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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
98
Citations
36955
World Ranking
74
National Ranking
40

Chemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
36854
World Ranking
1383
National Ranking
534

Frederick L. Dryer 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 Frederick L. Dryer sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 366 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frederick L. Dryer 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 Frederick L. Dryer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 98 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2021 - Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering
  • 2021 - Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for groundbreaking research towards the understanding of engine combustion by developing detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms
  • 2014 - Propulsion and Combustion Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • 2014 - Propulsion and Combustion Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • 2012 - Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal, The Combustion Institute
  • 2012 - Alfred C. Egerton Gold Medal, The Combustion Institute
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2010 - Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • 2010 - Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • 2008 - Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers
  • 2008 - Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers

Overview

Frederick L. Dryer is a researcher affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their work spans the fields of engineering and chemical engineering, with a focus on subfields such as fluid flow and transfer processes, computational mechanics, biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, and organic chemistry.

Dyer's research topics primarily cover advanced combustion engine technologies, combustion and flame dynamics, heat transfer and supercritical fluids, chemical thermodynamics and molecular structure, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, petroleum processing and analysis, and catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies.

Key recent publications include:

  • Evaluating ignition propensity of high cycloparaffinic content alternative jet fuel by a chemical functional group approach (2020) in Combustion and Flame
  • Sub-millimeter sized multi-component jet fuel surrogate droplet combustion: Physicochemical preferential vaporization effects (2020) in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Computation of conventional and alternative jet fuel sensitivity to lean blowout (2021) in Journal of the Energy Institute
  • Microwave-assisted solvent deasphalting of heavy fuel oil and process parameters optimization (2023) in Fuel
  • Impacts of preferential vaporization on flashback behaviors of multi-component liquid fuels (2022) in Combustion and Flame

Frequent coauthors with whom Dryer has collaborated include Sang Hee Won, Tanvir Farouk, Saumitra Saxena, Seung Jae Lim, and Ayuob K. Alwahaibi. These collaborations contribute to the wide scope and interdisciplinary nature of Dryer's research.

Dryer has published extensively in prominent scientific venues, with multiple publications appearing in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Combustion and Flame, Fuel, Journal of the Energy Institute, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Recognition for Dryer's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2018 for research related to engine combustion and the development of detailed chemical kinetic mechanisms, as well as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Simplified Reaction Mechanisms for the Oxidation of Hydrocarbon Fuels in Flames

    Charles K. Westbrook;Frederick L Dryer

  • Chemical kinetic modeling of hydrocarbon combustion

    Charles K. Westbrook;Frederick L. Dryer

  • An updated comprehensive kinetic model of hydrogen combustion

    Juan Li;Zhenwei Zhao;Andrei Kazakov;Frederick L. Dryer

  • Comprehensive H2/O2 kinetic model for high-pressure combustion

    Michael P. Burke;Marcos Chaos;Yiguang Ju;Frederick L. Dryer

  • A comprehensive kinetic mechanism for CO, CH2O, and CH3OH combustion

    Juan Li;Zhenwei Zhao;Andrei Kazakov;Marcos Chaos

  • A jet fuel surrogate formulated by real fuel properties

    Stephen Dooley;Sang Hee Won;Marcos Chaos;Joshua S. Heyne

  • A Comprehensive Reaction Mechanism For Carbon Monoxide/Hydrogen/Oxygen Kinetics

    R. A. Yetter;F. L. Dryer;H. Rabitz

  • Flow reactor studies and kinetic modeling of the H2/O2 reaction

    M. A. Mueller;T. J. Kim;R. A. Yetter;F. L. Dryer

  • Thermal decomposition reaction and a comprehensive kinetic model of dimethyl ether

    Zhenwei Zhao;Marcos Chaos;Andrei Kazakov;Frederick L. Dryer

  • The reaction kinetics of dimethyl ether. I: High‐temperature pyrolysis and oxidation in flow reactors

    S. L. Fischer;F. L. Dryer;H. J. Curran

  • High-temperature oxidation of CO and CH4

    F.L. Dryer;I. Glassman

  • The experimental evaluation of a methodology for surrogate fuel formulation to emulate gas phase combustion kinetic phenomena

    Stephen Dooley;Sang Hee Won;Joshua Heyne;Tanvir I. Farouk

  • Effect of cylindrical confinement on the determination of laminar flame speeds using outwardly propagating flames

    Michael P. Burke;Zheng Chen;Yiguang Ju;Frederick L. Dryer

  • The reaction kinetics of dimethyl ether. II: Low-temperature oxidation in flow reactors

    H. J. Curran;S. L. Fischer;F. L. Dryer

  • Development of an Experimental Database and Chemical Kinetic Models for Surrogate Gasoline Fuels

    W. J. Pitz;N. P. Cernansky;F. L. Dryer;F. N. Egolfopoulos

  • Development of an Experimental Database and Kinetic Models for Surrogate Diesel Fuels

    J. T. Farrell;N. P. Cernansky;F. L. Dryer;C. K. Law

  • A comprehensive experimental and modeling study of isobutene oxidation

    Chong-Wen Zhou;Yang Li;Eoin O'Connor;Kieran P. Somers

  • Water addition to practical combustion systems—Concepts and applications

    F.L. Dryer

  • A Multiple-step Overall Kinetic Mechanism for the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons

    D. J. Hautman;F. L. Dryer;K. P. Schug;I. Glassman

  • Oxidation of Automotive Primary Reference Fuels at Elevated Pressures

    H.J. Curran;W.J. Pitz;C.K. Westbrook;G.V. Callahan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yiguang Ju
Yiguang Ju Princeton University
Richard A. Yetter
Richard A. Yetter Pennsylvania State University
Sang Hee Won
Sang Hee Won University of South Carolina
Herschel Rabitz
Herschel Rabitz Princeton University
Charles K. Westbrook
Charles K. Westbrook Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Forman A. Williams
Forman A. Williams University of California, San Diego
Kenneth Brezinsky
Kenneth Brezinsky University of Illinois at Chicago
Richard A. Yetter
Richard A. Yetter Pennsylvania State University
Charles E. Kolb
Charles E. Kolb Aerodyne Research
Henry J. Curran
Henry J. Curran University of Galway

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