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D-Index
101
Citations
42968
World Ranking
60
National Ranking
30

Ephraim M Sparrow publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ephraim M Sparrow sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 814 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Ephraim M Sparrow D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ephraim M Sparrow sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 101 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Monie A. Ferst Award, Sigma Xi
  • 1985 - Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1976 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1976 - Max Jakob Memorial Award

Overview

Ephraim M Sparrow was affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to the field of mechanical engineering, achieving recognition through several awards.

The scientist was honored as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1976. In the same year, they also received the Max Jakob Memorial Award. Earlier, in 1985, they were awarded the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Later in 1993, they earned the Monie A. Ferst Award from Sigma Xi.

Details about their research publications, co-authors, or specific fields of study beyond the affiliation and awards are not provided.

Best Publications

  • Theory for off-specular reflection from roughened surfaces

    K. E. Torrance;E. M. Sparrow

  • Radiation Heat Transfer

    E. M. Sparrow;R. D. Cess;Ernst Schmidt

  • Fully Developed Flow and Heat Transfer in Ducts Having Streamwise-Periodic Variations of Cross-Sectional Area

    S. V. Patankar;C. H. Liu;Ephraim M Sparrow

  • Flow and heat transfer in the boundary layer on a continuous moving surface

    F. K. Tsou;Ephraim M Sparrow;R. J. Goldstein

  • Handbook of Numerical Heat Transfer

    W. J. Minkowycz;Ephraim M. Sparrow;Jayathi Murthy;John P. Abraham

  • Thermal instability in a horizontal fluid layer: effect of boundary conditions and non-linear temperature profile

    Ephraim M Sparrow;Richard J Goldstein;V. K. Jonsson

  • Condensation heat transfer in the presence of noncondensables, interfacial resistance, superheating, variable properties, and diffusion

    W. J. Minkowycz;E. M. Sparrow

  • Analysis of Multidimensional Conduction Phase Change Via the Enthalpy Model

    N. Shamsundar;E. M. Sparrow

  • Local non- similarity thermal boundary- layer solutions

    E. M. Sparrow;H. S. Yu

  • The effect of a magnetic field on free convection heat transfer

    Ephraim M Sparrow;R. D. Cess

  • A Boundary-Layer Treatment of Laminar-Film Condensation

    E. M. Sparrow;J. L. Gregg

  • Flow Development in the Hydrodynamic Entrance Region of Tubes and Ducts

    E. M. Sparrow;S. H. Lin;T. S. Lundgren

  • Natural convection mass transfer adjacent to horizontal plates

    R.J. Goldstein;E.M. Sparrow;D.C. Jones

  • Experiments on Coupled Parallel Flows in a Channel and a Bounding Porous Medium

    G. S. Beavers;E. M. Sparrow;R. A. Magnuson

  • Longitudinal Laminar Flow Between Cylinders Arranged in Regular Array

    E. M. Sparrow;A. L. Loeffler

  • Combined Forced and Free Convection in a Boundary Layer Flow

    Ephraim M Sparrow;R. Eichhorn;J. L. Gregg

  • NON-DARCY FLOW THROUGH FIBROUS POROUS MEDIA

    G. S. Beavers;E. M. Sparrow

  • Forced convection condensation in the presence of noncondensables and interfacial resistance

    E. M. Sparrow;W. J. Minkowycz;M. Saddy

  • Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of arrays of rectangular modules encountered in electronic equipment

    E.M. Sparrow;J.E. Niethammer;A. Chaboki

  • Analysis of melting in the presence of natural convection in the melt region

    E. M. Sparrow;S. V. Patankar;S. Ramadhyani

  • Radiation Heat Transfer

    E.m. Sparrow

  • Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer

    W. J. Minkowycz;Ephraim M. Sparrow

  • Radiation heat transfer

    Ephraim M. Sparrow;R. D. Cess

Frequent Co-Authors

W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago
E. R. G. Eckert
E. R. G. Eckert University of Minnesota
Richard J Goldstein
Richard J Goldstein University of Minnesota
Suhas V. Patankar
Suhas V. Patankar University of Minnesota
Emil Pfender
Emil Pfender University of Minnesota
Mohammad Faghri
Mohammad Faghri University of Rhode Island
Eric D. Larson
Eric D. Larson Princeton University
Michael M. Ohadi
Michael M. Ohadi University of Maryland, College Park
Jayathi Y. Murthy
Jayathi Y. Murthy Oregon State University
Young I. Cho
Young I. Cho Drexel University

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