consultation process.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.ukmanufacturing.org/index.php


Description	Conference and Lab tour on the National Apprentice Day, National Manufacturing Debate plus regular lab tour within Manufacturing theme
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	This is an occasion when the Manufacturing resources and facilities were displayed before a general audience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017,2018


Description	Conference and lab tour
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Schools
Results and Impact	National Apprentice Day, Lab visit and stand in conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference presentation - LPM 2018 - Keynote presentation on Application of pulsed fibre lasers in dissimilar joining of ultra-thin alloys
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Keynote speaking on application of latest generation fibre lasers on joining of very thin structural alloys
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Conference presentation Picosecond Laser Welding of Similar and Dissimilar Materials Carter, Chen, Shephard, Thompson, Hand.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Presentation prompted questions and discussion. Networking, communicating scientific results, promoting the Centre.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014


Description	Conference: Presentation at International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Energy, Kyoto, Japan
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Audience was informed on the latest development of laser-laser hybrid processing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Conference:Invited speaker in "Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation"- Mecasens 2017,Skukuza, South Africa
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Presented on application of neutron strain scanning on analysis of residual stress state in WAAM built titanium structures
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Contributing author on article in Laser Systems Europe
Form Of Engagement Activity	A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Contributing author on article in Laser Systems Europe - this article will be in the next edition
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019


Description	Contribution to report - http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/developing-effective-strategies-for-emerging-technologies/
Form Of Engagement Activity	A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Contribution to report - http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/developing-effective-strategies-for-emerging-technologies/ by Prof D P Hand
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	EPIC/IMAPS UK International Conference (HWU
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	EPIC/IMAPS UK International Conference (HWU) Sponsored event by CIM-Laser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	EPSRC Strategic Delivery Plan Engagement workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	EPSRC Strategic Delivery Plan Engagement workshop - attendance by DPH
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	ESVOT (European Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology) guest speaker Chris Sutcliffe
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	ESVOT (European Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology) guest speaker - Chris Sutcliffe. Presentation regarding the use of AM technologies in veterinary applications: INNOVATIONS - '3-D printing' in metal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	ESVOT (European Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology) guest speaker Chris Sutcliffe
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	ESVOT (European Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology) guest speaker Chris Sutcliffe. Presentation regarding the use of AM technologies in veterinary applications: Techniques in Clinical Research - Finite element analysis for dummies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	ICALEO 2018 - Conference presentation on latest developments on laser processing on dissimilar joining and advanced alloys
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Two presentations were done on application of laser for novel and dissimilar joining
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	ICWAM talk
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Plenary lecture at ICWAM 17 conference Metz
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	ILAS 2017: The 5th Industrial Laser Applications Symposium - (Cranfield/HWU)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presentation on laser processing and additive manufacturing, posters, demonstrators and banner at ILAS 2017: The 5th Industrial Laser Applications Symposium - (Cranfield/HWU)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	India visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit to various industrial companies and research institutions in India (IIT Bombay, IIT Indore and CMTI Bangalore) - presentations given and applications of the technology discussed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Industrial Advisory Board
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Industrial Advisory Board Meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Industrial Advisory Board Meeting
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Meeting of the Industrial Advisory Board for CIM-Laser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Industrial engagement workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Industrial Engagement works hosted by University of Cambridge chaired by D P Hand
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Industrial tour and visit by AWE, UK and US delegates
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	The current/finished projects with AWE and their future requirements discussed - Two visits by AWE one with UK and US delegates and the other one solely with UK delegates
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Industry visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by BAE for tour of labs
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	International Symposium on Additive Manufacturing @ Taiwan, 2014
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Organised by the British Trade & Cultural Office (BTCO), Additive Manufacturing Association of Taiwan (AMAT) and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), the 1st Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing International Conference was held at NTUST in Taipei on 3 March 2014. This conference convened international academic representatives and AM vendors together to present the most up-to-date technology, application and market trends. The UK Additive Manufacturing Mission of 5 academic and industrial speaking delegates including Dr Chris Sutcliffe, from the University of Liverpool, key partner in the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes, and a technical representative for Renishaw UK - a major global AM vendor. Organised by the British Trade & Cultural Office (BTCO), Additive Manufacturing Association of Taiwan (AMAT) and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), the 1st Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing International Conference was held at NTUST in Taipei on 3 March 2014. This conference convened international academic representatives and AM vendors together to present the most up-to-date technology, application and market trends. The UK Additive Manufacturing Mission of 5 academic and industrial speaking delegates including Dr Chris Sutcliffe, from the University of Liverpool, key partner in the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Laser-based Production Processes, and a technical representative for Renishaw UK - a major global AM vendor. International collaborations, links to trade delegations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/international-symposium-additive-manufacturing-taiwan


