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D-Index
51
Citations
8584
World Ranking
1129
National Ranking
457

Richard M. Lueptow 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 Richard M. Lueptow sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 304 publications — 73rd percentile

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

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

Richard M. Lueptow 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 Richard M. Lueptow sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For careful experiments and simulations in a broad range of areas including granular flow, Taylor Couette flow, physical acoustics, turbulent flow, membrane filtration, and sprays as well as noteworthy service to the Division of Fluid Dynamics

Overview

Richard M. Lueptow is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to specialized subfields including Computational Mechanics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ocean Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as Granular flow and fluidized beds, Landslides and related hazards, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques, Membrane Separation Technologies, and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Richard M. Lueptow include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physical review. E
  • Physical Review Research
  • Chemical Engineering Science

Recent papers by the scientist include:

  • Rising and sinking intruders in dense granular flows, 2020, Physical Review Research
  • Molecular insights into charged nanofiltration membranes: Structure, water transport, and water diffusion, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Positively-Coated Nanofiltration Membranes for Lithium Recovery from Battery Leachates and Salt-Lakes: Ion Transport Fundamentals and Module Performance, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Modelling segregation of bidisperse granular mixtures varying simultaneously in size and density for free surface flows, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Modeling segregation of polydisperse granular materials in hopper discharge, 2020, Powder Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard M. Lueptow include:

  • Paul B. Umbanhowar
  • Julio M. Ottino
  • Lü Jing
  • Yifei Duan
  • Sinan Keten

Richard M. Lueptow has been recognized by professional societies, receiving the Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers award in 2012. In 2008, they were named Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation noting their careful experiments and simulations across a broad range of areas such as granular flow, Taylor Couette flow, physical acoustics, turbulent flow, membrane filtration, and sprays, as well as service to the Division of Fluid Dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Photoreactive TiO2/Carbon Nanotube Composites: Synthesis and Reactivity

    Yuan Yao;Gonghu Li;Shannon Ciston;Richard M. Lueptow

  • Spatio-temporal character of non-wavy and wavy Taylor–Couette flow

    Steven T. Wereley;Richard M. Lueptow

  • An experimental study of the flowing granular layer in a rotating tumbler

    Nitin Jain;J. M. Ottino;R. M. Lueptow

  • Stability of axial flow in an annulus with a rotating inner cylinder

    Richard M. Lueptow;Andreas Docter;Kyungyoon Min

  • Velocity field for Taylor–Couette flow with an axial flow

    Steven T. Wereley;Steven T. Wereley;Richard M. Lueptow

  • Regimes of segregation and mixing in combined size and density granular systems: an experimental study

    Nitin Jain;Julio M. Ottino;Richard M. Lueptow

  • A dynamical systems approach to mixing and segregation of granular materials in tumblers

    Steven W. Meier;Richard M. Lueptow;Julio M. Ottino

  • Modelling size segregation of granular materials: The roles of segregation, advection and diffusion

    Yi Fan;Conor P. Schlick;Paul B. Umbanhowar;Julio M. Ottino

  • Computer-aided calibration of X-probes using a look-up table

    R. M. Lueptow;K. S. Breuer;J. H. Haritonidis

  • Modeling size segregation of granular materials: the roles of segregation, advection and diffusion

    Yi Fan;Conor P. Schlick;Paul B. Umbanhowar;Julio M. Ottino

  • PIV for granular flows

    R. M. Lueptow;A. Akonur;T. Shinbrot

  • Surface roughness effects in granular matter: Influence on angle of repose and the absence of segregation

    Nicholas A. Pohlman;Benjamin L. Severson;Julio M. Ottino;Richard M. Lueptow

  • Inertial particle motion in a Taylor Couette rotating filter

    Steven T. Wereley;Richard M. Lueptow

  • Modeling Segregation in Granular Flows.

    Paul B. Umbanhowar;Richard M. Lueptow;Julio M. Ottino

  • Effect of interstitial fluid on a granular flowing layer

    Nitin Jain;J. M. Ottino;R. M. Lueptow

  • Combined size and density segregation and mixing in noncircular tumblers

    Nitin Jain;Julio M. Ottino;Richard M. Lueptow

  • Hydrodynamic stability of viscous flow between rotating porous cylinders with radial flow

    Kyungyoon Min;Richard M. Lueptow

  • Granular segregation in circular tumblers: theoretical model and scaling laws

    Conor P. Schlick;Yi Fan;Paul B. Umbanhowar;Julio M. Ottino

  • Azimuthal velocity in supercritical circular Couette flow

    S. T. Wereley;Richard M Lueptow

  • Acoustic attenuation in three-component gas mixtures—Theory

    Y. Dain;Richard M. Lueptow

Frequent Co-Authors

Julio M. Ottino
Julio M. Ottino Northwestern University
Paul B. Umbanhowar
Paul B. Umbanhowar Northwestern University
Kimberly A. Gray
Kimberly A. Gray Northwestern University
Yeomin Yoon
Yeomin Yoon Ewha Womans University
Steven T. Wereley
Steven T. Wereley Purdue University West Lafayette
Stephen Wiggins
Stephen Wiggins University of Bristol
Sinan Keten
Sinan Keten Northwestern University
Devang V. Khakhar
Devang V. Khakhar Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Yongzhi Zhao
Yongzhi Zhao Zhejiang University
Arun L.W. Bokde
Arun L.W. Bokde Trinity College Dublin

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