Michael Colonno

838 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 607 citations indexed

About

Michael Colonno is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Colonno has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 607 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 6 papers in Computational Mechanics and 3 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Michael Colonno's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (6 papers), Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies (3 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (3 papers). Michael Colonno is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (6 papers), Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies (3 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (3 papers). Michael Colonno collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Brazil. Michael Colonno's co-authors include Juan J. Alonso, Trent Lukaczyk, Thomas D. Economon, Francisco Palacios, Jason E. Hicken, Alejandro Campos, Aniket Aranake, Karthikeyan Duraisamy, Sean R. Copeland and Thomas W. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics and The Astronomical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Michael Colonno

14 papers receiving 590 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Stanford University Unstructured (SU<sup>2</sup>): An open-source integrated computational environment for multi-physics simulation and design
    2013 295 citations Francisco Palacios, Juan J. Alonso et al. 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Colonno United States 6 303 252 114 106 98 15 607
N. YU United States 16 507 1.7× 284 1.1× 116 1.0× 28 0.3× 22 0.2× 48 723
Alejandro Campos United States 6 227 0.7× 130 0.5× 21 0.2× 72 0.7× 14 0.1× 11 368
Forrester T. Johnson United States 20 906 3.0× 451 1.8× 67 0.6× 42 0.4× 20 0.2× 49 1.2k
R. Seebass United States 12 541 1.8× 397 1.6× 39 0.3× 42 0.4× 30 0.3× 30 660
Sean R. Copeland United States 6 712 2.3× 475 1.9× 74 0.6× 208 2.0× 9 0.1× 9 1.1k
Thomas K. West United States 13 312 1.0× 238 0.9× 13 0.1× 342 3.2× 25 0.3× 63 579
S. V. Utyuzhnikov United Kingdom 15 308 1.0× 156 0.6× 8 0.1× 68 0.6× 27 0.3× 57 620
Michael A. Park United States 17 999 3.3× 439 1.7× 43 0.4× 101 1.0× 10 0.1× 71 1.1k
William L. Kleb United States 18 636 2.1× 367 1.5× 17 0.1× 116 1.1× 15 0.2× 55 810
Atsushi Hashimoto Japan 16 751 2.5× 511 2.0× 42 0.4× 31 0.3× 11 0.1× 120 951

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Colonno

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Colonno

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Colonno

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Colonno. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Colonno 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 Michael Colonno. Michael Colonno is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Lukaczyk, Trent, et al.. (2015). SUAVE: An Open-Source Environment for Multi-Fidelity Conceptual Vehicle Design. 107 indexed citations
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Lukaczyk, Trent, et al.. (2014). Fuel-Burn Impact of Re-Designing Future Aircraft with Changes in Mission Specifications. 52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 2 indexed citations
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Palacios, Francisco, Juan J. Alonso, Karthikeyan Duraisamy, et al.. (2013). Stanford University Unstructured (SU<sup>2</sup>): An open-source integrated computational environment for multi-physics simulation and design. 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 295 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palacios, Francisco, Juan J. Alonso, Michael Colonno, Jason E. Hicken, & Trent Lukaczyk. (2012). Adjoint-based method for supersonic aircraft design using equivalent area distribution. 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 36 indexed citations
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Colonno, Michael, et al.. (2012). An Adjoint-Based Multidisciplinary Optimization Framework for Rotorcraft Systems. 12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. 2 indexed citations
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Alonso, Juan J. & Michael Colonno. (2011). Multidisciplinary Optimization with Applications to Sonic-Boom Minimization. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics. 44(1). 505–526. 57 indexed citations
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Colonno, Michael & Juan J. Alonso. (2010). Sonic Boom Minimization Revisited: The Robustness of Optimal Low-Boom Designs. 4 indexed citations
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Colonno, Michael, et al.. (2008). Multi-Fidelity Trajectory Optimization with Response Surface Based Aerodynamic Performance Prediction. 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 1 indexed citations
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Colonno, Michael & Juan J. Alonso. (2008). Optimum Launch Vehicle Fairing: An MDO Approach. 3 indexed citations
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Colonno, Michael, Edwin van der Weide, & Juan J. Alonso. (2008). The Optimum Vacuum Nozzle: An MDO Approach. 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 3 indexed citations
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Colonno, Michael. (2007). A multidisciplinary optimization methodology for rocket vehicle systems. 1 indexed citations
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Eikenberry, S. S., K. Matthews, Shannon G. Patel, et al.. (2004). Infrared Observations of the Candidate LBV 1806‐20 and Nearby Cluster Stars. The Astrophysical Journal. 616(1). 506–518. 35 indexed citations
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Burgasser, Adam J., John C. Wilson, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, et al.. (2000). Discovery of a Bright Field Methane (T-Type) Brown Dwarf by 2MASS. The Astronomical Journal. 120(2). 1100–1105. 57 indexed citations
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Smith, J. D., Stephen A. Rinehart, J. R. Houck, et al.. (1998). SCORE 1+: enhancing a unique mid-infrared spectrograph. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3354. 798–798. 4 indexed citations

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