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Arkansas State University
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Robert A. Fleming's research focuses on materials science, with an emphasis on tribology, coatings, and the characterization of material properties. He has investigated the frictional properties of textured surfaces, including core-shell nanostructures, and the durability of advanced coatings for aerospace applications, such as Cr-primed MoS2 coatings on aluminum. His work also extends to the reliability of materials used in renewable energy, specifically studying the soiling and cementation of photovoltaic cover glass and developing methods for accurate thickness measurements of electrical steel coatings.
Fleming has been a Principal Investigator on multiple federal grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), totaling over $1.3 million. These grants have supported the modernization of cyberinfrastructure at Arkansas State University and the acquisition of advanced research equipment, including an X-ray diffractometer and a nanoindenter, to enhance materials and biomaterials research and education. His h-index is 19, with 97 total publications and 1,023 citations.
His collaborative network includes researchers from Arkansas State University, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Fleming maintains an active laboratory website to showcase his research activities.
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- h-index: 19
- Publications: 97
- Citations: 1,023
Selected Publications
- Editorial for Orthopedics and Biotribology Special Issue (2026) DOI
- Enhanced Durability of Cr-Primed MoS2 Coatings on Aluminum for Aerospace Flap Rail Slider Pads (2026) DOI
- Fundamental Studies of Soiling and Cementation of PV Cover Glass Materials: Addressing Reliability with Advanced X-ray Scattering/Spectroscopy and First Principles Modeling (Final Technical Report) (2025) DOI
- Tribology of Textured Surfaces (2025) DOI
- Design of an Instrumented Soiling Chamber for Solar Photovoltaic Coating Research (2024) DOI
- An integrated convolutional neural network and sorting algorithm for image classification for efficient flood disaster management (2023) DOI
- Towards Understanding of Cementation of Particulate Soils on PV Cover Glass Materials (2022) DOI
- Test parameter and material dependence of the frictional properties of core-shell nanostructure textured surfaces (2022) DOI
Federal Grants 3 $1,300,548 total
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