Albert E. Segall, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics, has been invited to present a paper titled “New Way of Laser Machining Ceramics: The Micro-Manipulation of Stress-States and Fracture-Paths using Dual Beams,” at the 10th International European Ceramic Society (ECerS) Congress, Berlin, Germany, scheduled for June 17-21, 2007. The paper has been co-authored with graduate students R. Akarapu*, G. Cai*, S. Pullford*, and P. Brugan