Mark Thomson

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mark Thomson is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Thomson has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 34 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mark Thomson's work include Structural Analysis and Optimization (33 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (17 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (13 papers). Mark Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Structural Analysis and Optimization (33 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (17 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (13 papers). Mark Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Mark Thomson's co-authors include Brian Trease, Shannon A. Zirbel, Larry L. Howell, Robert J. Lang, Spencer P. Magleby, Yahya Rahmat‐Samii, Jonathan Sauder, Phillip Walkemeyer, Richard Hodges and Nacer Chahat and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, AIAA Journal and IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

In The Last Decade

Mark Thomson

53 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Accommodating Thickness in Origami-Based Deployable Arrays1 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Thomson United States 15 672 664 499 211 127 57 1.3k
Michael Accorsi United States 21 266 0.4× 392 0.6× 314 0.6× 149 0.7× 147 1.2× 62 1.2k
R. E. Freeland United States 14 255 0.4× 401 0.6× 400 0.8× 49 0.2× 72 0.6× 39 716
W. Keats Wilkie United States 20 342 0.5× 698 1.1× 903 1.8× 354 1.7× 208 1.6× 64 1.5k
Qiquan Quan China 19 276 0.4× 212 0.3× 275 0.6× 339 1.6× 382 3.0× 123 1.1k
H.W. Zhang China 22 706 1.1× 331 0.5× 176 0.4× 135 0.6× 53 0.4× 55 1.5k
Qiaogao Huang China 23 410 0.6× 164 0.2× 797 1.6× 208 1.0× 119 0.9× 151 1.8k
Julián J. Rimoli United States 22 647 1.0× 607 0.9× 79 0.2× 318 1.5× 65 0.5× 66 1.4k
A. Kalnins United States 20 622 0.9× 770 1.2× 101 0.2× 260 1.2× 471 3.7× 75 1.8k
S. Ahmad Fazelzadeh Iran 31 180 0.3× 633 1.0× 566 1.1× 227 1.1× 688 5.4× 125 2.7k
B. Lundberg Sweden 25 380 0.6× 929 1.4× 229 0.5× 167 0.8× 132 1.0× 92 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Thomson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Thomson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thomson, Mark, et al.. (2024). Scaling Laws for Deployable Mesh Reflector Antennas. AIAA Journal. 62(10). 3948–3959.
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Thomson, Mark, et al.. (2024). Mass, Volume and Natural Frequency Scaling of Deployable Mesh Reflectors. 1 indexed citations
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Sauder, Jonathan, Nacer Chahat, Richard Hodges, Yahya Rahmat‐Samii, & Mark Thomson. (2024). Design and Implementation of a Ka-band Folding Rib Mesh Antenna for CubeSats. AIAA Journal. 63(1). 309–322.
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Sauder, Jonathan, Nacer Chahat, Richard Hodges, et al.. (2020). Integration, Test, and On-Orbit Operation of a Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats. AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum. 6 indexed citations
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Sauder, Jonathan, Nacer Chahat, Richard Hodges, et al.. (2017). From Prototype to Flight: Qualifying a Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats. 8 indexed citations
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Chahat, Nacer, Richard Hodges, Jonathan Sauder, Mark Thomson, & Yahya Rahmat‐Samii. (2017). The Deep-Space Network Telecommunication CubeSat Antenna: Using the deployable Ka-band mesh reflector antenna. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 59(2). 31–38. 70 indexed citations
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Chahat, Nacer, Jonathan Sauder, Mark Thomson, Yahya Rahmat‐Samii, & Richard Hodges. (2017). Ka-band deployable mesh reflector antenna compatible with the deep space network. 546–548. 3 indexed citations
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Sauder, Jonathan, Nacer Chahat, Richard Hodges, et al.. (2016). Designing, Building, and Testing a Mesh Ka-band Parabolic Deployable Antenna (KaPDA) for CubeSats. 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 9 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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Sauder, Jonathan, Nacer Chahat, Mark Thomson, et al.. (2015). Ultra-Compact Ka-Band Parabolic Deployable Antenna for RADAR and Interplanetary CubeSats. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 6 indexed citations
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Seager, Sara, Webster C. Cash, N. Jeremy Kasdin, et al.. (2014). Exo-S: A Probe-scale Space Mission to Directly Image and Spectroscopically Characterize Exoplanetary Systems Using a Starshade and Telescope System. AAS. 224. 3 indexed citations
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Kasdin, N. Jeremy, Robert J. Vanderbei, Stuart Shaklan, et al.. (2013). Recent progress on external occulter technology for imaging exosolar planets. 7731. 1–14. 3 indexed citations
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Kasdin, N. Jeremy, David N. Spergel, Stuart Shaklan, et al.. (2010). O3: Occulting Ozone Observatory. EGUGA. 14628. 3 indexed citations
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Snugovsky, Polina, et al.. (2010). Drop Test Performance of A Medium Complexity Lead-Free Board After Assembly and Rework.
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Fang, Houfei, John Huang, & Mark Thomson. (2009). Wide-Angle-Scanning Reflectarray Antennas Actuated by MEMS. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations
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Fang, Houfei, et al.. (2008). In-Space Deployable Reflectarray Antenna: Current and Future. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Bíngen, Hang Shi, Mark Thomson, & Houfei Fang. (2008). Nonlinear Modeling and Surface Mounting Optimization for Extremely Large Deployable Mesh Antenna Reflectors. 181–187. 2 indexed citations
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Moghaddam, Mahta, Yahya Rahmat‐Samii, Jennifer E. Hoffman, et al.. (2003). Latest advances in the Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface (MOSS) project. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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Thomson, Mark. (1993). Deployable and retractable telescoping tubular structure development. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 323–338. 8 indexed citations

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