2026 Evangelos Papadopoulos: 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	42	1798	1665	10	10	264	8324
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	42	4061	3899	21	21	264	8324

Evangelos Papadopoulos 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 Evangelos Papadopoulos sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 659+

This scientist: 264 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Evangelos Papadopoulos 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 Evangelos Papadopoulos sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

2019 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to space and field robotics
2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Evangelos Papadopoulos is affiliated with the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. Their research contributions focus primarily on the field of Engineering, with a significant emphasis on several specialized subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics within these domains. Their main research areas include:

Robotic Locomotion and Control
Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Evangelos Papadopoulos are the following papers:

Development of a passive biped robot digital twin using analysis, experiments, and a multibody simulation environment, 2021, Mechanism and Machine Theory
Finite element-based assessment of energy harvesting in composite beams with piezoelectric transducers, 2021, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L Journal of Materials Design and Applications
On System Identification of Space Manipulator Systems Including Their Fuel Sloshing Effects, 2023, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Piezoelectric energy harvester for wind turbine blades based on bistable response of a composite beam in post-buckling, 2024, Smart Materials and Structures
Assessment of Impact Energy Harvesting in Composite Beams with Piezoelectric Transducers, 2021, Sensors

The scientist has published multiple times in various recognized venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Sensors
Mechanism and Machine Theory
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part L Journal of Materials Design and Applications
Smart Materials and Structures

Evangelos Papadopoulos has collaborated regularly with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

Theofanis S. Plagianakos
Nikolaos Margelis
Georgios Bolanakis
Aikaterini Smyrli
Nikolaos Leventakis

Regarding professional recognition, Evangelos Papadopoulos has received notable distinctions including:

IEEE Fellow, awarded in 2019, for contributions to space and field robotics
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, awarded in 2017

Best Publications

The kinematics, dynamics, and control of free-flying and free-floating space robotic systems

S. Dubowsky;E. Papadopoulos

672
Citations
On the dynamics and control of space manipulators

Evangelos G. Papadopoulos

466
Citations
A new measure of tipover stability margin for mobile manipulators

E.G. Papadopoulos;D.A. Rey

436
Citations
On the nature of control algorithms for free-floating space manipulators

E. Papadopoulos;S. Dubowsky

390
Citations
Planar trajectory planning and tracking control design for underactuated AUVs

Filoktimon Repoulias;Evangelos Papadopoulos

307
Citations
Free-flying robots in space: an overview of dynamics modeling, planning and control

S. Ali A. Moosavian;Evangelos Papadopoulos

260
Citations
Dynamic Singularities in Free-floating Space Manipulators

Evangelos Papadopoulos;Evangelos Papadopoulos;Steven Dubowsky

250
Citations
On the Stability of the Passive Dynamics of Quadrupedal Running with a Bounding Gait

Ioannis Poulakakis;Evangelos Papadopoulos;Martin Buehler

204
Citations
Coordinated manipulator/spacecraft motion control for space robotic systems

E. Papadopoulos;S. Dubowsky

182
Citations
Robotic Manipulation and Capture in Space: A Survey.

Evangelos Papadopoulos;Farhad Aghili;Ou Ma;Roberto Lampariello

175
Citations
The Force-Angle Measure of Tipover Stability Margin for Mobile Manipulators

Evangelos Papadopoulos;Daniel A. Rey

168
Citations
Dynamics, Design and Simulation of a Novel Microrobotic Platform Employing Vibration Microactuators

Panagiotis Vartholomeos;Evangelos Papadopoulos

165
Citations
Model-based control of a 6-dof electrohydraulic Stewart–Gough platform

Ioannis Davliakos;Evangelos Papadopoulos

146
Citations
Planning and model-based control for mobile manipulators

E. Papadopoulos;J. Poulakakis

138
Citations
Explicit dynamics of space free-flyers with multiple manipulators via SPACEMAPLE

S. Ali A. Moosavian;Evangelos Papadopoulos

134
Citations
Analysis and Model-Based Control of Servomechanisms With Friction

Evangelos G. Papadopoulos;Georgios C. Chasparis

132
Citations
Multiple Impedance Control for Space Free-Flying Robots

S. Ali A. Moosavian;Rambod Rastegari;Evangelos Papadopoulos

115
Citations
On point-to-point motion planning for underactuated space manipulator systems

Ioannis Tortopidis;Evangelos Papadopoulos

114
Citations
On the nature of control algorithms for space manipulators

E. Papadopoulos;S. Dubowsky

100
Citations
Smooth Planning for Free-floating Space Robots Using Polynomials

E. Papadopoulos;I. Tortopidis;K. Nanos

97
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Ali A. Moosavian K.N.Toosi University of Technology

Steven Dubowsky MIT

Martin Buehler Boston Dynamics (United States)

Jorge Angeles McGill University

David Henry University College Cork

Karl Iagnemma MIT

Jean-Paul Laumond École Normale Supérieure

Stergios I. Roumeliotis University of Minnesota

Clément Gosselin Université Laval

Dimitrios Soudris National Technical University of Athens

External Links

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