Dr Cung Nguyen
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
Current positions
Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Biography
Cung Nguyen is currently the Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Salford. He received a PhD degree in Wind Engineering from University of Genoa in Italy. Prior to joining the University of Salford, he was working in different roles such as Research Fellows at the Universities of Bristol, Nottingham and Southampton (UK) and Head of Civil Engineering Department at Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) . He was also the visiting scholar at various institutions, including Wind Engineering Research Centre of Tokyo Polytechnic University (Japan), Wind Engineering Research Centre of Tamkang University (Taiwan), University of Leeds (UK).
Cung’s research is aligned to Wind Engineering and Structural Dynamics. Much of his works has focused on modelling and simulations of typhoon wind field, wind loading, wind-induced structural vibrations and infrastructure resilience to wind hazards. His main approaches include analytical, numerical and probabilistic modelling, wind tunnel testing and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations with the aim of better understanding of structural behaviour and employing it to real engineering applications. His research was funded by various research bodies such as the Royal Society, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Newton Fund, UK Turbulence Consortium.
Areas of Research
Wind Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Infrastructure resilience to extreme events, Climate change
Qualifications
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PhD in Wind Engineering
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Postgraduate certification in Education