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Gareth H. McKinley

Gareth H. McKinley

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
113
Citations
48714
World Ranking
30
National Ranking
18

Materials Science

D-Index
114
Citations
48158
World Ranking
609
National Ranking
217

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions in rheology, understanding of complex fluid dynamical instabilities, and interfacial engineering of superrepellent textured surfaces.
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of methods for characterization of the rheology of complex liquids and improved understanding of elastic effects and instabilities

Overview

Gareth H. McKinley is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has a research profile centered on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in rheology and fluid dynamics. Their work engages extensively with complex fluid dynamics, material properties, and interfacial engineering, as reflected in their publication record and awarded honors.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • Journal of Rheology
  • Soft Matter
  • Physics of Fluids

Primary fields of study highlight:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, notable subfields of study include:

  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Food Science

Main topics of Gareth H. McKinley's work are:

  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Blood properties and coagulation
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Frequent collaborators in McKinley's research include:

  • Crystal E. Owens
  • Bavand Keshavarz
  • Philippe Bourrianne
  • Jake Song
  • Thibaut Divoux

Selected recent papers, with publication year and venues, exemplify the thematic focus and collaborative nature of McKinley's research:

  • "In situ mechanical reinforcement of polymer hydrogels via metal-coordinated crosslink mineralization," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Low-cost manganese dioxide semi-solid electrode for flow batteries," 2021, Joule
  • "The hidden hierarchical nature of soft particulate gels," 2023, Nature Physics
  • "Time-connectivity superposition and the gel/glass duality of weak colloidal gels," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Improved rheometry of yield stress fluids using bespoke fractal 3D printed vanes," 2020, Journal of Rheology

Recognitions awarded to Gareth H. McKinley include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2019) for contributions in rheology, understanding of complex fluid dynamical instabilities, and interfacial engineering of superrepellent textured surfaces
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2019)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2007) with citation for the development of methods for characterization of the rheology of complex liquids and improved understanding of elastic effects and instabilities

Best Publications

  • Designing Superoleophobic Surfaces

    Anish Tuteja;Wonjae Choi;Minglin Ma;Joseph M. Mabry

  • Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube Forests

    Kenneth K. S. Lau;José Bico;Kenneth B. K. Teo;Manish Chhowalla

  • A review of nonlinear oscillatory shear tests: Analysis and application of large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS)

    Kyu Hyun;Manfred Wilhelm;Christopher O. Klein;Kwang Soo Cho

  • Robust omniphobic surfaces

    Anish Tuteja;Wonjae Choi;Joseph M. Mabry;Gareth H. McKinley

  • New measures for characterizing nonlinear viscoelasticity in large amplitude oscillatory shear

    Randy H. Ewoldt;A. E. Hosoi;Gareth H. McKinley

  • Droplet mobility on lubricant-impregnated surfaces

    J. David Smith;Rajeev Dhiman;Sushant Anand;Ernesto Reza-Garduno

  • Relationships between Water Wettability and Ice Adhesion

    Adam J. Meuler;J. David Smith;Kripa K. Varanasi;Joseph M. Mabry

  • Fingerprinting Soft Materials: A Framework for Characterizing Nonlinear Viscoelasticity

    Randy H. Ewoldt;Gareth H. McKinley;A. E. Hosoi

  • Elasto-capillary thinning and breakup of model elastic liquids

    Shelley L. Anna;Gareth H. McKinley

  • A modified Cassie-Baxter relationship to explain contact angle hysteresis and anisotropy on non-wetting textured surfaces.

    Wonjae Choi;Anish Tuteja;Joseph M. Mabry;Robert E. Cohen

  • FILAMENT-STRETCHING RHEOMETRY OF COMPLEX FLUIDS

    Gareth Huw McKinley;Tamarapu Sridhar

  • Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels

    Shaoting Lin;Xinyue Liu;Ji Liu;Hyunwoo Yuk

  • Helicobacter pylori moves through mucus by reducing mucin viscoelasticity

    Jonathan P. Celli;Bradley S. Turner;Nezam H. Afdhal;Sarah Keates

  • Enhanced thermal conductivity and viscosity of copper nanoparticles in ethylene glycol nanofluid

    J. Garg;B. Poudel;M. Chiesa;J. B. Gordon

  • Nanotextured Silica Surfaces with Robust Superhydrophobicity and Omnidirectional Broadband Supertransmissivity

    Kyoo Chul Park;Hyungryul J. Choi;Chih Hao Chang;Chih Hao Chang;Robert E. Cohen

  • Optimal Design of Permeable Fiber Network Structures for Fog Harvesting

    Kyoo Chul Park;Shreerang Sharad Chhatre;Siddarth Srinivasan;Robert E Cohen

  • Drop formation and breakup of low viscosity elastic fluids: Effects of molecular weight and concentration

    Viyada Tirtaatmadja;Gareth H. McKinley;Justin J. Cooper-White

  • How to extract the Newtonian viscosity from capillary breakup measurements in a filament rheometer

    Gareth H. McKinley;Anubhav Tripathi

  • Exploiting topographical texture to impart icephobicity.

    Adam J. Meuler;Gareth H. McKinley;Robert E. Cohen

  • Capillary break-up rheometry of low-viscosity elastic fluids

    Lucy E. Rodd;Timothy P. Scott;Justin J. Cooper-White;Gareth H. McKinley

  • Fabrics with Tunable Oleophobicity

    Wonjae Choi;Anish Tuteja;Shreerang Chhatre;Joseph M. Mabry

Frequent Co-Authors

Anish Tuteja
Anish Tuteja University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Randy H. Ewoldt
Randy H. Ewoldt University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Manuel A. Alves
Manuel A. Alves University of Porto
Robert C. Armstrong
Robert C. Armstrong Sandia National Laboratories
Joseph M. Mabry
Joseph M. Mabry United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Sébastien Manneville
Sébastien Manneville École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

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