Prof. Wei Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2005 and an Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Tongji University in 2012, and then received his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2017 and 2018, respectively. His main research focuses are on additive manufacturing, 3D printing, onsite repair and re-manufacturing with AM processes, and the fabrication and characterization of customized alloys with multi-materials.