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 |
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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
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110278,
- Electron Beam Melting of Niobium Alloys from Blended Powders
- Hankwitz, J. P., Ledford, C., Rock, C., O'Dell, S., & Horn, T. J. (2021), MATERIALS. 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. 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. 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. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04442-8
- Analysis of Self-Organized Patterned Surface Oxide Spots on Ejected Spatter Produced during Laser Powder Bed Fusion
- Rock, C., Vadlakonda, R., Figurskey, S., Ledford, C., West, H., Miller, V., … Horn, T. (2020), Additive Manufacturing, 35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101320
- 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. (2020), JOURNAL OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021998320957698
- Real time monitoring of electron emissions during electron beam powder bed fusion for arbitrary geometries and toolpaths
- Ledford, C., Tung, M., Rock, C., & Horn, T. (2020), ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2020.101365
- Characteristics and Processing of Hydrogen-Treated Copper Powders for EB-PBF Additive Manufacturing
- Ledford, C., Rock, C., Carriere, P., Frigola, P., Gamzina, D., & Horn, T. (2019), APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, 9(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/app9193993
