2026 Charles R. Steele: 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	40	2061	1913	766	671	175	5199

Research.com Recognitions

1999 - Warner T. Koiter Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the theory of thin shells, to understanding of human hearing, and to bioengineering.
1980 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Charles R. Steele is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including neuroscience, engineering, and medicine, with a specific focus on sensory systems, biomedical engineering, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and emergency medicine.

The main topics of Steele's work center around hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, genetics, acoustic wave phenomena research, and hearing loss and rehabilitation. Additional research interests include erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, intramuscular injections and their effects, dermatological and COVID-19 studies, and facial nerve paralysis treatment and research.

Steele has authored several recent papers, illustrating a concentration on auditory mechanisms at the cellular and molecular levels. Notable publications include:

In situ motions of individual inner-hair-cell stereocilia from stapes stimulation in adult mice, 2021, Communications Biology
Rat Auditory Inner Hair Cell Mechanotransduction and Stereociliary Membrane Diffusivity Are Similarly Modulated by Calcium, 2020, iScience
Fluid Jet Stimulation of Auditory Hair Bundles Reveal Spatial Non-uniformities and Two Viscoelastic-Like Mechanisms, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
A two-photon FRAP protocol to measure the stereociliary membrane diffusivity in rat cochlear hair cells, 2021, STAR Protocols
Inclusion of steps to enhance mucus clearance may provide benefit for symptomatic COVID patients by reducing total viral load, time to recovery, risk of complications and transmission risk, 2021, Journal of Respiratory Diseases and Medicine

Steele frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Anthony J. Ricci, Shefin Sam George, Yanli Wang, Sunil Puria, and Anthony W. Peng. These collaborations have contributed to a range of publications across different venues.

The venues where Steele's research is often published include Communications Biology, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, iScience, STAR Protocols, and the Journal of Respiratory Diseases and Medicine.

Throughout their career, Steele has been recognized with several awards and honors, such as the Warner T. Koiter Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1999 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1995, the latter specifically acknowledging contributions to the theory of thin shells, understanding of human hearing, and bioengineering. Additionally, Steele was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1980.

Best Publications

Influence of physical activity on the regulation of bone density.

R.T. Whalen;R.T. Whalen;D.R. Carter;D.R. Carter;C.R. Steele

375
Citations
An anisotropic-viscoplastic model of plant cell morphogenesis by tip growth

Jacques Dumais;Sidney L. Shaw;Charles R. Steele;Sharon R. Long

245
Citations
A three-dimensional nonlinear active cochlear model analyzed by the WKB-numeric method.

Kian-Meng Lim;Charles R. Steele

163
Citations
The discordant eardrum

Jonathan P. Fay;Sunil Puria;Charles R. Steele

160
Citations
Three approaches for estimating the elastic modulus of the tympanic membrane.

Jonathan Fay;Sunil Puria;Willem F. Decraemer;Charles Steele

153
Citations
New evidence for the role of mechanical forces in the shoot apical meristem.

Jacques Dumais;Charles R. Steele

142
Citations
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE LATERAL CORTEX OF MAMMALIAN AUDITORY OUTER HAIR CELLS

J.A. Tolomeo;C.R. Steele;M.C. Holley

130
Citations
The Finite Beam With a Moving Load

C. R. Steele

127
Citations
Von Békésy and cochlear mechanics

Elizabeth S. Olson;Hendrikus Duifhuis;Charles R. Steele

119
Citations
Orthotropic piezoelectric properties of the cochlear outer hair cell wall.

J. A. Tolomeo;C. R. Steele

114
Citations
Feed-Forward and Feed-Backward Amplification Model from Cochlear Cytoarchitecture: An Interspecies Comparison

Yong-Jin Yoon;Charles R. Steele;Sunil Puria

109
Citations
Tympanic-membrane and malleus-incus-complex co-adaptations for high-frequency hearing in mammals.

Sunil Puria;Charles Steele

104
Citations
Developing a Physical Model of the Human Cochlea Using Microfabrication Methods

Michael J. Wittbrodt;Charles R. Steele;Sunil Puria

97
Citations
Modified Mixed Variational Principle and the State-Vector Equation for Elastic Bodies and Shells of Revolution

Charles R. Steele;Yoon Young Kim

93
Citations
Behavior of the basilar membrane with pure‐tone excitation

C. R. Steele

88
Citations
Influence of increased mechanical loading by hypergravity on the microtubule cytoskeleton and prostaglandin E2 release in primary osteoblasts

Nancy D. Searby;Charles R. Steele;Ruth K. Globus

88
Citations
Noninvasive determination of ulnar stiffness from mechanical response--in vivo comparison of stiffness and bone mineral content in humans

C. R. Steele;L.-J. Zhou;D. Guido;R. Marcus

87
Citations
Noninvasive assessment of ulnar bending stiffness in women.

Frances McCabe;Frances McCabe;L.-J. Zhou;L.-J. Zhou;Charles R. Steele;Charles R. Steele;Robert Marcus;Robert Marcus

87
Citations
The Timoshenko Beam With a Moving Load

C. R. Steele

87
Citations
Force on inner hair cell cilia

Charles R. Steele;Sunil Puria

84
Citations
Shell Stability Related to Pattern Formation in Plants

C. R. Steele

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sunil Puria Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Yoon Young Kim Seoul National University

Anthony J. Ricci Stanford University

Kian Meng Lim National University of Singapore

Larry A. Taber Washington University in St. Louis

Dennis R. Carter Stanford University

Gordon S. Kino Stanford University

Robert Marcus Stanford University

David M. Barnett Stanford University

Mats Ulfendahl Karolinska Institute

External Links

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