PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

1.      K.T. Hsiao, “Chapter 4, Processing and Mechanical Properties Characterization of Hybrid Thermoset Polymer Composites with Micro-Fiber and Carbon Nano-Fiber Reinforcements” in “Processing and Properties of Nanocomposites “ edited by Suresh G. Advani , World Scientific Publishing Co., 5 Toh Tuck Link, SINGAPORE 596224. 2007.

2.      S. G. Advani and K.-T. Hsiao, “Chapter 14, Transport Phenomena in Liquid Composites Molding Processes and their Roles in Process Control and Optimization,” in “Handbook of Porous Media, 2nd Edition” edited by K. Vafai, pp. 573-606. CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton , Florida , 2005.

3.      S. G. Advani and K.-T. Hsiao, “Chapter 19, Heat Transfer during Mold Filling in Liquid Composite Manufacturing Process” in “Handbook of Porous Media” edited by K. Vafai, pp. 845-891, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2000.

4.      Vincenza Antonucci, Kuang-Ting Hsiao , and Suresh G. Advani , “Chapter 11, Review of Polymer Composites with Carbon Nanotubes” in “Advanced Polymer Materials: Structure Property Relationships” edited by Gabriel O. Shonaike and Suresh G. Advani , pp. 397-437, CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, 2003.

 

Journal Articles

 

1.      Kuang-Ting Hsiao and Sudhir Gangireddy , “Investigation on the spring-in phenomenon of carbon nanofiber-glass fiber/polyester composites manufactured with vacuum assisted resin transfer molding,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing (accepted).

2.      O. Restrepo, K.T. Hsiao, A. Rodriguez, B. Minaie, “Development of adaptive injection flow rate and pressure control algorithms for resin transfer molding,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 38(6), 1547-1568, 2007.

3.      Ramin Sadeghian, Sudhir Gangireddy , Bob Minaie , Kuang-Ting Hsiao , “Manufacturing carbon nanofibers toughened polyester/glass fiber composites using vacuum assisted resin transfer molding for enhancing the mode-I delamination resistance,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 37(10), 1787-1795, 2006.

4.      K.T. Hsiao, R. Little, O. Restrepo, B. Minaie, “A Study of Direct Cure Kinetics Characterization During Liquid Composite Molding,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 37(6), 925-933, 2006.

5.      M. Devillard, K.T. Hsiao and S. G. Advani, “Flow sensing and control strategies to address race-tracking disturbances in resin transfer molding---Part II: automation and validation,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 36(11), 1581-1589, 2005.

6.      K.-T. Hsiao and S. G. Advani, “Flow sensing and control strategies to address race-tracking disturbances in resin transfer molding---Part I: design and algorithm development,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 35(10), 1149–1159, 2004.

7.      K.-T. Hsiao, M. Devillard, and S. G. Advani, “Simulation Based Flow Distribution Network Optimization for Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Process,” Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12(3), pp. S175-S190, 2004.

8.      Zhihang Fan, Kuang-Ting Hsiao and Suresh G. Advani , “Experimental Investigation of Dispersion during Flow of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Suspension in Fibrous Porous Media,” Carbon, Volume 42, Issue 4, pp.871-876, 2004.

9.      M. Devillard, K.-T. Hsiao, A. Gokce, and S. G. Advani, “On-line characterization of bulk permeability and race-tracking during the filling stage in resin transfer molding process,” Journal of Composite Materials, 37(17), pp. 1525-1541, 2003.

10.  K.-T. Hsiao, J. Alms, S.G. Advani, “Use of epoxy/multiwalled carbon nanotubes as adhesives to join graphite fibre reinforced polymer composites,” Nanotechnology, 14, pp. 791-793, 2003.

11.  A Gokce, K.-T. Hsiao, S. G. Advani, “Branch and Bound Search to Optimize Injection Gate Locations in Liquid Composites Molding Processes,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 33(9), pp. 1263-1272, 2002.

12.  J. M. Lawrence, K.-T. Hsiao, R. C. Don, P. Simacek, G. Estrada, M. Sozer, H. C. Stadtfeld, Suresh G. Advani , “An approach to couple mold design and online control to manufacture complex composite parts by resin transfer molding,” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 33(7), pp. 981-990, 2002.

