Tony Pan, Ph.D., P.E

Professor of Civil Engineering

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

CONTACT INFORMATION

Nazareth Hall, N3114
3003 Snelling Ave. N
St Paul, MN 55113

651-631-5222

[email protected]

Tongyan Pan is a Professor of Engineering at the University of Northwestern. Dr. Pan holds four academic degrees in Civil Engineering with one B.S., two M.S. and one Ph.D. in the broad areas of Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Engineering, and Construction Materials. Since the reception of his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Pan has completed more than one hundred peer-reviewed publications and been awarded with over 2M dollars in research grants.

Dr. Pan has more than 20 years of experience working with industry as a full-time engineer and later a consultant. Dr. Pan is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), American Concrete Institute (ACI), Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and American Chemical Society (ACS), and has served on various committees of Transportation Research Board (TRB) and ASCE. Dr. Pan advises ASCE Student Chapter and ASCE Student Competition Teams. Out the classroom Dr. Pan likes the great outdoors and enjoys cooking for his family. He is also a good listener to music along with the two lovely cats he raises.

Research Areas

Structural and Solid Mechanics (Elasticity & Plasticity; Durability of Concrete & Steels)
Critical-state Soil Mechanics (Problematic Soils; Soil Dynamics; Unsaturated Soils)
Multiscale Materials Modeling (Finite Element Method; Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics)
Mathematical Analysis and Non-linear Differential Equations

Selected Research Projects

NSF: Development of a Minor in Nanotechnologies for Surface Engineering – A Cross Departmental Effort. Funded by National Science Foundation. $200,000. 2016.
NCHRP IDEA: Development of an Intrinsically Conducting Polymer-Based Low-Cost,Heavy-Duty and Environmentally-Friendly Coating System for Corrosion Protection of Structural Steels. Stages I and II. Funded by NCHRP IDEA Program. $176,239. 2016.
NCIIA: IntelliCoat – Commercializing a Smart Coating Product. Funded by National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance. $25,000. 2016.
WISER: Development of an Atomic Modeling Framework for Studying Oxidation of Asphalt and Developing Antioxidants for Asphalt. Funded by Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research. $25,000. 2015.
FHWA: Development of a Kinetic Electrical Energy Collecting System in the Public Right-of-Way. Funded by Federal Highway Administration. $1,000,000. 2013.
Caltrans: Validation of Rehabilitation Strategies to Extend the Service Life of Concrete Bridge Decks. Funded by California Department of Transportation. $569,339. 2011.

Selected Journal Publications

Pan, T., Continuous damage of concrete structures due to reinforcement corrosion: A micromechanical and multi-physics based analysis, Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 95(110139). 2024.
Chen, K. and Pan, T. (Corresponding), An Arc-Tangent Failure Surface for Stability Analysis of Karstic Red-Clay Slopes under Dry-Wet Cycles. Soil Mech. & Foundation Engr. Vol. 58(5): 311-319. 2022.
Tao, T., Wan, S., Liu, L. and Pan, T., A Spectrum Superposition Based Method for Minimizing Hazards of Blasting Vibration. KSCE Korean Journal of Civil Engineering. Vol. 2021:1-17. 2021.
Rao, J. and Pan, T. (Corresponding), Efficacy and Efficiency of Dual Electrochemical Strategies for Remedying Rebar Corrosion in Heterogeneous Concrete. Cement and Concrete Composites. Vol. 108. 2020.
Rao, J., Chen, C. and Pan, T. (Corresponding), Temporal Evolution of Cracking in Prestressed Concrete Studied by a Continuous-Damage Approach. PCI Journal. Issue 11-12. 2019.
Pan, T., Chen, C. and Yu, Q., Microstructural and Multiphysics Study of Alkali‐Silica Reaction in Portland Cement Concrete. Structural Concrete. Vol. 19(5): 1387-1398. 2018.
Pan, T., Chen, C. and Yu, Q., Three-Dimensional Microstructural Modeling of Concrete Degradation under Multiple Physics Fields. Composite Structures. Vol. 175: 7-18. 2017.
Pan, T., Miao, T., and Yu, Q., A Predictive Model for Propagation of Beneficial Microbes in Variably Saturated Soils. Environmental Engineering Science. Vol. 34(6). 2017.
Yu, Q. and Pan, T. (Corresponding), Microstructural Modeling of Pitting Corrosion in Steels Using an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Method. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. Vol. 48(5): 2618–2632. 2017.
Pan, T. and Yu, Q., Long-Term Anti-Corrosion Performance of a Conducting Polymer-Based Coating System for Steels. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. Vol. 25(6):2384-2394. 2016.
Pan, T. and Cheng, C., Exploring Oxidative Aging Behavior of Hydrocarbons Using Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Analysis. Molecular Physics. Vol. 114 (12): 1880-1897. 2016.
Pan, T. and Yu, Q., Comprehensive Evaluation of Anti-Corrosion Capacity of Electroactive Polyaniline for Steels. Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials. Vol. 63(5). 2016.
Pan, T. and Cheng, C., Teaching Nano-Surface Engineering Based on Comprehensive Cross-disciplinary Curricula. Journal of Materials Education. Vol. 38 (3). 2016.
Pan, T. and Cheng, C., An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Analysis of Lignin as a Potential Antioxidant for Hydrocarbons. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. Vol. 62: 325–341. 2015,
Miao, T. and Pan, T. (Corresponding), A Multiphysics Model for Evaluating Electrokinetic Remediation of Nuclear-Waste Contaminated Soils. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. Vol.226(77). 2015.
Pan, T. and Miao, T., Contamination of Roadside Soils by Runoff Pollutants: A Numerical Study. Transportation Geotechnics. Vol. 2: 1–9. 2015.
Pan, T., Yu, Q., and Miao, T., Synthesizing and Characterizing a Waterborne Polyaniline for Corrosion Protection of Steels. Surface Review and Letters. Vol. 22(02). 2015.