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Howard Brenner

Howard Brenner

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
72
Citations
32631
World Ranking
887
National Ranking
301

Howard Brenner publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Brenner sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 275 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Howard Brenner D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Brenner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS)
  • 2000 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Howard Brenner was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research spanned multiple scientific fields including engineering, computer science, and chemical engineering.

Their main areas of study included:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Chemical Engineering

Within these fields, Brenner focused on subfields such as:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

The primary topics covered in their work involved:

  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies

Howard Brenner's recent publication was titled "Global homogenization of a dilute suspension of spheres: Suspension rheology", published in 2020 in arXiv (Cornell University). This work contributed to the understanding of suspension rheology and involved collaboration with coauthor Yaniv Almog.

Frequent collaborators included:

  • Yaniv Almog

The publication venues where Brenner contributed included:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)

During their career, Brenner received several recognitions:

  • Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS), 2001
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2000
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1988
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1982

Howard Brenner's contributions covered complex theoretical modeling and the study of fluid dynamics, reinforcing their position within interdisciplinary scientific research until their passing.

Best Publications

  • Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics

    John Happel;Howard Brenner

  • Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics : with special applications to particulate media

    John Happel;Howard Brenner

  • The slow motion of a sphere through a viscous fluid towards a plane surface

    Howard Brenner

  • Slow viscous motion of a sphere parallel to a plane wall—I Motion through a quiescent fluid

    A.J. Goldman;R.G. Cox;H. Brenner

  • Slow viscous motion of a sphere parallel to a plane wall—II Couette flow

    A.J. Goldman;R.G. Cox;H. Brenner

  • Interfacial transport processes and rheology

    David A. Edwards;Howard Brenner;Darsh T. Wasan;Andrew M. Kraynik

  • Rheology of a dilute suspension of axisymmetric Brownian particles

    Howard Brenner

  • The diffusion model of longitudinal mixing in beds of finite length. Numerical values

    Howard Brenner

  • The motion of a closely-fitting sphere in a fluid-filled tube

    Peter M. Bungay;Howard Brenner

  • The Constrained Brownian Movement of Spherical Particles in Cylindrical Pores of Comparable Radius: Models of the Diffusive and Convective Transport of Solute Molecules in Membranes and Porous Media

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  • The slow motion of a sphere through a viscous fluid towards a plane surface. II - Small gap widths, including inertial effects.

    Raymond G. Cox;Howard Brenner

  • The Stokes resistance of an arbitrary particle

    H. Brenner

  • The lateral migration of solid particles in Poiseuille flow — I theory

    R.G. Cox;H. Brenner

  • Particle motions in sheared suspensions

    W Bartok;S.G Mason

  • The Stokes resistance of an arbitrary particle—IV Arbitrary fields of flow

    H. Brenner

  • Navier–Stokes revisited

    Howard Brenner

  • The slow motion of two identical arbitrarily oriented spheres through a viscous fluid

    A.J. Goldman;R.G. Cox;H. Brenner

  • Coupling between the translational and rotational brownian motions of rigid particles of arbitrary shape

    Howard Brenner

  • Effect of finite boundaries on the Stokes resistance of an arbitrary particle

    Howard Brenner

  • The Stokes resistance of an arbitrary particle—II: An extension

    H. Brenner

  • The Stokes resistance of a slightly deformed sphere

    H. Brenner

  • Hydrodynamic Resistance of Particles at Small Reynolds Numbers

    Howard Brenner

  • Kinematics of volume transport

    Howard Brenner

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin D. Dorfman
Kevin D. Dorfman University of Minnesota
Venkat Ganesan
Venkat Ganesan The University of Texas at Austin
Darsh T. Wasan
Darsh T. Wasan Illinois Institute of Technology
Carlos Rinaldi
Carlos Rinaldi University of Florida
Donald L. Koch
Donald L. Koch Cornell University
James P. Butler
James P. Butler Harvard University
Vemuri Balakotaiah
Vemuri Balakotaiah University of Houston
Pierre M. Adler
Pierre M. Adler Sorbonne University

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