2026 Mark F. Horstemeyer: 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	80	213	192	106	88	504	20122
Materials Science	77	3178	3069	886	832	467	18692

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2010 - ASM Fellow For developments in computational multiscale material modeling spanning atomic to macro length scales and quantification of structure – property relationships for inelastic behavior and fracture.
2005 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Mark F. Horstemeyer is affiliated with Liberty University in the United States with a focus on engineering and materials science. Their research spans a diverse range of topics within these fields, reflecting interdisciplinary expertise.

The main fields of study include:

Engineering
Materials Science
Medicine

Within these fields, the subfields of study frequently addressed are:

Materials Chemistry
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Biomedical Engineering

The primary research topics covered involve:

Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics
Elasticity and Material Modeling
Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark F. Horstemeyer include:

Integration of phase-field model and crystal plasticity for the prediction of process-structure-property relation of additively manufactured metallic materials, 2020, International Journal of Plasticity
Uncertainty quantification and reduction in metal additive manufacturing, 2020, npj Computational Materials
Electroplasticity: A review of mechanisms in electro-mechanical coupling of ductile metals, 2020, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Machine learning predictions on fracture toughness of multiscale bio-nano-composites, 2020, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites
Three-dimensional Phase-field simulation of γ" precipitation kinetics in Inconel 625 during heat treatment, 2020, Computational Materials Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Horstemeyer are:

Raj K. Prabhu
Youssef Hammi
Sungkwang Mun
M. I. Baskes
Bradley Huddleston

Preferred publication venues where their work appears with higher frequency include:

Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
Materials
Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism/Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism
Mechanics of Materials

Mark F. Horstemeyer has received several professional recognitions, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
ASM Fellow, 2010, for developments in computational multiscale material modeling spanning atomic to macro length scales and quantification of structure - property relationships for inelastic behavior and fracture
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2005

Best Publications

A comparative study of metamodeling methods for multiobjective crashworthiness optimization

H. Fang;M. Rais-Rohani;Z. Liu;M. F. Horstemeyer

610
Citations
Molecular dynamics simulations of deformation mechanisms of amorphous polyethylene

D. Hossain;M.A. Tschopp;D.K. Ward;J.L. Bouvard

519
Citations
Microstructure-based fatigue modeling of cast A356-T6 alloy

D.L McDowell;K Gall;M.F Horstemeyer;J Fan

450
Citations
Modified embedded atom method potential for Al, Si, Mg, Cu, and Fe alloys

B. Jelinek;S. Groh;M. F. Horstemeyer;J. Houze

398
Citations
LENGTH SCALE AND TIME SCALE EFFECTS ON THE PLASTIC FLOW OF FCC METALS

M.F. Horstemeyer;M.I. Baskes;S.J. Plimpton

388
Citations
Probing grain boundary sink strength at the nanoscale: Energetics and length scales of vacancy and interstitial absorption by grain boundaries in α -Fe

Mark A. Tschopp;K. N. Solanki;Fei Gao;Xin Sun

383
Citations
Interpretations of Indentation Size Effects

W. W. Gerberich;N. I. Tymiak;J. C. Grunlan;M. F. Horstemeyer

341
Citations
Global response approximation with radial basis functions

Hongbing Fang;Mark F. Horstemeyer

296
Citations
Modeling stress state dependent damage evolution in a cast Al–Si–Mg aluminum alloy

M.F. Horstemeyer;J. Lathrop;A.M. Gokhale;M. Dighe

283
Citations
Historical review of internal state variable theory for inelasticity

Mark F. Horstemeyer;Douglas J. Bammann

276
Citations
Multiscale Modeling: A Review

M. F. Horstemeyer

270
Citations
A void–crack nucleation model for ductile metals

Mark F. Horstemeyer;Arun M. Gokhale

269
Citations
Energy absorbent natural materials and bioinspired design strategies: A review

J. McKittrick;P.-Y. Chen;L. Tombolato;E.E. Novitskaya

260
Citations
Insight into the mechanisms of columnar to equiaxed grain transition during metallic additive manufacturing

Pengwei Liu;Pengwei Liu;Zhuo Wang;Yaohong Xiao;Mark F. Horstemeyer

258
Citations
Effect of dislocation transmutation on modeling hardening mechanisms by twinning in magnesium

A.L. Oppedal;H. El Kadiri;C.N. Tomé;G.C. Kaschner

237
Citations
Multiscale modeling of the plasticity in an aluminum single crystal

S. Groh;E.B. Marin;M.F. Horstemeyer;H.M. Zbib

229
Citations
High cycle fatigue of a die cast AZ91E-T4 magnesium alloy

M.F Horstemeyer;N Yang;Ken Gall;D.L McDowell

223
Citations
Atomistic simulations on the tensile debonding of an aluminum-silicon interface

Ken Gall;M.F Horstemeyer;Mark Van Schilfgaarde;M.I Baskes

219
Citations
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for Metals : Using Multiscale Modeling to Invigorate Engineering Design with Science

Mark F. Horstemeyer

216
Citations
A molecular dynamics study of void growth and coalescence in single crystal nickel

G. P. Potirniche;M. F. Horstemeyer;G. J. Wagner;P. M. Gullett

211
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael I. Baskes University of North Texas

Jun Liao The University of Texas at Arlington

Mark A. Tschopp United States Army Research Laboratory

David L. McDowell Georgia Institute of Technology

Arun M. Gokhale Georgia Institute of Technology

Ken Gall Duke University

Haitham El Kadiri Mississippi State University

Paul G. Allison Baylor University

Randall M. German San Diego State University

Gregory J. Wagner Northwestern University

External Links

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