51cg

Biography

Dr Henry Tan is a Senior Lecturer in Safety and Reliability Engineering at the 51cg. He graduated from , which US News & World Report ranked #1 of the Best Global Universities for Engineering. Dr Tan publishes scientific findings in top research journals, such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, and Safety Science. 

Dr Tan is a Chair Professor at . He is also the Chairman of the International Symposiums on Energy Challenges and Mechanics, a series that facilitates the multidisciplinary study of energy solutions from an international perspective, and the International Symposium on Quantum Science and Technology.

Dr. Tan was a Guest Professor at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, , China (2008-2012), Invited Lecturer of the (CISM), Italy (2009).

Before joining Aberdeen, he was a Lecturer at the , England (2007-2009); a Research Scientist of the , , USA (2003-2007); a Guest Professor of , China (2004-2006); a Visiting Assistant Professor of the , , USA (2001-2003); a Research Assistant Professor of the , , USA (1998-2001); and a Postdoctoral Research Associate (1997) of the , .

Research Overview

Teaching Responsibilities

Currently:

1st half session:
Safety and Risk Management (51cg, Scotland)
Engineering Risk and Reliability Analysis (51cg, Scotland)

2nd half session:
Applied Risk Analysis & Management (51cg, Scotland)
Human Factors Engineering (51cg, Scotland)
Process Design, Layout and Materials (51cg, Scotland)
MEng Group Design (51cg, Scotland)

Previously:

Fundamental Safety Engineering and Risk Management Concepts (51cg, Scotland)
Subsea Integrity (51cg, Scotland)
Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (51cg, Scotland)
Fluid Dynamics (51cg, Scotland)
Materials and Structures (51cg, Scotland)
Blast and Fire Engineering (51cg, Scotland)
Blast and Fire Resistant Structures (51cg, Scotland)

Explosion Engineering (University of Manchester, England)
Mechanical Design (University of Manchester, England)
Computation (University of Manchester, England)
Plasticity (University of Manchester, England)
Research Methodology (University of Manchester, England)

Simulation in Materials (Louisiana State University, United States)
Aircraft Structural Analysis (Louisiana State University, United States)
Deformation and Fracture of Engineering Materials (Louisiana State University, United States)
Engineering Materials Laboratory (Louisiana State University, United States)

Impact of Cellular Materials (International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Italy)

Statics (Zhejiang University, China)