Robert A. Fleming Data-verified

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Federal Grant PI

Associate Professor

Arkansas State University

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

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rofleming@astate.edu

19 h-index 95 pubs 1,029 cited

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Robert A. Fleming's research focuses on materials science, with a particular emphasis on the tribological properties and durability of engineered surfaces and coatings. He has investigated the frictional properties of core-shell nanostructure textured surfaces and the enhanced durability of chromium-primed MoS2 coatings on aluminum for aerospace applications. Fleming also studies the fundamental aspects of soiling and cementation on photovoltaic cover glass materials, employing advanced X-ray scattering/spectroscopy and first principles modeling to address reliability concerns.

His work has been supported by federal grants, including three awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling over $1.3 million. These grants have funded campus cyberinfrastructure modernization and the acquisition of key research instrumentation, such as an X-Ray Diffractometer and a Nanoindenter, to advance materials and biomaterials research and education at Arkansas State University. Fleming has a scholarly output of 98 publications, with an h-index of 19 and over 1,000 citations.

Fleming collaborates with researchers from various institutions, including Mohamed Adawi and Landon Perdue at Arkansas State University, Adedoyin Abe at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and Sujan Ghosh at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He maintains an active laboratory website to disseminate his research activities.

Metrics

h-index: 19
Publications: 95
Citations: 1,029

Selected Publications

Special Issue: Orthopedics and Biotribology (2026)

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Enhanced Durability of Chromium-Primed MoS2 Coatings on Aluminum for Aerospace Flap Rail Slider Pads (2026)

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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)

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Accurate Measurements of Electrical Steel Coating Thickness Using the Weigh-Strip-Weigh Method (2025)

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Tribology of Textured Surfaces (2025)

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Design of an Instrumented Soiling Chamber for Solar Photovoltaic Coating Research (2024)

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An integrated convolutional neural network and sorting algorithm for image classification for efficient flood disaster management (2023)

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Towards Understanding of Cementation of Particulate Soils on PV Cover Glass Materials (2022)

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Test parameter and material dependence of the frictional properties of core-shell nanostructure textured surfaces (2022)

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