Awards & Prizes

Young UK Laser Engineer's Prize

This award is designed to help encourage young people in the UK to develop their interests in laser applications. The prize is awarded to an individual for a significant piece of work, conducted in the UK, which has led to real or potential economic gain for the parent organisation and that preferable has wider benefit for the industrial laser use community.

PREVIOUS PRIZE WINNERS

  • 2008 - Fraser Dear
    2008 - Fraser Dear
    Fraser Dear is AILU's 2008 Young Laser Engineer in recognition of his successful development of fine laser machining techniques in zirconia for the manufacture of tooth crowns and bridges for dental restorations.
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  • 2007 - Phil Carroll
    2007 - Phil Carroll
    Phil Carroll wins AILU's 2007 Young UK Laser Engineer's Prize. Dr Phil Carroll is AILU's 2007 Young Laser Engineer in recognition of his successful development of a Direct Metal Laser Deposition (DMLD) technique for the repair of an abradable seal between rotating turbine blade seal fins and the engine casing.
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  • 2006 - Nicholas King
    2006 - Nicholas King
    Nicholas King, a young engineer working with Microkerf, the Leicester based laser job shop specialising in precision welding, cutting and drilling has won the 2006 Young Laser Engineers' Prize for his development of software to drive a dedicated pulsed Nd:YAG alignment and laser cutting system.
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  • 2005 - Stuart Edwardson
    2005 - Stuart Edwardson
    Stuart was awarded the prize for his work on laser forming during his PhD and subsequent post-doctoral work at the laser group within the University of Liverpool, with support from BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce.
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  • 2004 - Adrian Orchard
    2004 - Adrian Orchard
    The Prize was awarded to Adrian in recognition of his outstanding work in the application of laser welding to the fabrication of heat exchangers
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  • 2003 - Damian Adams
    2003 - Damian Adams
    The prize was awarded for his role as project manager for the specification, tender, installation and commissioning of a 5-axis laser profiling machine cutting titanium and aerospace alloys at BAE SYSTEMS, Samlesbury
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  • 2002 - Emma Johnston
    2002 - Emma Johnston
    Emma Johnston was presented with her Prize by John Bishop (left) and AILU President Bill Steen, who was Emma's PhD supervisor Liverpool University


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