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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
89
Citations
27655
World Ranking
123
National Ranking
64

Materials Science

D-Index
89
Citations
27379
World Ranking
1796
National Ranking
548

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  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award

Overview

C.T. Sun is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including engineering and materials science, with particular focus on aerospace engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, atmospheric science, polymers and plastics, and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR) applications and techniques, remote sensing and land use, structural health monitoring techniques, optical measurement and interference techniques, advanced SAR imaging techniques, structural behavior of reinforced concrete, and photonic and optical devices.

Research by C.T. Sun has been published across a range of venues including:

  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • Electronics Letters
  • Industrial Construction
  • Optics Express
  • Materials Letters

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by C.T. Sun are:

  • Deformation Monitoring of Truss Structure Bridge With Time-Series InSAR Analysis, 2024, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • A Calculation Method for Direct Shear Bearing Capacity of Joints of Prestressed Precast Concrete Segmental Beams, 2024, Industrial Construction
  • Hexamethyldisilazane-hexamethyldisiloxane Modification of Silica Fume for High-Loading Reinforcement in Silicone Rubber, 2025, Materials Letters

Frequent collaborators include Zihan Hu, Yifan Wang, Gen Li, Zehua Dong, and Tao Zeng. Among these, Yifan Wang and Zihan Hu have coauthored multiple papers alongside C.T. Sun.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of composite properties from a representative volume element

    C.T. Sun;R.S. Vaidya

  • On the negative effective mass density in acoustic metamaterials

    H.H. Huang;C.T. Sun;G.L. Huang

  • Fracture Criteria for Piezoelectric Ceramics

    Seungbae Park;Chin-Teh Sun

  • Effect of inclusion size on mechanical properties of polymeric composites with micro and nano particles

    J. Cho;M.S. Joshi;C.T. Sun

  • Negative refraction of elastic waves at the deep-subwavelength scale in a single-phase metamaterial

    R. Zhu;X. N. Liu;G. K. Hu;C. T. Sun

  • A Simple Flow Rule for Characterizing Nonlinear Behavior of Fiber Composites

    C.T. Sun;J.L. Chen

  • A higher order theory for extensional motion of laminated composites

    J.M. Whitney;C.T. Sun

  • A chiral elastic metamaterial beam for broadband vibration suppression

    R. Zhu;X.N. Liu;G.K. Hu;C.T. Sun

  • An elastic metamaterial with simultaneously negative mass density and bulk modulus

    X. N. Liu;G. K. Hu;G. L. Huang;C. T. Sun

  • Continuum interpretation of virial stress in molecular simulations

    Arun K. Subramaniyan;C.T. Sun

  • Effect of electric field on fracture of piezoelectric ceramics

    S. B. Park;C. T. Sun

  • Wave attenuation mechanism in an acoustic metamaterial with negative effective mass density

    H H Huang;C T Sun

  • On strain energy release rates for interfacial cracks in bi-material media

    C.T Sun;C.J Jih

  • Use of Statical Indentation Laws in the Impact Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates

    T. M. Tan;C. T. Sun

  • On the impact of initially stressed composite laminates

    C. T. Sun;J. K. Chen

  • Three-Dimensional Effective Elastic Constants for Thick Laminates

    C.T. Sun;Sijian Li

  • Analysis of Laminate Strength and Its Distribution

    S.E. Yamada;C.T. Sun

  • SIZE-DEPENDENT ELASTIC MODULI OF PLATELIKE NANOMATERIALS

    C. T. Sun;Haitao Zhang

  • Wave propagation characterization and design of two-dimensional elastic chiral metacomposite

    X.N. Liu;X.N. Liu;G.K. Hu;C.T. Sun;G.L. Huang

  • Modeling non-linear rate-dependent behavior in fiber-reinforced composites

    C.A. Weeks;C.T. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Guoliang Huang
Guoliang Huang University of Missouri
Gengkai Hu
Gengkai Hu Beijing Institute of Technology
Bhavani V. Sankar
Bhavani V. Sankar University of Florida
Yiu-Wing Mai
Yiu-Wing Mai Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Lin Ye
Lin Ye Southern University of Science and Technology
Norman J. Wagner
Norman J. Wagner University of Delaware
Shaik Jeelani
Shaik Jeelani Tuskegee University
Jer-Nan Juang
Jer-Nan Juang National Cheng Kung University
John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
Daining Fang
Daining Fang Beijing Institute of Technology

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