Mehmet Esat Aydinöz, a Ph.D. student of the Chair of Materials Science (LWK) and Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC), was awarded with the “Prize of the University Association Paderborn for international students 2015” at the New Year’s reception of the Paderborn University on 17 January 2016. Mr. Aydinöz is completing his thesis research with the topic “Nickel based alloys processed by selective laser melting” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mirko Schaper, Head of LWK as well as affiliated faculty member in the DMRC. We are happy to congratulate our good colleague for his academic achievements and his social engagement. Congratulations!