K.T. Tan's Research Group

Publications

PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

* denote students in K.T. Tan’s Research Group

  1. J.P. Mack*, F. Mirza*, A. Banik*, M.H. Khan* and K.T. Tan (2024). Hybridization of Face Sheet in Sandwich Composites to Mitigate Low Temperature and Low Velocity Impact Damage, under review.
  2. K. Asakawa, Y. Hirano, K.T. Tan and T. Ogasawara (2024). Bio-inspired Study of Stiffener Arrangements in Composite Stiffened Panels using the Voronoi Diagram as an Indicator, Composite Structures, 327: 117640. DOI
  3. C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2023). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Large-Scale Effect on Buckling and Post-Buckling Behavior of Tubular Structures, Thin-Walled Structures, 186: 110708. DOI
  4. M. Aowad*, A. Banik*, C. Zhang*, I. Kaiser*, M.H. Khan*, A.C.A. Almeida*, D. Lazarenko, F. Khabaz and K.T. Tan (2023). Flexural Behavior and Microstructural Material Properties of Sandwich Foam Core Under Arctic Temperature Conditions, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, Special Issue in honor of Dr. Yapa Rajapakse, accepted for publication. DOI
  5. I. Kaiser*, N. Richards*, T. Ogasawara and K.T. Tan (2023). Machine Learning Algorithms for Deeper Understanding and Better Design of Composite Adhesive Joints, Materials Today Communications, 34: 105428. DOI
  6. I. Kaiser*, C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2022). Mechanical Behavior and Failure Mechanisms of CFRP and Titanium Tubular Adhesive Lap Joints at Extreme Temperatures, Composite Structures, 290: 115528. DOI
  7. A. Banik*, C. Zhang*, D. Panyathong* and K.T. Tan (2022). Effect of Equienergetic Low-Velocity Impact on CFRP with Surface Ice in Low Temperature Arctic Conditions, Composites Part B: Engineering, 236: 109850. DOI
  8. A. Banik*, C. Zhang*, M.H. Khan*, M. Wilson* and K.T. Tan (2022). Low-Velocity Ice Impact Response and Damage Phenomena on Steel and CFRP Sandwich Composite, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 162: 104134. DOI
  9. M.G. Rasul, A. Kiziltas, M.S.B. Hoque, A. Banik*, P.E. Hopkins, K.T. Tan, B. Arfaei, R. Shahbazian-Yassar (2022). Improvement of the Thermal Conductivity and Tribological Properties of Polyethylene by Incorporating Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanosheets, Tribology International, 165: 107277. DOI
  10. I. Kaiser*, C. Tan* and K.T. Tan (2021). Bio-inspired Patterned Adhesive Single-Lap Joints for CFRP and Titanium, Composites Part B: Engineering, 224: 109182. DOI
  11. B. Li*, C. Zhang*, F. Peng, W. Wang, B.D. Vogt and K.T. Tan (2021). 4D Printed Shape Memory Metamaterial for Vibration Bandgap Switching and Active Elastic-Wave Guiding, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9: 1164-1173. DOI
  12. M. Elamin*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2021). Compression After Impact Performance of Carbon-Fiber Foam-Core Sandwich Composites in Low Temperature Arctic Conditions, Composite Structures, 261: 113568. DOI
  13. M.H. Khan*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2020). Impact Performance and Bending Behavior of Carbon-Fiber Foam-Core Sandwich Composite Structures in Cold Arctic Temperature, Journal of Composites Science, 4: 133. DOI
  14. I. Kaiser* and K.T. Tan (2020). Damage and Strength Analysis of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer and Titanium Tubular-Lap Joint using Hybrid Adhesive Design, International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 103: 102710. DOI
  15. A. Banik* and K.T. Tan (2020). Dynamic Friction Performance of Hierarchical Biomimetic Surface Pattern Inspired by Frog Toe-Pad, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7: 2000987. DOI
  16. M.H. Khan* and K.T. Tan (2020). Post-Impact Flexural Collapse Modes of Composite Sandwich Structures in Arctic Conditions: Analytical Prediction and Experimental Validation, Composites Science and Technology, 195: 108187. DOI
  17. C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2020). Low-Velocity Impact Response and Compression After Impact Behavior of Tubular Composite Sandwich Structures, Composites Part B: Engineering, 193: 108026. DOI
  18. S. Oshima, A. Yoshimura, Y. Hirano, T. Ogasawara and K.T. Tan (2019). In-Situ Observation of Microscopic Damage in Adhesively Bonded CFRP Joints Under Mode I and Mode II Loading, Composite Structures, 227: 111330. DOI
  19. B. Li*, Y.Q. Liu and K.T. Tan (2019). A Novel Meta-Lattice Sandwich Structure for Dynamic Load Mitigation, Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 21: 1880-1905. DOI
  20. C. Drol*, E.B. Kennedy*, B.K. Hsiung*, N.B. Swift* and K.T. Tan (2019). Bioinspirational Understanding of Flexural Performance in Hedgehog Spines, Acta Biomaterialia, 94: 553-564. DOI
  21. C. Rice* and K.T. Tan (2019). Horse Hoof Inspired Biomimetic Structure for Improved Damage Tolerance and Crack Diversion, Composite Structures, 220: 362-370. DOI
  22. S. Alamri*, B. Li*, G. Mchugh, N. Garafolo and K.T. Tan (2019). Dissipative Diatomic Acoustic Metamaterials for Broadband Asymmetric Elastic Wave Transmission, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 451: 120-137. DOI
  23. M. Jaberzadeh*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2019). Wave Propagation in an Elastic Metamaterial with Anisotropic Effective Mass Density, Wave Motion, 89: 131-141. DOI
  24. B. Li*, Z. Li, J. Christensen, and K.T. Tan (2019). Dual Dirac Cones in Elastic Lieb-like Lattice Metamaterials, Applied Physics Letters, 114: 081906. DOI
