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Patrick Cavanaugh

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1966
Head and Neck Cancer StudiesVehicle Dynamics and Control SystemsEar and Head TumorsLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies

Publications

29

Citations

720

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

61

Publishing since 1966

Research summary
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This researcher's recent work focuses on the mechanical engineering of bicycle drivetrains, including chain lubrication, wear measurement, and drivetrain efficiency modeling. Despite the 'Medicine' category label and listed OpenAlex topics (which appear unrelated to the actual publication record), the visible publications are entirely about bicycle mechanical engineering rather than clinical or medical topics. Prospective students should note the mismatch between the assigned research area/topics and the actual recent output, which centers on applied mechanics and sports engineering.

Bicycle drivetrain mechanicsChain lubrication and wearMechanical efficiency modelingSports engineeringMeasurement tool development

Publication activity shows no output for most of the last decade, with a small, recent cluster of publications appearing only from 2024 onward.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
171819202122232024: 2 publications2242025: 2 publications2252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
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  • Sports Engineering×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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