2026 Robert D. Moser: 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	51	1084	999	439	378	320	23917

Research.com Recognitions

1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work on the direct numerical simulation of fully turbulent wallbounded and free shear flows, and for insightful and elegant analysis of the dynamics and threedimensional structure of turbulence

Overview

Robert D. Moser is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant emphasis on computational mechanics.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including:

Computational Mechanics
Environmental Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Aerospace Engineering

Research topics explored by Robert D. Moser include:

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Wind and Air Flow Studies
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
Fire dynamics and safety research
Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design

Among the recent papers published by Robert D. Moser are:

"Statistical Properties of Subgrid-Scale Turbulence Models" (2020), Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
"Patient-Specific Characterization of Breast Cancer Hemodynamics Using Image-Guided Computational Fluid Dynamics" (2020), IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
"Effects of resolution inhomogeneity in large-eddy simulation" (2021), Physical Review Fluids
"National Institutes of Health pathways to prevention workshop: Improving rural health through telehealth-guided provider-to-provider communication" (2022), Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
"Bayesian Inference of Fire Evolution Within a Compartment Using Heat Flux Measurements" (2020), Fire Technology

Frequent publication venues for the scientist's work include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review Fluids
Journal of Verification Validation and Uncertainty Quantification
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Journal of Computational Physics

Collaborations feature frequently with several coauthors, including:

Todd Oliver
Laxminarayan L. Raja
Philip L. Varghese
Sigfried Haering
Jan-Michael Cabrera

In 1998, Robert D. Moser was awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), recognized for pioneering work on the direct numerical simulation of fully turbulent wall-bounded and free shear flows, as well as analysis of the dynamics and three-dimensional structure of turbulence.

Best Publications

Turbulence statistics in fully developed channel flow at low reynolds number

John Kim;Parviz Moin;Robert D Moser

6742
Citations
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow up to Reτ=590

Robert D. Moser;John Kim;Nagi N. Mansour

2938
Citations
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow up to

Myoungkyu Lee;Robert D. Moser

1494
Citations
Spectral methods for the Navier-Stokes equations with one infinite and two periodic directions

Philippe R. Spalart;Robert D. Moser;Michael M. Rogers

909
Citations
Scaling of the energy spectra of turbulent channels

Juan C. Del Álamo;Javier Jiménez;Paulo Zandonade;Robert D. Moser

817
Citations
Direct Simulation of a Self-Similar Turbulent Mixing Layer

Michael M. Rogers;Robert D. Moser

630
Citations
A numerical study of turbulent supersonic isothermal-wall channel flow

Gary N. Coleman;Gary N. Coleman;John Kim;R.D. Moser

561
Citations
Characteristic-eddy decomposition of turbulence in a channel

Parviz Moin;Robert D. Moser

510
Citations
Patient-specific isogeometric fluid–structure interaction analysis of thoracic aortic blood flow due to implantation of the Jarvik 2000 left ventricular assist device

Y. Bazilevs;J. R. Gohean;Thomas J Hughes;Robert D Moser

507
Citations
One-point statistics for turbulent wall-bounded flows at Reynolds numbers up to δ+ ≈ 2000

Juan A. Sillero;Javier Jiménez;Robert D. Moser

503
Citations
Self-similar vortex clusters in the turbulent logarithmic region

Juan C. del Álamo;Javier Jiménez;Paulo Zandonade;Robert D. Moser

435
Citations
The three-dimensional evolution of a plane mixing layer - The Kelvin-Helmholtz rollup

Michael M. Rogers;Robert D. Moser

405
Citations
The three-dimensional evolution of a plane mixing layer: pairing and transition to turbulence

Robert D. Moser;Michael M. Rogers

389
Citations
The effects of curvature in wall-bounded turbulent flows

Robert D. Moser;Parviz Moin

357
Citations
Direct numerical simulation of a supersonic turbulent boundary layer at Mach 2.5

Stephen E. Guarini;Robert D. Moser;Karim Shariff;Alan Wray

353
Citations
Bayesian uncertainty analysis with applications to turbulence modeling

Sai Hung Cheung;Todd A. Oliver;Ernesto E. Prudencio;Serge Prudhomme

291
Citations
Two-point statistics for turbulent boundary layers and channels at Reynolds numbers up to δ + ≈ 2000

Juan A. Sillero;Javier Jiménez;Robert D. Moser

280
Citations
Zonal Embedded Grids for Numerical Simulations of Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows

A.G. Kravchenko;P. Moin;R. Moser

272
Citations
Optimal LES formulations for isotropic turbulence

Jacob A. Langford;Robert D. Moser

270
Citations
A spectral numerical method for the Navier-Stokes equations with applications to Taylor-Couette flow

R.D Moser;P Moin;A Leonard

261
Citations
Direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow up to $Re_ au pprox 5200$

Myoungkyu Lee;Robert D. Moser

99
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Javier Jiménez Technical University of Madrid

Parviz Moin Stanford University

Fady Najjar Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

S. Balachandar University of Florida

John Kim University of California, Los Angeles

Ari Glezer Georgia Institute of Technology

Yuri Bazilevs Brown University

Björn Engquist The University of Texas at Austin

Thomas J. Hanratty University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Anthony J. Calise Georgia Institute of Technology

External Links

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