  25. M. Elamin*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2018). Impact Performance of Stitched and Unstitched Composites in Extreme Low Temperature Arctic Conditions, Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Special Issue on Dynamic Failure of Composite Materials, 4: 317-327. DOI
  26. M.H. Khan*, M. Elamin*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2018). X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography Analysis of Impact Damage Morphology in Composite Sandwich Structures due to Cold Temperature Arctic Condition, Journal of Composite Materials, Special Issue on Impact and Dynamic Response ASC2017, 52: 3509-3522. DOI
  27. D.R. Cross*, K.T. Tan, E.J. Pineda, B.A. Bednarcyk and S.M. Arnold (2018). Multiscale Modeling of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites in Low Temperature Arctic Conditions, Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design, Special Issue on Composite Materials and Structures for Marine Applications, 1: 239-254. DOI
  28. B. Li*, K.T. Tan and J. Christensen (2018). Heat Conduction Tuning by Hyperbranched Nanophononic Metamaterials, Journal of Applied Physics, 123: 205105. DOI
  29. M.H. Khan*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2018). Impact Load Wave Transmission in Elastic Metamaterials, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 118: 50-59. DOI
  30. M. Elamin*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2018). Impact Damage of Composite Sandwich Structures in Arctic Condition, Composite Structures, 192: 422-433. DOI
  31. S. Alamri*, B. Li*, K.T. Tan (2018). Dynamic Load Mitigation using Dissipative Elastic Metamaterials with Multiple Maxwell-Type Oscillators, Journal of Applied Physics, 123: 095111. DOI
  32. E.B. Kennedy*, B.K. Hsiung*, N.B. Swift* and K.T. Tan (2017). Static Flexural Properties of Hedgehog Spines Conditioned in Coupled Temperature and Relative Humidity Environments, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 75: 413-422. DOI
  33. B. Li*, S. Alamri* and K.T. Tan (2017). A Diatomic Elastic Metamaterial for Tunable Asymmetric Wave Transmission in Multiple Frequency Bands, Scientific Reports, 7: 6226. DOI
  34. B. Li*, K.T. Tan and J. Christensen (2017). Tailoring the Thermal Conductivity in Nanophononics Metamaterials, Physical Review B, 95: 144305. DOI
  35. B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2016). Asymmetric Wave Transmission in a Diatomic Acoustic/Elastic Metamaterial, Journal of Applied Physics, 120: 075103. DOI
  36. H.H. Huang, C.K. Lin and K.T. Tan (2016). Attenuation of Transverse Waves by Using a Metamaterial Beam with Lateral Local Resonators, Smart Materials and Structures, 25: 085027. DOI
  37. A. Qureshi*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2016). Numerical Investigation of Band Gaps in 3D Printed Cantilever-In-Mass Metamaterials, Scientific Reports, 6: 28314. DOI
  38. N.B. Swift*, B.K. Hsiung*, E.B. Kennedy* and K.T. Tan (2016). Dynamic Impact Testing of Hedgehog Spines Using a Dual-Arm Crash Pendulum, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 61: 271-282. DOI
  39. K.T. Tan, A. Yoshimura, N. Watanabe, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2015). Further Investigation of Delamination Reduction Trend for Stitched Composites, Composites Science and Technology, 118: 141-153. DOI
  40. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe and Y. Iwahori (2015). Finite Element Model for Compression After Impact Behaviour of Stitched Composites, Composites Part B: Engineering, 79: 53-60. DOI
  41. K.T. Tan, H.H. Huang and C.T. Sun (2014). Blast-Wave Impact Mitigation Using Negative Effective Mass Density Concept of Elastic Metamaterials, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 64: 20-29. DOI
  42. K.T. Tan, A. Yoshimura, N. Watanabe, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2013). Effect of Stitch Density and Stitch Thread Thickness on Damage Progression and Failure Characteristics of Stitched Composites under Out-Of-Plane Loading, Composites Science and Technology, 74: 194-204. DOI
  43. K.T. Tan, H.H. Huang and C.T. Sun (2012). Optimizing the Band Gap of Effective Mass Negativity in Acoustic Metamaterials, Applied Physics Letters, 101: 241902. DOI
  44. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2012). Understanding Effectiveness of Stitching in Suppression of Impact Damage: An Empirical Delamination Reduction Trend for Stitched Composites, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 43: 823-832. DOI
  45. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2012). Effect of Stitch Density and Stitch Thread Thickness on Compression After Impact Strength and Response of Stitched Composites, Composites Science and Technology, 72: 587-598. DOI
  46. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe and Y. Iwahori (2012). Impact Damage Resistance, Response and Mechanisms of Laminated Composites Reinforced by Through-Thickness Stitching, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 21(1):51-80. DOI
  47. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe and Y. Iwahori (2011). X-ray Radiography and micro Computed Tomography Examination of Damage Characteristics in Stitched Composites subjected to Impact Loading, Composites Part B: Engineering, 42: 874-884. DOI
  48. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe and Y. Iwahori (2011). Stitch Fibre Comparison for Improvement of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness in Stitched Composites, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 30(2): 99-109. DOI