Description	International conference on Digital Optical Methods, Switzerland, Invited Talk, "Sub-surface stress measurements using GHz and THz radiation" Andrew Moore
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	discussions on possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Invited Talk, China, LPM2016 Microstructured optical fibres provide flexible delivery of high power ultrashort laser pulses for micromachining - Duncan P Hand
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Invited talk led to discussion on possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Invited Talk, Photonics West 2016, "Ultrafast laser inscription of 3D components for spatial multiplexing" - Robert R Thomson
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Sharing of project outputs sparked discussion with event attendees
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Invited presentation at The Welding Institute, Kent Branch
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Dissemination of associated project investigated within CIM LbPP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Invited speaker in "Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation"- Mecasens 2017,, Skukuza, South Africa
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Invited speaker in "Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation"- Mecasens 2017,, Skukuza, South Africa
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Invited talk at SPI Technology Conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presentation to Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Invited talk at SPI Technology Conference.
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Invited talk at SPI Technology Conference. - Stewart Williams
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Invited talk in TWI, Kent Branch, "Laser-Arc Hybrid Welding" Supriyo Ganguly
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Invited talk, D.P. Hand, First steps in producing a UK Roadmap
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Invited talk at AILU (Association of Industrial Laser Users) workshop, Innovations for economical growth: The UK uptake of Laser Materials Processing, 8th July 2014, MTC Coventry. Update on Centre progress on UK Laser Manufacturing Roadmap 2014. Part of consultation process on Roadmap which will inform National Strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.ailu.org.uk/laser_technology/events/2014-07-08/140708ailu_meeting.html


Description	JLR - Presentations, lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by Jaguar Land Rover technical people from Power Train Division and Chassis division to see resources, facilities, present research activities and discuss their future needs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Jaguar Landrover (chassis division)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Jaguar Landrover (chassis division), Presentations, lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators then discussions to highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield Discussion about collaboration "
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Jaguar Landrover (power trains division)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Jaguar Landrover (power trains division), Presentation of our work on laser processing which led to a research project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Joanna Cherry MP, tweet re HWU and photonics industry
Form Of Engagement Activity	Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	Joanna Cherry MP, tweet re HWU and photonics industry
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Joint Meeting with Selex and local HWU MP Joanna Cherry QC - Duncan Hand
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	To highlight the importance of university STEM research such as CIM-Laser are essential support for high technology companies such as Selex
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	LANE: 9th international conference on Photonics Technologies, Furth, Germany, Invited Talk, "Picosecond laser welding of optical to structural materials" - Duncan Hand,Richard M.Carter, Jianyong Chen, Ian ELder, Robert R Thomson, Daniel MJ Esser
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	discussions around possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	LPM Conference - Xi'an China, invited talks, Duncan Hnad, Richard Carter, Amiel Lopes
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	LPM Conference - Xi'an China attendance and invited talks
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	LPM2018
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	LPM 2018, first time event had been held in Scotland
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Lab Visit by Prof Peihua Gu, VC (Shantou University)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	The intended purpose of the visit is academic collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Lab demonstration of laser welding, marking, test bench for fibres and laser beam characterization at Cranfield's laboratory (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Lab demonstration of laser welding, marking, test bench for fibres and laser beam characterization at Cranfield's laboratory (Cranfield). Dissemination of the CIM LbPP The students learnt about laser processing and its advantages, limitations and applications, and techniques for laser beam characterization
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Lab tour
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Manufacturing department monthly tour
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Lab tour - University of Sheffield, Brinkley Propeller Ltd, Ottoway Thermal Hazard Technology Ltd, Turnell & Odell Precision Engineers Ltd, Anota Ltd, Cranfield University
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Lab tour - University of Sheffield, Brinkley Propeller Ltd, Ottoway Thermal Hazard Technology Ltd, Turnell & Odell Precision Engineers Ltd, Anota Ltd, Cranfield University - Goncalo Pardal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Lab tour and visit by Babcock international
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by Babcock technical people to see our laboratory facilities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019


