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Dr Pratik Shukla is a chartered engineer (CEng) and has over 18 years of experience in laser material processing and related phenomena. He has published widely in this field, with 50 international peer-reviewed journal papers, as well as numerous conference and magazine articles, book chapters and patents. Dr. Shukla worked as a manufacturing engineer in aerospace/industrial turbine blade manufacturing and have held various academic positions in UK and abroad before commencing at Coventry University as a senior lecturer in manufacturing engineering. He is currently at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), as a Senior Research Engineer in Laser Processing. He is also an Editor-in-Chief of the "International Journal of Peening Science and Technology" and a founding director of Bright-Beams Laser Technology Ltd. He has a strong track record in attracting both industry and government funding over a million GBP and has created impact through commercialising technology from low to high TRLs.
