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- Further Information
- Articles of Association
- Committee Member Nomination
- Officers and Roles
About Us
Officers & Committee
President: Stewart Williams
Professor Stewart Williams holds the Chair in Welding Science and Engineering at Cranfield University. His recent move into academia follows many years as Group Leader in the Optics and Laser Technology Department at BAE Systems investigating the use of lasers for aerospace manufacturing.
Vice-President: Paul Hilton
Dr Paul Hilton is Technology Manager at TWI, where he has responsibility for the strategic development of laser materials processing. As such he has been instrumental in the setting up and management of several European collaborative research projects involving applications of CO2, Nd:YAG, CO, diode and more recently, fibre lasers. Before joining TWI in 1992, he worked in the laser systems industry at Control Laser and Integrated Laser Systems. Before that, he worked for Oxford Instruments.
Executive Secretary: Mike Green
Mike has had a long research career in lasers, starting in 1969, working mainly on gas lasers, wavelength tunable lasers and beam propagation. After many years at AEA Technology he left in 1991 to found Pro Laser, providing consultancy on laser applications, projects and safety.
Mike is a member of International and UK laser safety committees and has chaired the IEC working group on high power laser safety. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.
Other Committee Members
- Stephen Ainsworth, Consultant
- John Cocker, Laser Trader Ltd
- Duncan Hand, Heriot-Watt University
- Paul Harrison, Powerlase Ltd
- Martyn Knowles, Oxford Lasers Ltd
- Neil Main, Micrometric Ltd
- Martin Sharp, Lairdside Laser
- Gerry Jones, Trumpf UK Ltd.
- Dave Larcombe, Bystronic UK Ltd.
- Lin Li, University of Manchester
- Mo Naeem, GSi Group Ltd
- Mark Gibbons, Cogitar Software Ltd
- Dennis Hall, Heriot-Watt University
Co-opted Members
- Clive Ireland, (retiring President) Advanced Optical Technology Ltd
- Jim Fieret, BOC Ltd.
- Janet Folkes, Nottingham University
Founding Fathers
- John Bishop, (Founder Member) Consultant
- Malcolm Gower, Nanophoton Technologies (Ex President)
- Bill Steen, Consultant (Ex President)
- John Powell, Laser Expertise
The Association is always keen to recruit enthusiastic members of the industrial laser community onto the committee. See Joining the AILU Committee for more information. Membership of the committee provides opportunities for networking and to influence the way the Association develops. Please Contact the Secretary at any time to discuss the situation or to express an interest in joining.
Ordinary Members
There are twelve Ordinary Members on the Committee. Each serves a period of three years. Each year at the AGM in April we aim to have four Ordinary Member positions available for election. To nominate someone for a position download the Committee Member Nomination form from here. Please note, the form should be completed and returned to the AILU office one week prior to the AGM each year, although people are able to put themselves forward on the day itself.