Description	Lab tour for 207 Cranfield Squadron
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Schools
Results and Impact	The 13 to 18 year old puplils visited the laboratory of the welding centre and learn about the most recent research projects on laser processing and additive manufacturing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019


Description	Lab tour for Clare Temple-Heald (Product Discovery Manager at Oilfield Specialities Innospec Inc.)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Lab tour for Clare Temple-Heald (Product Discovery Manager at Oilfield Specialities Innospec Inc.) those involved CIM-Laser RAs (Krystian Wlodarczyk and Richard Carter) Academic staff (Bill MacPherson)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Lab tour for The Applied Photonics CDT annual conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Lab tour for The Applied Photonics CDT annual conference Jianyong Chen HWU
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Lab tour of visitors (tour organised by Prof Iain Gray)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Lab tour of visitors (tour organised by Prof Iain Gray) , Lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Lab tours of CIM-Laser labs - HWU after conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Lab tours of CIM-Laser labs - HWU
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Lane Conference, Nuremburg (HWU) - Duncan Hand, Wojciech Gora, Rainer Beck
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Lane Conference, Nuremburg (HWU) - Duncan Hand, Wojciech Gora, Rainer Beck. Presentations highlighting CIM-Laser projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Laser Munich 2017 - conference participation - requested speaker
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Laser Munich 2017 - conference participation - requested speaker Rainer Beck
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Laser Munich 2017 - conference participation - requested speaker Duncan P Hand
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Laser Munich 2017 - conference participation - requested speaker Duncan P Hand
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Laser Munich 2017 - stand within UK pavilion at Laser Munich World Trade Fair
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Laser Munich 2017 - stand within UK pavilion at Laser Munich World Trade Fair - Emma Williams HWU
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Laser World of Photonics
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Exhibition stand for CIM-Laser at the World of Photonics Exhibition. There was significant interest in the stand and the work we were presenting. This allowed us to engage more broadly with industry, in particular those people who would not normally attend conferences.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015
URL	http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/cim-laser-laser-world-photonics


Description	Lasers for the Future (Daniel Esser Inaugural Lecture
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Inaugural lecture by Daniel Esser, pitched at a general scientific audience, and open to the public
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015
URL	http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/daniel-esser-lasers-future-inaugural-lecture


Description	Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) conference, Munich, Germany: "Tamper-proof holographic markings for high-value goods"
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Lasers in Manufacturing (LiM) conference, Munich, Germany: "Tamper-proof holographic markings for high-value goods" K.L. Wlodarczyk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Lecture - Invited lecture on additive manufacture and laser processing at Southampton University
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	Lecture delivered on the latest developments on additive manufacture and laser processing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Manchester University/AWE meeting generated from previous CIM meeting
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Manchester University/AWE meeting. Meeting at a CIM LbPP meeting generated discussion/further meetings/experiments between Manchester and & AWE with possibility of future project being undertaken
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Material response aspects during hybrid laser welding of thick sections steel - talk given in Euromat conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	A talk was given by Dr Wojciech Suder on laser arc hybrid welding of pipeline structural steel for improved productivity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015


Description	Meeting and Lab tour by Petronas group, Malyasia - to see facilites
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit of laboratory to discuss research programme for future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Meeting and lab tour
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Lab tour - Prof. Peihua Gu (Vice Chancellor, Shantou University)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Meeting and lab tour
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	"Visit of RR (Rolls-Royce) directors: Alan Newby - Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes Paul Harris - Chief of Technology - System Design Ben Eastment - Chief of Future Systems " Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Meeting with AWE
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Meeting with AWE - Promotion of CIM & future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Meeting with MTC to discuss areas of common interest
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Members of the Centre and it's industrial partners met with members of MTC staff to identify areas of commonality and discuss strategy. Better understanding of how the Centre can work with the MTC in future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014


Description	Meeting with Veski (Melbourne - Australia), Duncan Hand, Daniel Esser
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Meeting with Veski (Melbourne - Australia)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Mid Term Review of CfIM
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Mid Term Review of CfIM
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Mixing of filler wire in deep penetration hybrid laser welding - presentation before the industrial laser users association in the industrial laser application symposium 2015
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Application of laser arc hybrid process to improve productivity in the pipeline structural welding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015


