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D-Index
60
Citations
22545
World Ranking
2122
National Ranking
670

Pol D. Spanos 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 Pol D. Spanos sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 334 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pol D. Spanos 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 Pol D. Spanos sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% 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

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2008 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the development of methods of predicting the dynamic behavior and reliability of structural systems in diverse loading environments.
  • 2003 - Theodore von Karman Medal
  • 1991 - ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Pol D. Spanos is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and decision sciences, within which they have made contributions to several key subfields including statistics, probability and uncertainty, civil and structural engineering, modeling and simulation, control and systems engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of specific topics such as probabilistic and robust engineering design, structural health monitoring techniques, fractional differential equation solutions, acoustic wave phenomena research, control systems and identification, stochastic dynamics and bifurcation, and wind and air flow studies.

Spanos has an extensive publication record, contributing frequently to prominent journals. These publication venues include:

  • Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics (14 publications)
  • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics (4 publications)
  • Journal of Applied Mechanics (3 publications)
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics (3 publications)
  • Nonlinear Dynamics (3 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Pol D. Spanos include:

  • "Elucidating appealing features of differentiable auto-correlation functions: A study on the modified exponential kernel," 2022, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
  • "Nonlinear vibrations of beams and plates with fractional derivative elements subject to combined harmonic and random excitations," 2020, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
  • "Stochastic response determination of multi-dimensional nonlinear systems endowed with fractional derivative elements by the GE-GDEE," 2022, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
  • "Equation governing the probability density evolution of multi-dimensional linear fractional differential systems subject to Gaussian white noise," 2023, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
  • "Nonstationary stochastic response determination of nonlinear oscillators endowed with fractional derivatives," 2022, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Spanos has collaborated repeatedly with several researchers including Jianbing Chen, Alberto Di Matteo, Yi Luo, Giovanni Malara, and B. Pomaro.

Their work has been acknowledged through various awards and honors. These include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
  • Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2012)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2008)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2005) for contributions to predicting the dynamic behavior and reliability of structural systems in diverse loading environments
  • Theodore von Karman Medal (2003)
  • ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award (1991)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1990)
  • Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Best Publications

  • Stochastic Finite Elements: A Spectral Approach

    Roger G. Ghanem;Pol D. Spanos

  • Random vibration and statistical linearization

    J. B. Roberts;Pol D. Spanos

  • Stochastic Finite Element Expansion for Random Media

    P. D. Spanos;Roger Ghanem

  • Stochastic averaging: An approximate method of solving random vibration problems

    J.B. Roberts;P.D. Spanos

  • Polynomial Chaos in Stochastic Finite Elements

    Roger Ghanem;P. D. Spanos

  • Rocking of Rigid Blocks Due to Harmonic Shaking

    Pol D. Spanos;Aik‐Siong Koh

  • Spectral Stochastic Finite-Element Formulation for Reliability Analysis

    Roger G. Ghanem;Pol D. Spanos

  • Monte Carlo Treatment of Random Fields: A Broad Perspective

    P. D. Spanos;B. A. Zeldin

  • Stochastic Linearization in Structural Dynamics

    P. Spanos

  • Stochastic Finite Element Method: Response Statistics

    Roger G. Ghanem;Pol D. Spanos

  • Evolutionary Spectra Estimation Using Wavelets

    Pol D. Spanos;Giuseppe Failla

  • Oil and gas well drilling: A vibrations perspective

    P. D. Spanos;A. M. Chevallier;N. P. Politis;M. L. Payne

  • An analytical Wiener path integral technique for non-stationary response determination of nonlinear oscillators

    I.A. Kougioumtzoglou;P.D. Spanos

  • Response of a non-linear system with restoring forces governed by fractional derivatives—Time domain simulation and statistical linearization solution

    Pol D. Spanos;Georgios I. Evangelatos

  • Harmonic wavelets based statistical linearization for response evolutionary power spectrum determination

    P.D. Spanos;I.A. Kougioumtzoglou

  • A multiscale Monte Carlo finite element method for determining mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites

    P.D. Spanos;A. Kontsos

  • Wavelet-based response spectrum compatible synthesis of accelerograms—Eurocode application (EC8)

    A. Giaralis;P.D. Spanos

  • Dynamic analysis of stacked rigid blocks

    Pol D. Spanos;Panayiotis C. Roussis;Nikolaos P.A. Politis

  • Time–frequency representation of earthquake accelerograms and inelastic structural response records using the adaptive chirplet decomposition and empirical mode decomposition

    P.D. Spanos;A. Giaralis;N.P. Politis

  • Karhunen-Loéve Expansion of Stochastic Processes with a Modified Exponential Covariance Kernel

    Pol D. Spanos;Pol D. Spanos;Pol D. Spanos;Michael Beer;Michael Beer;Michael Beer;John Red-Horse;John Red-Horse;John Red-Horse

  • Computational stochastic mechanics

    Pol D. Spanos;Carlos Alberto Brebbia

  • Closure of "Rocking of Rigid Blocks Due to Harmonic Shaking"

    Pol D. Spanos;Aik-Siong Koh

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Ghanem
Roger Ghanem University of Southern California
Michael Beer
Michael Beer University of Liverpool
Jie Li
Jie Li Tongji University
Dimitrios I. Fotiadis
Dimitrios I. Fotiadis University of Ioannina
Sami F. Masri
Sami F. Masri University of Southern California
Robert Vajtai
Robert Vajtai Rice University
Christian Soize
Christian Soize Université Gustave Eiffel
Boris I. Yakobson
Boris I. Yakobson Rice University
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Robert D. Moser
Robert D. Moser The University of Texas at Austin

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