Archive for October, 2009

LIA Corporate Member Profile – BEAMSTOP’R Inc.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

beamstopper_logo

BEAMSTOP’R Inc.

An LIA corporate member since 2001, Beamstop’r, Inc. offers cost-effective and custom made laser protection curtains and screens. The company’s products confine a laser’s beam and protects against occupational eye and skin exposure resulting from reflective laser radiation, thus ensuring a safe working environment in laser spectroscopy laboratories, hospitals and medical and dental offices. (more…)

LIA Releases a New Publication – Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

The Laser Institute of America is proud to announce the availability of a new publication, Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding, to its online store. This publication, written by an international team of contributors and edited by Professor Flemming Ove Olson from the Technical University of Denmark, is a must-have reference for anyone using this advantageous welding technology. (more…)

LAM 2010 Sponsorship Opportunities

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009


Sponsorship/Exhibit Opportunities

May 11-12, 2010 • Houston, TX USA

Profitable Laser Solutions for Today’s Manufacturing Challenges!

Sign Up Today! (more…)

NSF Awards Grant for New Project Titled “Problem-Based Learning (PBL) for Sustainable Technology: Increasing the STEM Pipeline”

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Are you and your STEM students interested in Sustainable Technology?

Are you looking for STEM problem-based learning instructional materials?

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has been awarded a three-year $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a new project titled Problem Based-Learning (PBL) for Sustainable Technology: Increasing the STEM Pipeline. Funding is provided through the NSF’s Advanced Technological Education  program to improve science, technology, engineering and math education to help America develop sustainable technologies.

(more…)

LIA will Illuminate Lasers’ role in Global Energy Revolution

Friday, October 16th, 2009

The Laser Institute of America (LIA), the trusted and respected advocate of cutting-edge applications of laser technology since 1968, will unveil the most up-to-the-minute developments in these and other fields when it gathers industry leaders from around the world at the 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers and Electro-Optics (ICALEO).

(more…)