Description	NIIAM opening
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Keynote presentation at formal opening of the National Innovation Institute for Additve Manufacture (NIIAM) in Xian China
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	National Manufacturing Debate
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	National Manufacturing Debate workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	National Manufacturing Debate
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	National Manufacturing Debate - Supriyo Ganguly Cranfield University
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	National Manufacturing Debate, May 2014
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Centre presence at and participation in National Manufacturing debate. information sharing, debate, networking, profile raising
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.national-manufacturing-debate.org.uk


Description	National Strategy Kick-off Meeting at MTC Coventry
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Kick off meeting forming National Strategy Working Group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Organising Committee for ILAS 2015, including sponsorship of visit by Prof Craig Arnold Princeton University
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	ILAS is an industrial-academic conference held every 2 years, with the primary organiser being the Association of Industrial Laser Users. CIM-Laser helped with organisation of this event, and sponsored a high profile speaker from Princeton University.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015
URL	http://ilas2015.co.uk


Description	Participation in AILU workshop 'Metal Additive Manufacturing: opportunities in applications and improvements in process technology'
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Research dissemination and discussion at an Industry Association workshop. Networking, career development, information sharing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.ailu.org.uk/laser_technology/events/2014-04-01/140401ailu_meeting.html


Description	Participation in TWI Workshop 'Additive Manufacturing Clustering Event', Rotherham, 2014
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Networking, career development, information sharing Information sharing, networking
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014


Description	Phil Prangnell - meetings with industry - BAE Systems (Manchester)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Phil Prangnell - meetings with industry - BAE Systems (Manchester) . Meeting to discuss interest in laser peen forming
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Phil Prangnell - meetings with industry - Rolls Royce (Manchester)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Phil Prangnell - meetings with industry - Rolls Royce (Manchester)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Plenary lecture at AMS Pressure and Pipe Welding Conference Hawaii
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Plenary lecture at AMS Pressure and Pipe Welding Conference Hawaii July 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Plenary lecture in ASME pressure vessel and piping conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Plenary lecture given in the ASME pressure vessel and piping conference on WAAM related activities. This activity resulted in making WAAM process more popular to a large and global audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Poster presentation on "Welding of dissimilar metals" in AWE- Cranfield strategic alliance showcase event
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Presentation in the showcase event helped in outreaching the research outcome to a wider audience and decision makers (higher management) in AWE plc. Such activity reinforced the strategic alliance between Cranfield and AWE and presently Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre is having more than one collaborative project with AWE
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2013


Description	PowderMET 2017 - Presentation
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	PowderMET 2017 - Presentation by Alfred T Sidambe
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Presence at Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service - Promotion of the CIM LbPP by RES colleagues
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Presentation at International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Energy, Kyoto, Japan
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presentation at International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Energy, Kyoto, Japan, aimed at Academia, industry and fusion energy community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Presentation at the Liverpool Enterprise Forum - Prof Chris Sutcliffe
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presentation at the Liverpool Enterprise Forum
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Presentation before the Industrial Laser Application Symposium
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	A presentation given and a paper published in the ILAS 2015 proceeding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015


Description	Presentations and lab visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	NEWAM open day to discuss the activities related to additive manufacture with industrial and academic partners
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2019


Description	Presented before the industrial laser user association on the "Science underpinning: the route to laser based manufacturing success" by Prof Stewart Williams
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	A talk was given before the industrial laser users association in the Industrial Laser Application Symposium 2015 with the aim of increasing the application of laser for different metal processing activities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015


Description	Public lecture hosted by the Royal Scottish Society of Arts
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Public lecture hosted by the Royal Scottish Society for the Arts, on 26 March 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018
URL	https://www.rssa.org.uk/20180326.shtml


