Brandon McWilliams

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
100 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Brandon McWilliams is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brandon McWilliams has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 18 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brandon McWilliams's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (54 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (36 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (27 papers). Brandon McWilliams is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (54 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (36 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (27 papers). Brandon McWilliams collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Brandon McWilliams's co-authors include Marko Knežević, Kyu Cho, Yongho Sohn, Rajiv S. Mishra, Le Zhou, S.S. Nene, Abhishek Mehta, Holden Hyer, Irene J. Beyerlein and M. Frank and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Scientific Reports and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Brandon McWilliams

97 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Machine Learning in Additive Manufacturing: A Review

2020 320 citations Brandon McWilliams et al. profile →
Microstructure, precipitates and hardness of selectively laser melted AlSi10Mg alloy before and after heat treatment

2018 246 citations Le Zhou, Abhishek Mehta et al. Materials Characterization profile →
Corrosion-resistant high entropy alloy with high strength and ductility

2019 211 citations S.S. Nene, M. Frank et al. Scripta Materialia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brandon McWilliams United States	36	4.1k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	651	100	4.6k
Guillermo Requena Germany	37	3.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	929 0.8×	180 0.3×	147	4.4k
Ming Gao China	47	7.8k 1.9×	2.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	458 0.7×	201	8.3k
Aijun Huang Australia	41	4.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.7×	701 0.6×	137 0.2×	189	5.3k
Sanbao Lin China	40	5.1k 1.2×	570 0.4×	952 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	194 0.3×	221	5.6k
Xiaopeng Li China	36	3.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	567 0.5×	129 0.2×	149	4.6k
R.M. Miranda Portugal	43	5.2k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	600 0.5×	151 0.2×	137	6.2k
Nong Gao United Kingdom	50	5.6k 1.4×	659 0.5×	4.1k 3.3×	1.8k 1.6×	914 1.4×	162	6.5k
Huaming Wang China	37	4.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	581 0.5×	107 0.2×	213	4.8k
Kenong Xia Australia	34	3.8k 0.9×	738 0.6×	2.8k 2.2×	679 0.6×	643 1.0×	137	4.6k
Shengchuan Wu China	43	4.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	814 0.7×	146 0.2×	182	5.7k

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Zou, Zhiyi, Brandon McWilliams, Brady G. Butler, et al.. (2025). Isolating the influence of residual stress on tensile behaviour of laser-based powder bed fusion Ti alloys via mechanical stress relief. Additive Manufacturing Letters. 15. 100336–100336.

Haridas, Ravi Sankar, et al.. (2025). SS316/CCA laminated metal composite fabricated by additive friction stir deposition: Microstructure and mechanical properties. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 35. 2676–2692. 1 indexed citations

Singh, Amit Kumar, et al.. (2025). Columnar-to-equiaxed transition in laser fusion additive manufacturing. Scripta Materialia. 259. 116565–116565. 9 indexed citations

Zou, Zhiyi, et al.. (2025). Development of low-cost Ti alloys with a balanced strength and ductility with generation of ultra-fine microstructures. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1030. 180786–180786. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Jian, et al.. (2025). AlSi10Mg plate-lattice structures fabricated by laser powder bed fusion exhibiting high specific energy absorption. Materials & Design. 257. 114395–114395. 1 indexed citations

McWilliams, Brandon, et al.. (2024). Fatigue strength of an ultra-high strength low alloy steel fabricated via laser powder bed fusion. Materials Science and Engineering A. 896. 146269–146269. 13 indexed citations

Huynh, Thinh, et al.. (2024). Flaw type and build orientation dependent tensile and creep strength of 316L stainless steel fabricated via laser powder bed fusion. Materials Science and Engineering A. 922. 147671–147671. 1 indexed citations

Dhal, Abhijeet, et al.. (2024). Heterogenous phase evolution and mechanical response in additively manufactured low alloy martensitic steel processed via laser-directed energy deposition. Materials & Design. 243. 113060–113060. 6 indexed citations

Dhal, Abhijeet, et al.. (2024). Synergistic enhancement of strength and ductility in novel solid-stir continuous extrusion: Influence of heterogeneous microstructure and alloy chemistry. Materials Science and Engineering A. 901. 146534–146534. 2 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Rajarshi, Brandon McWilliams, Kyu Cho, et al.. (2024). Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for composition monitoring during directed energy deposition of graded Fe-Ni alloys. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 132(7-8). 3877–3888. 4 indexed citations

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Savage, Daniel J., et al.. (2023). Evolution of microstructure and strength of a high entropy alloy undergoing the strain-induced martensitic transformation. Materials Science and Engineering A. 887. 145754–145754. 11 indexed citations

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Haridas, Ravi Sankar, Sanya Gupta, K. Kandasamy, et al.. (2023). Solid Stir Extrusion: Innovating friction stir technology for continuous extrusion process. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 316. 117952–117952. 21 indexed citations

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Mehta, Abhishek, Thinh Huynh, Marko Knežević, et al.. (2023). Additive manufacturing of Al18Co30Cr10Fe10Ni32 high entropy alloy by gas atomization and laser powder bed fusion. Materials Letters. 350. 134942–134942. 15 indexed citations

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Hyer, Holden, Le Zhou, Abhishek Mehta, et al.. (2021). Composition-dependent solidification cracking of aluminum-silicon alloys during laser powder bed fusion. Acta Materialia. 208. 116698–116698. 146 indexed citations

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Tertuliano, Ottman A., et al.. (2021). A critical look at the prediction of the temperature field around a laser-induced melt pool on metallic substrates. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 12224–12224. 17 indexed citations

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Agrawal, Priyanshi, Saket Thapliyal, S.S. Nene, et al.. (2020). Excellent strength-ductility synergy in metastable high entropy alloy by laser powder bed additive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing. 32. 101098–101098. 106 indexed citations

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Gobert, Christian, et al.. (2020). Porosity segmentation in X-ray computed tomography scans of metal additively manufactured specimens with machine learning. Additive manufacturing. 36. 101460–101460. 54 indexed citations

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Zhou, Le, et al.. (2018). Microstructure, precipitates and hardness of selectively laser melted AlSi10Mg alloy before and after heat treatment. Materials Characterization. 143. 5–17. 246 indexed citations breakdown →

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McWilliams, Brandon, et al.. (2018). High strain rate compressive deformation behavior of an additively manufactured stainless steel. Additive manufacturing. 24. 432–439. 12 indexed citations

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Nene, S.S., et al.. (2018). Extremely high strength and work hardening ability in a metastable high entropy alloy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9920–9920. 138 indexed citations

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