Entrepreneur Grant awarded to Dr. Shukla
2017 was a difficult year, but it was a real joy to have heard the following news just before the close of play: “I am writing to you to...


7th International Conference on Laser Peening & Related Phenomina (LSP2018) Organised!
It is a pleasure to announce the 7th International conference in Laser Peening and Related Phenomena (LSP2018). The event will be held...
New Journal Paper Published: "Laser shock peening without coating induced residual stress distr
Congratulations to S. Prabhakaran for publishing a recent paper entitled “Laser shock peening without coating induced residual stress...
New Journal Paper Published! "Surface Engineering Alumina Armour Ceramics with Laser Shock Peen
It brings a great pleasure to publish a new journal paper, on our recent work entitled “Surface Engineering Alumina Armour Ceramics with...
New Journal Paper Published! “Improvement in mechanical properties of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-7Nb) su
Congratulations and well done to Xioajun Shen for publishing the first paper from his PhD research. This paper is focused on a...


Dr Pratik Shukla undertakes Industrial and Academic Secondments in India.
Dr Pratik Shukla undertakes multi-institutional, International Knowledge Transfer Partnership and Secondments in India. It was a pleasure...
New Journal Paper Published: "Surface property modifications of silicon carbide ceramic followi
Please see one of my recent papers to be published in the near future. It has taken some effort to see this work through but we finally...


ILAS 2017 Conference Attendance, Session Chairing and Presenting
Dr Shukla along with the his collegues from Coventry University (Laser Engineering and Manufacturing Research Group) attended ILAS2017 in...


A visit to Litron Lasers for conducting Laser Shock Peening Process Control Experiments!
It was a pleasure to visit Litron Lasers Ltd. today in Rugby. I spent the morning with Hans Taylor and Julian Sarkies to help establish...
Dr. Shukla Awarded an International Knowledge Transfer and Partnership Secondments (Inter-KT)
Dr Pratik Shukla was pleased to hear that he was awarded an Inter-KT (Knowledge Transfer) Grant. Inter KT aims to support Coventry...