2026 Jonathan B. Freund: 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	49	1221	1122	495	426	312	9229

Overview

Jonathan B. Freund is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's scholarly output includes significant exploration into topics such as:

Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
Combustion and flame dynamics
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
Model Reduction and Neural Networks
Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics

Jonathan B. Freund has published in several frequent venues, indicating active engagement within specific communities. These venues include:

Journal of Computational Physics
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Physical Review Fluids

Key recent publications showcase the scientist's interest in areas involving fluid dynamics, plasma, and computational modeling. Notable papers include:

"DPM: A deep learning PDE augmentation method with application to large-eddy simulation" (2020), published in Journal of Computational Physics
"Collinear dual-pulse laser optical breakdown and energy deposition" (2020), published in Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
"Hydrodynamic ejection caused by laser-induced optical breakdown" (2020), published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
"Laser-Induced Plasma Ignition Experiments in a Direct-Connect Supersonic Combustor at Mach 3" (2020), published in Journal of Propulsion and Power
"An optimization method for chaotic turbulent flow" (2022), published in Journal of Computational Physics

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, highlighting established research partnerships. These include:

Jonathan F. MacArt
Jonathan M. Wang
Carlos Pantano
Gregory Elliott
Alessandro Munafò

Best Publications

Noise sources in a low-Reynolds-number turbulent jet at Mach 0.9

Jonathan B. Freund

675
Citations
COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF FLOW-GENERATED SOUND

Meng Wang;Jonathan B. Freund;Sanjiva K. Lele

558
Citations
Proposed Inflow/Outflow Boundary Condition for Direct Computation of Aerodynamic Sound

Jonathan Freund

442
Citations
Numerical Simulation of Flowing Blood Cells

Jonathan B. Freund

362
Citations
Perspective on machine learning for advancing fluid mechanics

M. P. Brenner;J. D. Eldredge;J. B. Freund

299
Citations
An interface capturing method for the simulation of multi-phase compressible flows

Ratnesh K. Shukla;Carlos Pantano;Jonathan B. Freund

279
Citations
Compressibility effects in a turbulent annular mixing layer. Part 1. Turbulence and growth rate

Jonathan B. Freund;Sanjiva K. Lele;Parviz Moin

272
Citations
A spectral boundary integral method for flowing blood cells

Hong Zhao;Amir H. G. Isfahani;Luke N. Olson;Jonathan B. Freund

253
Citations
Numerical simulation of a Mach 1.92 turbulent jet and its sound field

J. B. Freund;S. K. Lele;P. Moin

251
Citations
Electro-osmosis in a nanometer-scale channel studied by atomistic simulation

Jonathan B. Freund

218
Citations
Leukocyte margination in a model microvessel

Jonathan B. Freund

195
Citations
A fixed-mesh method for incompressible flow-structure systems with finite solid deformations

Hong Zhao;Jonathan B. Freund;Robert D. Moser

192
Citations
A noise-controlled free shear flow

Mingjun Wei;Jonathan B. Freund

184
Citations
Fluid flows and forces in development: functions, features and biophysical principles

Jonathan B. Freund;Jacky G. Goetz;Kent L. Hill;Julien Vermot

161
Citations
A diffuse interface model with immiscibility preservation

Arpit Tiwari;Jonathan B. Freund;Carlos Pantano

154
Citations
DPM: A deep learning PDE augmentation method with application to large-eddy simulation

Justin A. Sirignano;Justin A. Sirignano;Jonathan F. MacArt;Jonathan B. Freund

140
Citations
Blood flow mechanics in cardiovascular development.

Francesco Boselli;Jonathan B. Freund;Julien Vermot

136
Citations
Lattice-dynamical calculation of phonon scattering at ideal Si–Ge interfaces

H. Zhao;Jonathan Freund

135
Citations
Cellular flow in a small blood vessel

Jonathan B. Freund;M. M. Orescanin

133
Citations
The flow of red blood cells through a narrow spleen-like slit

Jonathan B. Freund

125
Citations
Compressibility effects in a turbulent annular mixing layer

Jonathan Ben Freund

76
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory S. Elliott University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Parviz Moin Stanford University

Tim Colonius California Institute of Technology

Sanjiva K. Lele Stanford University

Randy H. Ewoldt University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Peter Jordan University of Poitiers

Thomas L. Jackson University of Florida

André V. G. Cavalieri Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica

Vijay K. Dhir University of California, Los Angeles

Kamran Mohseni University of Florida

External Links

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