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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 81 189 172 91 77 534 32592
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 81 487 470 224 212 531 29042

Thomas W. Kenny publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Thomas W. Kenny between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Thomas W. Kenny published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 15.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2003. 7 of the 573 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2003. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 3 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 10 publications 1994: 12 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 14 publications 1998: 18 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 23 publications 2001: 26 publications 2002: 31 publications 2003: 34 publications 2004: 26 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 22 publications 2007: 22 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 34 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 24 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 1 publication 2025: 6 publications
1989 2025

573 publications in total across all disciplines

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Thomas W. Kenny: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 3
1991 4
1992 8
1993 10
1994 12
1995 8
1996 8
1997 14
1998 18
1999 12
2000 23
2001 26
2002 31
2003 34
2004 26
2005 12
2006 22
2007 22
2008 12
2009 17
2010 25
2011 17
2012 14
2013 20
2014 13
2015 34
2016 20
2017 24
2018 26
2019 14
2020 22
2021 6
2022 7
2023 1
2024 1
2025 6
Total 573
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Thomas W. Kenny 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 Thomas W. Kenny sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 527–536 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 534 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12 534
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100
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Thomas W. Kenny 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 Thomas W. Kenny sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 81 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17 81
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies “For the development and widespread commercialization of MEMS resonators for timing applications.”

Overview

Thomas W. Kenny is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States specializing in Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics center around Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Photonic and Optical Devices, Quantum Information and Cryptography, and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies.

Recent publications authored by Thomas W. Kenny include:

  • Low-Power Dual Mode MEMS Resonators With PPB Stability Over Temperature, 2020, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Quantification of Energy Dissipation Mechanisms in Toroidal Ring Gyroscope, 2021, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Generation and Evolution of Phononic Frequency Combs via Coherent Energy Transfer between Mechanical Modes, 2023, Physical Review Applied
  • Numerical Modelling of Non-Linearities in MEMS Resonators, 2020, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Spectral narrowing of parametrically pumped thermomechanical noise, 2020, Applied Physics Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas W. Kenny include:

  • Gabrielle D. Vukasin
  • Hyun-Keun Kwon
  • James M. L. Miller
  • Nicholas E. Bousse
  • Dongsuk D. Shin

Their research has been frequently published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Physical Review Research
  • 2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (MEMS)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Thomas W. Kenny received the IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award for Emerging Technologies in 2019 for work related to the development and commercialization of MEMS resonators for timing applications.

Best Publications

  • Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair

    Kellar Autumn;Yiching A. Liang;S. Tonia Hsieh;Wolfgang Zesch

  • Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae

    Kellar Autumn;Metin Sitti;Yiching A. Liang;Anne M. Peattie

  • What is the Young's Modulus of Silicon?

    M.A. Hopcroft;W.D. Nix;T.W. Kenny

  • CORRIGENDUM: Quantum Limit of Quality Factor in Silicon Micro and Nano Mechanical Resonators

    Shirin Ghaffari;Saurabh A. Chandorkar;Shasha Wang;Eldwin J. Ng

  • Quality factors in micron- and submicron-thick cantilevers

    K.Y. Yasumura;T.D. Stowe;E.M. Chow;T. Pfafman

  • Attonewton force detection using ultrathin silicon cantilevers

    T. D. Stowe;K. Yasumura;T. W. Kenny;D. Botkin

  • Electroosmotic Capillary Flow with Nonuniform Zeta Potential

    Herr Ae;Molho Ji;Santiago Jg;Mungal Mg

  • Measurements and modeling of two-phase flow in microchannels with nearly constant heat flux boundary conditions

    Lian Zhang;Jae-Mo Koo;Linan Jiang;M. Asheghi

  • Ultrahigh-density atomic force microscopy data storage with erase capability

    G. Binnig;M. Despont;U. Drechsler;W. Häberle

  • Noncontact friction and force fluctuations between closely spaced bodies.

    B C Stipe;H J Mamin;T D Stowe;T W Kenny

  • Closed-loop electroosmotic microchannel cooling system for VLSI circuits

    Linan Jiang;J. Mikkelsen;Jae-Mo Koo;D. Huber

  • Temperature Dependence of Quality Factor in MEMS Resonators

    Bongsang Kim;M.A. Hopcroft;R.N. Candler;C.M. Jha

  • 1/f noise considerations for the design and process optimization of piezoresistive cantilevers

    J.A. Harkey;T.W. Kenny

  • Two-tiered wireless sensor network architecture for structural health monitoring

    Venkata Anil Kottapalli;Anne S. Kiremidjian;Jerome Peter Lynch;Ed Carryer

  • On-chip coupling of isoelectric focusing and free solution electrophoresis for multidimensional separations.

    Amy E. Herr;Joshua I. Molho;Katerina A. Drouvalakis;James C. Mikkelsen

  • Design of large deflection electrostatic actuators

    J.D. Grade;H. Jerman;T.W. Kenny

  • Engineering MEMS Resonators With Low Thermoelastic Damping

    A. Duwel;R.N. Candler;T.W. Kenny;M. Varghese

  • A high-performance planar piezoresistive accelerometer

    A. Partridge;J.K. Reynolds;B.W. Chui;E.M. Chow

  • Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same

    Robert J. Full;Ronald S. Fearing;Thomas W. Kenny;Kellar Autumn

  • Optimization of turn geometries for microchip electrophoresis

    Joshua I. Molho;Amy E. Herr;Bruce P. Mosier;and Juan G. Santiago

  • A high-precision, wide-bandwidth micromachined tunneling accelerometer

    Cheng-Hsien Liu;T.W. Kenny

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth E. Goodson
Kenneth E. Goodson Stanford University
Matthew A. Hopcroft
Matthew A. Hopcroft University of California, Berkeley
Rob N. Candler
Rob N. Candler University of California, Los Angeles
Juan G. Santiago
Juan G. Santiago Stanford University
Roger T. Howe
Roger T. Howe Stanford University
David A. Horsley
David A. Horsley University of California, Davis
Boris Murmann
Boris Murmann University of Hawaii at Manoa
Byoung Yoon Kim
Byoung Yoon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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