Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Metals, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Metals 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified researcher who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with impressive academic potential.

The award has been granted to:

“Computational and experimental thermo-mechanics of metal additive manufacturing: stress, warpage, cracks and properties” by Xufei Lu, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain.

The winner will receive CHF 800, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Metals in 2023.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate Xufei Lu on his accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses and the Award Committee for voting for and supporting this award.

Prof. Dr. Hugo F. Lopez; Prof. Dr. Yong Zhang
Editor-in-Chief, Metals