Thomas J. Howard

1.8k total citations
78 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. Howard is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. Howard has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 24 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 22 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. Howard's work include Design Education and Practice (24 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (22 papers) and Product Development and Customization (21 papers). Thomas J. Howard is often cited by papers focused on Design Education and Practice (24 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (22 papers) and Product Development and Customization (21 papers). Thomas J. Howard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Thomas J. Howard's co-authors include Elies Dekoninck, S J Culley, Tim C. McAloone, Daniela C. A. Pigosso, Ahmad Arabkoohsar, Meisam Sadi, Giuliano Bissacco, Guido Tosello, Prateek Saxena and Ali Sulaiman Alsagri and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemosphere, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics and Journal of Mechanical Design.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. Howard

74 papers receiving 1.1k 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 J. Howard Denmark 15 651 332 332 277 111 78 1.2k
Federico Rotini Italy 18 566 0.9× 349 1.1× 206 0.6× 226 0.8× 96 0.9× 111 993
Saeema Ahmed‐Kristensen Denmark 18 813 1.2× 415 1.3× 291 0.9× 310 1.1× 217 2.0× 112 1.4k
Katherine Fu United States 17 1.1k 1.6× 429 1.3× 535 1.6× 195 0.7× 150 1.4× 74 1.6k
Gaetano Cascini Italy 19 739 1.1× 480 1.4× 204 0.6× 299 1.1× 146 1.3× 149 1.4k
Udo Kannengiesser Austria 14 758 1.2× 477 1.4× 216 0.7× 410 1.5× 112 1.0× 53 1.3k
Christopher McComb United States 19 652 1.0× 314 0.9× 171 0.5× 299 1.1× 265 2.4× 164 1.4k
Kathryn Jablokow United States 21 607 0.9× 182 0.5× 328 1.0× 118 0.4× 182 1.6× 127 1.6k
L. H. Shu Canada 22 1.1k 1.6× 351 1.1× 391 1.2× 221 0.8× 105 0.9× 84 1.5k
Elies Dekoninck United Kingdom 15 630 1.0× 264 0.8× 407 1.2× 148 0.5× 155 1.4× 64 1.2k
Philip Cash Denmark 22 692 1.1× 316 1.0× 366 1.1× 127 0.5× 177 1.6× 81 1.3k

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All Works

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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (2019). Industry 4.0 – A challenge for variation simulation tools for mechanical assemblies. 4(1). 43–52. 4 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (2017). Capability Database of Injection Molding Process— Requirements Study for Wider Suitability and Higher Accuracy. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 5(2). 18–28. 1 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (2016). Data Acquisition for Quality Loss Function Modelling. Procedia CIRP. 43. 112–117. 4 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (2015). Robust Design of Sounds in Mechanical Mechanisms. 1 indexed citations
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Rask, Mikko, et al.. (2014). IMPROVING PROCESS CAPABILITY DATABASE USAGE FOR ROBUST DESIGN ENGINEERING BY GENERALISING MEASUREMENT DATA. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1133–1144. 4 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (2013). A classification of the industrial relevance of robust design methods. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 427–436. 21 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (2012). From product centered design to value centered design: understanding the value-system. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1 indexed citations
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Ball, Alexander, Mansur Darlington, Thomas J. Howard, Christopher McMahon, & Stephen Culley. (2012). Visualizing Research Data Records for their Better Management. The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath). 13(1). 1 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (2012). Establishing Collaborative Networks for the Conceptualisation of PSS. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 249–258. 4 indexed citations
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Achiche, Sofiane, et al.. (2012). Open Innovation Practices in a Cluster Context: A Medicon Valley Case Study. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 151–160. 2 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (2012). The Foundation for Robust Design: Enabling Robustness Through Kinematic Design and Design Clarity. 817–826. 23 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., Sofiane Achiche, Ali Gürcan Özkil, & Tim C. McAloone. (2012). Open Design and Crowdsourcing: Maturity, Methodology and Business Models. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 181–190. 19 indexed citations
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Culley, Stephen, et al.. (2011). Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED11), Vol. 5: Design for X, Design to X. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Culley, Stephen, et al.. (2011). Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED11), Vol. 2: Theory and Research Methodology. Vol. 2.. 1 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., S J Culley, & Elies Dekoninck. (2010). Reuse of ideas and concepts for creative stimuli in engineering design. Journal of Engineering Design. 22(8). 565–581. 80 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., Stephen Culley, & Elies Dekoninck. (2008). IDEA GENERATION IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. 1025–1032. 1 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., S J Culley, & Elies Dekoninck. (2007). Creativity in the Engineering Design Process. 15 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., S J Culley, & Elies Dekoninck. (2006). INFORMATION AS AN INPUT INTO THE CREATIVE PROCESS. 549–556. 14 indexed citations
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Howard, Thomas J., et al.. (1993). Mobile pulse power systems for electric gun tests. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 29(1). 1037–1042. 1 indexed citations

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