Education

2002 – 2008   National Taiwan University, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D

2000 – 2002   National Taiwan University, Mechanical Engineering, Master

1996 – 2000   Tatung University, Mechanical Engineering, college

Work Experience

 2008-2010    National Taiwan University, Mechanical Engineering, Post-doc (Taiwan)

2010-2013    Zhejiang University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of  Applied Mechanics, Lecturer (China)

2013-2017    Zhejiang University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Associate Professor (China)

8/1/2014-7/10/2015 Purdue University, Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Visiting Scholar (Professor C. T. Sun)

7/2017-9/2017 Purdue University, Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, Visiting Scholar (Professor W. B. Wu)

 Doctoral Thesis              

Development of Multidimensional, High Resolution Fiber Bragg Grating Dynamic Displacement and Strain Sensing System for Measurement of Transient Wave Propagation

Research Interests     

Fiber Bragg gratings, Phononic crystals, Metamaterials

Academic Affiliations and Academic Services                             

member is American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME

The executive director of the equipment structure health monitoring and early warning

Awards and Honors                   

Recipient of the Ph.D. Dissertation Award of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2008

Publications 

(1)    Wang, Y. H., Xu, Z. L., Wang, Y., Huan, R., Jiang, H.,  Chuang, K. C.* (2023). Coiling an optical fiber for long-range dynamic displacement and force sensing. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 102032.

(2)    Sun, W. Q., Wang, Y. H., Xu, Z. L., Fang, X., Chuang, K. C.* (2023). A locally disordered metamaterial for directing and trapping Water Waves. Crystals, 13(5), 826.

(3)    Xu, Z. L., Wang, D. F., Shi, Y. F., Qian, Z. H., Assouar, B., Chuang, K. C.* (2023). Arbitrary wavefront modulation utilizing an aperiodic elastic metasurface. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 255, 108460.

(4)    Fang, X., Lou, J., Chen, Y. M., Wang, J., Xu, M., Chuang, K. C.* (2023). Broadband Rayleigh wave attenuation utilizing an inertant seismic metamaterial. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 247, 108182.

(5)   Wang, Y. H., Xu, Z. L., Wang, Y., Jiang, H. Q., Chuang, K. C.*(2022). Buckling-induced wavy optical fiber attenuator. Optics Letters, 47(19): 4845-4848.

(6)   Xu, Z. L., Yu, S. B., Liu, J. J., Chuang, K. C.* (2022). A tunable zig-zag reflective elastic metasurface. Crystals, 12(8), 1170.

(7)   Wang, D. F., Chuang, K. C.*, Liu, J. J., Liao, C. Y.* (2022). Modeling full-field transient flexural waves on damaged plates with arbitrary excitations using temporal vibration characteristics. Sensors, 22(16), 5958.

(8)   Wu, T. Y., Fang, Q. Y., Xu, Z. L., Li, X. J., Ma, W. X., Chu, M. S., Lim, J. H. Chuang, K. C.* (2022). Knitting shape‐memory alloy wires for riding a robot: constraint matters for the curvilinear actuation. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2200035.

(9)   Luo, Y. S., Yang, S. X.*, Lv, X. F., Chuang, K. C., Liu, Y., He, J., Cheng, Q. C. (2022). Identifying delamination in carbon fiber composites based on defect modes in imperfect phononic crystals. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(5), 055109.

(10) Xu, Z. L., Wang, D. F., Tachi, T., Chuang, K. C.* (2022). An origami longitudinal–torsional wave converter. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 51, 101570.

(11) Chuang, K. C., Wang, D. F., Liu, J. J., Liao, C. Y.* (2021). Linking time-domain vibration behaviors to spatial-domain propagating waves in a leaf-like gradient-index phononic crystal lens. Crystals, 11(12), 1490.

(12) Wang, D. F., Wang, Y. Q., Qian, Z. H., Tachi, T., Chuang, K. C.* (2021). A graded Miura-ori phononic crystals lens. Physics Letters A, 418, 127701.

(13) Xu, S. F., Xu, Z. L., Chuang, K. C.* (2021). Hybrid bandgaps in mass-coupled Bragg atomic chains: generation and switching. Frontiers in Materials, 430.

(14) Xu, S. F., Chuang, K. C.* (2021). On the gradually vanishing bandgaps of periodic locally resonant metamaterial Timoshenko beams in the high frequency limit. Physics Letters A, 420,127757.

(15) Xu, Z. L., Wang, Y. H., Chuang, K. C.* (2021). Spectral shaping of fiber Bragg gratings based on non-rigid origami. Optics Letters, 46(19), 4825-4827.