Description	RAEng visit to HWU including CIM-Laser
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	RAEng visit to HWU - promotion OF CIM-Laser
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	RR - Presentation of our work on laser processing which led to a research project
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Meeting and presentation of our work on laser processing before Rolls Royce which led to a research project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Reporting Scotland Interview/STV interview
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact	media interviews given by Duncan Hand and Krystian Wlodarcyzk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Representative of CIM-Laser at Photonics Leadership Group meeting at House of Commons - Duncan Hand
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Representative of CIM-Laser at Photonics Leadership Group meeting at House of Commons by Duncan Hand
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Represented CIM-Laser at EPIC annual meeting, Zurich by Duncan Hand
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Represented CIM-Laser at EPIC annual meeting, Zurich by Duncan Hand
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Residual Stress: Measurement, temperature and performance, London, Invited Talk, "Residual Stress in powder bed laser melting" - Chris Sutcliffe
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	invited talk led to discussion around possibility of future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Rolls Royce visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Rolls Royce visit, Presentation of our work on laser processing which led to a research project - Presentation of our work on laser processing which led to a research project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Rolls Royce visit to our laboratory and discussion of future projects
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Rolls Royce visited our facilities in order to discuss future projects Clive Grafton Reed specialist laser processing in RR visited and met for future research programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	SPI Lasers visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	SPI Lasers visit, Presentations, lab visit and discussion on further collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	SPIE Conference (HWU) - invied talk - Richard Carter
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	SPIE Conference (HWU) invited speaker - Richard Carter
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	SRPe - Digital Manufacturing Conference/ Stand at Exhibition
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	SRPe - Digital Manufacturing Conference/ Stand at Exhibition AFRC Renfrew
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	SU2P Annual Symposium(held at HWU) particpation
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	DPH chaired session at SU2P Annual Symposium(held at HWU)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	SU2P Conference, invited talk by Daniel Esser
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	SU2P Conference invited talk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	School seminar in University of Manchester
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Postgraduate students
Results and Impact	School seminar in University of Manchester
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	SciVal UK User Group (HWU) - invited talk - Kirsty COllinge
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	SciVal UK User Group (HWU) - Kirsty Collinge - Promotion of CIM & it's Metrics -
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Science Festival participation
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Cambridge Science Festival Lab Demonstrators
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Sheduled Evening Lecture, Institute of Engineering Technology, London, Invited Talk, "Travels in Additive Manufacture/3D printing: a decade of UK Innovation" Chris Sutcliffe
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	invited talk led to discussions on possible future projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Soundbites from Westminster Debate
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Soundbites from Westminster Debate , Promotion of CIM, specific name dropping of members
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Stand in Mach show 2016
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	stand in Mach2016 show engaging all public but aiming for those within manufacturing sector
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Strategy meeting on future of laser processing in the UK industry - MTC Coventry - Duncan Hand
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Discussion with experts from different sectors about barriers and opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Stress engineering of multi-pass weld metal to enhance structure integrity
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	This is a highlight talk before the Materials society attended the Euromat 2015 conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2015


