Christopher Saldaña

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Christopher Saldaña is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Saldaña has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 42 papers in Automotive Engineering and 36 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christopher Saldaña's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (51 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (39 papers) and Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (26 papers). Christopher Saldaña is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (51 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (39 papers) and Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (26 papers). Christopher Saldaña collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Spain. Christopher Saldaña's co-authors include Srinivasan Chandrasekar, W. Dale Compton, Yang Guo, Tejas G. Murthy, Thomas R. Kurfess, James B. Mann, John Miers, Rachid M’Saoubi, Francisco Javier Quintero Cortes and Thomas S. Marchese and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Saldaña

128 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Linking void and interphase evolution to electrochemistry... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
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  1. Linking void and interphase evolution to electrochemistry in solid-state batteries using operando X-ray tomography
    2021 322 citations John A. Lewis, Francisco Javier Quintero Cortes et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers

Christopher Saldaña
Neelesh Kumar Jain India
Yancheng Zhang China
Adem Çıçek Türkiye
Patrick Kwon United States
Alborz Shokrani United Kingdom
Yi Wan China
Nikolaos M. Vaxevanidis Greece
Brian K. Paul United States
Garret E. O’Donnell Ireland
Leila Ladani United States
Neelesh Kumar Jain India
Christopher Saldaña
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Saldaña

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher Saldaña. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher Saldaña based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher Saldaña. Christopher Saldaña is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fu, Katherine, et al.. (2025). Characterization and prediction of the electromechanical wear of contact tips during wire arc additive manufacturing of 316L stainless steel. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 141. 1463–1474. 1 indexed citations
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Saldaña, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Internal and external influences on role stereotype adherence and gender dynamics on engineering design teams. International Journal of STEM Education. 12(1).
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Huggins, William J., et al.. (2025). Unit cell manufacture by blown powder directed energy deposition. Manufacturing Letters. 44. 28–32. 1 indexed citations
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Flamm, Jason, et al.. (2024). Digital bead modeling for wire-arc directed energy deposition. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 129. 109–121.
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Saldaña, Christopher, et al.. (2024). On the nature and causes of spatter redistribution in laser powder bed fusion. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 127. 531–544. 6 indexed citations
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Saldaña, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Failure Initiation Point Control in Blown Powder Directed Energy Deposition. 1 indexed citations
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Feldhausen, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Effects of lead and lean in multi-axis directed energy deposition. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 125(11-12). 5119–5134. 4 indexed citations
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Saldaña, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Vision-based localization for cooperative robot-CNC hybrid manufacturing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 126(1-2). 241–258. 8 indexed citations
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Saldaña, Christopher, et al.. (2023). In-Situ Detection and Prediction of WAAM Cross Feature Geometry. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, John A., Francisco Javier Quintero Cortes, Yuhgene Liu, et al.. (2021). Linking void and interphase evolution to electrochemistry in solid-state batteries using operando X-ray tomography. Nature Materials. 20(4). 503–510. 322 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moore, David G., et al.. (2019). Nanofocus X-ray computed tomography and ultrasonic inspection of barely visible impact damage in carbon fiber reinforced polymers. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations
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Lynn, Roby, et al.. (2018). Enhancing Undergraduate Understanding of Subtractive Manufacturability through Virtualized Simulation of CNC Machining. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 1 indexed citations
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Kurfess, Thomas R., et al.. (2018). Multi-Axis Voxel-Based CNC Machining of Centrifugal Compressor Assemblies. 1–10. 5 indexed citations
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Melkote, Shreyes N., Wit Grzesik, J.C. Outeiro, et al.. (2017). Advances in material and friction data for modelling of metal machining. CIRP Annals. 66(2). 731–754. 232 indexed citations
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Kumaraguru, Senthilkumaran, Sanjay Jain, Stefanie L. Robinson, et al.. (2017). A Classification Scheme for Smart Manufacturing Systems’ Performance Metrics. PubMed. 1(1). 52–75. 25 indexed citations
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Basu, Saurabh, et al.. (2016). Modified cavity expansion formulation for circular indentation and experimental validation. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 97-98. 129–136. 12 indexed citations
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Saldaña, Christopher, et al.. (2015). Deformation field evolution in indentation of a porous brittle solid. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 66. 35–45. 10 indexed citations
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M’Saoubi, Rachid, T. Larsson, J.C. Outeiro, et al.. (2012). Surface integrity analysis of machined Inconel 718 over multiple length scales. CIRP Annals. 61(1). 99–102. 118 indexed citations

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