Christopher Rock
Manager for Outreach and Customer Support
- Phone: 919.515.6419
- Email: [email protected]
- Office: 4131 Fitts-Woolard Hall
Chris Rock joined CAMAL in November 2016 after a long and highly productive run at ATI. Rock worked in the areas of nickel product development, new melting technologies, powder metallurgy, additive manufacturing and process modeling. Prior to joining ATI, he was employed at PCC Special Metals in West Virginia as a melt engineer and R&D process engineer.
Research Interests
Christopher Rock’s professional interests include new alloy development for various markets using additive manufacturing, process modeling & development and new sensor technologies for process monitoring.
Education
| Degree | Program | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Materials Science and Engineering | The University of Kentucky | 1997 |
| MSMSE | Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering | The University of Kentucky | 1993 |
| BSMSE | Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering | The University of Kentucky | 1991 |
Discover more about Chris Rock
- Rock and Fellow Researchers Awarded $3 Million to Design Revolutionary Materials
- CAMAL Applies Multidisciplinary Approach to 3D Printing
- CAMAL Uses 3D-Printing to Create Metallic-Glass Alloys in Bulk
Publications
- Characteristics of Immiscible Alloy Systems Using Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Spatial Statistics
- Moody, K., Maher, C. E., Gwalani, B., & Rock, C. (2026, January 1), The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series, Vol. 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-35176-0_16
- Chemistry effects on ODS steel consolidated via laser powder bed fusion from GARS powder
- deJong, M., Saptarshi, S., Anderson, I., Tiarks, J., Parish, C., Carter, M., … Kaoumi, D. (2025, May 6), Materials Characterization, Vol. 225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2025.115141
- Electrical transport in tunably disordered metamaterials
- Obrero, C., Tirfe, M., Lee, C., Saptarshi, S., Rock, C., Daniels, K. E., & Newhall, K. A. (2025), Physical Review E, 112(3). https://doi.org/10.1103/6bph-n6zj
- Additive Manufacturing for RF Products
- Ives, L., Marsden, D., Collins, G., Horn, T., & Rock, C. (2024, April 23), 2024 JOINT INTERNATIONAL VACUUM ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE AND INTERNATIONAL VACUUM ELECTRON SOURCES CONFERENCE, IVEC + IVESC 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/ivecivesc60838.2024.10694865
- 1.5 MW CW RF Loads for Gyrotrons
- Ives, L., Bui, T., Habermann, T., Collins, G., Marsden, D., Neilson, J., … Rock, C. (2023, January 1), EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol. 277. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327704008
- Microstructure and Elevated Temperature Flexure Testing of Tungsten Produced by Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
- Zhang, H., Carriere, P. R., Amoako, E. D., Rock, C. D., Thielk, S. U., Fletcher, C. G., & Horn, T. J. (2023, August 30), JOM, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-023-06045-5
- Microstructure development and properties of micro-alloyed copper, Cu-0.3Zr-0.15Ag, produced by electron beam additive manufacturing
- Ovalle, D. G., Rock, C., Winkler, C., Hartshorn, D., Barr, C., Cullom, T., … Horn, T. (2023), Materials Characterization, 197, 112675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2023.112675
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion of ODS 14YWT from Gas Atomization Reaction Synthesis Precursor Powders
- Saptarshi, S., deJong, M., Rock, C., Anderson, I., Napolitano, R., Forrester, J., … Horn, T. (2022, August 2), JOM, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05418-6
- Laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing of oxide dispersion strengthened steel using gas atomized reaction synthesis powder
- Horn, T., Rock, C., Kaoumi, D., Anderson, I., White, E., Prost, T., … Darsell, J. (2022, March 24), Materials & Design, Vol. 216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110574
- Characterization of copper & stainless steel interface produced by electron beam powder bed fusion
- Rock, C., Tarafder, P., Ives, L., & Horn, T. (2021, November 24). Characterization of copper & stainless steel interface produced by electron beam powder bed fusion. Materials & Design, Vol. 212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110278,
