2026 Andrew J. Whittle: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	47	4869	4687	1400	1293	216	8428

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

506
Citations
Formulation of MIT‐E3 Constitutive Model for Overconsolidated Clays

Andrew J. Whittle;Michael J. Kavvadas

404
Citations
Ground Movement Prediction for Deep Excavations in Soft Clay

Youssef M. A. Hashash;Andrew J. Whittle

381
Citations
Formulation of a unified constitutive model for clays and sands

Juan M. Pestana;Andrew J. Whittle

380
Citations
Analysis of Deep Excavation in Boston

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

303
Citations
Undrained Limit Analyses for Combined Loading of Strip Footings on Clay

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

261
Citations
Evaluation of a constitutive model for overconsolidated clays

A.J. Whittle

238
Citations
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

228
Citations
Ground Movements due to Shallow Tunnels in Soft Ground. I: Analytical Solutions

Federico Pinto;Andrew J. Whittle

197
Citations
Nicotine Induces Negative Energy Balance Through Hypothalamic AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

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

197
Citations
Using brown adipose tissue to treat obesity - the central issue.

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

177
Citations
Calculations of Bearing Capacity Factor Nγ Using Numerical Limit Analyses

Boonchai Ukritchon;Andrew J. Whittle;C. Klangvijit

172
Citations
Undrained Stability of Braced Excavations in Clay

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

166
Citations
MODEL FOR DYNAMIC SHEAR MODULUS AND DAMPING FOR GRANULAR SOILS

Dominic Assimaki;Eduardo Kausel;Andrew Whittle

153
Citations
Wavelet-based Burst Event Detection and Localization in Water Distribution Systems

Seshan Srirangarajan;Michael Allen;Ami Preis;Mudasser Iqbal

152
Citations
Mechanisms of Load Transfer and Arching for Braced Excavations in Clay

Youssef M. A. Hashash;Andrew J. Whittle

134
Citations
Adipocyte-secreted BMP8b mediates adrenergic-induced remodeling of the neuro-vascular network in adipose tissue

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

129
Citations
PREDICTION OF GROUND MOVEMENTS DUE TO PILE DRIVING IN CLAY

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

126
Citations
Nanoscale elastic properties of montmorillonite upon water adsorption.

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

122
Citations
Model Prediction of Anisotropic Behavior of Boston Blue Clay

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

118
Citations
Nicotine induces negative energy balance through hypothalamic AMP-activated protein kinase

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

7
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