In 2003-04 he was a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the Oita University, Japan. In 2006 he was a Visiting Professor in McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. His research concerns laser applications to micromachining, laser flow diagnostics (PIV) and laser spectroscopy. He has co-authored 40 refereed papers and presented more than 120 conference papers on these topics.