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D-Index
54
Citations
8582
World Ranking
979
National Ranking
403

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1985 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Ralph Greif is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their academic career is distinguished by recognition from several professional organizations and awards in the field of mechanical engineering.

Among the honors received, Greif was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1987. Prior to this, they were awarded the Heat Transfer Memorial Award from the same society in 1985. Earlier in their career, Greif was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1969.

Their professional focus lies within mechanical engineering, specifically in areas related to heat transfer and other fundamental topics in this discipline. The available data does not specify individual publication venues or recent papers, but the honors and affiliations suggest a significant contribution to the field over several decades.

Best Publications

  • Explosive change in crater properties during high power nanosecond laser ablation of silicon

    Jong H. Yoo;S.H. Jeong;R Greif;R.E. Russo

  • Evidence for phase-explosion and generation of large particles during high power nanosecond laser ablation of silicon

    J.H. Yoo;S.H. Jeong;Xianglei Mao;R. Greif

  • Natural Circulation Loops

    R. Greif

  • Comparison of the Organic Flash Cycle (OFC) to other advanced vapor cycles for intermediate and high temperature waste heat reclamation and solar thermal energy

    Tony Ho;Samuel S. Mao;Ralph Greif

  • Heat Transfer to a Boiling Liquid—Mechanism and Correlations

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  • Geometric Structure and Thermal Conductivity of Porous Medium Silica Aerogel

    S. Q. Zeng;A. Hunt;R. Greif

  • Nanosecond and femtosecond laser ablation of brass: Particulate and ICPMS measurements

    Liu C;Mao Xl;Mao Ss;Zeng X

  • Transport properties of gas in silica aerogel

    S.Q. Zeng;A. Hunt;R. Greif

  • Natural Convection in Undivided and Partially Divided Rectangular Enclosures

    M. W. Nansteel;R. Greif

  • Experimental investigations on liquid flow and heat transfer in rectangular microchannel with longitudinal vortex generators

    Chao Liu;Chao Liu;Jyh-tong Teng;Jian-Cherng Chu;Yi-lang Chiu

  • A Numerical Model of the Flow and Heat Transfer in a Rotating Disk Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor

    G.H. Evans;R. Greif

  • Mean Free Path and Apparent Thermal Conductivity of a Gas in a Porous Medium

    S. Q. Zeng;A. Hunt;R. Greif

  • Laminar convection of a radiating gas in a vertical channel

    R. Greif;I. S. Habib;J. C. Lin

  • Increased power production through enhancements to the Organic Flash Cycle (OFC)

    Tony Ho;Samuel S. Mao;Ralph Greif

  • A study on fluid flow and heat transfer in rectangular microchannels with various longitudinal vortex generators

    Chen Chen;Chen Chen;Jyh-Tong Teng;Ching-Hung Cheng;Shiping Jin

  • Theoretical modeling of carbon content to minimize heat transfer in silica aerogel

    S.Q. Zeng;A. Hunt;R. Greif

  • The Transient and Stability Behavior of a Natural Convection Loop

    R. Greif;Y. Zvirin;A. Mertol

  • Shock wave and material vapour plume propagation during excimer laser ablation of aluminium samples

    S H Jeong;R Greif;R E Russo

  • Increased surface temperature effects on wall heat transfer during unsteady flame quenching

    O. Ezekoye;R. Greif;R.F. Sawyer

  • Heat Transfer From a Flat Plate to a Fully Developed Axisymmetric Impinging Jet

    D. Lee;R. Greif;S. J. Lee;J. H. Lee

  • An investigation of natural convection in enclosures with two- and three-dimensional partitions

    M.W. Nansteel;R. Greif

  • Numerical Calculation of Convective Heat Transfer Between Rotating Coaxial Cylinders With Periodically Embedded Cavities

    T. Hayase;J. A. C. Humphrey;R. Greif

  • Transport phenomena in a steam-methanol reforming microreactor with internal heating

    Jeong-Se Suh;Ming-Tsang Lee;Ralph Greif;Costas P. Grigoropoulos

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Russo
Richard E. Russo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Xianglei Mao
Xianglei Mao Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Samuel S. Mao
Samuel S. Mao Khalifa University
Costas P. Grigoropoulos
Costas P. Grigoropoulos University of California, Berkeley
Mansoo Choi
Mansoo Choi Seoul National University
Wei Liu
Wei Liu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Noam Lior
Noam Lior University of Pennsylvania
Wladek Walukiewicz
Wladek Walukiewicz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
C. L. Tien
C. L. Tien University of California, Berkeley
David G. Cahill
David G. Cahill University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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