Brian Trease

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Brian Trease is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Trease has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brian Trease's work include Structural Analysis and Optimization (13 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (12 papers) and Piezoelectric Actuators and Control (10 papers). Brian Trease is often cited by papers focused on Structural Analysis and Optimization (13 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (12 papers) and Piezoelectric Actuators and Control (10 papers). Brian Trease collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brian Trease's co-authors include Sridhar Kota, Yong-Mo Moon, Shannon A. Zirbel, Larry L. Howell, Yong-Mo Moon, Mark Thomson, Spencer P. Magleby, Robert J. Lang, Phillip Walkemeyer and Kyler A. Tolman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids and Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Brian Trease

46 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Accommodating Thickness in Origami-Based Deployable Arrays1 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Accommodating Thickness in Origami-Based Deployable Arrays1
    2013 406 citations Shannon A. Zirbel, Robert J. Lang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Trease United States 15 792 619 583 466 167 47 1.5k
Hongbin Fang China 30 1.8k 2.2× 478 0.8× 956 1.6× 1.5k 3.2× 124 0.7× 116 2.7k
Mark Schenk United Kingdom 25 2.2k 2.7× 471 0.8× 1.6k 2.7× 955 2.0× 426 2.6× 69 3.2k
Anirvan DasGupta India 23 1.8k 2.3× 541 0.9× 311 0.5× 626 1.3× 321 1.9× 108 2.8k
Giancarlo Genta Italy 22 1.2k 1.6× 1.2k 2.0× 646 1.1× 149 0.3× 188 1.1× 180 2.3k
Jianguo Zhao United States 27 1.0k 1.3× 702 1.1× 149 0.3× 1.5k 3.2× 358 2.1× 110 2.4k
A. Carrella United Kingdom 16 712 0.9× 645 1.0× 2.4k 4.2× 320 0.7× 116 0.7× 27 2.9k
Guangbo Hao Ireland 27 872 1.1× 1.8k 2.9× 412 0.7× 788 1.7× 142 0.9× 158 2.6k
Arnab Banerjee India 23 774 1.0× 422 0.7× 1.1k 1.9× 983 2.1× 157 0.9× 145 2.1k
Lei Jin China 16 311 0.4× 304 0.5× 148 0.3× 308 0.7× 169 1.0× 92 947
Xinong Zhang China 20 390 0.5× 470 0.8× 1.2k 2.1× 270 0.6× 285 1.7× 74 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Trease

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Trease

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Trease. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Trease based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brian Trease. Brian Trease is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hefzy, Mohamed Samir, et al.. (2023). On the kinematics of the cross body abduction and hand behind the back tests to assess osteoarthritis of the acromioclavicular joint. International Journal of Research in Orthopaedics. 9(2). 221–229. 1 indexed citations
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Trease, Brian, et al.. (2022). Rolling Locomotion of Hexagonal Kinematic Chain Robot. 1 indexed citations
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Trease, Brian, et al.. (2020). Deployable Tessellated Paraboloidal Surfaces with Panel Thickness Accommodation. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum. 2 indexed citations
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Trease, Brian, et al.. (2019). Development of helical, fish-inspired cross-step filter for collecting harmful algae. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 14(5). 56008–56008. 20 indexed citations
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Trease, Brian, et al.. (2018). Balancing robot swarm cost and interference effects by varying robot quantity and size. Swarm Intelligence. 13(1). 1–19. 8 indexed citations
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Hurley, Ryan, Ivan Vlahinić, Carmine Senatore, et al.. (2018). Failures in sand in reduced gravity environments. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 113. 1–12. 14 indexed citations
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Trease, Brian, et al.. (2018). Compact Directional and Frictional Hinges for Flat Folding Applications. 6 indexed citations
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Trease, Brian, et al.. (2018). Comparing Fish-Inspired Ram Filters for Collection of Harmful Algae. 1 indexed citations
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Zirbel, Shannon A., Kyler A. Tolman, Brian Trease, & Larry L. Howell. (2016). Bistable Mechanisms for Space Applications. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0168218–e0168218. 80 indexed citations
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Sauder, Jonathan & Brian Trease. (2016). Deployment Testing of Flexible Composite Hinges in Bi-Material Beams. 2 indexed citations
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Zirbel, Shannon A., Brian Trease, Mark Thomson, et al.. (2015). HanaFlex: a large solar array for space applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9467. 94671C–94671C. 36 indexed citations
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Zirbel, Shannon A., Brian Trease, Spencer P. Magleby, & Larry L. Howell. (2014). Deployment Methods for an Origami-Inspired Rigid-Foldable Array. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 16 indexed citations
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Trease, Brian, et al.. (2014). Application of Origami in the Starshade Spacecraft Blanket Design. 14 indexed citations
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Stein, N., R. E. Arvidson, M. Heverly, et al.. (2013). Validation of Artemis Mobility Simulations for the Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity Mars Rovers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 2 indexed citations
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Andrade, José E., R. Lindemann, Karl Iagnemma, et al.. (2012). XTerramechanics: Integrated Simulation of Planetary Surface Missions. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Iagnemma, Karl, Carmine Senatore, Brian Trease, et al.. (2011). Terramechanics Modeling of Mars Surface Exploration Rovers for Simulation and Parameter Estimation. 805–812. 21 indexed citations
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Lichtenberg, K. A., et al.. (2010). Rover Mobility at the "Troy" Site, Mars: A Modeling Perspective. 2295. 1 indexed citations

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