1. EDUCATION

• 04/1999: Engineer degree in Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Bach Khoa University), Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam. 

• 04/2001: Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Science, Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam. 

• 04/2003: Master of Applied Mechanics, University of Science, Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam.   

• 09/2003: European Master in Construction Mechanics (EMMC), University of Liege, Belgium.  

• 2010: Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

• 12/2015: Bachelor of Philosophy (Political Science), Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam.

• 2013 – now: Associate Professor (in Mechanics) by National Council of Professor, Vietnam.

• 11/2017 – 07/2022: Research full Professor, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
  

2. WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2001 – 08/2014: Lecturer and researcher of Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Science – Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam. 

• 03/2010 – 11/2013: Deputy head of Division of Computational Mechanics, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. 

• 11/2013 – 02/2014: Director assistant (part time) of Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. 

• 11/2013 – 07/2022: Head of Division of Computational Mathematics and Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.

• 02/2016 – 08/2017: Vice – President of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. 

• 02/2014 – 07/2022: Director of Institute for Computational Science (INCOS), Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.

• 08/2022 – now: Director of Institute for Computational Science & Artificial Intelligence (COSARI), Van Lang University, Vietnam.

3. RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Computational Mechanics (Numerical Methods (Smoothed Finite Element Methods (SFEM), Isogeometric elements (IGA), Fracture Mechanics (X-FEM, eXtended SFEM), Non-linear analysis (materials, geometry), Interaction in multiphysics environment (solid, fluid, soil, acoustic, temperature, electric), etc ).
  

• Analysis of structures (2D, 3D, plates, shells, stiffened plates, folded plates) using intelligent materials (FGM, Composite, Piezo-electricity) …).

• Structural Optimization & Applied Optimization (Topology optimization, structural optimization, dynamic optimization, intelligent optimization, multi-objective optimization, reliability-based optimization, limit analysis).

• Reliability Analysis of Structures (FORM, SORM, Monte Carlo, Surface Response, Intelligent reliability analysis (Neural-Network)…).

• Intelligent Computation (Neural Network, Fuzzy, Artificial intelligence, Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) …).

• Numerical methods for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).

• Parallel Computing (Clusters and GPU).

4. ISI JOURNAL ARTICLES/BOOKS

• Google Scholar metric; Scopus metric
• ResearcherID: E-5467-2019
• ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7985-6706
• Web of Science metric: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/E-5467-2019
• Book: G.R. Liu, Nguyen Thoi Trung (2010), Smoothed Finite Element Methods, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.

5. RESEARCH GRANTS

No	Project name	Levels of Organization,Name of Organization	Role (Pricinpal investigator or member)	Duration	Results
1	Constitutive equations and approximate methods for boundary value problems in composite materials	Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam	Member	2001 – 2002	Completed
2	Modeling and numerical simulation for composite materials	National Basic Research Program in Natural Sciences	Member	2001 – 2003	Completed
3	Numerical simulation and structural optimization of composite materials	National Basic Research Program in Natural Sciences	Member	10/2004 – 10/2005	Completed
4	Application of optimization methods for composite material	University of Science, VNU-HCMC, Vietnam	Principal Investigator	2003 – 2004	Completed
5	Research and development of the smoothed finite element methods for modeling and simulating the interaction problems in the multiphysics environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	11/2010 – 11/2012	Completed
6	Development of smoothed finite element methods for computation and optimization of some problems in the multiphysics environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	03/2013 – 01/2015	Completed
7	Development of smoothed finite element methods for computation, optimization and reliability analysis of stiffened plate and shell structures	Princial Project – Rank B (VNU-HCM), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	03/2013 – 03/2015	Completed
8	Development of smoothed finite element methods for free vibration analysis of cracked Mindlin plate/shell structures	Ton Duc Thang University (FOSTECT), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	02/2015 – 02/2016	Completed
9	Development of numerical methods for computation, optimization and reliability analysis of some problems in the multiple physical environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED)	Principal Investigator	06/2015 – 06/2017	Completed
10	Development of numerical methods for computation, optimization and health monitoring of the structures in the multiple physical environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED)	Principal Investigator	11/2017 – 11/2019	Completed
11	Research on the theoretical and practical basis to propose solutions to increase the quantity and quality of international publications of Vietnam	Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam	Member	08/2018 – 08/2019	Completed
12	Development of numerical approaches for behavior analysis, optimization, health diagnosis and intelligent computing of structures in multiple physical environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	04/2020 – 04/2022	Completed
13	Investigation on Radiolucent Composite Sandwich Materials for Biomedical Imaging Systems under Hygrothermal Environment	ASEAN-India Science & Technology Development Fund (AISTDF)	Co-Principal Investigator	06/2020 – 06/2022	Completed
14	Numerical modeling of the green concrete containing recycled rubber	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Member	10/2020 – 10/2022	Completed
15	Development of advanced approaches for analysis, design optimization, damage diagnosis and vibration control of plate/shell structures using composite materials	Thammasat University, Thailand	Principal Investigator, Bualuang ASEAN Chair Professor	12/2022 – 12/2024	Ongoing

6. TEACHING

• Undergraduate courses (From 2001 to now): Continuum Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Advanced mathematics (Linear Algebra, One and Many Variables Analysis, Differential Equations).
• Graduate courses (From 2010 to now): Structural optimization, Reliability of Structures, Reliability-based structural optimization, Advanced Finite Element Methods, Research methodology, Foundation knowledge (for researchers in engineering fields) etc

7. ADVISING & SUPERVISION

• Finished advising 10 undergraduate students for Bachelor/Engineer degree.

• Finished advising 65 master students for Master degree.

• Finished advising 03 Ph.D. candidate for Ph.D. degree.

• Advising 03 Ph.D. candidates for Ph.D. degree. 

8. AWARDS

• 1999: Silver medal upon graduation: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Bach Khoa University) – Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam.

• 2003: Master scholarship of the program EU-EMMC (University of Liege, Belgium).

• 2005 – 2009: PhD scholarship of National University of Singapore (NUS).
  

• 2007 – 2008: President graduate fellowship (NUS, Singapore).
  

• 2011: Best PhD Thesis award (NUS, Singapore).
  

• 2011, 2012, 2013: Excellence research award of Vietnam National University – HCMC.

• 2013, 2014: Excellence research award of Ton Duc Thang University.
  

• 2017: Exceptional Excellence research award of Ton Duc Thang University.
  

• 2018: Lifetime Achievement Award of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.

• 2019: Highest Citation Award in scientific research activities of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.

• 2020: Best paper for young researcher award, Defence Technology Journal, China Ordnance Society.

• 2021: The World’s Top 1% Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Cross-Field (Clarivate).

• 2022, 2023, 2024: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Leader Award (by Research.com).
• 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023: Top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University.
• 2024: Being invited among the 100 Vietnamese and global influencers to take part in the VIETNAM GLOBAL LEADERS FORUM 2024 held in Paris, France on 30-31 March 2024. (https://www.vietnamgloballeaders.org/vglf2024-leaders).

9. EDITORSHIPS 

• 2011 – 2015: Editorial Board of SCIE journal: Mathematical Problems in Engineering.

• 05/2017 – 07/2022: Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Advanced Engineering and Computation (JAEC).

• 02/2018 – now: International Editorial Board, Journal of Computational Applied Mechanics (JCAMECH) (ESCI, Scopus).

• 2019 – now: Editorial Board of ISI journal: Shock and Vibration.

• 04/2022 – now: Editorial Board of ISI journal: Defence Technology.

• 06/2022 – now: Editorial Board of ISI journal: Computers & Structures .