  49. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, Y. Iwahori, H. Hoshi and M. Sano (2010). Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Vectran-Stitched Composites – Experimental and Computational Analysis, Journal of Composite Materials, 44(26): 3203-3229. DOI
  50. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe and Y. Iwahori (2010). Effect of Stitch Density and Stitch Thread Thickness on Low-Velocity Impact Damage of Stitched Composites, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 41: 1857-1868. DOI
  51. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe and Y. Iwahori (2010). Experimental Investigation of Bridging Law for Single Stitch Fibre using Interlaminar Tension Test, Composite Structures, 92: 1399-1409. DOI

PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

* denote students in K.T. Tan’s Research Group

  1. K.T. Tan (2023). Predicting Failure in Composite Structures using Data-Driven Modeling Approach, Conference Presentation for ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Conference, 29 Oct – 2 Nov, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
  2. J.P. Mack*, F. Mirza*, A. Banik*, M.H. Khan* and K.T. Tan (2023). Impact Damage and Failure Mechanisms of Hybrid Facesheet Sandwich Composites under Low Temperature Conditions, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 38th Technical Conference, 17-20 Sept, Greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  3. J.P. Mack* and K.T. Tan (2023). Equi-Energetic Low-Velocity Impact Effects on the Compression After Impact Strength of Carbon Fiber Composite Tube Structures, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 38th Technical Conference, 17-20 Sept, Greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  4. F. Mirza*, J.P. Mack*, A. Banik*, M.H. Khan* and K.T. Tan (2023). Investigation of Bending After Impact Failure Behavior in Foam-Core Hybrid Sandwich Composites at Extreme Low Temperature, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 38th Technical Conference, 17-20 Sept, Greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  5. I. Kaiser*, R. Ferguson and K.T. Tan (2023). Effect of Surface Preparation on the Damage and Fracture Behavior of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer and Titanium Tubular Adhesive Lap-Joints, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 38th Technical Conference, 17-20 Sept, Greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  6. K.T. Tan (2022). Effect of Arctic Temperature on Damage of Foam-Core Sandwich Composites, Conference Presentation for ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Conference, 30 Oct-3 Nov, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  7. A. Banik* and K.T. Tan (2022). Impact Performance of Bioinspired 3D Printed Composite, Conference Presentation for ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Conference, 30 Oct-3 Nov, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  8. K.T. Tan, A. Banik* and M.H. Khan* (2022). Impact Damage Response and Mechanisms of Hybrid Composite Facesheet Foam Core Sandwich Structures in Arctic Conditions, Conference Proceeding for 13th International Conference on Sandwich Structures, ICSS-13, 23-26 Oct, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
  9. I. Kaiser*, N. Richards* and K.T. Tan (2022). Machine Learning for Strength and Damage Prediction of Adhesive Joints, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 37th Technical Conference, 19-21 Sept, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
  10. A. Banik* and K.T. Tan (2022). Impact Performance Comparison of Fiber Reinforced Composite Sandwich Structures in Arctic Condition, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 37th Technical Conference, 19-21 Sept, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
  11. J. Sychla* and K.T. Tan (2022). Investigating Effects of Fiber Layers in 3D Printed Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 37th Technical Conference, 19-21 Sept, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
  12. A. Banik*, M.H. Khan* and K.T. Tan (2022). Effect of Ice Shape on Low Velocity Impacts of CFRP Sandwich Composites, Conference Proceeding for Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics Virtual Conference, SEM 2022, 13-16 Jun, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
  13. A. Banik* and K.T. Tan (2021). Impact Performance and Bending Behavior Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Composite Sandwich Structures in Arctic Condition, Conference Presentation for ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Virtual Conference, 1-4 Nov, Virtual Conference, Online.
  14. I. Kaiser* and K.T. Tan (2021). Surface Characterization of CFRP and Titanium Tubular Adhesive Lap-Joints at Elevated Temperatures, Conference Presentation for ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Virtual Conference, 1-4 Nov, Virtual Conference, Online.
  15. J. Sychla*, C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2021). Analysis of Printing Parameters in 3D Printed Carbon Fiber Composites using Design of Experiments, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 36th Technical Conference (Virtual), 19-23 Sept, College Station, Texas, USA.
  16. I. Kaiser*, C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2021). Failure of CFRP and Titanium Tubular Adhesive Lap Joints at Extreme Temperatures, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 36th Technical Conference (Virtual), 19-23 Sept, College Station, Texas, USA.
