2026 Clement Kleinstreuer: 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	84	159	144	80	67	302	22747

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award

Overview

Clement Kleinstreuer is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Medicine, Engineering, and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics. Their research focuses on subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pharmaceutical Science, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

Their main research topics include Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery, Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Ocular Surface and Contact Lens, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, and Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Clement Kleinstreuer comprise:

Computational analysis of a 3D mucociliary clearance model predicting nasal drug uptake, 2021, Journal of Aerosol Science
Comparison of micron- and nano-particle transport in the human nasal cavity with a focus on the olfactory region, 2020, Computers in Biology and Medicine
Helical fluid-particle flow dynamics for controlling micron-particle deposition in a representative human upper lung-airway model, 2020, Journal of Aerosol Science
An effective PBPK model predicting dissolved drug transfer from a representative nasal cavity to the blood stream, 2021, Journal of Aerosol Science
Effects of subject-variability on nasally inhaled drug deposition, uptake, and clearance, 2022, Journal of Aerosol Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kleinstreuer include Sriram Chari, Karthik Sridhar, Shantanu Vachhani, Ross Walenga, and Adithya Gurumurthy.

The majority of their articles are published in the Journal of Aerosol Science, with additional contributions to Aerosol Science and Technology, Computers in Biology and Medicine, and Physics Reports.

Best Publications

A new thermal conductivity model for nanofluids

Junemoo Koo;Clement Kleinstreuer

1306
Citations
Recent advances in modeling and simulation of nanofluid flows-Part I: Fundamentals and theory

Omid Mahian;Omid Mahian;Omid Mahian;Lioua Kolsi;Mohammad Amani;Patrice Estellé

984
Citations
Laminar nanofluid flow in microheat-sinks

J. Koo;C. Kleinstreuer

821
Citations
Experimental and theoretical studies of nanofluid thermal conductivity enhancement: a review

Clement Kleinstreuer;Yu Feng

629
Citations
A review of entropy generation in nanofluid flow

Omid Mahian;Ali Kianifar;Clement Kleinstreuer;Moh’d A. Al-Nimr

579
Citations
Recent advances in modeling and simulation of nanofluid flows—Part II: Applications

Omid Mahian;Omid Mahian;Omid Mahian;Lioua Kolsi;Mohammad Amani;Patrice Estellé

465
Citations
Viscous dissipation effects in microtubes and microchannels

J. Koo;C. Kleinstreuer

453
Citations
Liquid flow in microchannels: experimental observations and computational analyses of microfluidics effects

Junemo Koo;Clement Kleinstreuer

446
Citations
Comparison of micro- and nano-size particle depositions in a human upper airway model

Z. Zhang;C. Kleinstreuer;J.F. Donohue;C.S. Kim

434
Citations
Airflow and Particle Transport in the Human Respiratory System

C. Kleinstreuer;Z. Zhang

426
Citations
Airflow structures and nano-particle deposition in a human upper airway model

Z. Zhang;C. Kleinstreuer

359
Citations
Thermal performance of nanofluid flow in microchannels

Jie Li;Clement Kleinstreuer

332
Citations
Computational mechanics of Nitinol stent grafts

C. Kleinstreuer;Z. Li;C.A. Basciano;S. Seelecke

329
Citations
Targeted Drug-Aerosol Delivery in the Human Respiratory System

C Kleinstreuer;Z Zhang;J F Donohue

322
Citations
Impact analysis of nanoparticle motion mechanisms on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids

Junemo Koo;Clement Kleinstreuer

310
Citations
Hemodynamic parameters and early intimal thickening in branching blood vessels.

Clement Kleinstreuer;Sinjae Hyun;J. R. Buchanan;P. W. Longest

304
Citations
Microfluidics of nano-drug delivery

Clement Kleinstreuer;Jie Li;Junemo Koo

296
Citations
Laminar-to-turbulent fluid-particle flows in a human airway model

C. Kleinstreuer;Z. Zhang

286
Citations
Concentration photovoltaic–thermal energy co-generation system using nanofluids for cooling and heating

Zelin Xu;Clement Kleinstreuer

280
Citations
Flow structures and particle deposition patterns in double-bifurcation airway models. Part 1. Air flow fields

J. K. Comer;C. Kleinstreuer;Z. Zhang

269
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhe Zhang Netflix (United States)

P. Worth Longest Virginia Commonwealth University

Omid Mahian Xi'an Jiaotong University

Somchai Wongwises King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

Tasawar Hayat Quaid-i-Azam University

Ruxana T. Sadikot University of Nebraska Medical Center

Ioan Pop Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Stefan Seelecke Saarland University

Patrice Estellé University of Rennes

Robert A. Taylor University of New South Wales

External Links

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