Nguyen Tan Cuong

• Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanics, Uncertainty and Simulation in Engineering), The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.

• Master of Science (Mechanics, Uncertainty and Simulation in Engineering), The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.

• Bachelor of Engineering, Silver Medal Graduation (Structural Engineering – Honor program), Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (VNU-HCMC), Vietnam.

• Applied Mathematics

• Applied Mechanics

• Robotic Systems

• Computational Mechanics

• Wave propagation

• Inverse problems

• Advanced Dynamics

• Ngoc M. La, Cuong T. Nguyen, Minh N. Dinh, Transformed Newton's method with a fixed-point iteration for highly nonlinear problems in structural mechanics, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods, vol. 8, pp. 221-235, 2021. 

• Bang X. Trinh, Cuong T. Nguyen, The finite element method for inverse wave scattering in rods, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods, vol. 8, pp. 208-220, 2021. 

• Cuong T. Nguyen, John L. Tassoulas, Transient analysis of full-space unbounded domains by reciprocal absorbing boundaries, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, vol. 44, pp. 3-18, 2020 (Q1). 

• Cuong T. Nguyen, John L. Tassoulas, Reciprocal absorbing boundary condition with perfectly matched discrete layers for transient analysis of SV-P waves in a layered half-space, International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 155, pp. 89-108, 2018 (Q1).

• Cuong T. Nguyen, John L. Tassoulas, Application of reciprocal absorbing boundary condition to transient analysis of acoustic wave propagation, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 329, pp. 55-74, 2018 (Q1). 

• Cuong T. Nguyen, John L. Tassoulas, Reciprocal absorbing boundary condition with perfectly matched discrete layers for the time-domain propagation of SH waves in a layered half-space, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol. 99, pp. 44-55, 2017 (Q1). 

• Cuong T. Nguyen, John L. Tassoulas, Reciprocal absorbing boundary condition for the time-domain numerical analysis of wave motion in unbounded layered media, Proc. R. Soc. A 473: 20160528 (Q1).

• Principal Investigator, Project: Computational modelling and simulation of advanced engineering materials using data-driven approach enhanced by machine learning, Internal Research Grant, RMIT University Vietnam, 2021.

• Member, Project: Development and application of a combined boundary element method and moving element method BEM-MEM for the dynamic analysis of very large floating structures, Research Grant Class B, Vietnam National University-HCMC, 2018.

Master Theses:

• Data-driven approach to gradient elasticity. 
• Data-driven approach to finite-strain elasticity. 
• Semi-analytical finite element analysis of wave guides in initially-prestressed elastic rods. 
• Wave scattering inversion for rods: a comparison between Tikhonov regularization and Bayesian inference. 
• Transformed Newton's method with fixed point iteration for highly nonlinear problems in biomechanics.

• Best Lecturer Award, Vietnamese-German University, 2019.

• Graduate Dean's Prestigious Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 2015.

• Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship, Ph.D. program in USA, Fall 2013.

• Australia Development Scholarship, Ph.D. program in Australia, Spring 2013.

• Exemplary Young Lecturer Award, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (VNU-HCMC), 2012.

• Golden Medal in the National Mechanics Olympiad, Vietnamese Association for Mechanics, 2009.

• Thien-An consulting company

• Viet-Space consulting company

• Namacs consulting company

• 2020-current: Lecturer, RMIT University Vietnam

• 2018-2020: Lecturer in Mechanics, Vietnamese-German University

• 2013-2017: Research and Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin

• 2010-2013: Lecturer, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (VNU-HCMC)