13.  V. Antonucci, M. Giordano, K.-T. Hsiao, S. G. Advani, “A methodology to reduce thermal gradients due to the exothermic reactions in composites processing,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45, pp.1675-1684, 2002.

14.  K.-T. Hsiao and S. G. Advani, “A coupled approach to predict microscopic temperature distribution inside a unit cell of nonisothermal laminar flow in periodic porous media,” J. of Porous Media 5(2), 69-85, 2002.

15.  K.-T. Hsiao, J. W. Gillespie Jr., S. G. Advani, and B. K. Fink, “Role of Vacuum Pressure and Port Locations on Flow Front Control for Liquid Composites Molding Processes,” Polymer Composites, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 660-667, 2001.

16.  K. -T. Hsiao, H. Laudorn, and S. G. Advani, “Experimental Investigation of Heat Dispersion Due to Impregnation of Viscous Fluids in Heated Fibrous Porous Media During Composites Processing,” ASME J. of Heat Transfer, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp 178-187, 2001.

17.  K.-T. Hsiao, R. Mathur, S. G. Advani, J. W. Gillespie Jr., B. K. Fink, “A Closed Form Solution for Flow During the Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding Process”, ASME J. of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 122, No. 3, pp.463-475, 2000.

18.  K.-T. Hsiao and S. G. Advani, “A Theory to Describe Heat Transfer during Laminar Incompressible Flow of a Fluid in Periodic Porous Media,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 1738-1748, 1999.

19.  K.-T. Hsiao and S. G. Advani, “Modified Effective Thermal Conductivity Tensor due to Heat Dispersion in Fibrous Porous Media,” Int. J. of Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 1237-1254, 1999.

 

 

Conference Papers

 

1.      Kuang-Ting Hsiao, “Numerical investigation on matrix residual stress development of polymeric composites manufactured with resin transfer molding process,” Proceedings of SAMPE Fall Technical Conference 2007, Cincinnati , OH , October 29-November 1, 2007.

2.      Khoa Lu, Basil Farah, Kuang-Ting Hsiao , Martin R. Parker, “Mode-I interlaminar fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth of carbon nanofibers modified polyester/glass fiber laminates,“ Proceedings of IMECE2007, 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington USA, November 11-15, 2007. (paper number: IMECE2007-42116).

3.      Kuang-Ting Hsiao , “Uncertainty modeling of residual stress development in polymeric composites manufactured with resin transfer molding process,” Proceedings of IMECE2007, 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington USA, November 11-15, 2007. (paper number: IMECE2007-42226).

4.      Kuang-Ting Hsiao , “Numerical investigation of the significance of real-time cure kinetics characterization and control in resin transfer molding,” Proceedings of SAMPE 2007, Baltimore, MD, June 3-7, 2007.

5.      K.T. Hsiao, P. Gadalla, F.M. Donovan Jr., “Electrical Resistivity Characterization and Modeling of Carbon Nanofiber-Polymer Suspension,” Proceedings of IMECE2006, 2006 ASME-International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Chicago, IL, USA, November 5-10, 2006. (paper number: IMECE2006-14466).

6.      Sudhir Gangireddy, Kuang-Ting Hsiao , “Enhancement of Dimensional Stability of Polymer Composites Manufacturing Using Carbon Nanofibers,” Proceedings of IMECE2005, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando , Florida USA , November 5-11, 2005. (paper number: IMECE2005-80619).

7.      Kuang-Ting Hsiao , “A Numerical Study of Integrated Direct Cure Kinetics Characterization and Control for Resin Transfer Molding (RTM), “Proceedings of IMECE2005, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 5-11, 2005. (paper number: IMECE2005-80669).

8.      Alejandro Rodriguez, Bob Minaie, Omar Restrepo, Kuang-Ting Hsiao , “Optimization of Spine Sensor Location in RTM,” “Proceedings of IMECE2005, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 5-11, 2005. (paper number: IMECE2005-81798).

