The center for advanced laser manufacturing (CALM) of Shandong University of technology was established in December 2018, with advanced international scientific research team. The team consists of National Key Talent, Taishan Scholars, Leading talents of Taishan Scholars, Young experts of Taishan Scholars, and other high-level talents. Relying on the first-class discipline of Mechanical Engineering in Shandong Province, the CALM mainly focuses on the basic theory of the interaction between laser and new materials, composites, biomaterials and hard & brittle materials, laser material processing technology, multi energy field assisted processing mechanism and system. The research center integrates the functions of basic research theory, key technology development and industrialization, and is committed to the reform and independent innovation of traditional manufacturing technology.

 The research center is located at No. 13 building of Shandong University of technology, with a laboratory area of more than 1000 square meters. At present, there are 26 scientific and technological personnel, including 2 National Key Talent Engineering expert, 1 Taishan Scholar Distinguished expert in Shandong Province and 1 Taishan Industry Leading Talent. 8 professors and associate professors; There are 25 people with doctoral degrees, involving mechanical engineering, materials science, microelectronics, optics and other disciplines. Focusing on high-end laser preparation, the center has rich research experience in the fields of optical glass micro nano devices, optical waveguide devices, biomimetic materials, new nano material preparation, MEMS devices, etc. the center has various laser experimental platforms such as continuous laser, nanosecond pulse laser, picosecond pulse laser, femtosecond pulse laser, etc.

ZHENG Hongyu, director of the CALM, has successively served as a senior scientist of the Singapore Institute of manufacturing technology, an associate professor of the Department of mechanical engineering of the University of New South Wales, Australia, director of the joint precision machining Research Office of Nanyang University of technology, a doctoral supervisor of Nanyang University of technology and chief scientist of the Singapore scientific research bureau. From December 2018, he has served as a distinguished professor and doctoral supervisor of Shandong University of technology, Special assistant to the president, President of School of mechanical engineering, honorary president of Qingdao Research Institute. He was selected as a national key talent engineering expert, a distinguished expert of Taishan Scholars in Shandong Province and a member of the international nano manufacturing society. He has published more than 180 high-level papers, H index 38 and cited more than 4700 times. It won the 2014 Singapore outstanding engineering award, the best mentor award of the Singapore scientific research bureau, and the Zibo Friendship Award in 2019. He has served as the executive director of Shandong Mechanical Engineering Society (since December 2020) and the executive vice president of Zibo Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Education Alliance (since April 2021).

The research center adheres to the people-oriented concept, attaches importance to the construction of advanced science and culture, creates a truth-seeking, open, democratic and cooperative scientific research atmosphere, encourages academic contention, tolerates mistakes and failures, strictly abides by scientific research ethics and the scientific style of seeking truth from facts, resolutely resists academic impetuosity and fraud, and enhances centripetal force and cohesion.

The research center attaches importance to the construction of talent team, strengthens the introduction and training of discipline leaders and young scientific and technological personnel, and sincerely welcomes peer scholars to join and cooperate!