(16) Xu, Z. L., Wang, Y. Q., Zhu, R., Chuang, K. C.* (2021). Torsional bandgap switching in metamaterials with compression–torsion interacted origami resonators. Journal of Applied Physics, 130(4), 045105.

(17) Chuang, K. C., Lin, S. H., Ma, C. C.* (2021). Efficient excitation of transverse vibrational modes using improved configurations of PFCs connected to an isotropic plate. Composite Structures, 265, 113718.

(18) Wu, L., Wang, Y., Chuang, K. C., Wu, F., Wang, Q., Lin, W., Jiang, H.* (2021). A brief review of dynamic mechanical metamaterials for mechanical energy manipulation. Materials Today, 44, 168-193.

(19) Xu, Z. L., Xu, S. F., Chuang, K. C.* (2021). Coupled flexural-longitudinal waves in an origami metamaterial with uncoupled creases. Physics Letters A, 396, 127232.

(20) Wang, D. F., Wang, Y. H., Chuang, K. C.* (2021). Nearly-isotropic adjustable phononic crystal lenses using concentrated balls with Hertz contacts. Physics Letters A, 396, 127240.

(21) Fang, X., Chuang, K. C.*, Jin, X. L., Wang, D. F., Huang, Z. L. (2021). An inertant elastic metamaterial plate with extra wide low-frequency flexural band gaps. Journal of Applied Mechanics,88(2), 021002.

(22) Chuang, K. C.*, Wang, D. F., Fang, X., Wang, Y. H. (2020). Applying bandgap defect modes to crack detection in beams using periodic concentrated masses. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 477, 115308.

(23) Chuang, K. C.*, Yuan, Z. W., Guo, Y. Q., Lv, X. F. (2020). Extracting torsional band gaps and transient waves in phononic crystal beams: Method and validation. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 467, 115004.

(24) Lv, X. F., Xu, S. F., Huang, Z. L., Chuang, K. C.* (2020). A shape memory alloy-based tunable phononic crystal beam attached with concentrated masses. Physics Letters A, 384(2), 126056.

(25) Lv, X. F., Fang, X., Zhang, Z. Q., Huang, Z. L., Chuang, K. C.* (2019). Highly localized and efficient energy harvesting in a phononic crystal beam: defect placement and experimental validation. Crystals, 9(8), 391.

(26) Lv, X. F., Chuang, K. C.*, Erturk, A. (2019). Tunable elastic metamaterials using rotatable coupled dual-beam resonators. Journal of Applied Physics, 126(3), 035107.

(27) Chuang, K. C.*, Lv, X. F., Wang, Y. H. (2019). A bandgap switchable elastic metamaterial using shape memory alloys. Journal of Applied Physics, 125(5): 055101.

(28) Chuang, K. C.*, Lv, X. F., Wang, D. F. (2019). A tunable elastic metamaterial beam with flat-curved shape memory alloy resonators. Applied Physics Letters, 114(5): 051903.

(29) Chuang, K. C.*, Yuan, Z. W., Guo, Y. Q., LV, X. F. (2018). A self-demodulated fiber Bragg grating for investigating impact-induced transient responses of phononic crystal beams. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 431, 40-53.

(30) Ko, P. L., Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.* (2018). A fiber Bragg grating-based thin-film sensor for measuring dynamic water pressure. IEEE Sensors, 18(18), 7383-7391

(31) Fang X, Chuang, K. C., Jin, X. L., Huang, Z. L.* (2018). Band-gap properties of elastic metamaterials with inerter-based dynamic vibration absorbers. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 123, 224901.

(32) Fang X, Chuang, K. C.*, Yuan, Z. W., and Huang, Z. L. (2018) Defect mode-induced unidirectional flexural wave transmission using prismatic beams with concentrated gradient masses. Journal of Applied Physics, 123(22), 224901.

(33) Wang, H. C., Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.* (2018). Experimental study of active vibration control for suppressing impact or moving disturbance-induced vibrations with polyvinylidene fluoride and fiber Bragg grating sensors. Sensors and Actuators A Physical, 272.

(34) Guo, Y.*, Li, L., Chuang, K. C. (2018). Analysis of bending waves in phononic crystal beams with defects. Crystals, 8(1), 21.

(35) Fang, X, Chuang, K. C.*, Yuan, Z. W., Huang, Z. L. (2017). Experimental and theoretical investigation of lowering the band gaps of phononic crystal beams through fluid-solid coupling. Crystals, 7, 366.

