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D-Index
41
Citations
6721
World Ranking
1918
National Ranking
723

Overview

Robert P. Wei was a researcher affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States. Their work spanned multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on engineering and medicine, with notable involvement in subfields such as surgery, atmospheric science, electrical and electronic engineering, oncology, and materials chemistry.

The scientist contributed to various topics including minimally invasive surgical techniques, surgical simulation and training, colorectal cancer surgical treatments, climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, remote sensing and land use, and advancements in battery materials.

Among their recent publications were:

  • Changes in the Distribution of Thermokarst Lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from 2015 to 2020, 2025, Remote Sensing
  • Current Status and Challenges in the Development of Hydrogen Transmission Pipeline Technology, 2024, E3S Web of Conferences
  • Continuous characterization of reversible and irreversible heat of lithium-ion batteries using online electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and differential isothermal calorimetry, 2025, Measurement
  • Assessing the learning curve in robot-assisted intracorporeal colorectal anastomosis and transrectal extraction (NICE) procedure: from Initial Learning to Mastery, 2025, Journal of Robotic Surgery
  • Gradient phase stability mediated by heterogeneous α-precipitation achieves yield strength-ductility synergy in TWIP β-Ti alloy, 2025, Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Their frequent publication venues included Remote Sensing, E3S Web of Conferences, Measurement, Journal of Robotic Surgery, and Journal of Materials Research and Technology.

Collaborators who worked often with Robert P. Wei included Jacques Bistre-Varon, Muhammed Elhadi, Jimena Alcocer-Barrios, Ryan Gunter, and Joshua Coursey.

Best Publications

  • Microconstituent-Induced Pitting Corrosion in Aluminum Alloy 2024-T3

    G. S. Chen;M. Gao;R. P. Wei

  • A transmission electron microscopy study of constituent-particle-induced corrosion in 7075-T6 and 2024-T3 aluminum alloys

    Robert P. Wei;Chi-Min Liao;Ming Gao

  • Transition from pitting to fatigue crack growth—modeling of corrosion fatigue crack nucleation in a 2024-T3 aluminum alloy

    G.S. Chen;K.-C. Wan;M. Gao;R.P. Wei

  • A probability model for the growth of corrosion pits in aluminum alloys induced by constituent particles

    D.G. Harlow;R.P. Wei

  • Some aspects of environment-enhanced fatigue-crack growth

    R.P. Wei

  • Modelling of small fatigue crack growth interacting with grain boundary

    K. Tanaka;Y. Akiniwa;Y. Nakai;R.P. Wei

  • A study of crack closure in fatigue

    T.T. Shih;R.P. Wei

  • An analytical electron microscopy study of constituent particles in commercial 7075-T6 and 2024-T3 alloys

    Ming Gao;C. R. Feng;Robert P. Wei

  • Gaseous hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steels

    R. P. Gangloff;R. P. Wei

  • Environmental fatigue crack propagation of aluminum alloys at low stress intensity levels

    John A. Feeney;J. Corey Mcmillan;Robert P. Wei

  • In-Situ Monitoring of Pitting Corrosion in Aluminum Alloy 2024

    C.-M. Liao;J. M. Olive;M. Gao;R. P. Wei

  • Fracture mechanics and surface chemistry studies of fatigue crack growth in an aluminum alloy

    R. P. Wei;P. S. Pao;R. G. Hart;T. W. Weir

  • Fracture Mechanics and Surface Chemistry Studies of Subcritical Crack Growth in AISI 4340 Steel.

    G. W. Simmons;P. S. Pao;R. P. Wei

  • Probability approach for prediction of corrosion and corrosion fatigue life

    D. G. Harlow;Robert P. Wei

  • Galvanic coupling of model alloys to aluminum — a foundation for understanding particle-induced pitting in aluminum alloys

    Chi-Min Liao;Robert P. Wei

  • A study of the initial reaction of water vapor with Fe(001) surface

    Daniel J. Dwyer;G.W. Simmons;R.P. Wei

  • Chemical and metallurgical aspects of environmentally assisted fatigue crack growth in 7075-T651 aluminum alloy

    Ming Gao;R. P. Wei;P. S. Pao

  • High temperature oxidation of Nb, NbC and Ni3Nb and oxygen enhanced crack growth

    Christopher F Miller;Gary W Simmons;Robert P Wei

  • Fracture Mechanics and Corrosion Fatigue

    Arthur J McEvily;Robert P Wei

  • Fracture mechanics : integration of mechanics, materials science, and chemistry

    Robert Peh-ying Wei

  • Delay in fatigue crack growth

    Unknown

  • Basic questions in fatigue

    J. T. Fong;Richard J. Fields;Robert Peh-ying Wei;R. P. Gangloff

Frequent Co-Authors

Fazil Erdogan
Fazil Erdogan Lehigh University
C.J. McMahon
C.J. McMahon University of Pennsylvania
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka Kyoto University
Paul C. Paris
Paul C. Paris Washington University in St. Louis

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