Norbert receives his prize from Paul Hilton, outgoing President of the AILU
Norbert Lorenz, a PhD student at Heriot-Watt University's School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, has won the Young Laser Engineer's Prize 2011.
Norbert, who studies in the Applied Optics & Photonics Group, received the award at the Association of Laser Users 2011 meeting in Warrington.
The Prize is designed to help encourage young people in the UK to develop their interests in laser applications. It is awarded to an individual under 30 years of age, for a significant piece of work. The work must be conducted in the UK and have real or potential economic gain for the parent organisation and preferably for the wider industrial laser user community.
I feel honoured that my research was so highly recognised by the Association of Laser Users (AILU)
Norbert said: "Winning the Young Laser Engineer's Prize 2011 was a very nice and unexpected surprise towards the end of my PhD. I feel honoured that my research was so highly recognised by the Association of Laser Users (AILU).
"Furthermore, I would like to thank the members of the Applied Optics and Photonics group at Heriot-Watt University for their support during my PhD. Most importantly, I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Duncan Hand for guiding and supervising me throughout the last 3½ years, without him this work would not have been possible."
This is only the second time a PhD student from Heriot-Watt University has been awarded this prize. The first student was Fraser Dear in 2008.