2026 Jan Drewes Achenbach: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	73	312	150	702	26239

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Monie A. Ferst Award, Sigma Xi
2010 - Theodore von Karman Medal
2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
2005 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his seminal contributions to engineering research and education in the area of wave propagation in solids and for pioneering the field of quantitative non-destructive evaluation.", Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.
2001 - William Prager Medal
1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Timoshenko Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1979 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Jan Drewes Achenbach was affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields including engineering and medicine, with a primary focus on mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, and infectious diseases as subfields.

The main topics covered in their work included:

Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
Viral Infections and Vectors
Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Seismic Waves and Analysis

Several frequent co-authors collaborated with Achenbach throughout their career:

Barbara Knust
Shelley Brown
Annabelle de St. Maurice
Shannon Whitmer
Sarah E Koske

Publications were often featured in these venues:

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Notable papers from their research included:

"Seoul Virus Infection and Spread in United States Home-Based Ratteries: Rat and Human Testing Results From a Multistate Outbreak Investigation," 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
"Application of the reciprocity theorem to scattering of surface waves by an inclined subsurface crack," 2020, International Journal of Solids and Structures
"COSMOS2025: The COSMOS-Web galaxy catalog of photometry, morphology, redshifts, and physical parameters from and ground-based imaging," 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their career included recognition through several awards and honors:

Monie A. Ferst Award, Sigma Xi, 2014
Theodore von Karman Medal, 2010
Member of Academia Europaea, 2010
US President's National Medal of Science, 2005, awarded "for seminal contributions to engineering research and education in the area of wave propagation in solids and for pioneering the field of quantitative non-destructive evaluation"
William Prager Medal, 2001
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1998
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1994
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1992
Timoshenko Medal of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1992
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1979

Best Publications

Wave propagation in elastic solids

Jan D. Achenbach

7383
Citations
Acoustic and Electromagnetic Waves

D. S. Jones;J. D. Achenbach

612
Citations
Effect of interfacial zone on mechanical behavior and failure of fiber-reinforced composites

Jan Drewes Achenbach;H. Zhu

534
Citations
Computation of the Weight Function from a Stress Intensity Factor

H.J. Petroski;J.D. Achenbach

442
Citations
Quantitative nondestructive evaluation

Jan Drewes Achenbach

431
Citations
Elastic constants of single‐crystal transition‐metal nitride films measured by line‐focus acoustic microscopy

J. O. Kim;J. D. Achenbach;P. B. Mirkarimi;M. Shinn

423
Citations
Continuum Theory for a Laminated Medium

C.-T. Sun;J. D. Achenbach;George Herrmann

423
Citations
Reciprocity in Elastodynamics

Jan D. Achenbach

392
Citations
Ray methods for waves in elastic solids

Jan D. Achenbach

316
Citations
Reflection and Transmission of Elastic Waves by a Periodic Array of Cracks

Y. C. Angel;J. D. Achenbach

291
Citations
Effect of interphases on micro and macromechanical behavior of hexagonal-array fiber composites

Jan Drewes Achenbach;H. Zhu

282
Citations
Detection of thermal fatigue in composites by second harmonic Lamb waves

Weibin Li;Younho Cho;Jan D Achenbach;Jan D Achenbach

247
Citations
Elastodynamic fundamental solutions for anisotropic solids

C.-Y. Wang;J. D. Achenbach

237
Citations
Ray methods for waves in elastic solids : with applications to scattering by cracks

J. D. Achenbach;A. K. Gautesen;H. McMaken

228
Citations
ULTRASONIC INVESTIGATION OF CONCRETE WITH DISTRIBUTED DAMAGE

Scott F. Selleck;Eric N. Landis;Michael L. Peterson;Surendra P. Shah

215
Citations
Scattering of elastic waves by a surface-breaking crack

D.A. Mendelsohn;J.D. Achenbach;L.M. Keer

208
Citations
Structure-Borne Sound

L. Cremer;M. Heckl;E. E. Ungar;J. D. Achenbach

186
Citations
Strip Element Method to Analyze Wave Scattering by Cracks in Anisotropic Laminated Plates

G. R. Liu;J. D. Achenbach

163
Citations
Thermoelastic Generation of Ultrasound by Line-Focused Laser Irradiation

Irene Arias;Jan D. Achenbach

160
Citations
Laser ultrasonic detection of surface breaking discontinuities: Scanning laser source technique

A. K. Kromine;P. A. Fomitchov;S. Krishnaswamy;J. D. Achenbach

158
Citations
Time-Harmonic Waves in a Stratified Medium Propagating in the Direction of the Layering

C. T. Sun;Jan Drewes Achenbach;G. Herrmann

156
Citations
Modern Problems in Elastic Wave Propagation

J. Miklowitz;J. D. Achenbach;R. A. Scott

75
Citations
THE LINEARIZED THEORY OF ELASTICITY

J.D. Achenbach

6
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew N. Norris Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Leon M. Keer Northwestern University

Jianmin Qu Tufts University

Brian Moran King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Morris E. Fine Northwestern University

Scott A. Barnett Northwestern University

Isaac M. Daniel Northwestern University

Jacob Aboudi Tel Aviv University

Zdeněk P. Bažant Northwestern University

Surendra P. Shah Northwestern University

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