Christopher Rock
Associate Research Professor
- Phone: 919.515.6419
- Email: cdrock@ncsu.edu
- Office: 4131D Fitts-Woolard Hall
Chris Rock joined CAMAL in November 2016 after a long and highly productive run at ATI. Rock worked in the areas of nickel product development, new melting technologies, powder metallurgy, additive manufacturing and process modeling. Prior to joining ATI, he was employed at PCC Special Metals in West Virginia as a melt engineer and R&D process engineer.
Research Interests
Christopher Rock’s professional interests include new alloy development for various markets using additive manufacturing, process modeling & development and new sensor technologies for process monitoring.
Education
| Degree | Program | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Materials Science and Engineering | The University of Kentucky | 1997 |
| MSMSE | Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering | The University of Kentucky | 1993 |
| BSMSE | Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering | The University of Kentucky | 1991 |
Discover more about Chris Rock
- CAMAL Applies Multidisciplinary Approach to 3D Printing
- CAMAL Uses 3D-Printing to Create Metallic-Glass Alloys in Bulk
Publications
- Microstructure development and properties of micro-alloyed copper, Cu-0.3Zr-0.15Ag, produced by electron beam additive manufacturing
- Ovalle, D. G., Rock, C., Winkler, C., Hartshorn, D., Barr, C., Cullom, T., … Horn, T. (2023), Materials Characterization, 197, 112675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2023.112675
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion of ODS 14YWT from Gas Atomization Reaction Synthesis Precursor Powders
- Saptarshi, S., DeJong, M., Rock, C., Anderson, I., Napolitano, R., Forrester, J., … Horn, T. (2022, August 2), JOM, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05418-6
- Laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of oxide dispersion strengthened steel using gas atomized reaction synthesis powder
- Horn, T., Rock, C., Kaoumi, D., Anderson, I., White, E., Prost, T., … Darsell, J. (2022), MATERIALS & DESIGN, 216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110574
- Characterization of copper & stainless steel interface produced by electron beam powder bed fusion
- Rock, C., Tarafder, P., Ives, L., & Horn, T. (2021). Characterization of copper & stainless steel interface produced by electron beam powder bed fusion. MATERIALS & DESIGN, 212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110278,
- Cryogenic mechanical alloying of aluminum matrix composites for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
- Hamilton, J. D., Ramesh, S., Harrysson, O. L. A., Rock, C. D., & Rivero, I. V. (2021), JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS, 55(5), 641–651. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998320957698
- Electron Beam Melting of Niobium Alloys from Blended Powders
- Hankwitz, J. P., Ledford, C., Rock, C., O'Dell, S., & Horn, T. J. (2021), MATERIALS, 14(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14195536
- Processing of tungsten through electron beam melting *
- Ellis, E. A. I., Sprayberry, M. A., Ledford, C., Hankwitz, J. P., Kirka, M. M., Rock, C. D., … Dehoff, R. R. (2021), JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, 555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2021.153041
- Quasi-Static Tensile Properties of Unalloyed Copper Produced by Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
- Tarafder, P., Rock, C., & Horn, T. (2021), MATERIALS, 14(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14112932
- The Influence of Powder Reuse on the Properties of Nickel Super Alloy ATI 718 (TM) in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
- Rock, C., Ledford, C., Garcia-Avila, M., West, H., Miller, V. M., Pankow, M., … Horn, T. (2021), METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS B-PROCESS METALLURGY AND MATERIALS PROCESSING SCIENCE, 52(2), 676–688. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-020-02040-2
- Additive Manufacturing of Pure Mo and Mo plus TiC MMC Alloy by Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion
- Rock, C., Lara-Curzio, E., Ellis, B., Ledford, C., Leonard, D. N., Kannan, R., … Horn, T. (2020), JOM, 72(12), 4202–4213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04442-8