  17. A. Banik*, C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2021). Effect of Impactor Mass on CFRP in Arctic Condition under Low-Velocity Impact, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 36th Technical Conference (Virtual), 19-23 Sept, College Station, Texas, USA.
  18. C. Zhang*, I. Kaiser* and K.T. Tan (2021). Numerical Model of Tubular Composite Sandwich Structures under Low-Velocity Impact, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 36th Technical Conference (Virtual), 19-23 Sept, College Station, Texas, USA.
  19. S. Oshima, T. Ogasawara and K.T. Tan (2021). Stress Concentration Reduction in Adhesively Bonded Joints Using Mechanical Metamaterials, Conference Proceeding for 63rd JSASS/JSME/JAXA Structures Conference (Virtual), 4-6 Aug, Japan.
  20. A. Banik* and K.T. Tan (2021). Effect of Equal Energy Impact on CFRP in Arctic Conditions, Conference Proceeding for Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics Virtual Conference, SEM 2021, 14-17 Jun, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
  21. K.T. Tan (2020). Fracture Mechanics Model for Compression-After-Impact and Bending-After-Impact Strength of Composites, Conference Presentation for ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Virtual Conference, 13-19 Nov, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  22. C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2020). Numerical Model of Tubular Composite Sandwich Structures under Low-Velocity Impact, Conference Presentation for ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Virtual Conference, 13-19 Nov, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  23. A. Banik* and K.T. Tan (2020). Low Mass-High Velocity and High Mass-Low Velocity Impact Testing on CFRP Specimen under Equal Impact Energy, Conference Presentation for ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Virtual Conference, 13-19 Nov, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  24. I. Kaiser* and K.T. Tan (2020). Fracture Behavior and Damage of CFRP and Titanium Tubular Adhesive Lap-Joints at Elevated Temperatures, Conference Presentation for ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) Virtual Conference, 13-19 Nov, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  25. K.T. Tan (2020). Understanding Post-Impact Compressive/Bending Performance of Composites using Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics Model, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 35th Technical Conference (Virtual), 14-17 Sept, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
  26. C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2020). Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Large Scale Effect on Buckling and Post-Buckling Behavior of Tubular Structures, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 35th Technical Conference (Virtual), 14-17 Sept, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
  27. A. Banik* and K.T. Tan (2020). Low Velocity Impact Testing of Ice on Steel and Composite Specimen, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 35th Technical Conference (Virtual), 14-17 Sept, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
  28. I. Kaiser* and K.T. Tan (2020). Gecko Inspired Adhesive Patterned Single Lap Joints, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 35th Technical Conference (Virtual), 14-17 Sept, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
  29. K.T. Tan and M.H. Khan* (2019). Impact and After-Impact Performance of Composite Sandwich Structures in Extreme Environment, Conference Presentation for ASME 2019 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 8-14 Nov, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
  30. I. Kaiser* and K.T. Tan (2019). Damage Analysis of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer and Titanium Adhesive Joints, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 34th Technical Conference, 23-25 Sept, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  31. C. Zhang* and K.T. Tan (2019). Low-Velocity Impact Response and Compression After Impact Behavior of Non-Planar Composites Sandwich Structures, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 34th Technical Conference, 23-25 Sept, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  32. M.H. Khan* and K.T. Tan (2019). Post-Impact Flexural Collapse of Composite Sandwich Structures in Low Temperature Arctic Conditions, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 34th Technical Conference, 23-25 Sept, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  33. B. Li*, S. Alamri* and K.T. Tan (2019). Asymmetric Elastic-Wave Transmission in Metacomposite Structures, Conference Proceeding for 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-22, 11-16 Aug, Melbourne, Australia.
  34. M.H. Khan* and K.T. Tan (2019). Understanding Effect of Arctic Temperature on Post-Impact Flexural Strength of Composites, Conference Proceeding for 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-22, 11-16 Aug, Melbourne, Australia.
  35. S. Alamri*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2019). Asymmetric Wave Transmission in Dissipative Acoustic Metamaterials, Conference Presentation for 10th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META2019), 23-26 Jul, Lisbon, Portugal.
  36. B. Li*, Z. Li, J. Christensen and K.T. Tan (2019). Elastic Wave Control in Double-Zero-Index Elastic Metamaterials, Conference Presentation for 10th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META2019), 23-26 Jul, Lisbon, Portugal.
  37. K.T. Tan (2019). Modeling Advanced Metacomposites: Structural and Functional Applications, Conference Presentation for 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019), 23-28 Jun, Singapore.
  38. K.T. Tan and M.H. Khan* (2018). Effect of Low Temperature Arctic Conditions on Impact and Post-Impact Mechanisms of Composite Sandwich Structures, Conference Presentation for ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 9-15 Nov, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
  39. K.T. Tan and M.H. Khan* (2018). Impact Performance and Flexural Behavior of Composite Sandwich Structures in Low Temperature Arctic Conditions, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 33rd Technical Conference, 24-26 Sept, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  40. K.T. Tan and M.H. Khan* (2018). Impact and Post-Impact Flexural Behavior of Composite Sandwich Structures in Extreme Low Temperature Arctic Conditions, Conference Proceeding for 12th International Conference on Sandwich Structures, ICSS-12, 19-22 Aug, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  41. M. Elamin*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2018). Effect of Low Temperature on the Post-Impact Compression Response of Composite Sandwich Structures, Conference Proceeding for 18th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM-18, 25-28 Jun, Athens, Greece.
