Prof. Kun Li Received the Second Prize of 2025 Chongqing Science and Technology Progress Award

Congratulations to Prof. Kun Li (Chongqing University), the first principal contributor of the awarded project, on winning the Second Prize of the 2025 Chongqing Science and Technology Progress Award; he serves as an Editorial Board Member of MSAM.

The awarded project is entitled “Key Technologies and Applications of Laser Additive Manufacturing for High-Performance Complex Metallic Components of New Energy Vehicles”. This work tackles key bottlenecks in laser additive manufacturing for automotive metallic components and has achieved remarkable industrial application outcomes.

The MSAM team sends our sincere congratulations to Prof. Kun Li and his research team on this well-earned honor!

Prof. Kun Li's Profile: Kun Li, PhD, is a Professor, doctoral and masteral supervisor, and overseas introduced talent at the College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Chongqing University, where he was appointed as a Hongsen Young Scholar Professor in August 2020 and currently serves as Director of the High-Performance Intelligent Additive Manufacturing Laboratory (HπAM) and Deputy Director of the Chongqing Key Laboratory of Metal Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing); he received his B.Eng. in Materials Science and Engineering from Jilin University in 2011 and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2016, previously held a senior research fellow appointment with faculty status at the University of Texas and the University of Pittsburgh in the U.S., focuses his research on additive manufacturing, intelligent 3D net shape forming, AI-enabled intelligent manufacturing and machine learning systems for advanced manufacturing, has presided over multiple high-impact projects from the U.S. NSF, U.S. DOE and China’s NSFC, published over 50 first/corresponding author papers in top international journals including Additive Manufacturing and Small, serves as an Editorial Board Member for journals including Material Sciences in Additive Manufacturing, Rare Metals, Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology, Frontiers in Materials and Micromachines, is a Fellow of ICALEO and a committee member of multiple national academic societies in China, has developed a series of high-performance metal materials and in-situ inspection technologies for laser processing widely applied in aerospace and nuclear power critical component manufacturing, and has received prestigious honors including the Second Prize of 2025 Chongqing Science and Technology Progress Award, the NASA Houston Technology Application Award and the University of Texas Annual Research Fellow Award.