There is a considerable amount of work that can and should be done to make
laboratory
automation more effective and successful. For managers, that can translate into
lower
costs and higher productivity.

My interest is in stimulating a discussion about advancing the practice of
laboratory
automation.

In the June 2006 issue of the JALA (vol 11, num 3, pgs 157-162), and editorial
titled "Are
you a Laboratory Automation Engineer?" provided an argument for the development
of a
discipline of Laboratory Automation Engineering to improve the practice of
laboratory
automation and stimulate the development of an engineering discipline,
educational
courses, methodologies, and knowledge bases.

Supplementary material has been posted at
"http://www.delphinusdesign.com/lae-weblog/lae/LAEoverview.htm"
with a web-log at "http://www.delphinusdesign.com/lae-weblog/."

I'm looking for comments, opinions, discussion, points-of-view on the subject of
developing this engineering discipline, as well as some of the technology
development
proposed including "Lights-out Lab Automation". I'd appreciate hearing from
you.

thanks for your time,
joe liscouski