  42. K.T. Tan and M.H. Khan* (2018). Impact and Flexural Performance of Composite Sandwich Structures in Low Temperature Arctic Conditions, Conference Presentation for International Symposium on Dynamic Response and Failure of Composite Materials (DRaF 2018), 12-15 Jun, Ischia, Naples, Italy.
  43. M. Jaberzadeh*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2018). On the Behavior of Acoustic/Elastic Metamaterials with Anisotropic Mass Density, Conference Presentation for the 175th Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Spring Meeting, 7-11 May, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  44. B. Li*, S. Alamri* and K.T. Tan (2018). Broadband Asymmetric Wave Transmission in Dissipative Acoustic/Elastic Metamaterials with Diatomic Oscillators, Conference Presentation for the 175th Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Spring Meeting, 7-11 May, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  45. S. Alamri*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2018). Impact Wave Attenuation using Maxwell-Type Oscillators in Dissipative Elastic Metamaterials, Conference Presentation for the 175th Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Spring Meeting, 7-11 May, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  46. C. Rice* and K.T. Tan (2018). Fracture Testing a Horse Hoof Inspired Biomimetic Structure, Conference Presentation for E-Fest East Old Guard Oral Competition, 14 Apr, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
  47. M.H. Khan* and K.T. Tan (2018). Evaluation of Low Temperature Effects on Impact and Bending Properties of Composite Sandwich Structures, Conference Proceeding for ASCE Earth and Space Conference, 9-12 Apr, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  48. K.T. Tan, M. Elamin* and B. Li* (2017). Impact Damage Mechanisms of Composite Sandwich Structures in Arctic Condition, Conference Presentation for ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 3-9 Nov, Tampa, Florida, USA.
  49. K.T. Tan, M. Elamin* and B. Li* (2017). Impact Performance and Damage Behavior of Composite Sandwich Structures in Arctic Condition, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 32nd Technical Conference, 22-25 Oct, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
  50. M. Elamin*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2017). Effect of Low Temperature on Impact Behavior of Composite Sandwich Structures, Conference Proceeding for 21st International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-21, 20-25 Aug, Xi-An, China.
  51. K.T. Tan, M. Elamin* and B. Li* (2017). Impact Damage of Composite Sandwich Structures in Arctic Condition, Conference Proceeding for 2nd SEA-Japan Conference on Composite Materials (2nd SEA-JCCM), 6-9 Aug, Tokyo, Japan.
  52. B. Li*, K.T. Tan and J. Christensen (2017). Investigation of Locally Resonant Nanophononic Metamaterials with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity, Conference Proceeding for 8th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META2017), 25-28 Jul, Incheon, South Korea.
  53. K.T. Tan, M. Elamin* and B. Li* (2017). Impact Behavior of Composite Sandwich Structures in Arctic Condition, Conference Presentation for ASME 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering (OMAE), 25-30 Jun, Trondheim, Norway.
  54. K.T. Tan (2017). Modeling Advanced Metacomposites: Unique Control of Stress Wave Propagation, Conference Proceeding for 9th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2017), 18-23 Jun, Singapore.
  55. K.T. Tan, B. Li* and M.H. Khan* (2017). Acoustic/Elastic Metamaterials: A Novel Solution to Impact Problems, Conference Proceeding for PHONONICS 2017: 4th International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport/Coupling and Topological Phononics, 4-9 Jun, Changsha, China.
  56. B. Li*, S. Alamri* and K.T. Tan (2017). Control of Asymmetric Wave Transmission in Multiple Frequency Bands Using Elastic Metamaterials, Conference Proceeding for PHONONICS 2017: 4th International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport/Coupling and Topological Phononics, 4-9 Jun, Changsha, China.
  57. K.T. Tan and B. Li* (2016). Unidirectional Wave Transmission in a Diatomic Acoustic Metamaterial, Conference Proceeding for the 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) and the Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ), 28 Nov-2 Dec, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
  58. M. Jaberzadeh*, B. Li* and K.T. Tan, (2016). Numerical Analysis of Wave Motion Through Acoustic/Elastic Metamaterial with Anisotropic Effective Mass Density, Conference Proceeding for ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 11-17 Nov, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  59. K.T. Tan, M.H. Khan* and B. Li* (2016). Impact Mitigation and Protection using Metacomposites with Negative Effective Mass, Conference Proceeding for ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 11-17 Nov, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  60. B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2016). Energy Absorption and Impact Response of Meta-lattice Truss Core Sandwich Panels, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 31st Technical Conference, 19-21 Sept, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.
  61. B. Li* and K.T. Tan (2016). Response of Meta-lattice Truss Core Sandwich Structures Subjected to Impulsive Loadings, Conference Proceeding for 11th International Conference on Sandwich Structures, ICSS-11, 20-23 March, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
  62. K.T. Tan (2015). Impact Damage of Stitched Composites using Statistical Analysis, Conference Proceeding for ASME 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 13-19 Nov, Houston, Texas, USA.
