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Andrew J. Whittle

Andrew J. Whittle

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
47
Citations
8428
World Ranking
4871
National Ranking
1401

Andrew J. Whittle publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Whittle sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 216 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Andrew J. Whittle D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Whittle sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of soil models and numerical analyses that advance the design of braced excavations and offshore structures.

Overview

Andrew J. Whittle is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes primarily in fields related to engineering and environmental science. Their research work spans various subfields within these disciplines, focusing on aspects of civil and structural engineering, safety, risk, reliability, global and planetary change, mechanics of materials, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work include geotechnical engineering and soil stabilization, geotechnical engineering and analysis, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, soil and unsaturated flow, flood risk assessment and management, and grouting, rheology, and soil mechanics.

Andrew J. Whittle has published extensively in several journals, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
  • Géotechnique
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Andrew J. Whittle include:

  • "An assessment study of three indirect methods for estimating leaf area density and leaf area index of individual trees", 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Evaluation of climate change resilience for Boston's rail rapid transit network", 2021, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • "Microbial abundance and community composition in biofilms on in-pipe sensors in a drinking water distribution system", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Potential of Mean Force for Face-Face Interactions between Pairs of 2:1 Clay Mineral Platelets", 2022, Langmuir
  • "Estimating coastal flood damage costs to transit infrastructure under future sea level rise", 2023, Communications Earth & Environment

Frequent co-authors working alongside Andrew J. Whittle include:

  • Michael V. Martello
  • Shanshan Wei
  • Tiangang Yin
  • Hejian Zhu
  • Roland J.-M. Pellenq

Andrew J. Whittle's work has been recognized with awards such as membership in the National Academy of Engineering, awarded in 2010 for development of soil models and numerical analyses that advance the design of braced excavations and offshore structures.

Best Publications

  • Compression model for cohesionless soils

    J. M. Pestana;A. J. Whittle

  • Formulation of MIT‐E3 Constitutive Model for Overconsolidated Clays

    Andrew J. Whittle;Michael J. Kavvadas

  • Ground Movement Prediction for Deep Excavations in Soft Clay

    Youssef M. A. Hashash;Andrew J. Whittle

  • Formulation of a unified constitutive model for clays and sands

    Juan M. Pestana;Andrew J. Whittle

  • Analysis of Deep Excavation in Boston

    Andrew J. Whittle;Youssef M. A. Hashash;Robert V. Whitman

  • Undrained Limit Analyses for Combined Loading of Strip Footings on Clay

    Boonchai Ukritchon;Andrew J. Whittle;Scott W. Sloan

  • Evaluation of a constitutive model for overconsolidated clays

    A.J. Whittle

  • Hypothalamic AMPK-ER Stress-JNK1 Axis Mediates the Central Actions of Thyroid Hormones on Energy Balance

    Noelia Martínez-Sánchez;Patricia Seoane-Collazo;Cristina Contreras;Luis Varela

  • Ground Movements due to Shallow Tunnels in Soft Ground. I: Analytical Solutions

    Federico Pinto;Andrew J. Whittle

  • Nicotine Induces Negative Energy Balance Through Hypothalamic AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

    Pablo Blanco Martinez De Morentin;Andrew J Whittle;Johan Fernø;Rubén Nogueiras

  • Using brown adipose tissue to treat obesity - the central issue.

    Andrew J. Whittle;Miguel López;Antonio Vidal-Puig

  • Calculations of Bearing Capacity Factor Nγ Using Numerical Limit Analyses

    Boonchai Ukritchon;Andrew J. Whittle;C. Klangvijit

  • Undrained Stability of Braced Excavations in Clay

    Boonchai Ukritchon;Andrew J. Whittle;Scott W. Sloan

  • MODEL FOR DYNAMIC SHEAR MODULUS AND DAMPING FOR GRANULAR SOILS

    Dominic Assimaki;Eduardo Kausel;Andrew Whittle

  • Wavelet-based Burst Event Detection and Localization in Water Distribution Systems

    Seshan Srirangarajan;Michael Allen;Ami Preis;Mudasser Iqbal

  • Mechanisms of Load Transfer and Arching for Braced Excavations in Clay

    Youssef M. A. Hashash;Andrew J. Whittle

  • Adipocyte-secreted BMP8b mediates adrenergic-induced remodeling of the neuro-vascular network in adipose tissue

    Vanessa Pellegrinelli;Vivian J. Peirce;Laura Howard;Samuel Virtue

  • PREDICTION OF GROUND MOVEMENTS DUE TO PILE DRIVING IN CLAY

    César Sagaseta;César Sagaseta;Andrew J. Whittle;Andrew J. Whittle

  • Nanoscale elastic properties of montmorillonite upon water adsorption.

    Davoud Ebrahimi;Roland J.-M. Pellenq;Roland J.-M. Pellenq;Andrew J. Whittle

  • Model Prediction of Anisotropic Behavior of Boston Blue Clay

    Andrew J. Whittle;Don J. DeGroot;Charles C. Ladd;Tian‐Ho Seah

  • Nicotine induces negative energy balance through hypothalamic AMP-activated protein kinase

    de Morentin P. Martinez;A. Whittle;N. Martinez-Sanchez;L. Martins

Frequent Co-Authors

John T. Germaine
John T. Germaine Tufts University
Youssef M. A. Hashash
Youssef M. A. Hashash University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Boonchai Ukritchon
Boonchai Ukritchon Chulalongkorn University
Avi Ostfeld
Avi Ostfeld Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Stefan Wuertz
Stefan Wuertz Nanyang Technological University
Scott W. Sloan
Scott W. Sloan University of Newcastle Australia

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