Kaitlyn P. Becker

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kaitlyn P. Becker is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaitlyn P. Becker has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 4 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kaitlyn P. Becker's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (14 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (8 papers). Kaitlyn P. Becker is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (14 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (8 papers). Kaitlyn P. Becker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Kaitlyn P. Becker's co-authors include Robert J. Wood, David F. Gruber, Brennan Phillips, Kevin C. Galloway, Dan Tchernov, Stephen Licht, Clark B. Teeple, Michelle Rosen, Shunichi Kurumaya and Yufeng Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Kaitlyn P. Becker

23 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Soft Robotic Grippers for Biological Sampling on Deep Reefs

2016 673 citations Kevin C. Galloway, Kaitlyn P. Becker et al. Soft Robotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaitlyn P. Becker United States	16	1.3k	689	447	262	196	24	1.5k
Zhexin Xie China	16	1.3k 1.0×	715 1.0×	504 1.1×	277 1.1×	85 0.4×	25	1.5k
Laura Margheri Italy	12	1.3k 1.0×	724 1.1×	447 1.0×	452 1.7×	102 0.5×	18	1.5k
Clark B. Teeple United States	13	921 0.7×	506 0.7×	407 0.9×	154 0.6×	75 0.4×	24	1.1k
Yi Sun China	22	1.2k 0.9×	470 0.7×	348 0.8×	240 0.9×	69 0.4×	77	1.6k
Maurizio Follador Italy	15	1.3k 1.0×	682 1.0×	460 1.0×	366 1.4×	77 0.4×	16	1.6k
Zheyuan Gong China	16	1.2k 1.0×	557 0.8×	479 1.1×	325 1.2×	143 0.7×	21	1.5k
Deepak Trivedi United States	9	2.1k 1.7×	1.0k 1.5×	905 2.0×	579 2.2×	148 0.8×	21	2.4k
Hongqiang Wang China	21	1.1k 0.9×	700 1.0×	218 0.5×	270 1.0×	145 0.7×	62	1.6k
Michele Giorelli Italy	10	1.2k 0.9×	583 0.8×	621 1.4×	408 1.6×	135 0.7×	11	1.3k
Mariangela Manti Italy	12	1.4k 1.1×	571 0.8×	654 1.5×	284 1.1×	47 0.2×	22	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaitlyn P. Becker

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Burns, John A., Kaitlyn P. Becker, J. Daniëls, et al.. (2024). An in situ digital synthesis strategy for the discovery and description of ocean life. Science Advances. 10(3). eadj4960–eadj4960. 7 indexed citations

Yu, Qifan, Kaitlyn P. Becker, & Josephine V. Carstensen. (2024). Design of a Counter-bending Structure using Topology Optimization. 1290–1296. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Qifan, et al.. (2024). Low‐Volume Cores for Fabrication of Compact, Versatile, and Intelligent Soft Systems. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(46). 4 indexed citations

Burns, John A., J. Daniëls, Kaitlyn P. Becker, et al.. (2024). Transcriptome sequencing of seven deep marine invertebrates. Scientific Data. 11(1). 679–679.

Stern, M. B., et al.. (2024). Additive manufacturing of interlocking glass masonry units. Glass Structures & Engineering. 9(3-4). 397–417. 1 indexed citations

Dudte, Levi H., Gary P. T. Choi, Kaitlyn P. Becker, & L. Mahadevan. (2023). An additive framework for kirigami design. Nature Computational Science. 3(5). 443–454. 31 indexed citations

Becker, Kaitlyn P., Clark B. Teeple, Yeonsu Jung, et al.. (2022). Active entanglement enables stochastic, topological grasping. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(42). e2209819119–e2209819119. 86 indexed citations

Xu, Siyi, Yufeng Chen, Nak-seung Patrick Hyun, Kaitlyn P. Becker, & Robert J. Wood. (2021). A dynamic electrically driven soft valve for control of soft hydraulic actuators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(34). 45 indexed citations

Becker, Kaitlyn P., et al.. (2021). Injection Molding of Soft Robots. Advanced Materials Technologies. 7(1). 39 indexed citations

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Becker, Kaitlyn P., Yufeng Chen, & Robert J. Wood. (2020). Mechanically Programmable Dip Molding of High Aspect Ratio Soft Actuator Arrays. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(12). 31 indexed citations

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Bartlett, Nicholas W., Kaitlyn P. Becker, & Robert J. Wood. (2020). A fluidic demultiplexer for controlling large arrays of soft actuators. Soft Matter. 16(25). 5871–5877. 36 indexed citations

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Becker, Kaitlyn P., Yufeng Chen, & Robert J. Wood. (2020). Soft Actuator Arrays: Mechanically Programmable Dip Molding of High Aspect Ratio Soft Actuator Arrays (Adv. Funct. Mater. 12/2020). Advanced Functional Materials. 30(12). 3 indexed citations

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Vogt, Daniel M., Kaitlyn P. Becker, Brennan Phillips, et al.. (2018). Shipboard design and fabrication of custom 3D-printed soft robotic manipulators for the investigation of delicate deep-sea organisms. PLoS ONE. 13(8). e0200386–e0200386. 72 indexed citations

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Kurumaya, Shunichi, Brennan Phillips, Kaitlyn P. Becker, et al.. (2018). A Modular Soft Robotic Wrist for Underwater Manipulation. Soft Robotics. 5(4). 399–409. 115 indexed citations

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Phillips, Brennan, Kaitlyn P. Becker, Shunichi Kurumaya, et al.. (2018). A Dexterous, Glove-Based Teleoperable Low-Power Soft Robotic Arm for Delicate Deep-Sea Biological Exploration. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14779–14779. 127 indexed citations

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Phillips, Brennan, Kaitlyn P. Becker, James C. Weaver, et al.. (2018). Rotary-actuated folding polyhedrons for midwater investigation of delicate marine organisms. Science Robotics. 3(20). 75 indexed citations

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Shneidman, Anna V., Kaitlyn P. Becker, Cheng Wang, et al.. (2018). All-Polymer Integrated Optical Resonators by Roll-to-Roll Nanoimprint Lithography. ACS Photonics. 5(5). 1839–1845. 50 indexed citations

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Teeple, Clark B., Kaitlyn P. Becker, & Robert J. Wood. (2018). Soft Curvature and Contact Force Sensors for Deep-Sea Grasping via Soft Optical Waveguides. 1621–1627. 39 indexed citations

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Galloway, Kevin C., Kaitlyn P. Becker, Brennan Phillips, et al.. (2016). Soft Robotic Grippers for Biological Sampling on Deep Reefs. Soft Robotics. 3(1). 23–33. 673 indexed citations breakdown →

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Felton, Samuel M., Kaitlyn P. Becker, Daniel M. Aukes, & Robert J. Wood. (2015). Self-folding with shape memory composites at the millimeter scale. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 25(8). 85004–85004. 37 indexed citations

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