Todd E. Sparks

1.2k total citations
61 papers, 648 citations indexed

About

Todd E. Sparks is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Todd E. Sparks has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 648 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 27 papers in Automotive Engineering and 25 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Todd E. Sparks's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (36 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (27 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (21 papers). Todd E. Sparks is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (36 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (27 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (21 papers). Todd E. Sparks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Thailand and China. Todd E. Sparks's co-authors include Frank Liou, Jianzhong Ruan, Lan Ren, Joseph William Newkirk, Renwei Liu, Heng Pan, Heng Liu, Sreekar Karnati, Lie Tang and Kunnayut Eiamsa-ard and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Materials and SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series.

In The Last Decade

Todd E. Sparks

54 papers receiving 617 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Todd E. Sparks United States 14 502 399 220 71 53 61 648
Jon Iñaki Arrizubieta Spain 17 771 1.5× 406 1.0× 127 0.6× 88 1.2× 107 2.0× 61 862
Zackary Snow United States 10 613 1.2× 431 1.1× 173 0.8× 59 0.8× 57 1.1× 16 706
Nachiket Patil United States 11 689 1.4× 475 1.2× 159 0.7× 93 1.3× 34 0.6× 18 787
Matthieu Rauch France 16 595 1.2× 234 0.6× 322 1.5× 148 2.1× 131 2.5× 46 753
Paweł Zmarzły Poland 14 280 0.6× 209 0.5× 134 0.6× 32 0.5× 59 1.1× 38 425
Zicheng Zhu United Kingdom 11 846 1.7× 637 1.6× 373 1.7× 23 0.3× 60 1.1× 14 1.1k
Tobias Kamps Germany 14 582 1.2× 416 1.0× 182 0.8× 23 0.3× 42 0.8× 25 692
Ahmad Aminzadeh Canada 12 257 0.5× 142 0.4× 101 0.5× 42 0.6× 71 1.3× 28 434
Marek Kočiško Slovakia 11 250 0.5× 149 0.4× 158 0.7× 44 0.6× 68 1.3× 87 602
Corey J. Dickman United States 11 431 0.9× 398 1.0× 198 0.9× 51 0.7× 19 0.4× 19 550

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All Works

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Sparks, Todd E., et al.. (2025). Oxidation–Reduction of Ti-6Al-4V in Direct Energy Deposition Subject to Minimum Argon Consumption. Applied Sciences. 15(4). 2247–2247.
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Sparks, Todd E., et al.. (2025). A unified unresolved/semi-resolved ALE-VMS-DEM framework for flow–particle interaction with applications to powder dynamics modeling in additive manufacturing. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 445. 118178–118178. 1 indexed citations
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Sparks, Todd E., et al.. (2024). Machine Vision to Provide Quantitative Analysis of Meltpool Stability for a Coaxial Wire Directed Energy Deposition Process. Materials. 17(21). 5311–5311. 3 indexed citations
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Sparks, Todd E., et al.. (2024). Effects of Laser Defocusing on Bead Geometry in Coaxial Titanium Wire-Based Laser Metal Deposition. Materials. 17(4). 889–889. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhiyuan, et al.. (2016). Industrial Robot Trajectory Stiffness Mapping for Hybrid Manufacturing Process. 3(1). 28–39. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Renwei, et al.. (2016). Large-Scale Deposition System by an Industrial Robot (I): Design of Fused Pellet Modeling System and Extrusion Process Analysis. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 3(1). 39–47. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhiyuan, Renwei Liu, Todd E. Sparks, & Frank Liou. (2016). Realisation of robot ink deposition on a curved surface. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. 53(2). 183–183. 2 indexed citations
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Karnati, Sreekar, Todd E. Sparks, Frank Liou, et al.. (2015). Laser Metal Deposition of Functionally Gradient Materials from Elemental Copper and Nickel Powders. 789. 7 indexed citations
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Sparks, Todd E., et al.. (2014). Multi-axis tool path generation for surface finish machining of a rapid manufacturing process. International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing. 4(1). 66–66. 6 indexed citations
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Karnati, Sreekar, et al.. (2013). Vision-based Process Monitoring for Laser Metal Deposition Processes. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 16 indexed citations
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Tang, Lie, Jianzhong Ruan, Todd E. Sparks, Robert G. Landers, & Frank Liou. (2009). Layer-to-layer height control of Laser Metal Deposition processes. 5582–5587. 15 indexed citations
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Liou, Frank, et al.. (2009). Fuel Cell Development using Additive Manufacturing Technologies - A Review. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 686. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2008). Microstructural Characterization of Diode Laser Deposited Ti-6Al-4V. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 110. 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Lan, Todd E. Sparks, Jianzhong Ruan, & Frank Liou. (2008). Process planning strategies for solid freeform fabrication of metal parts. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 27(4). 158–165. 57 indexed citations
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Ruan, Jianzhong, et al.. (2006). Automated Slicing for a Multiaxis Metal Deposition System. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 129(2). 303–310. 37 indexed citations
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Ruan, Jianzhong, et al.. (2006). A Review of Layer Based Manufacturing Processes for Metals. Texas Digital Library (University of Texas). 21 indexed citations
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Pan, Heng, et al.. (2005). The Investigation of Gravity-Driven Metal Powder Flow in Coaxial Nozzle for Laser-Aided Direct Metal Deposition Process. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 128(2). 541–553. 72 indexed citations

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