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Liang-Shih Fan 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 Liang-Shih Fan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 564 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liang-Shih Fan 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 Liang-Shih Fan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2006 - E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For leadership and contributions to research and education in the field of fluidization and particle technology.
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Liang-Shih Fan is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with significant contributions to several subfields including biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their work covers numerous main topics, notably chemical looping and thermochemical processes, catalytic processes in materials science, carbon dioxide capture technologies, industrial gas emission control, catalysis and oxidation reactions, advancements in solid oxide fuel cells, and catalysts for methane reforming.

Recent publications by Liang-Shih Fan include:

  • CO2 mineralization and utilization by alkaline solid wastes for potential carbon reduction, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Chemical looping-A perspective on the next-gen technology for efficient fossil fuel utilization, 2021, Advances in Applied Energy
  • Highly Selective Production of Syngas from Chemical Looping Reforming of Methane with CO2 Utilization on MgO-supported Calcium Ferrite Redox Materials, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Biogas to H2 conversion with CO2 capture using chemical looping technology: Process simulation and comparison to conventional reforming processes, 2020, Fuel
  • Coal direct chemical looping process: 250 kW pilot-scale testing for power generation and carbon capture, 2020, Applied Energy

The venues where Liang-Shih Fan has frequently published include:

  • Applied Energy
  • Chemical Engineering Science
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Andrew Tong
  • Vedant Shah
  • Yu-Yen Chen
  • Lang Qin
  • Fanhe Kong

Throughout their career, Liang-Shih Fan has been recognized with several awards, including election as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2013, the E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry by the American Chemical Society in 2006, membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for leadership and contributions to research and education in fluidization and particle technology, and fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1999. They are also a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Principles of gas-solid flows

    Liang-Shih Fan;Chao Zhu

  • Carbonation−Calcination Cycle Using High Reactivity Calcium Oxide for Carbon Dioxide Separation from Flue Gas

    Himanshu Gupta;Liang-S. Fan

  • Gas-liquid-solid fluidization engineering

    Liang-Shih Fan

  • CO2 mineral sequestration: physically activated dissolution of serpentine and pH swing process

    Ah-Hyung Alissa Park;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Metal oxide redox chemistry for chemical looping processes

    Liang Zeng;Zhuo Cheng;Jonathan A. Fan;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Biomass-based chemical looping technologies: the good, the bad and the future

    Xiao Zhao;Hui Zhou;Vineet Singh Sikarwar;Ming Zhao

  • Chemical looping processes for CO2 capture and carbonaceous fuel conversion – prospect and opportunity

    Liang-Shih Fan;Liang Zeng;William Wang;Siwei Luo

  • Chemical Looping Systems for Fossil Energy Conversions

    Liang-Shih Fan

  • Bubble wake dynamics in liquids and liquid-solid suspensions

    Liang-Shih Fan;Katsumi Tsuchiya

  • CO2 mineralization and utilization by alkaline solid wastes for potential carbon reduction

    Shu-Yuan Pan;Yi-Hung Chen;Liang-Shih Fan;Hyunook Kim

  • Flow structure in a three‐dimensional bubble column and three‐phase fluidized bed

    R. C. Chen;J. Reese;L.-S. Fan

  • Fundamentals of gas-liquid-solid fluidization

    Katsuhiko Muroyama;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Maximum stable bubble size and gas holdup in high-pressure slurry bubble columns

    Xukun Luo;D. J. Lee;Raymond Lau;Guoqiang Yang

  • Clean coal conversion processes – progress and challenges

    Fanxing Li;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Diffusion of phenol through a biofilm grown on activated carbon particles in a draft-tube three-phase fluidized-bed bioreactor

    L.-S. Fan;R. Leyva-Ramos;K. D. Wisecarver;B. J. Zehner

  • Bubble formation and dynamics in gas–liquid–solid fluidization—A review

    G.Q. Yang;Bing Du;L.S. Fan

  • CO2 Mineral Sequestration: Chemically Enhanced Aqueous Carbonation of Serpentine

    Ah-Hyung Alissa Park;Raja Jadhav;Liang-Shih Fan

  • Characteristics of fluidization at high pressure

    Douglas C. Chitester;Robert M. Kornosky;Liang-Shih Fan;Joseph P. Danko

  • Measurement of real-time flow structures in gas–liquid and gas–liquid–solid flow systems using electrical capacitance tomography (ECT)

    W. Warsito;L.-S. Fan

  • Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography

    W. Warsito;Q. Marashdeh;Liang-Shih Fan

  • SEPARATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) FROM GAS MIXTURES BY CALCIUM BASED REACTION SEPARATION (CaRS-CO2) PROCESS

    Liang-Shih Fan;Himanshu Gupta;Mahesh V. Iyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Fanxing Li
Fanxing Li North Carolina State University
Himanshu Gupta
Himanshu Gupta Stony Brook University
Jonathan A. Fan
Jonathan A. Fan Stanford University
William S.-Y. Wang
William S.-Y. Wang Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ah-Hyung Alissa Park
Ah-Hyung Alissa Park Columbia University
Fernando L. Teixeira
Fernando L. Teixeira The Ohio State University
Atsushi Tsutsumi
Atsushi Tsutsumi University of Tokyo
Lynn F. Gladden
Lynn F. Gladden University of Cambridge
Robert F. Mudde
Robert F. Mudde Delft University of Technology
Martin O. Saar
Martin O. Saar ETH Zurich

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