9.      Kuang-Ting Hsiao , Rex Little, Omar Restrepo, Bob Minaie, “Direct Cure Characterization During Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding,” Proceedings of 50th International Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, USA, May 1-5, 2005.

10.  Ramin Sadeghian, Sudhir Gangireddy, Bob Minaie, Kuang-Ting Hsiao , “Mode-I Delamination Characterization for Carbon Nanofibers Toughened Polyester/Glassfiber Composites,” Proceedings of 50th International Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach , CA , USA , May 1-5, 2005.

11.  Omar Restrepo, Alejandro Rodriguez, Kuang-Ting Hsiao , Bob Minaie, “Adaptive Flow Control of RTM Using Spinal Sensor,” Proceedings of 50th International Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach , CA , USA , May 1-5, 2005.

12.  K.-T. Hsiao, “A Numerical Study of Online Cure Kinetics Characterization During Liquid Composite Molding”, The 7th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM), Newark, Delaware, USA, July 7-9, 2004.

13.  B. Minaie, W. Li, S. Jiang, K. Hsiao, R. Little “Adaptive Control of Non-Isothermal Filling in Resin Transfer Molding”, Proceedings of 49th International Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, May 16-20, 2004.

14.  J. Gou, S. L. Jiang, B. Minaie, K. T. Hsiao, Z.Y. Liang, C. Zhang, and B. Wang, "Load Transfer in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Rope/Polymer Nanocomposites," Proceedings of the 49th International Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, May 16-20, 2004.

15.  J.M. Lawrence, P. Simacek, A. Gokce, K.T. Hsiao, S.G. Advani, “From Simulation to Production: Intelligent Manufacturing of Composite Components with Resin Transfer Molding Process,” Proceedings of 49th International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, May 16-20, 2004.

16.  O. Restrepo, K.T. Hsiao, S. Jiang, B. Minaie, “Preliminary Study and Implementation Of Adaptive Control For Resin Transfer Molding,” ASME Southeastern Region XI2004 Regional Technical Conference, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 8.1-8.6, Mobile, Alabama, April 2&3 2004.

17.  C. Myint, K.-T. Hsiao, B. Minaie, ”Review of Manufacturing Functionally Graded Materails,” ASME Southeastern Region XI2004 Regional Technical Conference, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp 6.1-6.6, Mobile, Alabama, April 2&3 2004.

18.  M. Devillard, K.T. Hsiao, S.G. Advani, “Validation and implementation of control strategies for liquid composite molding processes,” 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Expo Washington D.C., USA, November 15-21, 2003 (paper number: IMECE2003-43521).

19.  M. Devillard, A. Gokce, K.-T. Hsiao, S. G. Advani, “Addressing flow variations due to imperfect fit between preform edges and the mold walls in resin transfer molding processes,” TEXCOMP-6 The international conference on Textile Composites, Philadelphia, PA, September 11-14, 2002.

20.  Mathieu Devillard, Kuang-Ting Hsiao , Suresh G. Advani , "An Approach To Automate Sensing And Control Of Mold Filling In The Resin Transfer Molding Process," 2002 ASME-IMECE, New Orleans , November 17-22th of 2002.

21.  K.-T. Hsiao, M. Devillard, S.G. Advani, Streamlined Intelligent RTM Processing: From Design to Automation, Proceedings of 47th International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, Vol. 47, pp. 454-465, 2002.

22.  V. Antonucci, M. Giordano, K.-T. Hsiao, S.  G. Advani, “A Model for Cure Control During the Resin Transfer Molding Process,” Proceeding of the American Society for Composites, 16th Technical Conference, Blacksburg , Virginia , September 9-12, 2001.

23.  J. M. Lawrence, K.-T. Hsiao, R. C. Don and S. G. Advani, “Use of a Design and Control Methodology to Manufacture Complex Composite Parts by Manipulating Flow during Resin Transfer Molding Process,” Proceedings of 46th SAMPE International Symposium and Exhibitions, Vol. 46, pp. 286-299, 2001.

24.  A Gokce, K.-T. Hsiao, and S. G. Advani, “A method to find auxiliary injection gate locations for successful mold filling in Resin Transfer Molding Process,” Proceedings of 46th SAMPE International Symposium and Exhibitions, Vol. 46, pp. 310-325, 2001.

