2026 Ali Erdemir: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	86	138	125	69	58	325	34831
Materials Science	91	1583	1521	494	462	368	36733

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
2019 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the science and technology of friction, lubrication, and wear.
2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2015 - Mayo D. Hersey Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2010 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Ali Erdemir is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a notable focus on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scholar's primary research topics cover a range of subjects related to friction, lubrication, and wear, including:

Lubricants and Their Additives
Tribology and Wear Analysis
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis
Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions

Erdemir has published extensively, with papers frequently appearing in journals such as:

Wear
SSRN Electronic Journal
ACS Nano
Advanced Materials
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering

Among recent publications, notable examples include:

"Achieving Ultralow Friction and Wear by Tribocatalysis: Enabled by In-Operando Formation of Nanocarbon Films" (2021, ACS Nano)
"Electrification effects on dry and lubricated sliding wear of bearing steel interfaces" (2022, Wear)
"Tribochemical Conversion of Methane to Graphene and Other Carbon Nanostructures: Implications for Friction and Wear" (2020, ACS Applied Nano Materials)
"Tribological behavior of H-DLC and H-free DLC coatings on bearing materials under the influence of DC electric current discharges" (2023, Wear)
"Progress in Superlubricity Across Different Media and Material Systems-A Review" (2022, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering)

Frequent collaborators include Leonardo I. Farfán-Cabrera, Diana Berman, Julio A. Cao-Romero-Gallegos, Kimaya Vyavhare, and Pranesh B. Aswath, with numerous joint publications highlighting ongoing research partnerships.

Erdemir's contributions extend to book publications with Elsevier BV, notably the book "Superlubricity" published in 2020.

Their work has been recognized through several awards and honors, including:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2019) for contributions to the science and technology of friction, lubrication, and wear
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2018)
Mayo D. Hersey Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2015)
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2010)

Best Publications

Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions

Kenneth Holmberg;Ali Erdemir

2035
Citations
Global energy consumption due to friction in passenger cars

Kenneth Holmberg;Peter Andersson;Ali Erdemir

1900
Citations
Graphene: a new emerging lubricant ☆

Diana Berman;Ali Erdemir;Anirudha V. Sumant

1604
Citations
Tribology of diamond-like carbon films: recent progress and future prospects

Ali Erdemir;Christophe Donnet

1400
Citations
Macroscale superlubricity enabled by graphene nanoscroll formation

Diana Berman;Sanket A. Deshmukh;Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan;Ali Erdemir

928
Citations
The effect of laser surface texturing on transitions in lubrication regimes during unidirectional sliding contact.

Andriy Kovalchenko;Oyelayo Ajayi;Ali Erdemir;George Fenske

817
Citations
Tribology of diamond-like carbon films : fundamentals and applications

Christophe Donnet;A Erdemir

787
Citations
Few layer graphene to reduce wear and friction on sliding steel surfaces

Diana Berman;Ali Erdemir;Anirudha V. Sumant

785
Citations
Historical developments and new trends in tribological and solid lubricant coatings.

C Donnet;A Erdemir

747
Citations
A study of the wear mechanism of diamond-like carbon films

Y. Liu;A. Erdemir;E.I. Meletis

720
Citations
Review of engineered tribological interfaces for improved boundary lubrication

A. Erdemir

689
Citations
The role of hydrogen in tribological properties of diamond-like carbon films☆

A Erdemir

663
Citations
The impact of tribology on energy use and CO2 emission globally and in combustion engine and electric cars

Kenneth Holmberg;Ali Erdemir

631
Citations
Carbon-based tribofilms from lubricating oils

Ali Erdemir;Giovanni Ramirez;Osman L. Eryilmaz;Badri Narayanan

552
Citations
Global energy consumption due to friction in trucks and buses

Kenneth Holmberg;Peter Andersson;Nils-Olof Nylund;Kari Mäkelä

550
Citations
Global energy consumption due to friction and wear in the mining industry

Kenneth Holmberg;Päivi Kivikytö-Reponen;Pirita Härkisaari;Kati Valtonen

548
Citations
Reduced wear and friction enabled by graphene layers on sliding steel surfaces in dry nitrogen

Diana Berman;Ali Erdemir;Anirudha V. Sumant

536
Citations
Tribology of diamond-like carbon films

Christophe Donnet;Ali Erdemir

521
Citations
Approaches for Achieving Superlubricity in Two-Dimensional Materials.

Diana Berman;Ali Erdemir;Anirudha V. Sumant

507
Citations
Solid Lubricant Coatings: Recent Developments and Future Trends

C. Donnet;A. Erdemir

484
Citations
Ultrananocrystalline diamond thin films for MEMS and moving mechanical assembly devices

A.R. Krauss;O. Auciello;D.M. Gruen;A. Jayatissa

445
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Anirudha V. Sumant Argonne National Laboratory

Dieter M. Gruen Argonne National Laboratory

Alan R. Krauss Argonne National Laboratory

Seong H. Kim Pennsylvania State University

Kenneth Holmberg VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Yury Gogotsi Drexel University

Subramanian K. R. S. Sankaranarayanan University of Illinois at Chicago

Jianbin Luo Tsinghua University

Efstathios I. Meletis The University of Texas at Arlington

Orlando Auciello The University of Texas at Dallas

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