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Luz D. Sotelo

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2016Rising activity
Additive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesWelding Techniques and Residual StressesUltrasonics and Acoustic Wave PropagationThermography and Photoacoustic Techniques

Publications

36

Citations

132

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

11

Publishing since 2016

Research summary
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Luz D. Sotelo works on using ultrasonic (sound-wave-based) methods to inspect and characterize materials made by additive manufacturing (3D printing) and other advanced fabrication techniques, such as metals, polymers, and composites. This includes detecting internal defects, measuring mechanical properties, and evaluating material degradation without damaging the parts (non-destructive evaluation), with applications ranging from industrial cooling systems to in-space manufacturing.

Ultrasonic non-destructive evaluationAdditive manufacturing (3D printing) of metals and polymersMaterial characterization and defect detectionHybrid and advanced manufacturing processesAcoustic and mechanical property measurement

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from zero in 2017-2018 to a peak of 9 publications in 2025, with a fairly steady increase in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
17182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 9 publications9252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America×18
  • Additive manufacturing×2
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×2
  • Ultrasonics×1
  • NDT & E International×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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