Professor Lin Li (2013), UK
Last change:IAPLE / 2015-08-26
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Academician
Director of Laser Processing Research Centre
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Tel: +441613063816
Email: lin.li@manchester.ac.uk
http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/people/staff/profile/?ea=lin.li
http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/our-research/centres-institutes/laser-processing/
Professor Lin Li, is an elected Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Laser Institute of America (LIA) and International Society of Nano-manufacturing. He obtained a BSc degree in Control Engineering from Dalian University of Technology in 1982 and a PhD degree in Laser Engineering from Imperial College, London in 1989. He worked at University of Liverpool during 1988-1994 as a postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Fellow in high power laser engineering. He started his academic career (Lecturer) at UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) in 1994 and was fast-track promoted to full professor in 2000. He set-up the first high power laser processing research laboratory at UMIST and founded the Laser Processing Research Centre in 2000 as its Director. He served as Director of Research and Deputy Head of School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering of The University of Manchester during 2009-2013, Head of Manufacturing Research Group during 2004-2014 and Associate Dean (Business Engagement and Development) of Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science (2015-2018). He has over 600 publications in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings and 47 patents related to laser processing and photonic engineering.
He serves on the editorial boards of 11 international journals and is the President-elect of Laser Institute of America (2015), President of International Academy of Photonics and Laser Engineering (IAPLE, 2013-2015), and Vice President of Association of Laser Users (AILU – 2015-2016). He has been the chairman of 36th, 37th and 38th MATADOR international conferences on advanced manufacturing.
Professor Li received Arthur Charles Main Award from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in 2001 on laser based nuclear decommissioning technology. He received Sir Frank Whittle Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013 for his outstanding and sustained achievements in engineering innovations in manufacturing that has led to wide commercial applications. In 2014 he received Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society for his research on laser nano-fabrication and nano-imaging, and received the Distinguished Achievement, Researcher of the Year medal in Engineering and Physical Sciences at The University of Manchester in 2014.