Sex: Male
Education:
- De La Salle University, Manila, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2002
- De La Salle University, Manila, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1998
- De La Salle University, Manila, BB.S. Chemical Engineering, 1994
Field of Specialization:
Environmental System Modelling, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Process Mass Integration, Chemical Engineering
Researches:
Tan, R.R., Culaba, A.B., (2002) Sensitivity analysis of the life-cycle inventories of electricity and hydrogen as energy vectors for the Philippine automotive transport sector ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering Volume 2, No. 1
Tan, R.R., Culaba, A.B., (2002) Life Cycle Inventory Assessment of Selected Energy Vectors for Philippine Automotive Transport 49th National Convention of the Philippune Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manila Volume 15, No. 1
Tan, R.R. Culaba, A.B., (2001) Life cycle impact assessment using possibilistic compromise programming. Inhenyeriya Volume 2(2)
Cabelin, D. Jimenez, M. Orias, J.P. Tan, R.R., (2001) Design, fabrication, and testing of a rotating biological contactor-Oxidation ditch hybrid enhanced with hydrogen peroxide. DLSU Engineering Journal
Tan, R.R. Gaspillo, P.D,., (1999) Flotation of zinc from aqueous solution DLSU Engineering Journal Volume 13(1)
Tan, R.R., Culaba, A., (2002) Assessment of the Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Compressed and Liquefied Natural gas with Possibilistic Uncertainty Analysis DLSU Engineering Journal; Also in, Proc., 49th National Convention of the Philippine Society of mechanical Engineers, Manila, 2001 Volume 15, No. 1
Tan, R. Culaba, A.B. Purvis, M.R.I., (2002) Application of possibility theory in the life cycle inventory assessment of biofuels. International Journal of Energy Research Volume 26(8)
Tan, R.R., Culaba, A.B., (2003) Integrating Life Cycle and Sustainability Considerations in Building Design 10th Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines International Convention, Manila, Philippines
Tan, R.R., (2002) Assessing the sensitivity of wastewater reuse networks to noisy loads using possibility theory. Proc. of the 2002 Chemical Engineering Congress, Manila, Philippines.
Tan, R.R., Culaba, A.B., (2002) Net energy and carbon flow analysis of four pathways for the utilization of natural gas as automotive fuel Chemical Engineering Congress, Manila, Philippines
Tan, R. R, Culaba A. B., (2002) Environmental Life Cycle Asessment of Hydrogen and Electricity as Automotive Energy Carriers Under Philippine Conditions Proc., 2002 Chemical Engineering Congress Manila, Philippines
Belo, L.P., Uy, H.L., Chan, J.R.B., Tan, R.R., Gaspillo, P.D., (2002) A Comparative Study on the Color Removal Performance of Utilizing Different Sources of Activated Carbon on a Garment Processing Industry Wastewater Chemical Engineering Congress, Manila, Philippines
Tan, R.R., (2002) Conceptual framework for the development of a multi-user, multi-criterion design for environment (DFE) software tool. Proc., 9th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engneering / Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tan, R.R. Culaba, A.B., (2002) Environmental life-cycle assessment: a tool for public and corporate policy development, Proc., 50th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manila,Philippines.
Tan, R.R. Culaba, A.B., (2002) Life cycle assessment of conventional and alternative fuels for road vehicle. Proc.,50th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manila, Philippines.
Tan, R.R. Culaba, A.B., (2002) Life-cylce environmental benefits of using bioethanol as a gasoline additive. Proc., 3rd Pacific Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Manila, Philippines
Tan, R.R. Culaba, A.B., (2002) Sensitivity analysis of the life-cycle inventories of electricirty and hydrogen as energy vectors for the Philippine Automotive transport sector. Proc., 63rd National Convention of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers, Laguna, Philippines.