25.  K.-T. Hsiao and S. G. Advani, "Investigation of Heat Transfer during Laminar flow of Incompressible Liquid through Periodic Porous Media," Proceedings of 4th ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Pune, India, Jan, 2000.

26.  S. G. Advani, K.-T. Hsiao, and Hans S. Laudorn, “Significance of Heat Dispersion in Resin Transfer Molding Process” Proceedings of the 8th U.S.–Japan Conference on Composite Materials, pp. 87-104, 1998.

27.  K.-T. Hsiao and S. G. Advani, “Heat Transfer in Periodic Porous Media”, ASME Proceedings of the 32nd National Heat Transfer Conference, Vol. 349, pp. 177-188, 1997.

 

Ph.D. Dissertation

 

1.      K.-T. Hsiao, “Heat Transfer during Laminar Incompressible Flow of Fluids in Periodic Porous Media,” Ph.D. Thesis, University of Delaware , Newark , DE , 2000.

 

Technical Reports and Abstracts

 

1.      Kuang-Ting Hsiao , Project Title: “Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Hybrid Carbon Nanotube/Fiber Glass Composites,” University of South Alabama Research Council (USARC) Report, June 30, 2005.

2.      Kuang-Ting Hsiao , Ramin Sadeghian, Gangireddy Sudhir, “Manufacturing and Characterization of Hybrid Carbon Nanofibers-Glass Fibers Polymer Composites”, 12th Annual USA Research Forum, University of South Alabama , Mobile , Alabama , April 11-15, 2005. 

3.      Zhihang Fan, Wenzhong Tang, Kuang-Ting Hsiao , and Suresh G. Advani , “Flow and Dispersion of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer and Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer Composites”, Project Title: “Processing of Nanotubes Using Liquid Composite Molding Techniques”, 2004 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Dallas , Texas , January 5-8, 2004.

4.      Lawrence , Jeffrey, Simacek, Pavel, Gokce, Ali, Hsiao, Kuang-Ting and Advani, Suresh G., “From Simulation to Production: Intelligent Manufacturing of Composite Components with Resin Transfer Molding Process”, Technical Report, Center for Composite Materials and Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Delaware , Newark , 2004

5.      Zhihang Fan, Kuang-Ting Hsiao and Suresh G. Advani , “Dispersion of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer and Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer Composites”, Project Title: “Processing of Nanotubes Using Liquid Composite Molding Techniques”, 2003 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantee Research Conference, Birmingham , Alabama , January 7-9, 2003.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS
  1. Speaker at SAMPE Fall Technical Conference 2007, Cincinnati , OH , October 29-November 1, 2007.
  2. Speaker at IMECE2007, 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle , Washington USA , November 11-15, 2007.
  3. Speaker at SAMPE2006, Baltimore , MD , June 3-7, 2007.
  4. Speaker at 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Chicago, Chicago , Illinois , USA , November 5-10, 2006.
  5. Speaker at 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Orlando , Florida USA , November 5-11, 2005.
  6. Speaker at SAMPE2005, Long Beach , CA , May 3&5, 2005.
  7. Speaker at 7th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials, Newark , Delaware , July 7-9, 2004.
  8. Invited participant/speaker at NSF/DOE/APC Workshop: Future Modeling in Composites Molding Processes. Arlington , Virginia June 9-10, 2004. (PowerPoint presentation available at http://www.missouri.edu/~desy9b/nsf/index.htm).
  9. Speaker at 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Expo Washington D.C., USA, November 15-21, 2003 (paper number: IMECE2003-43521).
  10. Speaker at SAMPE 2002, Long Beach , CA , May 14, 2002.
  11. Speaker at SAE Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Conference & Exposition, Seattle , WA , September 14, 2001.
  12. Speaker at SAMPE 2001, Long Beach , CA , May 7, 2001.
  13. Invited speaker at the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan , December 22, 2000.
  14. Speaker at the 8th U.S.-Japan Conference for Composite Materials, Baltimore , MD , September 1998.
  15. Speaker at the 32nd National Heat Transfer Conference, Baltimore , MD , August 12, 1997.

 

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