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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
52
Citations
10035
World Ranking
1059
National Ranking
435

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
52
Citations
10019
World Ranking
2530
National Ranking
968

Wayne J. Book 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 Wayne J. Book sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 302 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wayne J. Book 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 Wayne J. Book sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis and control of robotic arms and other flexible multibody systems and for leadership in the development of multidisciplinary curriculum in manufacturing systems.
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Wayne J. Book is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with specific attention to control and systems engineering. The main topics covered in their work include robotic mechanisms and dynamics, dynamics and control of mechanical systems, and iterative learning control systems.

Their recent publication, titled "Modeling spatial multi-link flexible manipulator arms based on system modes", was published in 2021 in the International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications. This paper contributes to the field of intelligent robotics and has been cited multiple times.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wayne J. Book include:

  • Arto Kivila
  • William Singhose

Publication venues where Wayne J. Book has appeared include:

  • International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications

Main fields of study related to their research are:

  • Engineering

Subfields of study they have contributed to include:

  • Control and Systems Engineering

The main topics of Wayne J. Book's work include:

  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems
  • Iterative Learning Control Systems

Wayne J. Book has been recognized with notable awards such as:

  • IEEE Fellow (1996) for contributions to the modeling, analysis, and control of robotic arms and other flexible multibody systems, along with leadership in developing multidisciplinary curriculum in manufacturing systems
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1993)

Best Publications

  • Recursive Lagrangian Dynamics of Flexible Manipulator Arms

    Wayne John Book

  • A singular perturbation approach to control of lightweight flexible manipulators

    Bruno Siciliano;Wayne J. Book

  • Feedback control of two beam, two joint systems with distributed flexibility

    Wayne John Book;O. Maizza-Neto;D. E. Whitney

  • Internet-based teleoperation using wave variables with prediction

    S. Munir;W.J. Book

  • Controlled Motion in an Elastic World

    Wayne J. Book

  • Controller Design for Flexible, Distributed Parameter Mechanical Arms Via Combined State Space and Frequency Domain Techniques

    Wayne John Book;Mark Majette

  • Robots with Flexible Elements

    Alessandro De Luca;Wayne J. Book

  • Modeling, design, and control of flexible manipulator arms: a tutorial review

    W.J. Book

  • A Time-Domain Inverse Dynamic Tracking Control of a Single-Link Flexible Manipulator

    Dong-Soo Kwon;Wayne John Book

  • A linear dynamic model for flexible robotic manipulators

    G. Hastings;W. Book

  • Force reflecting teleoperation with adaptive impedance control

    L.J. Love;W.J. Book

  • Robotic exercise machine and method

    David A. Ruis;Russell W. Polhemus;Wayne J. Book

  • Verification of a linear dynamic model for flexible robotic manipulators

    G. Hastings;W. Book

  • Filtering micro-manipulator wrist commands to prevent flexible base motion

    D.P. Magee;W.J. Book

  • Analysis of massless elastic chains with servo controlled joints

    Wayne John Book

  • Environment estimation for enhanced impedance control

    L.J. Love;W.J. Book

  • An Inverse Dynamic Method Yielding Flexible Manipulator State Trajectories

    Dong-Soo Kwon;Wayne J. Book

  • Convolution Analysis of Milling Force Pulsation

    J.-J. Junz Wang;Steven Y. Liang;Wayne John Book

  • Application of Singular Perturbation Theory to Hydraulic Pump Controlled Systems

    Longke Wang;W. J. Book;J. D. Huggins

  • Adaptive time-delay command shaping filter for flexible manipulator control

    Sungsoo Rhim;W.J. Book

  • Experiments in optimal control of a flexible arm

    Gordon Greene Hastings;Wayne John Book

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno Siciliano
Bruno Siciliano University of Naples Federico II
Dong-Soo Kwon
Dong-Soo Kwon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
William Singhose
William Singhose Georgia Institute of Technology
Ari Glezer
Ari Glezer Georgia Institute of Technology
Mark G. Allen
Mark G. Allen University of Pennsylvania
Steven Y. Liang
Steven Y. Liang Georgia Institute of Technology
Ronald C. Arkin
Ronald C. Arkin Georgia Institute of Technology
Haesun Park
Haesun Park Georgia Institute of Technology
Magnus Egerstedt
Magnus Egerstedt University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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