2026 Robert L. Jackson: 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	44	1607	1487	624	544	201	8028

Research.com Recognitions

2004 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the electromagnetic modeling of microwave integrated circuits and packaging.

Overview

Robert L. Jackson is affiliated with Auburn University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of engineering, with a specialized emphasis on mechanical engineering and related subfields such as mechanics of materials, materials chemistry, computational mechanics, and biomedical engineering.

The major topics in their body of work include:

Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis
Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis
Lubricants and Their Additives
Mechanical Stress and Fatigue Analysis
Tribology and Wear Analysis

Robert L. Jackson has published extensively, with significant contributions appearing in these venues:

Journal of Tribology
Lubricants
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology
arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Some notable recent papers include:

"Layered 2D Nanomaterials to Tailor Friction and Wear in Machine Elements-A Review" (2021) published in Advanced Materials Interfaces
"Carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced 316L stainless steel composites made by laser powder bed fusion: Microstructure and wear response" (2022) published in Wear
"A Comprehensive Review of the Finite Element Modeling of Electrical Connectors Including Their Contacts" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
"A critical review on the solenoid valve reliability, performance and remaining useful life including its industrial applications" (2022) published in Engineering Failure Analysis
"The influence of various grease compositions and silver nanoparticle additives on electrically induced rolling-element bearing damage" (2024) published in Friction

Frequent collaborators in their research include Nolan Chu, Yang Xu, G. Mills, Santosh Angadi, and Arup Gangopadhyay. These coauthors have contributed multiple joint publications reflecting sustained partnerships.

Robert L. Jackson received the IEEE Fellow award in 2004 for contributions to the electromagnetic modeling of microwave integrated circuits and packaging.

Best Publications

A Finite Element Study of Elasto-Plastic Hemispherical Contact Against a Rigid Flat

Robert L. Jackson;Itzhak Green

857
Citations
A statistical model of elasto-plastic asperity contact between rough surfaces

Robert L. Jackson;Itzhak Green

359
Citations
Meeting the Contact-Mechanics Challenge

Martin H. Müser;Wolf B. Dapp;Romain Bugnicourt;Romain Bugnicourt;Philippe Sainsot

341
Citations
A multi-scale model for contact between rough surfaces

Robert L. Jackson;Jeffrey L. Streator

339
Citations
A Review of Elastic–Plastic Contact Mechanics

Hamid Ghaednia;Xianzhang Wang;Swarna Saha;Yang Xu

309
Citations
Layered 2D Nanomaterials to Tailor Friction and Wear in Machine Elements—A Review

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277
Citations
Predicting the coefficient of restitution of impacting elastic-perfectly plastic spheres

Robert L. Jackson;Itzhak Green;Dan B. Marghitu

240
Citations
A Finite Element Study of the Residual Stress and Deformation in Hemispherical Contacts

Robert Jackson;Itti Chusoipin;Itzhak Green

167
Citations
Experimental analysis of stable CuO nanoparticle enhanced lubricants

Hamed Ghaednia;Robert L. Jackson;Jeyhoon M. Khodadadi

158
Citations
On the Modeling of Elastic Contact between Rough Surfaces

Robert L. Jackson;Itzhak Green

147
Citations
The Effect of Nanoparticles on the Real Area of Contact, Friction, and Wear

Hamed Ghaednia;Robert L. Jackson

144
Citations
A comparison of contact modeling utilizing statistical and fractal approaches

Lior Kogut;Robert L. Jackson

132
Citations
A comprehensive study of the elasto-plastic contact of a sphere and a flat

Hamid Ghaednia;Sara A. Pope;Robert L. Jackson;Dan B. Marghitu

131
Citations
Surface separation and contact resistance considering sinusoidal elastic–plastic multi-scale rough surface contact

W. Everett Wilson;Santosh V. Angadi;Robert L. Jackson

122
Citations
An analysis of generated fractal and measured rough surfaces in regards to their multi-scale structure and fractal dimension

Xiaohan Zhang;Yang Xu;Robert L. Jackson

120
Citations
Kinetics and mechanism of laser‐induced photochemical deposition from the group 6 hexacarbonyls

Robert L. Jackson;George W. Tyndall

119
Citations
A Comparison of Flattening and Indentation Approaches for Contact Mechanics Modeling of Single Asperity Contacts

Robert L. Jackson;Lior Kogut

117
Citations
Reliability and Life Study of Hydraulic Solenoid Valve - Part 1 - A Multi-physics Finite Element Model

S. V. Angadi;R. L. Jackson;Song-yul Choe;G. T. Flowers

111
Citations
Elasto-Plastic Hemispherical Contact Models for Various Mechanical Properties

John J. Quicksall;Robert L. Jackson;Itzhak Green

110
Citations
An analysis of elasto-plastic sliding spherical asperity interaction

Robert L. Jackson;Ravi S. Duvvuru;Hasnain Meghani;Manoj Mahajan

109
Citations
A Finite Element Study of Elasto-Plastic Hemispherical Contact

Robert L. Jackson;Itzhak Green

104
Citations
Laser‐induced chemical vapor deposition of aluminum

Thomas H. Baum;Carl E. Larson;Robert L. Jackson

103
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Song-Yul Choe Auburn University

Jeffrey C. Suhling Auburn University

Paul F. Lambert University of Wisconsin–Madison

Michele Ciavarella Polytechnic University of Bari

Jay M. Khodadadi Auburn University

Pradeep Lall Auburn University

Arvind Varsani Arizona State University

W. Gregory Sawyer Moffitt Cancer Center

Mark O. Robbins Johns Hopkins University

Thomas H. Baum IBM (United States)

External Links

Personal website of Robert L. Jackson Google Scholar page

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