About the Event
Miniaturization and high precision are rapidly becoming requirements in many industrial processes and products. As a result, there is greater interest in the use of laser micro-fabrication approaches to achieve these goals. The International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM) is alternatively held in Japan and in other host countries. To date, LPM has been successfully hosted in Omiya, Singapore, Osaka, Munich, Nara, Williamsburg, Kyoto, Vienna, Quebec, Kobe, Stuttgart, Takamatsu, Washington D.C., Niigata, Vilnius, Kokura, Xi’an, Toyama, Edinburgh, Hiroshima, Dresden and Hirosaki.
The aim of this symposium is to provide a forum for discussion of fundamental aspects of laser-matter interaction, the state-of-the-art of laser materials processing, and topics for the next generation with fundamental scientists, end users, and laser manufacturers. We expect that LPM2026 will play an important role not only for understanding fundamental knowledge of laser precision microfabrication but also for forecasting future technologies to be developed and the future laser market.
Clemson University
One of the most productive public research universities in the nation, Clemson University enrolls 28,747 students across the State of South Carolina and has an endowment of over $1 billion. The University operates Extension offices in every county of the state and has five Innovation Campuses and six Research and Education Center locations. Classified as an R1 — Very High Research University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, Clemson is dedicated to teaching, research and service. Our main campus, located in Upstate South Carolina, sits on 1,400 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, along the shores of Lake Hartwell. Through the research, outreach, and entrepreneurial projects led by our faculty and students, Clemson University is driving economic development and improving the quality of life in South Carolina and beyond.
College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
The College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences educates, creates, and disseminates new knowledge, and engages students in critical thinking — thereby inspiring the innovations of tomorrow, leading to transformative economic development and broadening Clemson’s impact as a land-grant university. The structure of the College encourages cross-disciplinary collaboration and provides experiential learning opportunities where students transfer academic knowledge from the classroom to hands-on application in everyday environments.
Committee Chair
Hai Xiao joined Clemson in 2013 as the Samuel Lewis Bell Distinguished Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has played a leading role in helping Clemson stake a claim as a national leader in developing new technology for extreme environments. His primary research interests are in photonic and microwave sensors and instrumentation for applications in energy, intelligent infrastructure, clean environment, biomedical sensing and imaging, and national security. Xiao received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Prior to joining Clemson, he was an electrical engineering professor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
