M. Sc. Mehmet Esat Aydin?z has successfully passed his doctoral examination with his thesis on ?Microstructural and mechanical properties of laser melted Inconel 718 Nickel-based superalloy“, on November 30, 2018. The doctoral committee, consisting of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. M. Schaper, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. T. Tr?ster, Prof. Dr.-Ing. V. Sch?ppner and Jun.-Prof. I. Horwath was convinced of the dissertation and congratulated the new Dr.-Ing.