2026 David Owen: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	76	264	12	330	28602

Research.com Recognitions

2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to computational solid mechanics and industrial application of finite and discrete element methods.
2004 - IACM Congress Medal (Gauss-Newton Medal)
2003 - Warner T. Koiter Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1998 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
1996 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

David Owen was affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned several fields and topics, with a significant focus on crystallography, molecular biology, and computational methods related to structural biology and drug discovery.

Their recent papers included work on the SARS-CoV-2 main protease and enzyme inhibitors, reflecting involvement in infectious diseases and computational drug discovery methods. Notable publications were:

Crystallographic and electrophilic fragment screening of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, 2020, Nature Communications
Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 M ^pro peptide inhibitors from modelling substrate and ligand binding, 2021, Chemical Science
An automatic pipeline for the design of irreversible derivatives identifies a potent SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor, 2021, Cell chemical biology
Crystallographic and electrophilic fragment screening of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
xia2.multiplex: a multi-crystal data-analysis pipeline, 2022, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology

Their coauthors frequently included:

Martin Walsh
Petra Lukacik
Claire Strain-Damerell
D. Fearon
F. von Delft

David Owen published extensively in venues such as:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Their work covered a range of subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Infectious Diseases.

Major topics of research included:

Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Enzyme Structure and Function
Computational Drug Discovery Methods
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Protein Structure and Dynamics
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Throughout their career, David Owen received several awards recognizing their contributions to engineering and mechanics:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2011, for contributions to computational solid mechanics and industrial application of finite and discrete element methods
IACM Congress Medal (Gauss-Newton Medal), 2004
Warner T. Koiter Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003
Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), 1998
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), 1996

Best Publications

Finite elements in plasticity : theory and practice

D. R. J. Owen;Ernest Hinton

3118
Citations
Computational methods for plasticity : theory and applications

E. A. de Souza Neto;Djordje Perić;D. R. J. Owen

2178
Citations
A combined finite‐discrete element method in transient dynamics of fracturing solids

A. Munjiza;D.R.J. Owen;N. Bicanic

969
Citations
Finite Elements in Plasticity

D. R. J. Owen;E. Hinton

900
Citations
Finite element programming

Ernest Hinton;David Roger Jones Owen

737
Citations
Finite element software for plates and shells

Ernest Hinton;D. R. J. Owen

537
Citations
Computational methods for plasticity

E. A. de Souza Neto;D. Peri;D. R. J. Owen

511
Citations
Design of simple low order finite elements for large strain analysis of nearly incompressible solids

E.A. de Souza Neto;D. Perić;M. Dutko;D.R.J. Owen

511
Citations
An elastic-plastic stress analysis for a notched bar in plane strain bending

J.R. Griffiths;D.R.J. Owen

467
Citations
Engineering fracture mechanics : numerical methods and applications

D. R. J. Owen;A. J. Fawkes

437
Citations
An introduction to finite element computations

Ernest Hinton;David Roger Jones Owen

408
Citations
Computational model for 3‐D contact problems with friction based on the penalty method

Djordje Perić;D. R. J. Owen

379
Citations
A mathematical foundation for thermodynamics

Bernard D. Coleman;David R. Owen

332
Citations
Coupled lattice Boltzmann method and discrete element modelling of particle transport in turbulent fluid flows: Computational issues

Y. T. Feng;K. Han;D. R. J. Owen

297
Citations
A model for finite strain elasto-plasticity based on logarithmic strains: computational issues

Djordje Peric;D. R. J. Owen;M. E. Honnor

275
Citations
The mathematical Theory of Plasticity

E. A. de Souza Neto;D. Perić;D. R. J. Owen

261
Citations
F‐bar‐based linear triangles and tetrahedra for finite strain analysis of nearly incompressible solids. Part I: formulation and benchmarking

E. A.de Souza Neto;F. M. Andrade Pires;D. R. J. Owen

230
Citations
An efficient framework for fluid–structure interaction using the lattice Boltzmann method and immersed moving boundaries

D. R. J. Owen;C. R. Leonardi;Y. T. Feng

223
Citations
On the thermodynamics of second sound in dielectric crystals

Bernard D. Coleman;Mauro Fabrizio;David R. Owen

223
Citations
A refined higher-order C° plate bending element

Tarun Kant;D.R.J. Owen;O.C. Zienkiewicz

216
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Y.T. Feng Swansea University

Djordje Perić Swansea University

Bernard D. Coleman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

O.C. Zienkiewicz Swansea University

Graham Smith University of Westminster

Eugenio Oñate Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

James Serrin University of Minnesota

Andrew R. Barron Swansea University

Xiangyu Wang Curtin University

Roland W. Lewis Swansea University

External Links

Personal website of David Owen Google Scholar page

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