Thomas Engels

752 total citations
26 papers, 488 citations indexed

About

Thomas Engels is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Engels has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 488 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 13 papers in Computational Mechanics and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Engels's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (20 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (12 papers) and Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (7 papers). Thomas Engels is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (20 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (12 papers) and Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (7 papers). Thomas Engels collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Japan. Thomas Engels's co-authors include Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Kai Schneider, Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann, Jörn Sesterhenn, Hao Liu, Ryo Onishi, Alexey A. Polilov, Sridhar Ravi, Jean‐Christophe Nave and Chunhui Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Engels

25 papers receiving 476 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Engels Germany 13 348 227 78 74 60 26 488
Nathan Phillips United Kingdom 11 420 1.2× 246 1.1× 52 0.7× 119 1.6× 39 0.7× 16 606
Imraan Faruque United States 9 392 1.1× 83 0.4× 81 1.0× 77 1.0× 67 1.1× 42 453
Tuyen Quang Le South Korea 13 433 1.2× 169 0.7× 42 0.5× 55 0.7× 36 0.6× 23 498
Víctor M. Ortega-Jiménez United States 13 259 0.7× 116 0.5× 138 1.8× 24 0.3× 64 1.1× 32 471
Shigeru Sunada Japan 14 741 2.1× 392 1.7× 133 1.7× 38 0.5× 32 0.5× 68 949
Michael J. Elzinga United States 6 237 0.7× 44 0.2× 128 1.6× 174 2.4× 83 1.4× 8 395
Quang Tri Truong South Korea 12 358 1.0× 113 0.5× 35 0.4× 44 0.6× 28 0.5× 17 438
Johan M. Melis United States 5 154 0.4× 33 0.1× 85 1.1× 114 1.5× 63 1.1× 5 370
Kristin L. Bishop United States 10 351 1.0× 156 0.7× 118 1.5× 16 0.2× 23 0.4× 11 648
Gunnar Ristroph United States 5 217 0.6× 44 0.2× 71 0.9× 91 1.2× 43 0.7× 6 275

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Engels

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Engels, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Olfactory performance explains duality of antennal architectural designs in Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2045). 20242946–20242946. 1 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Computational aerodynamics of insect flight using volume penalization. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 350(S1). 131–150. 2 indexed citations
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Kolomenskiy, Dmitry, Thomas Engels, Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann, et al.. (2022). Novel flight style and light wings boost flight performance of tiny beetles. Nature. 602(7895). 96–100. 68 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Wavelet adaptive proper orthogonal decomposition for large-scale flow data. Advances in Computational Mathematics. 48(2). 7 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, et al.. (2021). An experimental data-driven mass-spring model of flexible Calliphora wings. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 17(2). 5 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Fritz‐Olaf, et al.. (2021). Vortex trapping recaptures energy in flying fruit flies. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 6992–6992. 8 indexed citations
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Kolomenskiy, Dmitry, Thomas Engels, Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann, et al.. (2020). Aerodynamic performance of a bristled wing of a very small insect. Experiments in Fluids. 61(9). 37 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Three-dimensional wing structure attenuates aerodynamic efficiency in flapping fly wings. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 17(164). 20190804–20190804. 18 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Wing Design in Flies: Properties and Aerodynamic Function. Insects. 11(8). 466–466. 25 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, et al.. (2019). A wavelet-adaptive method for multiscale simulation of turbulent flows\n in flying insects. arXiv (Cornell University). 12 indexed citations
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Kolomenskiy, Dmitry, Sridhar Ravi, Thomas Engels, et al.. (2019). Wing Morphology and Inertial Properties of Bumblebees. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 8(1). 41–47. 5 indexed citations
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Heepe, Lars, et al.. (2019). Local deformation and stiffness distribution in fly wings. Biology Open. 8(1). 24 indexed citations
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Kolomenskiy, Dmitry, Sridhar Ravi, Thomas Engels, et al.. (2019). The dynamics of passive feathering rotation in hovering flight of bumblebees. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 91. 102628–102628. 33 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Kai Schneider, et al.. (2017). Helical vortices generated by flapping wings of bumblebees. Fluid Dynamics Research. 50(1). 11419–11419. 10 indexed citations
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Nave, Jean‐Christophe, et al.. (2016). Aerodynamic Ground Effect in Fruitfly Sized Insect Takeoff: Source Codes and Datasets. Open Science Framework. 1 indexed citations
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Ravi, Sridhar, Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Thomas Engels, et al.. (2016). Bumblebees minimize control challenges by combining active and passive modes in unsteady winds. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35043–35043. 44 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Kai Schneider, Fritz‐Olaf Lehmann, & Jörn Sesterhenn. (2016). Bumblebee Flight in Heavy Turbulence. Physical Review Letters. 116(2). 28103–28103. 50 indexed citations
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Kolomenskiy, Dmitry, et al.. (2016). Aerodynamic Ground Effect in Fruitfly Sized Insect Takeoff. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0152072–e0152072. 34 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, Dmitry Kolomenskiy, Kai Schneider, & Jörn Sesterhenn. (2014). Numerical simulation of fluid–structure interaction with the volume penalization method. Journal of Computational Physics. 281. 96–115. 41 indexed citations
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Engels, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Störungen der Harnausscheidung.

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