Tan, R.R., (2002) Environmental life cycle of hydrogen and electricity as automotive energy carriers under Philippine conditions Proc., 2002 Chemical Engineering Congress, Manila, Philippines
Tan, R.R., Culaba, A.B., (2003) Environmental life cycle asessment of hydrogen and electricity as automotive energy carriers under Philippine conditions Journal Research in Science and Engineering Volume 1, No. 1
Tan, R. R, Culaba, A. B., () Life-cycle environmental benefits of using bioethanol as a gasoline additive Philippine Engineering Journal
Tan, R.R., Cruz, D.E, (2005) Synthesis of robust water reuse networks using symmetric Fuzzy Non-Linear Programming ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering Volume 5
Tan, R. R., () Ranking of waste management options under conditions of possibilistics uncertainty using fuzzy SAW ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering
Tan, R. R, Culaba, A. B., () Net energy and carbon flow analysis of four pathways for the utilization of natural gas as automotive fuel. ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering
Tan, R. R, Culaba , A. B. Purvis, M. R. I., () Carbon balance implications of coconut biodiesel utilization in the Philippine automative transport sector.Biomass and Bioenergy
Tan, R. R., Culaba A. B. Purvis, M. R. I., () A possibilistics life-cycle model for evaluating alternative transformation fuels. Environmental Modelling and Software
Tan, R. R. Culaba, A. B. Purvis, M. R. I., () A life-cycle model using possibilistic uncertainty propagation and compromise programming for the evaluation of alternative motor vehicles fuels. International Journal of Advanced Computational Intellligence and Intelligent Informatics
Tan, R. R., (2002) Streamlined Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment Using Fuzzy Semiquantitative Evaluation Matrices Proc., 3rd Pacific Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Manila Philippines
Tan, R. R., Culaba A. B. and Purvis, M. R. I., (2002) Land Use and carbon Balance Implications of Coconut Biodiesel Utilization in the Philippine Automotive transport Sector Proceedings of the 3rd Pacific Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Manila, Philipiines
Tan, R. R. Culaba, A. B., (2001) Assessment of life-cycle green house gas emissions of compressed and liquefied natural gas with possibilistic uncertainty analysis Proc. of the 49th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manila, Philippines
Tan, R. R. Tengkiat, A. B. Culaba, A. B., (2000) A comparative gate-to-grave energy analysis of wet and dry ethanol as automotive fuels. Proc. of the 7th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering/Chemical & Process Engineering Conference, Singapore
Tan, R. R. Culaba, A. B., (2000) Fuzzy assessment of environmental impacts in life-cycle analysis Proc. of the 48th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, Cebu City, Philippines
Tan, R. R., (2000) P2/EVOP: Pollution prevention through evolutionary operation Proc. of the 19th Annual Convention of the Philippine-American Academy of Science & Engineering, Manila, Philippines
Tan, R. R., (1998) Empirical process optimization Proc. of the 5th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering, Manila, Philippines
Tan, R.R., Culaba, A.B., (2003) Environmental life-cycle assessment: A tool for public and corporate policy development Asian Society for Environmental Protection Volume 19 , No. 2
Tan, R. R, Culaba, A. B., () Life-cycle assessment of conventional and alternative fuels for road vehicles. American Center for Life Assessment Web-Based Library
Tan, R. R., () Development of life-cycle model using possibilistic uncertainty propagation and compromise programming for the evaluation of alternative motor vehicle fuels. International Society for Industrial Ecology Electronic Dissertation Database
Tan, R. R, and Culaba A. B., (2002) Life Cycle Assessment: A Tool for Evaluating Environmental Impacts of Technical Systems Industry Environews, Environmental Management Bureau DENR
Tan, R.R., (2011 Jl 13-14) A Bi-Level Multi-Period Optimization Model for Multiple-Feedstock Bioenergy Supple Chains Transactions of the National Academy of Science and Technology. Abstracts of Papers Volume 33, No. 1
Promentilla, M.A.B., Aviso, K.B., Lucas, R.I.G., Razon, L.F., & Tan, R.R., (2018) Teaching Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in undergraduate chemical engineering courses Education for Chemical Engineers Volume 23
Angeles, D.A., Tan, R.R., Aviso, K.B., Are, K.R.A.G., & Razon, L.F., (2018) Fuzzy optimization of the automotive ammonia fuel cycle Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 186
Tan, R.R., Aviso, K.B., Chiu, A.S.F., Promentilla, M.A.B., Razon, L.F., Tseng, M.-L., & Yu, K.D.S., (2017) Towards “climate-proof” industrial networks Resources, Conservation and Recycling Volume 127
