Feature Paper Collection of "Advancements in Metal Additive Manufacturing"

Dear Colleagues,

Additive manufacturing has gained worldwide interest and seen significant growth in recent years in the number of applications and revenues. Among the additive manufacturing processes, metal additive manufacturing is the most rapidly growing sector. This Special Issue aims to collect various advances in metal additive manufacturing processes, including, but not limited to, fusion-based processes such as laser powder bed fusion, directed energy deposition, electron beam melting, and binder jet printing; as well as non-fusion-based processes such as cold spray, friction stir additive manufacturing and ultrasonic additive manufacturing. Works examining novel applications, in-process monitoring and control, physics-based predictive modeling, data-driven approaches and novel system-level design and implementation are all welcome for this Special Issue. In addition, all submissions on additive manufacturing of multi-materials combining metals and non-metals will be favorably considered.

Dr. Hany Hassanin
Prof. Dr. Leszek Adam Dobrzanski
Prof. Dr. Yung C. Shin
Prof. Dr. Lai-Chang Zhang
Guest Editors

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