Joseph Teran

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Joseph Teran is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Teran has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Computational Mechanics, 18 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 13 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Joseph Teran's work include Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (19 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (17 papers) and Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (14 papers). Joseph Teran is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (19 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (17 papers) and Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (14 papers). Joseph Teran collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Joseph Teran's co-authors include Chenfanfu Jiang, Craig Schroeder, Ronald Fedkiw, Eftychios Sifakis, Andrew Selle, Alexey Stomakhin, Geoffrey Irving, Theodore Gast, Michael Shelley and Lisa Fauci and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Teran

65 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

A material point method for snow simulation 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 100 200 300
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. A material point method for snow simulation
    2013 311 citations Alexey Stomakhin, Craig Schroeder et al. ACM Transactions on Graphics profile →
  2. The affine particle-in-cell method
    2015 284 citations Chenfanfu Jiang, Craig Schroeder et al. ACM Transactions on Graphics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph Teran United States 36 3.0k 1.5k 745 610 514 66 4.1k
Chenfanfu Jiang United States 33 2.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 636 0.9× 459 0.8× 451 0.9× 117 3.6k
Matthias Teschner Germany 36 2.9k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 182 0.2× 660 1.1× 967 1.9× 91 4.3k
Eftychios Sifakis United States 29 1.8k 0.6× 976 0.7× 335 0.4× 698 1.1× 824 1.6× 64 2.9k
Andrew Selle United States 25 2.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 242 0.3× 424 0.7× 811 1.6× 37 3.0k
Robert Bridson Canada 36 3.5k 1.2× 3.2k 2.1× 240 0.3× 854 1.4× 1.2k 2.3× 76 5.0k
Craig Schroeder United States 17 1.4k 0.5× 617 0.4× 341 0.5× 184 0.3× 184 0.4× 38 1.8k
Matthias Müller United Kingdom 25 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 120 0.2× 792 1.3× 640 1.2× 43 2.9k
Roland Wüchner Germany 29 3.3k 1.1× 862 0.6× 1.5k 2.1× 483 0.8× 113 0.2× 165 4.5k
Wayne Tiller United States 24 5.2k 1.7× 1.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.6× 845 1.4× 1.4k 2.8× 42 7.4k
Javier Bonet United Kingdom 42 4.4k 1.5× 285 0.2× 2.6k 3.4× 432 0.7× 101 0.2× 123 7.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Teran

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Yizhou, et al.. (2024). A Neural Network Model for Efficient Musculoskeletal-Driven Skin Deformation. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 43(4). 1–12. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yizhou, et al.. (2024). Position-Based Nonlinear Gauss-Seidel for Quasistatic Hyperelasticity. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 43(4). 1–15. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Yizhou, et al.. (2024). Primal residual reduction with extended position based dynamics and hyperelasticity. Computers & Graphics. 119. 103902–103902. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yizhou, et al.. (2023). A Linear and Angular Momentum Conserving Hybrid Particle/Grid Iteration for Volumetric Elastic Contact. Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. 6(3). 1–25.
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Chen, Yizhou, et al.. (2023). Primal Extended Position Based Dynamics for Hyperelasticity. 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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Gaume, Johan, et al.. (2018). Dynamic anticrack propagation in snow. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3047–3047. 105 indexed citations
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Gaume, Johan, Theodore Gast, Joseph Teran, Alec van Herwijnen, & Chenfanfu Jiang. (2018). Unified modeling of the release and flow of snow avalanches using the material point method. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 1–5. 3 indexed citations
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Gast, Theodore, et al.. (2017). Multi-species simulation of porous sand and water mixtures. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 36(4). 1–11. 105 indexed citations
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Gast, Theodore, Andre Pradhana, Chuyuan Fu, et al.. (2016). Drucker-prager elastoplasticity for sand animation. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 35(4). 1–12. 128 indexed citations
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Stomakhin, Alexey, Russell Howes, Craig Schroeder, & Joseph Teran. (2012). Energetically consistent invertible elasticity. 25–32. 54 indexed citations
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Sifakis, Eftychios, et al.. (2010). A parallel multigrid Poisson solver for fluids simulation on large grids. 65–74. 86 indexed citations
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Teran, Joseph, Lisa Fauci, & Michael Shelley. (2010). Viscoelastic Fluid Response Can Increase the Speed and Efficiency of a Free Swimmer. Physical Review Letters. 104(3). 38101–38101. 187 indexed citations
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Bedrossian, Jacob, James H. von Brecht, Siwei Zhu, Eftychios Sifakis, & Joseph Teran. (2009). A Second Order Virtual Node Method for Poisson Interface Problems on Irregular Domains. 6 indexed citations
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Sifakis, Eftychios, et al.. (2008). Globally coupled collision handling using volume preserving impulses. 147–153. 18 indexed citations
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Hong, Jeong‐Mo, et al.. (2007). Fracturing Rigid Materials. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 13(2). 370–378. 69 indexed citations
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Weinstein, Rachel, Joseph Teran, & Ronald Fedkiw. (2006). Dynamic simulation of articulated rigid bodies with contact and collision. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 12(3). 365–374. 65 indexed citations
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Weinstein, Rachel, Joseph Teran, & Ron Fedkiw. (2005). Pre-stabilization for rigid body articulation with contact and collision. 79–79. 1 indexed citations
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Teran, Joseph, Eftychios Sifakis, Silvia S. Blemker, et al.. (2005). Creating and Simulating Skeletal Muscle from the Visible Human Data Set. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 11(3). 317–328. 174 indexed citations
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Teran, Joseph, et al.. (2005). Adaptive physics based tetrahedral mesh generation using level sets. Engineering With Computers. 21(1). 2–18. 45 indexed citations
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Bridson, Robert, et al.. (2003). A Crystalline, Red Green Strategy for Meshing Highly Deformable Objects with Tetrahedra.. IMR. 103–114. 93 indexed citations

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