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D-Index
80
Citations
25431
World Ranking
209
National Ranking
104

Alexander F. Vakakis publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander F. Vakakis sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 554 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Alexander F. Vakakis D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander F. Vakakis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Alexander F. Vakakis is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering and physics, with a particular focus on vibration control, nonlinear dynamics, and acoustic phenomena.

The main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these overarching fields, Vakakis has concentrated on several subfields such as:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Control and Systems Engineering

Their research topics cover a diverse range of subjects, including:

  • Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Nonlinear Photonic Systems
  • Seismic Performance and Analysis
  • Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Vakakis include:

  • Nonlinear targeted energy transfer: state of the art and new perspectives (2022), published in Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Broadband non-reciprocity with robust signal integrity in a triangle-shaped nonlinear 1D metamaterial (2020), published in Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Rapid non-resonant intermodal targeted energy transfer (IMTET) caused by vibro-impact nonlinearity (2020), published in Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Two-dimensional nonlinear energy sink for effective passive seismic mitigation (2021), published in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
  • Vibration suppression and modal energy transfers in a linear beam with attached vibro-impact nonlinear energy sinks (2020), published in Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vakakis are:

  • Lawrence A. Bergman
  • Alireza Mojahed
  • Sameh Tawfick
  • Chongan Wang
  • Kathryn H. Matlack

Their publications are commonly featured in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Alexander F. Vakakis was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Past, present and future of nonlinear system identification in structural dynamics

    Gaëtan Kerschen;Keith Worden;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;Jean Claude Golinval

  • The Method of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Dynamical Characterization and Order Reduction of Mechanical Systems: An Overview

    Gaetan Kerschen;Gaetan Kerschen;Gaetan Kerschen;Jean Claude Golinval;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;Lawrence A. Bergman

  • Nonlinear Targeted Energy Transfer in Mechanical and Structural Systems

    Alexander F. Vakakis;O. V. Gendelman;L. A. Bergman;D. M. McFarland

  • Nonlinear normal modes, Part I: A useful framework for the structural dynamicist

    Gaëtan Kerschen;Maxime Peeters;Jean-Claude Golinval;Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Energy Pumping in Nonlinear Mechanical Oscillators: Part II—Resonance Capture

    Alexander F Vakakis;O. Gendelman

  • Energy pumping in nonlinear mechanical oscillators : Part I : Dynamics of the underlying Hamiltonian systems

    O. Gendelman;L. I. Manevitch;Alexander F Vakakis;R. M’closkey

  • Normal modes and localization in nonlinear systems

    Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Inducing Passive Nonlinear Energy Sinks in Vibrating Systems

    A. F. Vakakis;A. F. Vakakis

  • NON-LINEAR NORMAL MODES (NNMs) AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN VIBRATION THEORY: AN OVERVIEW

    Alexander Vakakis

  • Complicated dynamics of a linear oscillator with a light, essentially nonlinear attachment

    Young Sup Lee;Gaetan Kerschen;Alexander F. Vakakis;Panagiotis Panagopoulos

  • Simulation of dynamics of beam structures with bolted joints using adjusted Iwan beam elements

    Y. Song;C.J. Hartwigsen;D.M. McFarland;A.F. Vakakis;A.F. Vakakis

  • Experimental study of non-linear energy pumping occurring at a single fast frequency

    D. Michael McFarland;Lawrence A. Bergman;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Dynamics of linear discrete systems connected to local, essentially non-linear attachments

    A. F. Vakakis;A. F. Vakakis;L. I. Manevitch;O. Gendelman;Lawrence Bergman

  • Targeted energy transfers in vibro-impact oscillators for seismic mitigation

    F. Nucera;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis;D. M. McFarland;L. A. Bergman

  • PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION (POD) OF A CLASS OF VIBROIMPACT OSCILLATIONS

    M.F.A. Azeez;A.F. Vakakis

  • Steady State Passive Nonlinear Energy Pumping in Coupled Oscillators: Theoretical and Experimental Results

    Xiaoai Jiang;D. Michael McFarland;Lawrence A. Bergman;Alexander F. Vakakis;Alexander F. Vakakis

  • Irreversible Passive Energy Transfer in Coupled Oscillators with Essential Nonlinearity

    Gaetan Kerschen;Young Sup Lee;Alexander F. Vakakis;D. Michael McFarland

  • Breaking Lorentz reciprocity to overcome the time-bandwidth limit in physics and engineering

    K. L. Tsakmakidis;L. Shen;S. A. Schulz;X. Zheng

  • Suppression Aeroelastic Instability Using Broadband Passive Targeted Energy Transfers, Part 1: Theory

    Young S. Lee;Alexander F. Vakakis;Lawrence A. Bergman;D. Michael McFarland

  • Suppressing Aeroelastic Instability Using Broadband Passive Targeted Energy Transfers, Part 2: Experiments

    Young S. Lee;Gaetan Kerschen;D. Michael McFarland;W. Joel Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence A. Bergman
Lawrence A. Bergman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
D. Michael McFarland
D. Michael McFarland University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gaëtan Kerschen
Gaëtan Kerschen University of Liège
Oleg Gendelman
Oleg Gendelman Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Leonid I. Manevitch
Leonid I. Manevitch Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics
Billie F. Spencer
Billie F. Spencer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seok Kim
Seok Kim University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Min-Feng Yu
Min-Feng Yu Georgia Institute of Technology
Larry A. Fahnestock
Larry A. Fahnestock University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael J. Leamy
Michael J. Leamy Georgia Institute of Technology

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