Thomas Ward

1.5k total citations
58 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Ward is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Ward has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Computational Mechanics, 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Ward's work include Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (14 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (11 papers) and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (9 papers). Thomas Ward is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films (14 papers), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (11 papers) and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (9 papers). Thomas Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Taiwan. Thomas Ward's co-authors include Magalie Faivre, Howard A. Stone, Manouk Abkarian, J. B. Weber, Jacob L. Thelen, Michael D. Dickey, G. M. Homsy, S. B. Weed, R. P. Upchurch and Martin Thuo and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Ward

55 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 Ward United States 17 582 406 243 150 127 58 1.2k
Feifei Qin China 23 334 0.6× 590 1.5× 411 1.7× 114 0.8× 425 3.3× 91 1.6k
Zhibin Yan China 19 300 0.5× 294 0.7× 127 0.5× 55 0.4× 121 1.0× 48 868
Tapas Kumar Mandal India 22 696 1.2× 452 1.1× 234 1.0× 35 0.2× 286 2.3× 72 1.3k
Timothy C. Scott United States 18 481 0.8× 528 1.3× 288 1.2× 17 0.1× 54 0.4× 83 1.0k
Shinji Nagata Japan 20 937 1.6× 405 1.0× 392 1.6× 64 0.4× 743 5.9× 108 2.1k
Moshe Gottlieb Israel 25 522 0.9× 103 0.3× 129 0.5× 21 0.1× 413 3.3× 67 1.7k
Hwai-Shen Liu Taiwan 23 616 1.1× 161 0.4× 349 1.4× 98 0.7× 529 4.2× 58 1.9k
B. J. Carroll United Kingdom 15 198 0.3× 269 0.7× 319 1.3× 25 0.2× 192 1.5× 34 1.1k
Liqing Ren Canada 13 735 1.3× 320 0.8× 75 0.3× 27 0.2× 97 0.8× 13 1.2k
Aliyar Javadi Germany 29 398 0.7× 185 0.5× 212 0.9× 48 0.3× 829 6.5× 101 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Ward

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Ward

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Martin, Andrew, et al.. (2024). Guided ad infinitum assembly of mixed-metal oxide arrays from a liquid metal. Materials Horizons. 12(3). 770–778. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Stability and critical volume of a suspended pendant drop in air via experiments and eigenvalue analysis. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 666. 131346–131346. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, et al.. (2023). One-dimensional hydrodynamic model for the isothermal-evaporation of an axisymmetric-unbounded liquid bridge. Physics of Fluids. 35(11). 2 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, et al.. (2020). De-pinning instability of an evaporating-bounded liquid bridge: Experiments and axisymmetric analysis. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 596. 124664–124664. 6 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas. (2020). Evaporation driven detachment of a liquid bridge from a syringe needle in repose. Physics of Fluids. 32(8). 4 indexed citations
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Martin, Andrew, et al.. (2020). Polydispersity‐Driven Printing of Conformal Solid Metal Traces on Non‐Adhering Biological Surfaces. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 7(22). 22 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Evaporation and instability of an unbounded-axisymmetric liquid bridge between chemically similar and different substrates. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 539. 45–53. 16 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Stable and unstable miscible displacement of a shear-thinning fluid at low Reynolds number. Physics of Fluids. 30(10). 7 indexed citations
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Chang, Boyce S., Stephanie Oyola‐Reynoso, Thibaut Devillers, et al.. (2018). Magnetic Two-Way Valves for Paper-Based Capillary-Driven Microfluidic Devices. ACS Omega. 3(2). 2049–2057. 42 indexed citations
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Wu, Fan, Dmitri Vainchtein, & Thomas Ward. (2015). Perturbation analysis of steady and unsteady electrohydrodynamic chaotic advection inside translating drops. Physical Review E. 92(2). 23030–23030. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Electrocapillary drop actuation and fingering instability in a planar Hele-Shaw cell. Physical Review E. 91(1). 13012–13012. 2 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Gravity and capillary pressure-driven drainage in a vertical Hele-Shaw cell: Thin film deposition. Chemical Engineering Science. 109. 147–157. 3 indexed citations
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Heegaard, William, et al.. (2013). I-35W Bridge Collapse and Response. Academic Emergency Medicine. 20(9). 933–933. 5 indexed citations
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Thelen, Jacob L., Michael D. Dickey, & Thomas Ward. (2012). A study of the production and reversible stability of EGaIn liquid metal microspheres using flow focusing. Lab on a Chip. 12(20). 3961–3961. 138 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Gas-driven displacement of a liquid in a partially filled radial Hele-Shaw cell. Physical Review E. 83(4). 46316–46316. 10 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas. (2010). Capillary-pressure driven adhesion of rigid-planar surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 354(2). 816–824. 18 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, Magalie Faivre, & Howard A. Stone. (2010). Drop Production and Tip-Streaming Phenomenon in a Microfluidic Flow-Focusing Device via an Interfacial Chemical Reaction. Langmuir. 26(12). 9233–9239. 48 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas, Magalie Faivre, Manouk Abkarian, & Howard A. Stone. (2005). Microfluidic flow focusing: Drop size and scaling in pressure versus flow‐rate‐driven pumping. Electrophoresis. 26(19). 3716–3724. 273 indexed citations
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Faivre, Magalie, Thomas Ward, Manouk Abkarian, Annie Viallat, & Howard A. Stone. (2004). Production of surfactant at the interface of a flowing drop: Interfacial kinetics in a microfluidic device. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 57. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, Thomas. (1976). The Hydrodynamics Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology—1976. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 98(4). 740–748. 10 indexed citations

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