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Su Tian

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2011
Composite Structure Analysis and OptimizationTopology Optimization in EngineeringComposite Material MechanicsMechanical Behavior of CompositesStructural Health Monitoring Techniques

Publications

25

Citations

533

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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Su Tian works on the design and analysis of composite materials and structures, especially advanced manufacturing techniques like tow-steered composites where fiber orientation is varied within a part to improve performance. Their research combines traditional engineering mechanics with machine learning tools to predict material behavior, strength, and failure, and to build design software used in aerospace and rotor blade applications. Much of the work involves creating computational tools that integrate with industry-standard software such as Abaqus and MSC.Patran/Nastran.

Composite material design and optimizationTow-steered composite structuresMachine learning for materials modelingStructural strength and failure predictionMultiscale mechanical and thermal analysis

Publication output grew from zero in 2017-2018 to a steady pace of about 2-4 papers per year from 2021 through 2025.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
17182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 4 publications4212022: 3 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Composites Part B Engineering×2
  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum×2
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum×2
  • AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum×2
  • Advances in Engineering Software×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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