Karolien Kempen

5.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
19 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Karolien Kempen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karolien Kempen has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 14 papers in Automotive Engineering and 5 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karolien Kempen's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (16 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (14 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (7 papers). Karolien Kempen is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (16 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (14 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (7 papers). Karolien Kempen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium. Karolien Kempen's co-authors include Jean‐Pierre Kruth, Lore Thijs, Jan Van Humbeeck, J. Van Humbeeck, Evren Yasa, Sam Buls, Stijn Clijsters, Tom Craeghs, J.-P. Kruth and Bey Vrancken and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Additive manufacturing and The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

In The Last Decade

Karolien Kempen

19 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Fine-structured aluminium products with controllable texture by selective laser melting of pre-alloyed AlSi10Mg powder

2012 1.6k citations Lore Thijs, Karolien Kempen et al. Acta Materialia profile →
Mechanical Properties of AlSi10Mg Produced by Selective Laser Melting

2012 677 citations Karolien Kempen, Lore Thijs et al. Physics Procedia profile →
Microstructure and mechanical properties of Selective Laser Melted 18Ni-300 steel

2011 456 citations Karolien Kempen, Evren Yasa et al. Physics Procedia profile →
In situ quality control of the selective laser melting process using a high-speed, real-time melt pool monitoring system

2014 360 citations Stijn Clijsters, Tom Craeghs et al. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karolien Kempen Belgium	14	4.2k	3.1k	441	356	301	19	4.3k
Kamran Mumtaz United Kingdom	20	3.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	276 0.6×	440 1.2×	164 0.5×	44	3.2k
Aref Yadollahi United States	16	4.1k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	451 1.0×	623 1.8×	221 0.7×	33	4.4k
Jarred C. Heigel United States	22	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	321 0.7×	362 1.0×	183 0.6×	46	2.5k
Tien T. Roehling United States	13	3.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	170 0.4×	601 1.7×	328 1.1×	19	3.2k
Chunlei Qiu United Kingdom	26	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	195 0.4×	1.0k 2.9×	291 1.0×	36	3.9k
Mohsen Seifi United States	23	3.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	323 0.7×	881 2.5×	513 1.7×	42	3.6k
Luke Parry United Kingdom	8	2.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	162 0.4×	275 0.8×	232 0.8×	10	2.5k
Andrés Gasser Germany	35	3.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	256 0.6×	455 1.3×	571 1.9×	96	3.7k
Andrew J. Pinkerton United Kingdom	35	3.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	279 0.6×	463 1.3×	345 1.1×	102	3.8k
Tom Craeghs Belgium	20	4.3k 1.0×	3.0k 1.0×	812 1.8×	835 2.3×	98 0.3×	36	4.6k

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Metelková, Jitka, Yannis Kinds, Karolien Kempen, et al.. (2018). On the influence of laser defocusing in Selective Laser Melting of 316L. Additive manufacturing. 23. 161–169. 185 indexed citations

Xiong, Yi, et al.. (2017). Time-Optimal Scan Path Planning Based on Analysis of Sliced Geometry. Lirias (KU Leuven). 6 indexed citations

Qian, Jun, Karolien Kempen, Frank Welkenhuyzen, et al.. (2015). Manufacturing of µIM Mould Inserts with AMed Cooling Channels. 558–561. 1 indexed citations

Kempen, Karolien. (2015). Expanding the Materials Palette for Selective Laser Melting of Metals. 18 indexed citations

Vrancken, Bey, Karolien Kempen, Lore Thijs, Jean‐Pierre Kruth, & Jan Van Humbeeck. (2014). Adapted heat treatment of Selective Laser Melted materials. Lirias (KU Leuven). 3 indexed citations

Kempen, Karolien, Lore Thijs, J. Van Humbeeck, & Jean‐Pierre Kruth. (2014). Processing AlSi10Mg by selective laser melting: Parameter optimisation and material characterisation. Materials Science and Technology. 31(8). 917–923. 335 indexed citations

Mertens, Raya, Stijn Clijsters, Karolien Kempen, & Jean‐Pierre Kruth. (2014). Optimization of Scan Strategies in Selective Laser Melting of Aluminum Parts With Downfacing Areas. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 136(6). 124 indexed citations

Clijsters, Stijn, Tom Craeghs, Sam Buls, Karolien Kempen, & J.-P. Kruth. (2014). In situ quality control of the selective laser melting process using a high-speed, real-time melt pool monitoring system. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 75(5-8). 1089–1101. 360 indexed citations breakdown →

Kempen, Karolien, Bey Vrancken, Sam Buls, et al.. (2014). Selective Laser Melting of Crack-Free High Density M2 High Speed Steel Parts by Baseplate Preheating. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 136(6). 249 indexed citations

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Kempen, Karolien, Frank Welkenhuyzen, Jun Qian, & Jean‐Pierre Kruth. (2014). Dimensional accuracy of internal channels in SLM produced parts. Lirias (KU Leuven). 12 indexed citations

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Buls, Sam, Tom Craeghs, Stijn Clijsters, & Karolien Kempen. (2013). The Influence of a Dynamically Optimized Galvano Based Laser Scanner on the Total Scan Time of SLM Parts. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 4 indexed citations

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Kempen, Karolien, Lore Thijs, Bey Vrancken, et al.. (2013). Producing Crack-Free, High Density M2 HSS Parts by Selective Laser Melting: Pre-Heating the Baseplate. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 43 indexed citations

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Kempen, Karolien, Bey Vrancken, Lore Thijs, et al.. (2013). Lowering thermal gradients in Selective Laser melting by pre-heating the baseplate. Lirias (KU Leuven). 29 indexed citations

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Kempen, Karolien, Lore Thijs, J. Van Humbeeck, & Jean‐Pierre Kruth. (2012). Mechanical Properties of AlSi10Mg Produced by Selective Laser Melting. Physics Procedia. 39. 439–446. 677 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thijs, Lore, Karolien Kempen, Jean‐Pierre Kruth, & Jan Van Humbeeck. (2012). Fine-structured aluminium products with controllable texture by selective laser melting of pre-alloyed AlSi10Mg powder. Acta Materialia. 61(5). 1809–1819. 1608 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kempen, Karolien, et al.. (2011). MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION FOR SELECTIVE LASER MELTING OF AlSi10Mg. Lirias (KU Leuven). 30 indexed citations

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Kempen, Karolien, et al.. (2011). Process Optimization and Microstructural Analysis for Selective Laser Melting of AlSi10Mg. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 118 indexed citations

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Kempen, Karolien, Evren Yasa, Lore Thijs, Jean‐Pierre Kruth, & J. Van Humbeeck. (2011). Microstructure and mechanical properties of Selective Laser Melted 18Ni-300 steel. Physics Procedia. 12. 255–263. 456 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yasa, Evren, Karolien Kempen, & Jean‐Pierre Kruth. (2010). Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Maraging Steel 300 After Selective Laser Melting. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 75 indexed citations

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