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59
Citations
20545
World Ranking
9987
National Ranking
2783

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

William A. Steele is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with particular focus on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics, Ecological Modeling, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their recent publications include two papers. The 2022 paper, titled "Modeling the hydrodynamic impact on the tool influence function during hemispherical subaperture optical polishing," was published in Applied Optics. In 2023, they authored "Predation of the Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus sepentrionalis) and three nonnative lizard species by Eastern Screech-Owls (Megascops asio) in Manatee County, Florida, USA," which appeared in Reptiles & Amphibians.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with William A. Steele are:

  • Nathan J. Ray
  • Tayyab I. Suratwala
  • J. Menapace
  • Lana L. Wong
  • G. Tham

Steele's work intersects various specialized topics within their main fields of study. These topics include:

  • Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Laser Material Processing Techniques
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

The venues in which Steele publishes regularly include Applied Optics and Reptiles & Amphibians. Their contributions cover both engineering and environmental aspects, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach.

William A. Steele was awarded the Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

  • The physical interaction of gases with crystalline solids: I. Gas-solid energies and properties of isolated adsorbed atoms☆

    William A. Steele

  • Adsorption surface area and porosity: By S. J. Gregg and K. S. W. Sing. Academic Press, New York, 1982. 2nd. ed., 312 pp. $44.50.

    William A Steele

  • Molecular Reorientation in Liquids. I. Distribution Functions and Friction Constants

    William A. Steele

  • The interaction of rare gas atoms with graphitized carbon black

    William A. Steele

  • Molecular Reorientation in Liquids. II. Angular Autocorrelation Functions

    William A. Steele

  • The physical interaction of gases with crystalline solids: II. Two-dimensional second and third virial coefficients

    William A. Steele

  • A model for strongly hindered molecular reorientation in liquids

    R. M. Lynden-Bell;William A. Steele

  • Intermolecular potential models for anisotropic molecules, with applications to N2, CO2, and benzene

    T. B. MacRury;W. A. Steele;Bruce J. Berne

  • Molecular Potential Structures of Heat-Treated Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorn Assemblies

    K. Murata and;K. Kaneko;W. A. Steele;F. Kokai and

  • Statistical Mechanics of Nonspherical Molecules

    William A. Steele

  • Statistical Mechanics of Linear Molecules. I. Potential Energy Functions

    John R. Sweet;William A. Steele

  • Methane adsorption on single-walled carbon nanotube: a density functional theory model

    H. Tanaka;M. El-Merraoui;W.A. Steele;K. Kaneko

  • Scattering from Fluids of Nonspherical Molecules. II. Light

    R. Pecora;William A. Steele

  • Computer simulation of physisorption on a heterogeneous surface

    Mary J. Bojan;William A. Steele

  • Adsorption at the Gas-Solid and Liquid-Solid Interface.

    WilliamA. Steele

  • A molecular dynamics simulation of nitrogen adsorbed on graphite

    J. Talbot;D.J. Tildesley;W.A. Steele

  • Computer simulation of ammonia on graphite. I. Low temperature structure of monolayer and bilayer films

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  • Time Correlations and Conditional Distribution Functions for Classical Ensembles of Free Rotors

    Anthony G. St. Pierre;William A. Steele

  • Angular Time‐Correlation Functions from Spectra for Some Molecular Liquids

    P. van Konynenburg;William A. Steele

  • Computer simulation of physical adsorption on stepped surfaces

    Mary J. Bojan;W. A. Steele

  • Interactions of diatomic molecules with graphite

    Mary J. Bojan;William A. Steele

  • Computer simulation and the statistical mechanics of adsorption

    William A Steele

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Curtarolo
Stefano Curtarolo Duke University
Katsumi Kaneko
Katsumi Kaneko Shinshu University
Sumio Iijima
Sumio Iijima Meijo University
Stanley I. Sandler
Stanley I. Sandler University of Delaware
Carlo G. Pantano
Carlo G. Pantano Pennsylvania State University
Hideki Tanaka
Hideki Tanaka Okayama University
Peter A. Monson
Peter A. Monson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alejandro Toro-Labbé
Alejandro Toro-Labbé Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Moses H. W. Chan
Moses H. W. Chan Pennsylvania State University
Masako Yudasaka
Masako Yudasaka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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