  63. K.T. Tan (2015). Dynamic Behavior of Metacomposites, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 30th Technical Conference, 28-30 Sept, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
  64. K.T. Tan (2015). A Novel Approach for Impact Mitigation using Mass Negativity Concept of Metacomposites, Conference Proceeding for 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-20, 19-24 Jul, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  65. K.T. Tan (2015). Energy Harvesting using Resonating Effect of Internal Resonators in Acoustic Metamaterials, Conference Proceeding for ASME 2015 Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference (McMat), 29 Jun-1 Jul, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  66. H.H. Huang, C.S. Yu and K.T. Tan (2015). Dispersion Characteristics of a Metamaterial Beam with Lateral Resonators, Conference Proceeding for PHONONICS 2015: 3rd International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport and Phonon Coupling, 31 May-5 Jun, Paris, France.
  67. Pramoda K.P., K.T.. Tan, S.L. Chen, H. Gu and Y.W. Leong (2014). Polymer-Wood Composites from Recycled Materials, Conference Proceeding for 8th Singapore International Chemistry Conference, (SICC-8), 14-17 Dec, Singapore.
  68. K.T. Tan and C.T. Sun (2014). Mutual Interaction Effect of Internal Resonators in Acoustic Metamaterials, Conference Proceeding for ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 14-20 Nov, Montreal, Canada.
  69. K.T. Tan and C.T. Sun (2014). Metacomposites Protection System against Primary Blast Injury, Conference Proceeding for American Society for Composites 29th Technical Conference, 8-10 Sept, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
  70. T.K. Chuah, L. Zhao, S. Ye, K.T. Tan, P.K. Pallathadka and H.R. Tan (2014). Active Infrared Sensing of Impact Damage in Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer, Conference Proceeding for The 12th International Conference on Quantitative InfraRed Thermography, QIRT 2014, 7-11 July, Bordeaux, France.
  71. K.T. Tan, Pramoda K.P., S.L. Chen, H. Gu and Y.W. Leong (2014). Composites using Recycled Materials, Conference Proceeding for 4th Molecular Materials Meeting (M3) Conference, 14-16 Jan, Singapore.
  72. K.T. Tan and C.T. Sun (2013). Interactive Behavior of Internal Resonators in Acoustic Metamaterials under Impact Pulse Loading, Conference Proceeding for 21st International Congress on Acoustics, 2-7 Jun, Montreal, Canada. [Invited Paper, Awarded ICA Young Scientist Grant]
  73. H.H. Huang, K.T. Tan and C.T. Sun (2013). Transmission of Bianisotropic Elastic Metamaterials, Conference Proceeding for PHONONICS 2013: 2nd International Conference on Phononic Crystals/Metamaterials, Phonon Transport and Optomechanics, 2-7 Jun, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. [Invited Talk]
  74. K.T. Tan, H.H. Huang and C.T. Sun (2012). Blast-Wave Impact Resistance of Acoustic Metamaterials, Conference Proceeding for ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 9-15 Nov, Houston, Texas, USA.
  75. H.H. Huang, K.T. Tan and C.T. Sun (2012). Unusual Two-Dimensional Wave Motion in an Orthotropic Elastic Metamaterials, Conference Proceeding for ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), 9-15 Nov, Houston, Texas, USA.
  76. K.T. Tan, A. Yoshimura, N. Watanabe and Y. Iwahori (2012). Impact Damage Progression of Stitched Composites: From Indentation to Penetration, Conference Proceeding for 15th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials/American Society for Composites 27th Technical Conference, 1-3 Oct, Arlington, Texas, USA.
  77. K.T. Tan, H.H. Huang and C.T. Sun (2012). Negative Effective Mass Density of Acoustic Metamaterial using Dual-Resonator Spring-Mass Model, Conference Proceeding for Metamaterials 2012, 17-20 Sept, St. Petersburg, Russia. [Awarded Travel Grant for Young Researcher]
  78. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, A. Yoshimura and Y. Iwahori (2012). Validation of Delamination Reduction Trend for Stitched Composites using Quasi-Static Indentation Test, Conference Proceeding for 15th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM-15, 24-28 Jun, Venice, Italy.
  79. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, and Y. Iwahori (2011). Fracture Behaviour and Damage Characteristics of Stitched Composites under Impact and Post Impact Loading, Conference Proceeding for 6th International Conference on Fracture of Polymers, Composites and Adhesives, 11-15 Sept, Les Diablerets, Switzerland. [Best Poster Award]
  80. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, A. Yoshimura, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2011). Progressive Damage in Stitched Composites under Impact Loading, Conference Proceeding for 18th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-18, 21-26 Aug, Jeju Island, Korea. [Invited Paper]
  81. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi, A. Yoshimura, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2011). Damage Observation of Stitched Composites under Quasi-Static Indentation Loading, Conference Proceeding for 53rd Japan Structural Conference, 27-29 Jul, Akita, Japan.
  82. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2011). Influence of Stitch Density and Stitch Thread Thickness on Compression After Impact Strength of Stitched Composites, Conference Proceeding for 16th International Conference on Composite Structures, ICCS-16, 28-30 Jun, Porto, Portugal.
