Career History at MSAM

• Ph.D. (2017-2021)
• PDF (2021-2023)
• RA (2024-2026)
• PDF (2026)
• View thesis

Research Output

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Scholarly Collaboration Network

Related Projects

• Waterloo Engineering team wins additive manufacturing award
• MSAM partners with The Barnes Global Advisors to reach the Advanced Manufacturing Olympics Podium
• MSAM graduate students top the 3D Digital Manufacturing Challenge at RAPID 2019

Publications

1. Article

   Absorptivity scaling behaviour during laser powder bed fusion of copper alloys

   S. Patel, D. Deisenroth, P. Alimehr, M. Vlasea

   Journal of Materials Processing Technology, August 2026

   Cited 1 time
2. Review

   Fatigue performance of additively manufactured porous titanium for orthopaedic applications

   J. Leinwand, R. Lam, S. Patel, M. McGregor, S. McLachlin, M. Vlasea

   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, June 2026
3. Article

   Mechanistic insights into cracking suppression through process-induced microstructure relaxation in Ti-6242Si

   S. Patel, M.K. Keshavarz, A. Rezaei, S.A. Varghese, M. Vlasea

   Materials and Design, April 2026
4. Article

   Microstructural tailoring to promote Portevin-Le Chatelier effect in laser powder bed fusion fabricated AlMgScZr alloy

   A. Rezaei, M.K. Keshavarz, S. Patel, K. Slattery, J. Barnes, M. Vlasea

   Materials Science and Engineering A, February 2026

   Cited 2 times
5. Article

   Toward generalizable machine learning prediction of downskin surface roughness in laser powder bed fusion

   J. Patel, M. Vlasea, S. Patel

   Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, May 2025

   Cited 3 times
6. Article

   Detection of Traceability Features Embedded in Metal Additive Manufacturing Components by Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing

   K. Taherkhani, S. Patel, F. Honarvar, P. Alimehr, M. Vlasea, E. Langridge, M.H. Amini

   Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 1 May 2025

   Cited 6 times
7. Article

   Microstructural evolution in laser powder bed fusion of water-atomized high-carbon low-alloy steel: Analysis of melting mode effects

   M. Yang, M.K. Keshavarz, S. Patel, W. Wang, Y. Zou, M. Vlasea

   Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 15 October 2024

   Cited 10 times
8. Article

   A Manufacturability Evaluation of Complex Architectures by Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing

   M. McGregor, S. Patel, K. Zhang, A. Yu, M. Vlasea, S. McLachlin

   Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 1 June 2024

   Cited 20 times
9. Article

   Melting mode driven tuning of local microstructure and hardness in laser powder bed fusion of 18Ni-300 maraging steel

   T. Lyu, M.K. Keshavarz, S. Patel, M.J.R. Haché, C. Cheng, X. Shang, M. Vlasea, Y. Zou

   Materialia, June 2024

   Cited 11 times
10. Article

    A data-driven framework to improve the wear resistance of a low-alloy steel fabricated by laser powder bed fusion

    J. Zhang, S. Patel, Z. Liu, T. Lyu, Y. Wang, Y. Hua, W. Wang, J. Hattrick-Simpers, M. Vlasea, Y. Zou

    Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 15 April 2024

    Cited 14 times
11. Article

    Enhanced tensile ductility of an additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy by reducing the density of melt pool boundaries

    H. Chen, S. Patel, M. Vlasea, Y. Zou

    Scripta Materialia, December 2022

    Cited 68 times
12. Article

    The influence of beam focus during laser powder bed fusion of a high reflectivity aluminium alloy — AlSi10Mg

    S. Patel, H. Chen, M. Vlasea, Y. Zou

    Additive Manufacturing, November 2022

    Cited 61 times
13. Conference Paper

    The Role of the Heterogenous Structure on the Mechanical Properties of Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Alloys

    H. Chen, S. Patel, M. Vlasea, Y. Zou

    Minerals Metals and Materials Series, 2022

    Cited 1 time
14. Data Paper

    Data related to architectural bone parameters and the relationship to Ti lattice design for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

    M. McGregor, S. Patel, S. McLachlin, M. Vlasea

    Data in Brief, December 2021

    Cited 7 times
15. Review

    Architectural bone parameters and the relationship to titanium lattice design for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

    M. McGregor, S. Patel, S. McLachlin, Mihaela Vlasea

    Additive Manufacturing, November 2021

    Cited 130 times
16. Article

    Nondestructive Characterization of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Components Using High-Frequency Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing

    F. Honarvar, S. Patel, M. Vlasea, H. Amini, A. Varvani-Farahani

    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, September 2021

    Cited 17 times
17. Article

    Relative Performance of Additively Manufactured and Cast Aluminum Alloys

    L. Brock, I. Ogunsanya, H. Asgari, S. Patel, M. Vlasea

    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, January 2021

    Cited 28 times
18. Article

    Towards understanding side-skin surface characteristics in laser powder bed fusion

    S. Patel, A. Rogalsky, M. Vlasea

    Journal of Materials Research, 14 August 2020

    Cited 27 times
19. Article

    Melting modes in laser powder bed fusion

    S. Patel, M. Vlasea

    Materialia, March 2020

    Cited 174 times
20. Conference Paper

    Melting mode thresholds in laser powder bed fusion and their application towards process parameter development

    S. Patel, M.L. Vlasea

    Solid Freeform Fabrication 2019 Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium an Additive Manufacturing Conference Sff 2019, 2019

    Cited 2 times
21. Article

    Powder roll-compaction process for controlling grain orientation texture and size in spark plasma sintered carbides

    S. Patel, M. Kuttolamadom

    Materials Letters, 15 January 2018

    Cited 4 times