Gregory Sparks
Materials Science · The Ohio State University
Publications
21
Citations
368
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
12
Publishing since 2015
Gregory Sparks studies how metals and metallic glasses deform at very small scales, focusing on how tiny defects called dislocations move in sudden bursts (avalanches) and how this behavior relates to material microstructure. More recent work explores using machine learning and data-driven approaches to interpret microstructural features that govern material behavior. This research is relevant to students interested in the mechanics of materials, micro/nano-scale plasticity, and computational materials analysis.
Publication output was fairly steady from 2017-2020 (3-4 papers/year) but has become sparser and more irregular since 2021, including gaps in 2021, 2023, and 2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Interpretable Material Spatial Intelligence for Discovery of Governing Microstructural Features
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026
- Interpretable Material Spatial Intelligence for Discovery of Governing Microstructural Features
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2026
- Mild-to-wild plastic transition is governed by athermal screw dislocation slip in bcc Nb
Nature Communications · 2022
- Scale-dependent pop-ins in nanoindentation and scale-free plastic fluctuations in microcompression
Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources · 2020
- Applied-force oscillations in avalanche dynamics
Physical review. E · 2020
- Avalanche statistics and the intermittent-to-smooth transition in microplasticity
Physical Review Materials · 2019
- Effects of orientation and pre-deformation on velocity profiles of dislocation avalanches in gold microcrystals
The European Physical Journal B · 2019
- Non-universal behavior of intermittent flow in microplasticity
IDEALS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) · 2019
- Energy Storage in Metallic Glasses via Flash Annealing
Advanced Functional Materials · 2018
- Shapes and velocity relaxation of dislocation avalanches in Au and Nb microcrystals
Acta Materialia · 2018
- Nontrivial scaling exponents of dislocation avalanches in microplasticity
Physical Review Materials · 2018
- Fast Slip Velocity in a High-Entropy Alloy
JOM · 2018
- Shapes and velocity relaxation of dislocation avalanches in fcc and bcc crystals
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2017
- Shapes and velocity relaxation of dislocation avalanches in Au and Nb\n single crystals
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2017
- Shapes and velocity relaxation of dislocation avalanches in Au and Nb single crystals
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2017
- arXiv (Cornell University)×5
- Acta Materialia×3
- Physical Review Materials×2
- Advanced Functional Materials×1
- Nature Communications×1
- J. P. Hirth
Materials Science · The Ohio State University
- Marisol Koslowski
Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Anter El–Azab
Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Chaitali S. Patil
Materials Science · The Ohio State University
- Bo Yang
Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette
This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.
Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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