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D-Index
54
Citations
19269
World Ranking
931
National Ranking
390

Michael F. Modest publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael F. Modest sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 340 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Michael F. Modest D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael F. Modest sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Michael F. Modest is affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within engineering, mathematics, and environmental science, with notable contributions in computational mechanics and applied mathematics among other subfields.

Their main research topics include:

  • Radiative Heat Transfer Studies
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Numerical methods in inverse problems
  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Combustion and flame dynamics

Michael F. Modest has a substantial publication record across several prominent journals. The frequent venues for their work are:

  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (5 publications)
  • ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (1 publication)
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Computational Thermal Sciences An International Journal

Recent papers by Michael F. Modest include:

  • Comparison and refinement of the various full-spectrum k-distribution and spectral line weighted-sum-of-gray-gases models for nonhomogeneous media, 2021, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Efficient two-dimensional scalar fields reconstruction of laminar flames from infrared hyperspectral measurements with a machine learning approach, 2021, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Comparison of spherical harmonics method and discrete ordinates method for radiative transfer in a turbulent jet flame, 2022, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Machine learning applied to the retrieval of three-dimensional scalar fields of laminar flames from hyperspectral measurements, 2021, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
  • Radiative Heat Transfer in Turbulent Combustion 2021 Max Jakob Memorial Award Paper, 2022, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers including Sandip Mazumder, Tao Ren, Umesh Madanan, Wojciech Lipiński, and Terrence W. Simon.

Michael F. Modest's career includes recognition by professional societies. They received the Heat Transfer Memorial Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2005 and were named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Radiative heat transfer

    M. F. Modest

  • CHAPTER 22 – INVERSE RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER

    Michael F. Modest

  • Inverse Radiative Heat Transfer

    Michael F Modest

  • The weighted-sum-of-gray-gases model for arbitrary solution methods in radiative transfer

    M. F. Modest

  • The Full-Spectrum Correlated-k Distribution for Thermal Radiation From Molecular Gas-Particulate Mixtures

    Michael F. Modest;Hongmei Zhang

  • Backward Monte Carlo Simulations in Radiative Heat Transfer

    Michael F. Modest

  • Evaporative cutting of a semi-infinite body with a moving CW laser

    M. F. Modest;H. Abakians

  • Interactions among soot, thermal radiation, and NOx emissions in oxygen-enriched turbulent nonpremixed flames: A computational fluid dynamics modeling study

    L. Wang;D.C. Haworth;S.R. Turns;M.F. Modest

  • Importance of turbulence-radiation interactions in turbulent diffusion jet flames

    Genong Li;Michael F. Modest

  • Application of composition PDF methods in the investigation of turbulence–radiation interactions

    Genong Li;Michael F. Modest

  • A probability density function approach to modeling turbulence–radiation interactions in nonluminous flames

    Sandip Mazumder;Michael F. Modest

  • Three-dimensional, transient model for laser machining of ablating/decomposing materials

    Michael F. Modest

  • Heat Conduction in a Moving Semi-infinite Solid Subjected to Pulsed Laser Irradiation

    M. F. Modest;H. Abakians

  • Measurements of thermal properties for human femora

    Suleyman Biyikli;Michael F. Modest;Richard Tarr

  • Turbulence-radiation interactions in large-eddy simulations of luminous and nonluminous nonpremixed flames

    A. Gupta;D.C. Haworth;M.F. Modest

  • Heat Transfer Analysis of a Novel Pressurized Air Receiver for Concentrated Solar Power via Combined Cycles

    Illias Hischier;Daniel Hess;Wojciech Lipiński;Michael Modest

  • Modified differential approximation for radiative transfer in general three-dimensional media

    Michael F. Modest

  • Direct numerical simulation of turbulence/radiation interaction in premixed combustion systems

    Y. Wu;D.C. Haworth;M.F. Modest;B. Cuenot

  • Temperature-Dependent Absorptances of Ceramics for Nd:YAG and CO2 Laser Processing Applications

    Z. Zhang;M. F. Modest

  • A multi-scale full-spectrum correlated-k distribution for radiative heat transfer in inhomogeneous gas mixtures

    Hongmei Zhang;Michael F. Modest

  • Monte Carlo simulation of radiative heat transfer and turbulence interactions in methane/air jet flames

    Anquan Wang;Michael F. Modest;Daniel C. Haworth;Liangyu Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C. Haworth
Daniel C. Haworth Pennsylvania State University
Deborah A. Levin
Deborah A. Levin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
W. J. Minkowycz
W. J. Minkowycz University of Illinois at Chicago
R. Viskanta
R. Viskanta Purdue University West Lafayette
Brent W. Webb
Brent W. Webb Brigham Young University
Aldo Steinfeld
Aldo Steinfeld ETH Zurich
Ephraim M Sparrow
Ephraim M Sparrow University of Minnesota
Bénédicte Cuenot
Bénédicte Cuenot Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique
Wojciech Lipiński
Wojciech Lipiński Australian National University
Shigenao Maruyama
Shigenao Maruyama Tohoku University

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