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COMMITTEE |
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Conference Chairwoman |
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Prof. Claudia Polese School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Conference Secretary and Technical Chair |
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Coventry University Coventry, UK Michael.Fitzpatrick@coventry.ac.uk
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Conference Industry Lead |
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Mr Willie van der Walt Executive Manager Engineering Denel Aerostructures Kempton Park, South Africa |
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Conference R&D Lead |
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Dr Kavendra Naidoo Defence, Peace, Safety and Security, CSIR Pretoria, South Africa |
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Conference CSIR National Laser Centre Technical Tour Lead |
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Mr Daniel Glaser CSIR National Laser Centre Pretoria, South Africa |
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Conference FEA Process Optimization Workshop Lead |
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EMEA Technical Manager Optimization Competence Center, EnginSoft S.p.A. Florence, Italy F.Franchini@enginsoft.it |
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Mr Francesco Pietra Senior Aerospace and Mechanical Engineer Marenco South Africa Pretoria, South Africa Francesco.Pietra@marenco.ch |
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Mr Daniel Correia Senior Engineer (FEA) Qfinsoft (Pty) Ltd, Ansys SA Pretoria, South Africa Daniel@qfinsoft.co.za |
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Conference Laser Fiber Delivery System Workshop Lead |
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Research Programme Leader HiLASE Centre Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic Danijela.Rostohar@hilase.cz |
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Prof. Andrew Forbes |
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Conference Sponsorship and Exhibits Lead |
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Mr Mitchell Leering School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Conference Events Lead |
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Dr Randall Paton Flow Research Unit University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Conference Administrator |
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Ms Sheryl van den Berg The Inside Edge Johannesburg, South Africa
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Conference Related Phenomena Lead |
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Dr Hitoshi Soyama Tohoku University Sendai, Japan
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Dr Bathusile Masina Laser Material Interaction Specialist CSIR National Laser Centre Pretoria, South Africa BMasina@csir.co.za |
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Sun Moon University Cheonan-Asan, S. Korea PYoun@sunmoon.ac.kr
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Conference International Organizing Committee |
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Dr Yuji Sano ImPACT (Impulsing Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies) Yokohama, Japan Yuji.Sano@jst.go.jp |
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Dr Domenico Furfari Airbus Operations GmbH Hamburg, Germany Domenico.Furfari@airbus.com
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Prof. José L. Ocaña Centro Láser UPM Madrid, Spain
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Prof. Janez Grum University of Ljubljana Ljubljana, Slovenia Janez.Grum@fs.uni-lj.si |
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Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB Dayton, OH, USA Kristina.Langer@us.af.mil
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Dr Omar Hatamleh NASA San Francisco, USA Omar.Hatamleh-1@nasa.gov
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Local Technical Committee Lead |
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Prof. Sisa Pityana Senior Scientist in Laser Surface Engineering CSIR National Laser Centre Pretoria, South Africa SPityana@csir.co.za
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Dr Andrew Venter Section Leader: Diffraction NECSA Hartbeespoort, South Africa Andrew.Venter@necsa.co.za |
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Technical Committee |
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Laser Related Phenomena Dr Herman Burger, CSIR Dr Rudolph Erasmus, Wits Prof. Andrew Forbes, Wits Mr Daniel Glaser, CSIR Dr Antonio Lucianetti, HiLASE Dr Bathusile Masina, CSIR Dr Danijela Rostohar, HiLASE Shock Waves Phenomena Mr Russell Hall, FRU-Wits Prof. Arthur Every, Wits Prof. Craig Law, Wits Mr Randall Paton, FRU-Wits Prof. Beric Skews, FRU-Wits Residual Stress Characterization Prof. Michael Fitzpatrick, Coventry University Mr Stephen Grewar, NMMU Prof. Danie Hattingh, NMMU Dr Mark Newby, Eskom Prof. Joao P. Nobre, Wits Dr Andrew Venter, NECSA Material Characterization Prof. Esther Akinlabi, University of Johannesburg Prof. Dave Billing, Wits Prof. Lesley A. Cornish, CoE-SM Prof. Janez Grum, University of Ljubljana Mr David Reinecke, CSIR Prof. Natasha Sacks, Wits Prof. Waldo Stumpf, University of Pretoria Dr Josias Van Der Merwe, Wits Prof. Alexander Ziegler, Wits MMU Fatigue Characterization Dr Omar Hatamleh, NASA Dr Kristina Langer, AFRL Mr Chris McDuling, CSIR Prof. Claudia Polese, Wits Prof. Bob Tait, University of Cape Town Process Modelling and Optimization Mr Lorenzo Benetton, EnginSoft Dr Danie de Kock, Qfinsoft Mr Francesco Franchini, EnginSoft Prof. Schalk Kok, University of Pretoria Dr Greg Mitchell, FEAS Mr Paul Naude, Esteq Prof. José L. Ocaña, Centro Láser UPM Mr Francesco Pietra, Marenco South Africa Laser Peening Industrial Applications & Novel Technologies Dr Laurent Berthe, CNRS Dr Domenico Furfari, Airbus Mr Philip Haupt, NAC Prof. Seetha Ramaiah Mannava, University of Cincinnati Dr Kavendra Naidoo, CSIR Dr Yuji Sano, ImPACT Dr Hitoshi Soyama, Tohoku University Dr Young-Sik Pyun, Sun Moon University Mr Andries Uys, Aerosud Mr Willie van der Walt, Denel Aerostructures
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