Description	Talk at EU HiLASE facility on diagnostics of high power processes
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Invited talk in Prague discussing advances in industrial diagnostics with a view to identifying future partners
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Talk at ICALEO 2016 conference (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Talk at ICALEO 2016 conference (Cranfield) . Promotion of the CIM
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Ted-X talk, Ultra Fast Laser Processing, Richard M Carter
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Schools
Results and Impact	TedX talk to wide ranging audience from children to adults
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	The Origin and Effect of HAZ Banding in large Scale Wire-Arc Additive Manufacture with Ti-6Al-4V, Invited Talk Phil Prangnell
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	discussions on possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Tour of University of Liverpool's Additive Manufacturing Facilities given to delegation from Sci-Tech Daresbury(Science and Technology Facilities Council funded research innovation campus in Cheshire)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Tour of University of Liverpool's Additive Manufacturing Facilities given to delegation from Sci-Tech Daresbury(Science and Technology Facilities Council funded research innovation campus in Cheshire). Discussions round Possible future collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	UK Launch Event -Lasers for Productivity, A National Strategy
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	UK Launch Event -Lasers for Productivity, A National Strategy, led in Portcullis House, Westminster and attended by industrial partners and MP's and hosted by AILU
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	UKRI Roadmap workshop
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	UKRI Roadmap workshop - attended by DPH
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	UN Global Compact LEAD Symposium - (Chris Sutcliffe invited speaker Liverpool)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	UN Global Compact LEAD Symposium - (Chris Sutcliffe invited speaker Liverpool). Promotion of AM technologies/CIM projects to large industry leaders
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	University of Liverpool Healthcare Branding Day - Lab tours and demonstration.
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	University of Liverpool Healthcare Branding Day - Lab tours and demonstration.- Ian Ashton
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	University of Liverpool Physics Departmental Visit (Liverpool)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	University of Liverpool Physics Departmental Visit (Liverpool). The physics department at the University of Liverpool has a large research portfolio regarding the design of detectors for nuclear physics applications. They are interested in manufacturing components in Tungsten due to its ability to block X-rays. Interest arose due a CIM project which is developing this material for additive manufacturing. Looking at future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Video of CIM-Laser activities/projects
Form Of Engagement Activity	A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Video of CIM-Laser activities/projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by BAE Systems Submarines (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by BAE Systems Submarines (Cranfield) - future engagement with the CIM discussed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by BEIs members - tour of CIM-Laser labs at HWU
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit by BEIs + tour of CIM-Laser labs involving Prof Richard A. Williams, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Dr Gillian Murray, Deputy Principal (Enterprise & Business) Prof Steve Mclaughlin, Head of School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Dr Alicia Greated, Director of Research & Enterprise Services, Carolyn Brock, Impact Manager Prof Verena Rieser, MACS, Prof Lindsay Beevers, EGIS, Dr Aine Ryan, Research Development Advisor, Craig Landt, Research Development Advisor
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit by CCFE
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Lab visit by CCFE, Culham - discussed on possible projects related to remote operation by multi-layer hybrid processing of pipelines
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - presentation of CIM laser projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by Clive Grafton Reed - lead laser processing specialist RR (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by Clive Grafton Reed - lead laser processing specialist RR (Cranfield) Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by Dr Ho Yin Chan, Southampton University, Compact, High-Energy, Picosecond MOPA for Material Processing Applications
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Visit by Dr Ho Yin Chan, Southampton University - "Compact, High-Energy, Picosecond MOPA for Material Processing Applications" Presentation and lab tours relating to CIM laser projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by Fiona Dennison to CIM-Laser/Duncan Hand (HWU)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit by Fiona Dennison to CIM-Laser/Duncan Hand (HWU). Promotion and possible new funding opportunity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by Gen. Walker (Head of Darpa, USAF) to Centre for Industrial Photonics
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	Visit by General Walker (Head of Darpa, USAF) to Centre for Industrial Photonics with the result in significant funded project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit by Jeremy Murry Research Programme Manager, Pyreos - industry visit
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by Jeremy Murry Research Programme Manager, Pyreos - industry visit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by Joanna Cherry MP
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit by Joanna Cherry MP Promotion of the CIM LbPP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by Kate Voisey (Nottingham University)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Visit by Kate Voisey (Nottingham University) to Discuss collaborative opportunities with the CIM
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by Ruth Meyer - Universities of Scotland
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit by Ruth Meyer - Universities of Scotland
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by SPI Lasers
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by SPI Lasers Marketing and Research team to discuss on our research activities and further how can we collaborate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017,2018


Description	Visit by University West Sweden (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Visit by University West Sweden (Cranfield) - future Opportunities for collaboration on laser wire processing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit by Viktor Shuetz, LG
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by Viktor Shuetz, LG initial meeting through attendance at Laser Munich 2017 in June.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit by funding authority in Nigerian Government
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit of Lab by Tete funding authority, Government of Nigeria
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Visit by the Hammermen of Edinburgh
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Local
Primary Audience	Public/other audiences
Results and Impact	Visit by the Hammermen of Edinburgh
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit form Industry partner
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Visit by Geoff McFarland Renishaw, Group Engineering Director
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Visit from Bedfordshire councillors (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit from Bedfordshire councillors (Cranfield)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit from CCFE (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Visit from CCFE (Cranfield). Promotion of the CIM Discussion about use of lasers for manufacturing of parts for Demo reactor
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit from Pipeline Technology
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit of industrial people to discuss research project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit from Pipeline Technology
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit from Pipeline Technology, Meeting and lab tour followed by Discussion about future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit from SPI
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit from SPI, Presentations, lab visit and exhibition of demonstrators to "Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield Discussion about collaboration in future projects"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit of Labs by National Manufacturing Debate participants
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit of Labs by National Manufacturing Debate participants
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Visit of RR directors - Alan Newby - Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes,Paul Harris - Chief of Technology - System Design, Ben Eastment - Chief of Future Systems, Richard March - head of welding, Dan Clarke - lead technologist welding, Helen McGloin- University liaison Visit of RR directors - Alan Newby - Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes,Paul Harris - Chief of Technology - System Design, Ben Eastment - Chief of Future Systems, Richard March - head of
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit of RR directors - Alan Newby - Director of Aerospace Technology and Future Programmes, Paul Harris - Chief of Technology - System Design, Ben Eastment - Chief of Future Systems - • Highlight capabilities and achievements of the Centre work at Cranfield
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit of lab by Singapore National Additive Manufacture Center
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Delegates from Singapore National Additive Manufacture Center visited our facility and discussed for future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	Visit to CIM-Laser labs y Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit to CIM-Laser labs HWU by Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission by prospective partner university and government body
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit to Central Laser Facility, STFC at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford to discuss on Laser peening project
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	To collaborate on laser peening activity
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit to Centre by Member of Parliament
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	A visit to the Centre at Cranfield University was made by Iain Wright MP, Shadow Minister for Industry. He was given a tour around the Centre facilities and met Centre researchers. The impact of the centre on industry was discussed. The impact of basic science and the centre on industry was discussed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014