  83. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2011). Enhancement of Compression After Impact Strength Using Through-Thickness Stitching, Conference Proceeding for 2nd Japan Conference on Composite Materials, JCCM-2, 16-18 Mar, Tokyo, Japan.
  84. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi, Y. Iwahori and T. Ishikawa (2010). Compression After Impact Performance of Vectran-Stitched Composites, Conference Proceeding for 7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials, ACCM-7, 15-18 Nov, Taipei, Taiwan.
  85. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi and Y. Iwahori (2010). Prediction of Delamination Damage in Stitched Composites Due to Impact Loading, Conference Proceeding for 35th Composite Materials Symposium, 13-14 Oct, Hiroshima, Japan. [Presented in Japanese]
  86. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi and Y. Iwahori (2010). Impact-Induced Delamination Suppression in Laminated Composites using Through-Thickness Stitching, Conference Proceeding for 14th US-Japan Conference on Composite Materials/American Society for Composites 25th Technical Conference, 20-23 Sept, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
  87. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi and Y. Iwahori (2010). Effectiveness of Stitching in Damage Tolerance of Laminated Composites, Conference Proceeding for 9th China-Japan Joint Conference on Composite Materials, CJJCC-9, 6-9 Sept, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
  88. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi and Y. Iwahori (2010). Damage Response and Mechanisms of Stitched Composites Under Impact Loading, Conference Proceeding for 14th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM-14, 7-10 Jun, Budapest, Hungary.
  89. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi and Y. Iwahori (2010). Influence of Stitch Density and Stitch Thread Thickness on Low Velocity Impact Response of Vectran-Stitched Composites, Conference Proceeding for 1st Japan Conference on Composite Materials, JCCM-1, 9-11 Mar, Kyoto, Japan.
  90. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi and Y. Iwahori (2009). Application of Vectran-Stitched Composites in Aircraft Structures, Conference Proceeding for 2nd International Seminar on System Design, ISSD2009, 4-6 Nov, Tokyo, Japan.
  91. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi and Y. Iwahori (2009). Low Velocity Impact Damage Response of Vectran-Stitched Composites, Conference Proceeding for 7th Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Composite Materials, 24-26 Sept, Kanazawa, Japan.
  92. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, M. Sano, M. Takase, Y. Iwahori and H. Hoshi (2009). Material Selection of Z-fibre in Stitched Composites – Experimental and Analytical Comparison Approach, Conference Proceeding for 17th International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM-17, 27-31 Jul, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  93. K.T. Tan and N. Watanabe (2009). Computational Modeling of Mode I Fracture Toughness in Vectran-Stitched Composites, Conference Proceeding for JSCM Spring Conference, 18-19 May, Tokyo, Japan.

INVITED TALKS / PRESENTATIONS

  1. K.T. Tan (2023). Data-driven Modeling of Composite Structures: Predicting Failure Without Failure Criteria, Symposium Invited Talk for 11th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2023), 26-30 Jun, Singapore.
  2. K.T. Tan (2023). Bioinspired Structures and Materials: Design, Performance and Characterization, Kyoto University, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, 6 Apr, Kyoto, Japan.
  3. K.T. Tan (2023). Bioinspired Structures and Materials: Design, Performance and Characterization, Kyushu University, organized by Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 4 Apr, Kyushu, Japan.
  4. K.T. Tan (2023). Bioinspired Structures and Materials: Design, Performance and Characterization, Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, organized by Research Division of Machining and Molding, 24 Mar, Osaka, Japan.
  5. K.T. Tan (2023). Bioinspired Structures and Materials: Design, Performance and Characterization, Nagoya University, organized by Department of Aerospace Engineering, 22 Mar, Nagoya, Japan.
  6. K.T. Tan (2023). Designing Composite Adhesive Joints using Biomimicry and Machine Learning, Plenary Talk for Japan-India Composite Workshop, 1-3 Mar, Tokyo, Japan.
  7. K.T. Tan (2023). Bioinspired Structures and Materials: Design, Performance and Characterization, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, organized by Structures and Advanced Composite Research Unit, 22 Feb, Tokyo, Japan.
  8. K.T. Tan (2023). Bioinspired Structures and Materials: Design, Performance and Characterization, Meiji University, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, 21 Feb, Tokyo, Japan.
  9. K.T. Tan (2019). Advanced Metacomposites: Designing Unique Properties for Extraordinary Dynamic Performances, Kyoto University, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, 19 Dec, Kyoto, Japan.
  10. K.T. Tan (2019). Advanced Composite Materials in Extreme Environment: Design, Performance and Characterization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, organized by Institute of Global Innovation Research, 16 Dec, Tokyo, Japan.
  11. K.T. Tan (2019). Advanced Composite Materials in Extreme Environment: Design, Performance and Characterization, Tokyo Institute of Technology, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, 13 Dec, Tokyo, Japan,
  12. K.T. Tan (2019). Advanced Composite Materials in Extreme Environment: Design, Performance and Characterization, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, organized by Materials System Research Laboratory, 11 Dec, Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan.
  13. K.T. Tan (2019). Advanced Metacomposites: Designing Unique Properties for Extraordinary Dynamic Performances, The Ohio State University, organized by Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 8 Nov, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
  14. K.T. Tan (2019). Modeling Advanced Metacomposites: Structural and Functional Applications, Symposium Invited Talk for 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019), 23-28 Jun, Singapore.
