• Finite Element Modeling
• Specialized Concrete
  
• Structural Dynamics
• Weapons Effects and Blast-resistant Design

• Ph.D. in Structures, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983
• M.S. in Mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980.
• M.S. in Structures, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979
• B.S. in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1977

• 2008 Research and Creativity Award, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska.
  
• 2004 Award of Excellence, American Concrete Institute - Nebraska Chapter.
  
• 2004 Multi-disciplinary Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska.
• 2003 Award of Excellence, American Concrete Institute - Nebraska Chapter.
• Registered Professional Engineer, States of Nebraska and Texas.
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1995.
  
• Member of ASCE Committee on Bridge and Tunnel Security, 2006.
• Member of ACI Committee 123 - Research and Current Developments, 2004.
• Member of TRB Committee (AHD65) on Winter Maintenance, 2004.
• Member of Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), 1992.
• Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1985.
• Chi Epsilon, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi, University of Wisconsin, 1982.

• Heated bridge deck system and materials and method for constructing same, U.S. Patent No. 6,825,444 with S. Yehia, B. Chen, and Lim Nguyen, November 30, 2004.
• Tension members for erecting structures, U.S. Patent No. 6,138,309 with M.K. Tadros, October 31, 2000.
• Passive air blast attenuators and ventilators, U.S. Patent No. 5,386,779 with Q.A. Baker and W.E. Baker, February 7, 1995.

• August 1996 - May 2008
  Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and
  Director of the PKI Structural Research Laboratory
  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588

• March 1991 - August 1996
  Senior Engineer, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
  Gulf Coast Division, Tyndall Air Force Base, FL 32403
• July 1989 - February 1991
  Senior Engineer, Wilfred Baker Engineering, Inc.
  8700 Crownhill, San Antonio, TX 78209
• August 1983 - June 1989
  Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering,
  University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588

Accepted for Publication

• Amornrattanapong, W., Tuan, C.Y., and Tadros, M.K., "Precast Pretensioned Horizontally Curved Concrete I-Girder Bridges," PCI Journal, to appear in the September/October 2008 issue.

Archival Journal Articles

• Tuan, C.Y., "Flexural Behavior of Post-tensioned and Non-post-tensioned Concrete-filled Steel Tubes," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134, No. 6, June 2008, pp.1057-1060.
• Tuan, C.Y., "Roca Spur Bridge - the Implementation of an Innovative Deicing Technology," Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, ASCE, Vol.22, No.1, March 2008, pp.1-15.
• Tong, X., and Tuan, C.Y., "Fatigue Strength of Coped-End Crane Runway Girders," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.133, No.12, December 2007, pp.1783-179.
• Tong, X., and Tuan, C.Y., "A Viscoplastic Cap Model for Soils under High Strain Rate Loading," Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol.133, No.2, February 2007, pp.206-214.
• Girgis, A.F., and Tuan, C.Y., "Bond Strength and Transfer Length of Pre-tensioned Bridge Girders Cast with Self-Consolidating Concrete," PCI Journal, November-December 2005, pp. 73-87.
• Tuan, C.Y., Kelly, M.T., Sun, H., and Buss, M.E., "Evaluation of the use of Lithium Nitrate in Controlling Alkali-silica Reactivity in an Existing Concrete Pavement," Transportation Research Record 1417, November 2005, pp.47-59.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Yehia, S.A., "Evaluation of Electrically Conductive Concrete Containing Carbon Products for Deicing," ACI Materials Journal, Vol.101, No.4, July-August 2004, Vol.101, No.4, pp. 287-293.
• Tuan, C.Y., Yehia, S.A., Jongpitaksseel, N., and Tadros, M.K., "End Zone Reinforcement for Pretensioned Concrete Girders," PCI Journal, Vol.49, No.3, May/June 2004, pp. 68-82.
• Tuan, C.Y., "Aurora Arch Bridge - Confined Concrete System Speeds Construction of Walkway Span," Concrete International, Vol.26, No.4, April 2004, pp. 64-67.
• Tuan, C.Y., "Electrical Resistance Heating of Conductive Concrete Containing Steel Fibers and Shavings," ACI Materials Journal, Vol.101, No.1, January-February 2004, pp.65-71.
• Tuan, C.Y., "Sympathetic Vibration Due to Coordinated Crowd Jumping," Journal of Sound & Vibration, Vol.269, No.5, January 2004, pp.1083-1098.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Conductive Concrete Overlay - An Innovative Solution for Bridge Deck Deicing," Concrete International, ACI, Vol.24, No.2, February 2002, pp.56-60.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Thin Conductive Concrete Overlay for Bridge Deck Deicing and Anti-icing," Transportation Research Record, No.1698, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, November 2000, pp.45-53.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Sierakowski, R.L., "Numerical Analysis of a Novel Thermoplastic Sandwich Core Material," Journal of Sandwich Structures & Materials, Vol.2, No.3, July 2000, pp.215-224.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Conductive Concrete Overlay for Bridge Deck Deicing: Mix Design, Optimization, and Properties," ACI Materials Journal, Vol.97, No.2, March-April 2000, pp.172-181.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Conductive Concrete Overlay for Bridge Deck Deicing," ACI Materials Journal, Vol.96, No.3, May-June 1999, pp.382-390.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Conductive Concrete Overlay," Technical article, Concrete Engineering International, Vol.3, No. 1, January/February 1999, pp. 70-72.
• Tuan, C.Y., "Ponding on Circular Membranes," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol.35, No.3-4, 1998, pp. 269-283.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Muszynski, L.C., "New Materials to the Rescue?" a side-bar article discussing structural retrofit for office building to mitigate bomb-blast damage after the Oklahoma City Bombing, Civil Engineering, ASCE, October 1995, p.45
• Tuan, C.Y., and White, D.L., "Formation of Circular Optical Membranes under Free-form Yielding," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.116, No.8, August 1990, pp.2299-2308.
• Tuan, C.Y., Post, E.R., Ataullah, S., and Brewer, J.O., "Development of Kansas Guard-rail to Bridge-rail Transition Designs using BARRIER VII," Transportation Research Record, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, No.1233, May 1990, pp.145-154.
• Tuan, C.Y., Al-Einea, A., and Murphy, L.M., "Dynamic Characteristics of Stretched-membrane Heliostats," Journal of Sound & Vibration, Vol.135, No.1, Nov. 1989, pp.37-51.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Murphy, L.M., "Uniform Pressure Formation of Optical Membranes," Journal of Energy Engineering, ASCE, Vol.114, No.2, August 1988, pp.49-68.
• Saul, W.E., and Tuan, C.Y., "Review of Live Loads Due to Human Movements," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.112, No.5, May 1986, pp.995-1004.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Saul, W.E., "Loads Due to Spectator Movements," Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol.111, No.2, February 1985, pp.418-434.
• Soltis, L.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Steel Supported Masonry Walls," Engineering Journal, AISC, Vol.17, No.1, 1980, pp.11-13.

