DrThanh Nguyen

Dr Nguyen loves teaching and training young generations. Since 2018, he has supervised/co-supervised an impressive number of postgraduate (HDR including PhD and MPhil) students including 9 Completed and 6 Ongoing PhD theses, plus other numerous undergraduate projects and theses. Dr Nguyen has actively contributed to teaching in the field of Geotechnical-Civil Engineering through his past services at the University of Wollongong (UOW, 2018-2020), and the current role at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS)., i.e.,

(1) Associate Lecturer for the subject "Geotechnical Engineering" (48360),
(2) Lecturer for the subject "Problematic Soils and Ground Improvement Techniques" (49119)
(3) Invited Lecturer for the subject "Introduction to Civil & Environmental Engineering" (48310)
(4) Lecturer and Co-Coordinator for the subject "Engineering Mechanics" (48321)

(5) Lecturer/Facilitator "Civil Engineering Integrated Design Studio" (41205) 

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Past and ongoing HDR (PhD/MPhil) theses under his supervision/co-supervision:

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1. Warantorn Korkitsuntornsan; PhD thesis, titled "MECHANISMS OF MUD PUMPING AND THE EFFECT OF THE FINES CONTENT". Year of completion 2020, University of Wollongong (UOW). Current: Geotech. Engineer, Australia.

2. Nghi Minh Phan, MPhil thesis, titled "MODELLING SUBGRADE FLUIDISATION UNDER RAIL TRACKS BASED ON LBM-DEM COUPLING". Year of completion 2021, University of Wollongong (UOW). Current: Geotech. Engineer, Australia.

3. Bin-Hua Xu, PhD thesis, titled "CONSOLIDATION MODELLING STUDY OF MULTILAYERED SOIL WITH VERTICAL DRAINS BASED ON THE SPECTRAL METHOD". Year of completion 2022, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) associated with Hohai University (China) and Nanjin Hydraulic Research Institute (China). Current: Research Associate at UTS

4. Shay Haq, PhD thesis, titled "MICROSCALE INVESTIGATIONS OF HYDROMECHANICAL FAILURES OF GRANULAR SOILS". Year of completion (2023). UTS. Current: Researcher at a national research institute

5. Ramesh Gedela, PhD thesis, titled "Bioremediation of Soft Subgrade for Enhanced Performance of Rail Infrastructure", Year of completion 2024. UTS. Current: Geotech. Engineer, Australia.

6. Thao Doan, PhD thesis, titled "MICROSCALE ASSESSMENT ON THE ROLE OF PARTICLE-SCALE COHESIVE CONTACT- A COUPLED CFD-DEM MODELLING". Year of completion 2024. UTS. Engineer for an Australian Council.

7. Lakshmi Nair, PhD thesis, titled "Subgrade Soil Behaviour under a Three-dimensional Stress State, including Principal Stress Rotation". Year of completion 2025, UTS.

8. Isabella Novais Silva, PhD thesis, titled "DYANAMIC INSTABILITY OF SOFT SUBGRADE AND THE USE OF RECYCLED GLASS FOR STABILISATION". Year of completion 2025. UTS. Current: Geotech. Engineer, Australia.

9. Ayesha Iqbal, PhD thesis, titled "Physical clogging of Permeable Reactive Barrier PRB". Year of completion 2026. UTS (Thesis under examination) 

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10. Thien Q. HUYNH, PhD thesis, titled "The use of biopolymer to stabilise soil: Micro-to-Macro understanding". Year of completion 2027 (expected). UTS.

11. Isuri Wijayarathne, PhD thesis, titled "Coupled consolidation-cyclic constitutive models for subgrade soil". Year of completion 2027 (expected). UTS

12. Dissanayake Dissanayake Mudiyanselage, titled "Hybrid pile-PVD foundation for heavy railways". Year of completion 2026 (expected). UTS.

13. Syed Shah (Husnein), titled “Dynamic compaction for ground improvement: The coupled role of moisture content and soil plasticity”. UTS.

14. Loan Le, titled "Internal damping of biopolymer-treated soil". Year of completion 2029 (expected). UTS.

15. Lam Nguyen, titled "biocementation for soft soil under transport infrastructure". Year of completion 2029 (expected). UTS.