2026 Kevin J. Hemker: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	60	6954	6720	1751	1628	273	15795

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2009 - ASM Fellow For research contributions in the understanding of deformation mechanisms, intermetallic systems and microscale mechanical testing.
2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Kevin J. Hemker is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States, focusing on research in engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, automotive engineering, and biomaterials.

The scientist's main research topics encompass metal and thin film mechanics, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, boron and carbon nanomaterials research, additive manufacturing materials and processes, microstructure and mechanical properties, diamond and carbon-based materials research, as well as advanced materials and composites.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kevin J. Hemker include Mo-Rigen He, Kelvin Y. Xie, K.T. Ramesh, Arunima Banerjee, and Jessica A. Krogstad.

Kevin J. Hemker has contributed to several notable publications, with frequent appearances in these venues:

Scripta Materialia
Acta Materialia
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Materials Science and Engineering A
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Their recent papers include:

Processing-structure-property relationships of bisphenol-A-polycarbonate samples prepared by fused filament fabrication, 2020, Additive Manufacturing
Twin boundary migration mechanisms in quasi-statically compressed and plate-impacted Mg single crystals, 2021, Science Advances
Activating dislocation mediated plasticity in boron carbide through Al-doping, 2022, Acta Materialia
Nanotwin formation in Ni-Mo-W alloys deposited by dc magnetron sputtering, 2020, Scripta Materialia
Investigating the compressive strength and strain localization of nanotwinned nickel alloys, 2020, Acta Materialia

Throughout their career, Kevin J. Hemker has been recognized with several awards including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015), ASM Fellow (2009) for research contributions related to deformation mechanisms, intermetallic systems, and microscale mechanical testing, and Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2007).

Best Publications

Deformation Twinning in Nanocrystalline Aluminum

Mingwei Chen;En Ma;Kevin J. Hemker;Hongwei Sheng

1420
Citations
Experimental observations of stress-driven grain boundary migration.

T. J. Rupert;T. J. Rupert;D. S. Gianola;D. S. Gianola;Y. Gan;K. J. Hemker

685
Citations
Shock-induced localized amorphization in boron carbide.

Mingwei Chen;James W. McCauley;Kevin J. Hemker

649
Citations
Stress-assisted discontinuous grain growth and its effect on the deformation behavior of nanocrystalline aluminum thin films

D.S. Gianola;S. Van Petegem;M. Legros;S. Brandstetter

627
Citations
Domain wall motion and its contribution to the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of lead zirconate titanate films

F. Xu;S. Trolier-McKinstry;W. Ren;Baomin Xu

625
Citations
The high-strain-rate response of alpha-titanium: experiments, deformation mechanisms and modeling

D.R. Chichili;K.T. Ramesh;K.J. Hemker

536
Citations
In situ TEM observations of fast grain-boundary motion in stressed nanocrystalline aluminum films

Marc Legros;Daniel S. Gianola;Kevin J. Hemker

525
Citations
Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Bulk Nanocrystalline Materials

J.R. Weertman;D. Farkas;K. Hemker;H. Kung

478
Citations
Microsample tensile testing of nanocrystalline metals

M. Legros;B. R. Elliott;M. N. Rittner;J. R. Weertman

398
Citations
Microscale Characterization of Mechanical Properties

K.J. Hemker;W.N. Sharpe

345
Citations
Microsample tensile testing of nanocrystalline copper

Y.M. Wang;K. Wang;D. Pan;K. Lu

317
Citations
Effect of specimen size on Young's modulus and fracture strength of polysilicon

W.N. Sharpe;K.M. Jackson;K.J. Hemker;Z. Xie

267
Citations
Evolution of a diffusion aluminide bond coat for thermal barrier coatings during thermal cycling

D Pan;M.W Chen;P.K Wright;K.J Hemker

267
Citations
Microstructural evolution of pure magnesium under high strain rate loading

Neha Dixit;Kelvin Y. Xie;Kevin J. Hemker;K.T. Ramesh

205
Citations
Orientation and temperature dependence of some mechanical properties of the single-crystal nickel-base superalloy René N4: Part III. Tension-compression anisotropy

R. V. Miner;T. P. Gabb;J. Gayda;K. J. Hemker

196
Citations
Measured mechanical properties of LIGA Ni structures

H. S. Cho;K. J. Hemker;K. Lian;J. Goettert

195
Citations
Characterizing deformed ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline materials using transmission Kikuchi diffraction in a scanning electron microscope

Patrick W. Trimby;Yang Cao;Zibin Chen;Shuang Han

185
Citations
Low-Overpotential Electroreduction of Carbon Monoxide Using Copper Nanowires

David Raciti;Liang Cao;Kenneth J. T. Livi;Paul F. Rottmann

178
Citations
Measurements of antiphase boundary and complex stacking fault energies in binary and B-doped Ni3Al using TEM

K. J. Hemker;M. J. Mills

177
Citations
Microstructural Characterization of Commercial Hot‐Pressed Boron Carbide Ceramics

Mingwei Chen;Mingwei Chen;J. W. McCauley;J. C. LaSalvia;K. J. Hemker

176
Citations
Modelling the flow stress anomaly in γ-TiAl I. Experimental observations of dislocation mechanisms

Bernard Viguier;Kevin J. Hemker;Joël Bonneville;Francois Louchet

175
Citations