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- Study the mechanical properties of structures exposed to fire 8. Department of Construction Engineering and Management
- Seismic analyses of reinforced concrete and steel structures - Research and implementation of simulation, risk management, and engineering transfer of construction works
- Structural analysis - Experiment, research, and technology transfer of models (BIM, Virtual reality technology) and technology of
- Very large floating structure analysis augmented reality when building simulation elements impact on real works
- Development and application of Moving Element Method (MEM) for dynamic problems in civil engineering - Scan to BIM application (Laser scan, BIM) in design - construction - construction operation
structures 9. Department of Fluid Mechanics
4. Department of Port and Coastal Engineering 9.1. Research areas
4.1. Coastal natural disasters - Development of software for calculation of flow and substance transport in free-surface flows, in underground
- Coastal disasters (storm surge, beach erosion) simulation water, and the atmosphere
- Prevention and mitigation of coastal disasters - Structure and hydrodynamic factors in the river flow
4.2. Planning, design, and construction of port and coastal structures - Erosion and sedimentation in rivers; bank erosion
- Modern technology in port, sea dike, breakwater constructions - Transportation of pollutions
- Suitable berth structures for port facilities in Vietnam - Flood in river deltas
- Apply BIM in port planning, design, construction, and management - Urban inundation
- The life span of constructions - Water resource management
4.3. Basic researches - Ventilation in construction works
- Researches in wave, currents, coastal morphodynamics - Recycled energy
- Concrete using sea sand for marine structures 9.2. Software Development
- Mechanical behavior of concrete under high compressive pressure - F28: Calculation of flow and substance, oil spill and sediment transportation in 1D, 1Dc (in a sewer), 2D, 3D, and
5. Department of Architecture integrated models
5.1. Research on Architecture - PNET: Calculation of flow in a pipe network
- CTF: Calculation of unsteady seepage flow
- Indigenous architecture: Research on Vietnamese indigenous architectural characteristics: folk houses, old
street houses, communal houses, pagodas, temples, and Vietnam ancient villages
- Sustainable architecture: green buildings, energy-efficiency architecture... Academic Resources
- Physics in architecture: building energy simulation
- History of architecture: Western and Eastern
5.2. Research on Planning Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Ba Vinh
- Industry - PhD degree in Civil and Industrial Construction Engineering, Yokohama National University, Japan
• The transport network of Mekong Delta - Research interests:
• Research on improvement and consolidation of soft soil
• Industrialization in the case of Mekong Delta • Analysis of the behavior of the diaphragm wall system - piled raft foundation
• Urbanization in the era of Industry 4.0-case of HCMC • Analyzing the behavior of deep excavation according to 2D and 3D problems
- Regional and Urban • Analyze the behavior of the piled-raft foundation
• Spatial Planning • Analysis, optimal design of piled-raft foundation
• Sustainable Planning • Research on the reinforcement of soft ground understructures with soil column + cement
• Urban resilience (Determination of stress distribution in the foundation with soil & cement columns)
• Spatial Planning to Climate Resilience • Study on the method of preloading by vacuum in combination with embankment soil for treatment on
• Green Infrastructures soft ground
• Public Spaces - Affiliated Academic Society: Vietnam Society of Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical
- Field of research: Civil Engineering
6. Department of Water Resources Engineering and Management - Subdiscipline: Geotechnical Engineering
- Riverbank protection methods: Bioengineering for streambank protection method; Assembled concrete - Technology Readiness Level: Level 3
embankment for protecting riverbank
- Study on preventing measures for urban inundation: Approaches for preventing urban inundation by a
regular pond; Application of LID methods for preventing urban inundation Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vo Phan
- Study on sediment transport and riverbank erosion in Ho Chi Minh city and Mekong Delta - PhD in Soil Mechanics - Foundation Mechanics and Underground Construction, Southern Institute of Irrigation
- Study on water quality and water leakage in the water distribution system Science, Vietnam
- Research interests:
- Study on water quality management in rivers system by a smart system • Research and application of small cross-section piles combined with geotextile to treat soft ground
- Application of a smart system for managing the urban infrastructure system • Test and establish a correlation between the physical and mechanical properties of soil and application in
7. Department of Bridge and Highway Engineering foundation design
- Analysis and design of transportation infrastructure (bridge, tunnel, highway, railway, foundation, geotechnical • Solutions to treat and reinforce soft ground
• Research, design, and application of pile foundations
eng, etc.) based numerical method (FEM, DEM) - Affiliated Academic Society:
- Smart traffic management system for the mixed flow (mobility management, traffic impact assessment, signal • Journal of Geotechnical (Scientific Journal), Editorial Board
control, traffic safety, public transit, transport demand survey) • City Construction Association in Ho Chi Minh City
- New sustainable and green technology for transportation infrastructure (weathering steel, modified soil, - Field of research: Civil Engineering
modified asphalt, slag, composite, geotechnical material, etc.) - Subdiscipline: Geotechnical Engineering
- Geotechnical solutions for the Mekong Delta area - Technology Readiness Level: Level 3

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