Richard Welle

538 total citations
48 papers, 406 citations indexed

About

Richard Welle is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Welle has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 406 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Richard Welle's work include Spacecraft Design and Technology (16 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (13 papers) and Satellite Communication Systems (9 papers). Richard Welle is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Design and Technology (16 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (13 papers) and Satellite Communication Systems (9 papers). Richard Welle collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard Welle's co-authors include Dennis Keefer, Siegfried Janson, Henry Helvajian, James E. Pollard, Todd S. Rose, Ronald S. Cohen, Mark W. Crofton, San‐Mou Jeng, S. D. LaLumondiere and Josef M. Wicker and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Optics Express and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

Richard Welle

45 papers receiving 347 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Welle United States 11 198 177 123 64 59 48 406
Fabrizio Paganucci Italy 15 443 2.2× 167 0.9× 81 0.7× 67 1.0× 105 1.8× 88 761
Paul-Quentin Elias France 11 301 1.5× 182 1.0× 58 0.5× 51 0.8× 63 1.1× 25 402
Juergen Mueller United States 14 630 3.2× 340 1.9× 107 0.9× 56 0.9× 85 1.4× 65 903
William D. Deininger United States 11 141 0.7× 154 0.9× 53 0.4× 22 0.3× 55 0.9× 85 390
Kiyoshi Kinefuchi Japan 13 205 1.0× 326 1.8× 29 0.2× 139 2.2× 48 0.8× 71 495
Anthony Pancotti United States 11 215 1.1× 126 0.7× 28 0.2× 19 0.3× 50 0.8× 26 355
Helmut Kurtz Germany 14 442 2.2× 198 1.1× 150 1.2× 55 0.9× 201 3.4× 59 647
John Fife United States 9 407 2.1× 104 0.6× 49 0.4× 21 0.3× 79 1.3× 32 490
Hideyuki Horisawa Japan 11 286 1.4× 362 2.0× 385 3.1× 148 2.3× 63 1.1× 94 694
P. Krehl Germany 9 73 0.4× 65 0.4× 67 0.5× 95 1.5× 38 0.6× 28 311

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Welle

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Welle

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2021). The DiskSat: A Two-Dimensional Containerized Satellite. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University).
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Rose, Todd S., et al.. (2019). Optical communications downlink from a 1.5U Cubesat: OCSD program. International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2018. 18–18. 38 indexed citations
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Janson, Siegfried, et al.. (2018). The NASA Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration Program: Mission Overview. Utah State Research and Scholarship (Utah State University). 1 indexed citations
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Cahoy, Kerri, et al.. (2018). Initial Demonstration of an Uplink LED Beacon to a Low Earth Orbiting CubeSat. 7(2). 719–732. 2 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2018). The NASA Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration Program: Proximity Operations. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 2 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2017). A CubeSat-Based Optical Communication Network for Low Earth Orbit. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 4 indexed citations
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Rose, Todd S., et al.. (2015). LEO to ground optical communications from a small satellite platform. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9354. 93540I–93540I. 20 indexed citations
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Janson, Siegfried & Richard Welle. (2013). The NASA Optical Communication and Sensor Demonstration Program. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 16 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2009). A water test facility for liquid rocket engine turbopump cavitation testing. Archives of Dermatology. 80. 421–6. 9 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2006). Standoff Pressures and Thermal Characterization of the Peltier-Actuated Microvalve. 6112. 332–337. 1 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2006). Peltier-actuated microvalves for integrated microfluidic systems. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6112. 61120I–61120I. 2 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2005). Peltier-actuated microvalve performance optimization. 343–346. 4 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, et al.. (2004). Peltier-actuated microvalves: performance characterization. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5591. 158–158. 2 indexed citations
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Petersen, Eric L., Matthew Rickard, & Richard Welle. (2003). High-Temperature, Nonreacting Flowfields Generated by a Hypersonic Chemical-Laser Nozzle. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 17(3). 420–422. 2 indexed citations
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Crofton, Mark W., Richard Welle, Siegfried Janson, & Ronald S. Cohen. (1992). Temperature, velocity and density studies in the 1 kW ammonia arcjetplume by LIF. 28th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit. 11 indexed citations
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Welle, Richard, James E. Pollard, Siegfried Janson, Mark W. Crofton, & Ronald S. Cohen. (1991). One kilowatt hydrogen and helium arcjet performance. 27th Joint Propulsion Conference. 21 indexed citations
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Helvajian, Henry & Richard Welle. (1988). Ejected Product Energy Distributions from Laser Ablated Solids. MRS Proceedings. 129. 4 indexed citations
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Jeng, S. M., et al.. (1986). Numerical Study of Laser-Sustain ed Hydrogen Plasmas in a Forced Convective Flow. 2 indexed citations
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Keefer, Dennis, et al.. (1985). Power absorption processes in laser sustained argon plasmas. 5 indexed citations

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