  15. K.T. Tan (2018). Advanced Metacomposites: Designing Unique Properties for Extraordinary Dynamic Performances, The University of Tokyo, organized by Department of Aerospace Engineering, 20 Dec, Tokyo, Japan.
  16. K.T. Tan (2018). Advanced Metacomposites: Designing Unique Properties for Extraordinary Dynamic Performances, Meiji University, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, 19 Dec, Tokyo, Japan.
  17. K.T. Tan (2018). Advanced Metacomposites: Designing Unique Properties for Extraordinary Dynamic Performances, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, organized by Institute of Global Innovation Research, 19 Dec, Tokyo, Japan.
  18. K.T. Tan (2018). Advanced Metacomposites: Designing Unique Properties for Extraordinary Dynamic Performances, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, organized by Structures and Advanced Composite Research Unit, 17 Dec, Tokyo, Japan.
  19. K.T. Tan (2018). Advanced Metacomposites: Designing Unique Properties for Extraordinary Dynamic Performances, Nagoya University, organized by Department of Aerospace Engineering, 13-14 Dec, Nagoya, Japan.
  20. K.T. Tan (2017). The Quest Towards Damage Tolerant Composite Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, organized by Center for Composite Materials and Structures, 16-19 Aug, Harbin, China.
  21. K.T. Tan (2017). Locally Resonant Nanophononic Metamaterials: A Transformative Approach to Control Thermal Conductivity, The University of Tokyo, organized by Institute of Industrial Science, 9 Aug, Tokyo, Japan.
  22. B. Li*, K.T. Tan and J. Christensen (2017). Investigation of Locally Resonant Nanophononic Metamaterials with Ultralow Thermal Conductivity, 8th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META2017), 25-28 Jul, Incheon, South Korea.
  23. K.T. Tan (2017). Modeling Advanced Metacomposites: Unique Control of Stress Wave Propagation, Symposium Invited Talk for 9th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2017), 18-23 Jun, Singapore.
  24. K.T. Tan (2016). Next Generation Aerospace Structures using Stitched Composites and Metacomposites, Seoul National University, organized by Department of Aerospace Engineering, 17 Aug, Seoul, South Korea.
  25. K.T. Tan (2016). Acoustic/Elastic Metamaterials: A Transformative Approach for Stress Wave Mitigation and Manipulation, National University of Singapore, organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, 20 May, Singapore.
  26. K.T. Tan (2016). Next Generation Aerospace Structures using Stitched Composites and Metacomposites, Nanyang Technological University, organized by Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 19 May, Singapore.
  27. K.T. Tan (2016). Exploring the Natural and Unnatural World of Material Behavior through Bio-Inspiration and Human-Imagination, Spring 2016 Integrated Bioscience Seminar Series, organized by UA Department of Integrated Bioscience and Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center (BRIC), 18 Mar, Akron, OH, USA.
  28. K.T. Tan (2015). Impact Performance and Dynamic Behavior of Composite Sandwich Structures at Arctic Conditions, ONR Solid Mechanics Review, organized by ONR SMP Program Manager Dr. Yapa Rajapakse, 2-4 Dec, Arlington, VA, USA.
  29. K.T. Tan (2015). Biomimetic Structures for Impact Protection, Biomimicry Focus Group Workshop, organized by UA Biomimicry organizing committee [Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center (BRIC)], 12 Nov, Akron, OH, USA.
  30. K.T. Tan (2015). Dynamics of Heterogeneous Materials, Dynamics of Heterogeneous Materials Workshop, Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center (BRICC), organized by AFOSR and ARO, 23-24 Sept, Arlington, VA, USA.
  31. K.T. Tan (2015). Speech from Representative Alumni, Tokyo Metropolitan University 1st Annual Alumni Meeting of Asian Human Resources Fund Scholarship Program, 29 August, Bangkok, Thailand.
  32. K.T. Tan (2015). Roller Coaster Mania, The University of Akron, Center for Child Development, Camp Wise STEAM Summer Program, 13-17 July, Akron, Ohio, USA.
  33. K.T. Tan (2015). Impact Resistance of Stitched Composites and Metacomposites, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, Mechanical Properties and Mechanics Group, 7 April, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
  34. K.T. Tan (2015). Next Generation Aerospace Structures using Stitched Composites and Metacomposites, NASA Glenn Research Center, Materials and Structures Division, Mechanics and Life Prediction Branch, 23 March, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  35. K.T. Tan (2014). My A*IF Experience, A*STAR Biopolis, 21 January, Singapore.
  36. K.T. Tan (2012). Impact Damage of Composites, Purdue University, 24 April, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
  37. K.T. Tan (2010). Research on Interlaminar Reinforcement of Stitched Composites, Presentation by International Students of Asia on Advanced Research (Tokyo Asian Month), 8 Nov, Tokyo, Japan (in Japanese).
  38. K.T. Tan, N. Watanabe, H. Hoshi and Y. Iwahori (2010). Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Vectran-Stitched Laminate, Nippon Steel Corporation, 21 May, Tokyo, Japan.