Conference Proceedings

• Hasenkamp, C., Badie, S., Tuan, C.Y., and Tadros, M.K., "Sources of End Zone Cracking of Pretensioned Concrete Girders", the 2008 Concrete Bridge Conference, St. Louis, MO, May 4-6, 2008.
• Erdogmus, E., Tuan, C.Y., and Dogan, S.Z., "Prediction and Optimization of HPC Characteristics by Machine Learning Techniques - Part I: Review of the state-of-the-art," The 2007 High Performance Concrete Forum, Dallas, TX, May 22-24, 2007.
• Dogan, S.Z., Erdogmus, E., and Tuan, C.Y., "Prediction and Optimization of HPC Characteristics by Machine Learning Techniques - Part II: A strength prediction model using case based reasoning," The 2007 High Performance Concrete Forum, Dallas, TX, May 22-24, 2007.
• Kelly, M.T., and Tuan, C.Y., "A Case Study Evaluating the Use of Lithium Nitrate to Arrest Alkali-silica Reaction in an Existing Concrete Pavement," The 2006 Airfield and Highway Pavement Specialty Conference, ASCE, Atlanta, GA, April 30-May 3, 2006, pp.625-635.
• Sarmah, R.D., Tuan, C.Y., and Foster, E.T., "Three-dimensional Barrier Impact Response Modeling (BIRM3D)," The 2nd International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, July 5-7, 2004.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Yehia, S.A., "Implementation of Conductive Concrete Overlay for Bridge Deck Deicing at Roca, Nebraska," Sixth International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology, Transportation Research Board, Circular No. E-C063, Spokane, WA, June 7-9, 2004, pp.363-378.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Conductive Concrete for Bridge Deck Deicing," 2002 International Bridge Conference, Pittsburg, PA, June 10-12, 2002. Paper No.IBC-02-55, distributed on CD.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Yehia, S.A., "Airfield Pavement Deicing with Conductive Concrete Overlay," 2002 Federal Aviation Administration Technology Transfer Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, May 5-7, 2002. distributed on CD.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Conductive Concrete for Bridge Deck Deicing and Anti-icing," Proceedings of Creative Systems in Structural and Construction Engineering, Balkema, Rotterdam, August 2001, pp.435-440.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Conductive Concrete for Bridge Deck Anti-icing," Proceedings of the 7th Annual International Conference on Composite Engineering, Denver, Colorado, July 2-8, 2000.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Dass, W.C., "Evaluation of a Mat Anchoring System under Statically Applied Braking Forces," Proceedings of the 78th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 1999, distributed on CD.
• Yehia, S.A., and Tuan, C.Y., "Bridge Deck Deicing," Crossroads 2000 Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, August 19-20, 1998, pp.51-57.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Dass, W.C., "Mechanical Properties of Vitrified Soils," Proceedings of the 4th Materials Conference, ASCE, Washington, DC, November 8-11, 1996.
• Rish, J.W., Adcock, A.D., and Tuan, C.Y., "Electro-optical Approach to Pavement Deflection Management," Proceedings of the Conference on Nondestructive Evaluation of Aging Infrastructure, International Society for Optical Engineering, Oakland, CA, June 6-8, 1995.
• Tuan, C.Y., "Shock Wave Propagation in Reinforced Soil," Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Interaction of Non-nuclear Munitions with Structures, Panama City Beach, FL, May 3-7, 1993, pp.247-252.
• Tuan, C.Y., and Merkle, D.H., "Protective Shelter Construction with Reinforced Earth," Proceedings of the Symposium Geosynthetics '93, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 30-April 1, 1993.
• Tuan, C.Y., Potter, M.T., and Jackman, D.E., "A Field Study of Wind-induced Conductor Loads," Proceedings of the Symposium on Innovations in the Design of Electrical Transmission Structures, Kansas City, MO, August 13-15, 1985, pp.21-29.
• Saul, W.E., Tuan, C.Y., and McDonalds, B., "Loads Due to Human Movements," Proceedings of the Symposium on Structural Safety Studies, Denver, CO, May 1985, pp.107-119.