Angeles, D.A., Are, K.R.A.G., Aviso, K.B., Tan, R.R., & Razon, L.F., (2017) Optimization of the Automotive Ammonia Fuel Cycle Using P-Graphs ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering Volume 5, No. 9
Khang, D.S., Tan, R.R., Uy, O.M., Promentilla, M.A.B., Tuan, P.D., Abe, N., & Razon, L.F., (2018) A design of experiments approach to the sensitivity analysis of the life cycle cost of biodiesel Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Volume 20, No. 3
Benjamin, M.F.D., Cayamanda, C.D., Tan, R.R., & Razon, L.F., (2017) P-graph approach to criticality analysis in integrated bioenergy systems Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Volume 19, No. 7
Benjamin, M.F.D., Tan, R.R., & Razon, L.F., (2017) Assessing the Sensitivity of Bioenergy Parks to Capacity Disruptions using Monte Carlo Simulation Chemical Engineering Transactions Volume 56
Benjamin, M.F.D., Cayamanda, C.D., Belmonte, B.A., Tan, R.R., & Razon, L.F., (2016) A Risk-based Criticality Analysis in Bioenergy Parks using P-graph Method Chemical Engineering Transactions Volume 52
Khang, D.S., Tan, R.R., Uy, O.M., Promentilla, M.A.B., Tuan, P.D., Abe, N., & Razon, L.F., (2017) Design of experiments for global sensitivity analysis in life cycle assessment: The case of biodiesel in Vietnam Resources, Conservation and Recycling Volume 119
Khang, D.S., Promentilla, M.A.B., Tan, R.R., Abe, N., Tuan, P.D., & Razon, L.F., (2016) Multi-criteria approach to assess stakeholders preferences for selection of biodiesel feedstock in Vietnam International Journal of Business and Systems Research Volume 10, No. 2/3/4
Tan, R.R., Benjamin, M.F.D., Cayamanda, C.D., Aviso, K.B., & Razon, L.F., (2016) P-Graph Approach to Optimizing Crisis Operations in an Industrial Complex Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Volume 55, No. 12
Holaysan, S.A.K., Razon, L.F., & Tan, R.R., (2015) Development of a Modified Luus-Jaakola Adaptive Random Search Algorithm for Design of Integrated Algal Bioenergy System Chemical Engineering Transactions Volume 45
Aviso, K.B., Chiu, A.S.F., Yu, K.D.S., Promentilla, M.A.B., Razon, L.F., Ubando, A.T., Sy, C.L., & Tan, R.R., (2015) P-graph for Optimising Industrial Symbiotic Networks Chemical Engineering Transactions Volume 45
Benjamin, M.F., Ubando, A., Razon, L., & Tan, R.R., (2015) Analyzing the Disruption Resilience of Microalgal Multi-functional Bioenergy Systems using Dynamic Inoperability Input-output Modeling Chemical Engineering Transactions Volume 45
Benjamin, M.F.D., Ubando, A.T., Razon, L.F., & Tan, R.R., (2015) Analyzing the disruption resilience of bioenergy parks using dynamic inoperability input–output modeling Environment Systems and Decisions Volume 35, No. 3
Benjamin, M.F.D., Tan, R.R., & Razon, L.F., (2015) Probabilistic multi-disruption risk analysis in bioenergy parks via physical input–output modeling and analytic hierarchy process Sustainable Production and Consumption
Benjamin, M.F.D., Tan, R.R., & Razon, L.F., (2014) A methodology for criticality analysis in symbiotic bioenergy parks Energy Procedia Volume 61
Benjamin, M.F.D., Tan, R.R., & Razon, L.F., (2015) A methodology for criticality analysis in integrated energy systems Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Volume 17, No. 4
Co, C.E.T., Tan, M.C., Diamante, J.A.R., Yan, L.R.C., Tan, R.R., & Razon, L.F., (2011) Internal mass-transfer limitations on the transesterification of coconut oil using an anionic ion exchange resin in a packed bed reactor Catalysis Today Volume 174, No. 1
Razon, L.F., & Tan, R.R., (2011) Net energy analysis of the production of biodiesel and biogas from the microalgae: Haematococcus pluvialis and Nannochloropsis Applied Energy Volume 88, No. 10
Nun, S., Foo, D.C.Y., Tan, R.R., Razon, L.F., & Egashira, R., (2011) Fuzzy automated targeting for trade?off analysis in batch water networks Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering Volume 6, No. 3
Velasquez, J.M., Jhun, K.S., Bugay, B., Razon, L.F., & Tan, R.R., (2009) Investigation of process yield in the transesterification of coconut oil with heterogeneous calcium oxide catalyst Journal - The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia Volume 70, No. 4
Belmonte, B.A., Benjamin, M.F.D., & Tan, R.R., (2017) Biochar systems in the water-energy-food nexus: the emerging role of process systems engineering Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering Volume 18
Belmonte, B.A., Benjamin, M.F.D., & Tan, R.R., (2018) Bi-objective optimization of biochar-based carbon management networks Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 188
Andiappan, V., Benjamin, M.F.D., Tan, R.R., & Ng, D.K.S, (2017) Systematic Framework for Design of Biomass Energy Systems: Addressing Criticality via Redundancy Allocation Chemical Engineering Transactions Volume 61
Awards:
- Outstanding Young Scientist Award (Mechanical Engineering), NAST-DOST, 2004
- Special Citations "the application of possibility theory in the life cycle inventory assessment of, NAST, 2004