Description	Visit to HiDepAM partner in India to promote CIM LbPP and exchange knowledge in laser plus wire additive manufacturing (Cranfield)
Form Of Engagement Activity	A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit to HiDepAM partner in India to promote CIM LbPP and exchange knowledge in laser plus wire additive manufacturing (Cranfield). Researchers and students from the universities Visit to IIT Bombay, IIT Indore and CMRI Bangalore,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visit to RAL to discuss collaboration on laser peening
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit to RAL to discuss collaboration on laser peening
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit to Robert Bloomfield Academy - Electives Feb 2021 - Careers and 3D printing
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Schools
Results and Impact	The NEWAM team (including academics, researchers, students and administrative staff) visited the Robert Bloomfield Academy to talk about their career paths and 3D printing. The main goal of the visit was to promote the STEM curriculum and encourage the future generation to study STEM subjects. The pupils were very interested in 3D printing and asked many questions about the subject. The pupils will visit Cranfield University as soon as the Covid-related restrictions are lifted.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2022


Description	Visit to Stryker Orthopaedics Cork Ireland - Prof Chris Sutcliffe
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Stryker Cork is the worlds largest metal AM facility. The presentation given detailed the work that has been done in the centre
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Visit to Tampere University
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Discussion about possible collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Visitors from Petronas Group, Malaysia
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Presentations and lab visit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	Walking Tour of Cranfields Laboratory
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Walking Tour of Cranfields Laboratory - members from General Electric
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory by uk manufacturer
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory by Christ White MP
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	promotion of CIM LbPP to Chris White MP
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory was part of the "IMTMA CEOs Technology Mission to Aerospace Industries in Europe" conference
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Walking tour of Cranfield's laboratory was part of the "IMTMA CEOs Technology Mission to Aerospace Industries in Europe" conference. Indian delegation (CEOs, managing directors, senior advisor or Vice president) representing different organizations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Workshop in London - lessons learnt from strategy like initiatives (CF) (HWU)
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Workshop in London - lessons learnt from strategy like initiatives (CF) (HWU). Duncan Hand invited to chair session
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Workshop on laser processing and additive manufacture held at Cranfield
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	International
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Promotion of the CIM LbPP; Dissemination of the research done within the Centre's theme for fusion-based processes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2016


Description	Workshop to develop proposals for H2020 High-throughput Laser-based Manufacturing
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme?	Yes
Geographic Reach	Regional
Primary Audience	Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact	Workshop to initiate discussions on H2020 proposals for calls in High-throughput Laser-based Manufacturing. Submissions to H2020 calls likely.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2014
URL	http://www.cim-laser.ac.uk/news/centre-partners-su2p-horizon-2020-workshop


Description	invited Presentation : BORS British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) - Prof Chris Sutcliffe
Form Of Engagement Activity	A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Other audiences
Results and Impact	invited Presentation : BORS British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) to audience of medical (surgeons) delegates. Presentation then panel discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2017


Description	visit by Industry partner
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit to CIM-Laser/HWU by Will Lee new CEO Renishaw & Geoff McFarland Gobal Engineering Director Renishaw
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	visit by ex KTN colleague
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit by Anke Lohmann - AnchoredIn
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	visit by funding body EPSRC
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact	Visit by EPSRC Engineering Team to HWU
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018


Description	visit from industry partner
Form Of Engagement Activity	Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme?	No
Geographic Reach	National
Primary Audience	Industry/Business
Results and Impact	Visit from Brian Smith Renishaw - Design Manager Spectroscopy Division
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity	2018

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