Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a prestigious public university established in 1872 in United States. It is represented by 1,508 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Engineering & Technology (506 scientists), Natural Sciences (243 scientists), and Social Sciences and Humanities (189 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Romesh C Batra|R. C. Batra
Composites
Computational mechanics
shear bands
Impact & Penetration
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
40
0.465
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert J Bodnar
fluid inclusions
melt inclusions
mineral deposits
volcanic systems
geohydrologic cycle
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
50
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christopher Bryant Williams
Additive Manufacturing
Rapid Prototyping
3D Printing
Engineering Design
Design Education
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
56
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Danesh Tafti
Computational Fluid Thermal Science and Engineering
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
24
0.490
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ranga Pitchumani
Energy Systems and Energy/Water Nexus
Materials Processing/Manufacturing
Polymers and Composites
Transport/Reacting Processes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Roop Mahajan
Heat Transfer
Carbonaceous nanomaterials
Biomedical devices
Humanistic Engineering
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
28
0.609
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lance Collins
fluid mechanics
turbulence
direct numerical simulation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Azim Eskandarian
Dynamic systems and controls
autonomous/intelligent vehicles
robotics
automotive engineering &
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Von Spakovsky
non-equilibrium and equilibrium thermodynamics
energy systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
17
0.472
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pinhas Ben Tzvi
Robotics and Automation
Machine Learning
Mechatronics
Controls
Mechanisms Design
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael D Bartlett
Soft materials
adhesion
liquid metal
soft robotics
bioinspired materials
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Reza Mirzaeifar
Mechanics of Materials
Nanomechanics
3D Printing
Shape Memory Alloys
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
24
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Corina Sandu
Multibody Dynamics
Terramechanics
Vehicle Dynamics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
20
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zheng Li
Battery design
Battery manufacturing
Battery recycling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
23
0.821
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yongjia Wu
Thermoelectrics
Energy harversting
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yang Liu
two-phase flow
reactor thermal-hydraulics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zian Jia
Mechanics
Bioinspired materials
Comparative biomechanics
Materials evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jiangtao Cheng
Micro/Nano-fluidics
Optofluidics
Heat transfer
Sustainable energy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alexandrina Untaroiu
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Turbomachinery
Rotordynamics
Cardiac-Assist Devices
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Scott T Huxtable
micro/nanoscale transfer
thermoelectrics
thermal management
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kevin Kochersberger
Unmanned aircraft
Experimental aerodynamics
Flight control
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Romesh C Batra|R. C. Batra
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
40
0.465
Composites
Computational mechanics
shear bands
Impact & Penetration
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert J Bodnar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
50
0.588
fluid inclusions
melt inclusions
mineral deposits
volcanic systems
geohydrologic cycle
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christopher Bryant Williams
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
56
0.889
Additive Manufacturing
Rapid Prototyping
3D Printing
Engineering Design
Design Education
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Rui Qiao Ŕɔ
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
33
0.660
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Danesh Tafti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
24
0.490
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ranga Pitchumani
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
30
0.625
Energy Systems and Energy/Water Nexus
Materials Processing/Manufacturing
Polymers and Composites
Transport/Reacting Processes
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Roop Mahajan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
28
0.609
Heat Transfer
Carbonaceous nanomaterials
Biomedical devices
Humanistic Engineering
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Lance Collins
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
26
0.619
fluid mechanics
turbulence
direct numerical simulation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Azim Eskandarian
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
28
0.700
Dynamic systems and controls
autonomous/intelligent vehicles
robotics
automotive engineering &
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michael Von Spakovsky
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
17
0.472
non-equilibrium and equilibrium thermodynamics
energy systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pinhas Ben Tzvi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
26
0.743
Robotics and Automation
Machine Learning
Mechatronics
Controls
Mechanisms Design
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael D Bartlett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
Soft materials
adhesion
liquid metal
soft robotics
bioinspired materials
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Reza Mirzaeifar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
24
0.800
Mechanics of Materials
Nanomechanics
3D Printing
Shape Memory Alloys
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Corina Sandu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
20
0.690
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Thomas Diller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
13
0.448
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zheng Li
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
23
0.821
Battery design
Battery manufacturing
Battery recycling
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yongjia Wu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
Thermoelectrics
Energy harversting
Fluid Mechanics
Heat Transfer
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Yang Liu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Saad Ragab
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
12
0.462
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zian Jia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
Mechanics
Bioinspired materials
Comparative biomechanics
Materials evolution
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jiangtao Cheng
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
Micro/Nano-fluidics
Optofluidics
Heat transfer
Sustainable energy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alexandrina Untaroiu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
14
0.583
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Turbomachinery
Rotordynamics
Cardiac-Assist Devices
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Scott T Huxtable
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
micro/nanoscale transfer
thermoelectrics
thermal management
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kevin Kochersberger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
16
0.762
Unmanned aircraft
Experimental aerodynamics
Flight control
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Changmin Son
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737