(36) Chuang, K. C.*, Zhang, Z. Q., Wang, H. X. (2016). Experimental study on slow flexural waves around the defect modes in a phononic crystal beam using fiber Bragg gratings. Physics Letters A, 380(47), 3963-3969.

(37) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Wang, C. Y. (2016). The measurement of dynamic strain and resonant frequency for three-dimensional solids partially immersed in water using free-edge bonded fiber Bragg grating sensors. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 247, 65-74.

(38) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Wang, C. Y. (2016). Free‐edge sensor placement for identifying vibration modes of structures subjected to impact loadings using fiber Bragg gratings. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 23, 1350-1365.

(39) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Wang, H. C. (2016). Simultaneous measurement of dynamic displacement and strain in a single fiber using coarse wavelength-division multiplexing and fiber Bragg-grating filter-based sensing system. Applied optics, 55(9), 2426-2434.

(40) Chuang, K. C., Huang, K. C., Liou, H. C., Ma, C. C.* (2015). Investigation of transient behavior of a cantilever plate based on elastic impact loading history detection using polyvinylidene fluoride film sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16(6), 1565-1574.

(41) Chuang, K. C., Huang, K. C., Liou, H. C., Ma, C. C.* (2015). Investigation of transient behavior of a cantilever plate based on elastic impact loading history detection using polyvinylidene fluoride film sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16(6), 1565-1574.

(42) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Chang, C. K. (2014). Determination of dynamic history of impact loadings using polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) films. Experimental Mechanics, 54(3), 483-488.

(43) Chuang, K. C., Lin, S. H., Ma, C. C.*, Wu, R. H. (2013). Application of a fiber Bragg grating-based sensing system on investigating dynamic behaviors of a cantilever beam under impact or moving mass loadings. IEEE Sensors Journal, 13(1).

(44) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Liao, H. T. (2012). A point-wise fiber Bragg grating displacement sensing system and its application for active vibration suppression of a smart cantilever beam subjected to multiple impact loadings. Smart Materials and Structures, 21(6), 065003.

(45) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Wu, R. H. (2012). Active suppression of a beam under a moving mass using a pointwise fiber Bragg grating displacement sensing system. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 59(10), 2137-2148.

(46) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Liou H. C. (2012). Experimental investigation of the cross-sensitivity and size effects of polyvinylidene fluoride film sensors on modal testing. Sensors, 12. 16641-16659.

(47) Chuang, K. C., Liao, H. T., Ma, C. C.* (2011). Dynamic sensing performance of a point-wise fiber Bragg grating displacement measurement system integrated in an active structural control system. Sensors, 11(12), 11605-11628.

(48) Ma, C. C.*, Chuang, K. C., Pan, S. Y. (2011). Polyvinylidene fluoride film sensors in collocated feedback structural control: Application for suppressing impact-induced disturbances.  IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 58(12), 2539-2554.

(49) Ma, C. C.*, Chuang, K. C. (2011). A point-wise fiber Bragg grating sensor to measure the vibration of a cantilever plate subjected to impact loadings. IEEE Sensors Journal, 11(9), 2113-2122.

(50) Ma, C. C.*, Chuang, K. C. Lin, B. R. (2011). Investigation of the dynamic demodulation ability of a tilted fiber Bragg grating filter in an all-fiber displacement sensing system. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 168.

(51) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Wang, C. H. (2011). Performance analysis of a fiber Bragg grating filter-based strain/temperature sensing system based on a modified Gaussian function approximation method. Applied Optics, 50(27), 5243-5255.

(52) Chuang, K. C. Ma, C. C.* (2010). Multidimensional dynamic displacement and strain measurement using an intensity demodulation-based fiber Bragg grating sensing system. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 28(13), 1897-1905.

(53) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.* (2009). Tracking control of a multilayer piezoelectric actuator using a fiber Bragg grating displacement sensor system. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 56(10), 2036-2049.

(54) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.*, Liang, C. Y. (2009). Investigation of dynamic responses for piezoceramic plates in resonance by using fiber Bragg grating. Journal of Mechanics, 25(4), 379-388.

(55) Ma, C. C.*, Chuang, K. C. (2008). Investigation of the transient behavior of a cantilever using a point-wise fiber Bragg grating displacement sensor system. Smart Materials and Structures, 17(6), 065010.

(56) Chuang, K. C., Ma, C. C.* (2008). Pointwise fiber Bragg grating displacement sensor system for dynamic measurements. Applied Optics, 47(20), 3561-3567.