Jun 02
In March, Kevin Mullaney travelled to San Diego to present his work on optical thermal monitoring in wire-and-arc additive manufacturing at TMS 2026, the annual meeting and exhibition of the minerals, metals, and materials society. EP presentations Multi-wavelength temperature measurements of a titanium melt pool in a wire-arc additive manufacturing process K Mullaney and R …
Mar 23
Sam Gibson and former colleague James Bremner ran an outreach day on 9th March at Robert Peel Primary School in Sandy, Bedfordshire, as part of British Science Week. The theme was “Curiosity: what’s your question?”. Sam and James spoke to pupils across the whole school, from nursery to year 6, answering lots of excellent questions …
Aug 28
In August, Jonathan Hallam travelled to San Diego to give an invited talk on layer height measurement in laser-additive manufacturing using range resolved interferometry. His work was presented at the Applied Optical Metrology conference, which is a part of SPIE’s Optics and Photonics conference. Invited presentation Range-resolved interferometric layer-height measurement for laser additive manufacturing J …
Jul 28
Congratulations to Sivaji Pillai, who successfully defended his thesis on interferometric optical angle encoding for robotic applications! Development of an interferometric optical fibre angle encoder for robotic applications Sivaji Pillai
Jun 19
In June, Engineering Photonics hosted a one-day workshop demonstrating fibre-optic sensors for wind tunnel applications. The workshop was provided for members of the National Wind Tunnel Facility (NWTF), a network of strategically important wind tunnels distributed across 12 UK Universities. The workshop featured presentations from Ralph Tatam, Steve James, Kieran Wiseman, and James Barrington and …
Jun 19
Jane Hodgkinson and Dan Francis travelled to London to attend the HTCC (Healthcare Technologies Capability Connector) Showcase at Imperial College. The HTCC is supported by Research England to bring together expertise from Imperial, Cranfield University and the University of Hertfordshire to deliver sustainable impact in healthcare technology. The Showcase featured a panel discussion and presentations …
Jun 11
The 29th International conference on Optical Fibre Sensors was held in May at the Super Bock Arena in the Jardins do Palácio de Cristal in Porto, Portugal. Kieran Wiseman and James Barrington were in attendance to present their recent work on fibre segment interferometry. This technique had been used to make distributed humidity measurements and …
Oct 01
The 2024 edition of the FLAIR conference (Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research) was held in Santa Maria degli Angeli – Assisi, Italy at the Domus Pacis hotel, as in 2018. Nick Davis, Dan Francis, and Jane Hodgkinson were in attendance to present three posters on their work. Nick presented recent developments in distributed …
Jun 18
Congratulations to Nina Binaei who successfully defended her thesis on oxygen measurement in wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) using laser emission spectroscopy. Oxygen monitoring in wire and arc additive manufacturing of Ti-6AI-4V N Binaei
Aug 05
In August, Jane Hodgkinson and Dan Francis travelled to Munich to attend the Optica Sensing congress. Dan presented work on the development of an external-cavity quantum cascade laser spectrometer and Jane chaired a session on gas sensing. The conference, held in the Munich Hilton Park hotel in Tivoli, featured a good mix of spectroscopy talks …