2026 Robert J. Martinuzzi: 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	36	2542	2379	109	103	225	4868

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Robert J. Martinuzzi is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and specializes primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research focuses extensively on fluid dynamics, vibration analysis, and related computational methods.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Wind and Air Flow Studies
Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
Model Reduction and Neural Networks
Vibration and Dynamic Analysis
Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows

Martinuzzi's subfields of study reflect an emphasis on both theoretical and applied mechanics and engineering disciplines:

Computational Mechanics
Aerospace Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Frequent publication venues where Martinuzzi's work appears include:

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Physics of Fluids
Aerospace Science and Technology
Experiments in Fluids

Their recent papers cover a range of topics involving fluid flow characterization, vortex dynamics, and combustion performance. Notable papers include:

"Machine learning strategies applied to the control of a fluidic pinball" (2020, Physics of Fluids)
"Tomographic PIV investigation of vortex shedding topology for a cantilevered circular cylinder" (2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
"Effect of area ratio and heat release method on the Ma∞ = 2-6 operation performance of rocket-based combined cycle engine" (2022, Aerospace Science and Technology)
"Towards robust data-driven reduced-order modelling for turbulent flows: application to vortex-induced vibrations" (2022, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics)
"Effect of boundary layer state on the wake of a cantilevered square cylinder of aspect ratio 4" (2022, Physical Review Fluids)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Chris Morton
Abdallah Dayhoum
Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano
Ali Mohammadi

Martinuzzi was recognized with the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2016.

Best Publications

The Flow Around Surface-Mounted, Prismatic Obstacles Placed in a Fully Developed Channel Flow (Data Bank Contribution)

R. Martinuzzi;C. Tropea

843
Citations
Energy balance for turbulent flow around a surface mounted cube placed in a channel

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252
Citations
Alternating half-loop shedding in the turbulent wake of a finite surface-mounted square cylinder with a thin boundary layer

J. A. Bourgeois;P. Sattari;R. J. Martinuzzi

197
Citations
Experimental Study of the Local Convection Heat Transfer From a Wall-Mounted Cube in Turbulent Channel Flow

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171
Citations
Large-scale structures in dipole and quadrupole wakes of a wall-mounted finite rectangular cylinder

Z. Hosseini;J. A. Bourgeois;R. J. Martinuzzi

143
Citations
Analysis of Fluid Flow and Wall Shear Stress Patterns Inside Partially Filled Agitated Culture Well Plates

M. Mehdi Salek;Pooria Sattari;Robert J. Martinuzzi

129
Citations
Generalized phase average with applications to sensor-based flow estimation of the wall-mounted square cylinder wake

J. A. Bourgeois;B. R. Noack;R. J. Martinuzzi

126
Citations
Turbulent Flow Around Two Interfering Surface-Mounted Cubic Obstacles in Tandem Arrangement

Robert J. Martinuzzi;Brian Havel

109
Citations
Influence of wall proximity on vortex shedding from a square cylinder

R. J. Martinuzzi;S. C. C. Bailey;G. A. Kopp

106
Citations
On the vortex dynamics in the wake of a finite surface-mounted square cylinder

P. Sattari;J. A. Bourgeois;R. J. Martinuzzi

104
Citations
Proper orthogonal decomposition analysis of a circular cylinder undergoing vortex-induced vibrations

Graham Riches;Robert Martinuzzi;Chris Morton

98
Citations
Vortex shedding from two surface-mounted cubes in tandem

Robert J. Martinuzzi;Brian Havel

97
Citations
Assessment of Turbulence Model Predictions for an Aero-Engine Centrifugal Compressor

Jason A. Bourgeois;Robert J. Martinuzzi;Eric Savory;Chao Zhang

96
Citations
Poroelastic evaluation of fluid movement through the lacunocanalicular system.

Grant C. Goulet;Dennis Coombe;Robert J. Martinuzzi;Ronald F. Zernicke;Ronald F. Zernicke

86
Citations
Flow Around Surface-Mounted, Three-Dimensional Obstacles

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78
Citations
The effects of wall proximity on vortex shedding from a square cylinder: Three-dimensional effects

S. C. C. Bailey;R. J. Martinuzzi;G. A. Kopp

76
Citations
The suppression of periodic vortex shedding from a rotating circular cylinder

Sharul Sham Dol;Gregory A. Kopp;Robert J. Martinuzzi

76
Citations
Boundary layer effect on the vortex shedding of wall-mounted rectangular cylinder

M. El Hassan;J. Bourgeois;R. Martinuzzi

73
Citations
Machine learning strategies applied to the control of a fluidic pinball

C. Raibaudo;P. Zhong;B. R. Noack;R. J. Martinuzzi

70
Citations
Comparative study of turbulence models in predicting turbulent pipe flow. I - Algebraic stress and k-epsilon models

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70
Citations
Vortex shedding from a square cylinder near a wall

S C C Bailey;G A Kopp;R J Martinuzzi

62
Citations
Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation and tolerance to antibiotics in response to oscillatory shear stresses of physiological levels.

Victoria Kostenko;Mohammad Mehdi Salek;Pooria Sattari;Robert John Martinuzzi

61
Citations
Growth and separation of a start-up vortex from a two-dimensional shear layer

Pooria Sattari;David E. Rival;Robert J. Martinuzzi;Cameron Tropea

53
Citations
Generalised phase average with applications to sensor-based flow estimation of the wall-mounted square cylinder wake

Robert Martinuzzi;Jason Bourgeois;Bernd R. Noack

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Wood University of Calgary

Gregory A. Kopp University of Western Ontario

Bernd R. Noack Harbin Institute of Technology

Howard Ceri University of Calgary

Cedric Briens University of Western Ontario

Nader Mahinpey University of Calgary

Horia Hangan University of Western Ontario

Jesse Zhu University of Western Ontario

Raymond J. Turner University of Calgary

Cameron Tropea Technical University of Darmstadt

External Links

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