Christopher Ledford

510 total citations
20 papers, 370 citations indexed

About

Christopher Ledford is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Ledford has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 370 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Automotive Engineering and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christopher Ledford's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (13 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (9 papers) and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (4 papers). Christopher Ledford is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (13 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (9 papers) and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (4 papers). Christopher Ledford collaborates with scholars based in United States. Christopher Ledford's co-authors include Tim Horn, Michael Kirka, Christopher Rock, Diana Gamzina, Andrés Márquez Rossy, Patxi Fernandez-Zelaia, Donovan N. Leonard, P. Frigola, Liwei Lin and Ryan Dehoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Materials Science and Engineering A and Materials.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Ledford

19 papers receiving 350 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Ledford United States 12 315 166 81 45 26 20 370
Y. Krimer United States 9 351 1.1× 169 1.0× 126 1.6× 52 1.2× 16 0.6× 12 424
Ralf Guschlbauer Germany 6 413 1.3× 296 1.8× 81 1.0× 25 0.6× 42 1.6× 7 466
Shuohong Gao China 9 366 1.2× 190 1.1× 51 0.6× 16 0.4× 15 0.6× 16 395
Yaojie Wen China 11 318 1.0× 177 1.1× 63 0.8× 17 0.4× 11 0.4× 17 357
Sörn Ocylok Germany 7 420 1.3× 206 1.2× 56 0.7× 24 0.5× 24 0.9× 10 462
Guanghao Gong China 5 252 0.8× 110 0.7× 69 0.9× 15 0.3× 88 3.4× 7 345
Christoph Türk Austria 11 376 1.2× 103 0.6× 123 1.5× 45 1.0× 6 0.2× 34 394
Edmund H. Moore United States 3 334 1.1× 145 0.9× 122 1.5× 16 0.4× 12 0.5× 6 349
Cheng-Han Yu Sweden 7 287 0.9× 118 0.7× 94 1.2× 12 0.3× 9 0.3× 11 333
Atabak Rahimzadeh Italy 10 264 0.8× 73 0.4× 111 1.4× 13 0.3× 20 0.8× 11 321

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All Works

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Thapliyal, Saket, Saro San, Sébastien Dryepondt, et al.. (2025). Unveiling Atomistic Mechanisms Governing Additive Manufacturing Processability and Mechanical Behavior of a Refractory Complex Concentrated Alloy. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(24). 1 indexed citations
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Thapliyal, Saket, Jessika V. Rojas, Sébastien Dryepondt, et al.. (2025). Microstructural heterogeneities in additively manufactured refractory alloy C103 and their implications for room and elevated temperature mechanical behavior. Materials Science and Engineering A. 940. 148520–148520. 1 indexed citations
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Ledford, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Microstructure and high temperature properties of tungsten processed via electron beam melting additive manufacturing. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 113. 106148–106148. 27 indexed citations
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Thole, Karen A., et al.. (2023). Impacts of Superalloys on the Surface Quality of Additively Manufactured Channels. 1 indexed citations
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Fernandez-Zelaia, Patxi, et al.. (2022). Mechanical Behavior of Additively Manufactured Molybdenum and Fabrication of Microtextured Composites. JOM. 74(9). 3316–3328. 8 indexed citations
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Fernandez-Zelaia, Patxi, et al.. (2022). Austenitic parent grain reconstruction in martensitic steel using deep learning. Materials Characterization. 185. 111759–111759. 11 indexed citations
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Ledford, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Processing of tungsten through electron beam melting. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 555. 153041–153041. 49 indexed citations
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Fernandez-Zelaia, Patxi, et al.. (2021). Crystallographic texture evolution in electron beam melting additive manufacturing of pure Molybdenum. Materials & Design. 207. 109809–109809. 52 indexed citations
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Gamzina, Diana, et al.. (2021). Outgassing of Electron Beam Printed Copper. 1–2. 3 indexed citations
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Ledford, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Electron Beam Melting of Niobium Alloys from Blended Powders. Materials. 14(19). 5536–5536. 16 indexed citations
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Rock, Christopher, Christopher Ledford, Harvey West, et al.. (2021). The Influence of Powder Reuse on the Properties of Nickel Super Alloy ATI 718™ in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 52(2). 676–688. 18 indexed citations
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Rock, Christopher, Edgar Lara‐Curzio, Christopher Ledford, et al.. (2020). Additive Manufacturing of Pure Mo and Mo + TiC MMC Alloy by Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion. JOM. 72(12). 4202–4213. 21 indexed citations
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Ledford, Christopher, et al.. (2020). Real time monitoring of electron emissions during electron beam powder bed fusion for arbitrary geometries and toolpaths. Additive manufacturing. 34. 101365–101365. 27 indexed citations
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Rock, Christopher, Christopher Ledford, Harvey West, et al.. (2020). Analysis of Self-Organized Patterned Surface Oxide Spots on Ejected Spatter Produced during Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Additive manufacturing. 35. 101320–101320. 8 indexed citations
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Gamzina, Diana, M. Kozina, Apurva Mehta, et al.. (2019). Copper Reconsidered: Material Innovations to Transform Vacuum Electronics. 1–2. 10 indexed citations
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Ledford, Christopher, et al.. (2019). Characteristics and Processing of Hydrogen-Treated Copper Powders for EB-PBF Additive Manufacturing. Applied Sciences. 9(19). 3993–3993. 35 indexed citations
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White, Emma, et al.. (2019). Processing of Alnico Magnets by Additive Manufacturing. Applied Sciences. 9(22). 4843–4843. 28 indexed citations
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Horn, Tim, Ilbey Karakurt, Christopher Ledford, et al.. (2018). Additively manufactured WR-10 copper waveguide. 409–410. 16 indexed citations
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Karakurt, Ilbey, Christopher Ledford, Diana Gamzina, et al.. (2018). Development of a magnetically driven abrasive polishing process for additively manufactured copper structures. Procedia Manufacturing. 26. 798–805. 26 indexed citations
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Gamzina, Diana, N.C. Luhmann, Christopher Ledford, et al.. (2017). Additive vacuum electronics: Electron beam melting of copper. 1–2. 12 indexed citations

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