Nha Thai-Quang, PhD

Bosch Global Software Technologies Company Limited

Email: nha.thaiquang@vn.bosch.com / nhathaiquang@ufl.edu / nhathaiquang@gmail.com

Achievement tracking: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a-0cxrEAAAAJ&hl=en

Academic/Industrial Interest

1. Automotive steering (AS) simulation, finite element analysis (FEA), fatique analysis.

2. Granular flow simulation using discrete element method (DEM).

3. Multiphase flow, fluid-solid interaction (FSI).

4. Computational engineering, e.g. high-order numerical method based on radial basis function (RBF).

5. Cavitating flow, turbulent flow, (non)cryogenic fluid.

6. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

Educational Background

1. PhD in Computational Engineering, Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre (CESRC), Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences (FoHES), University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Toowoomba, Australia (2014).

Dissertation: Compact integrated radial basis function modelling of particulate suspensions.

Advisor: Prof. Thanh Tran-Cong, Prof. Nam Mai-Duy and Dr. Canh-Dung Tran.

2. Master of Science in Aerospace Information Engineering, Department of Aerospace and Information Engineering, Konkuk University (KU), Seoul, Republic of Korea (2011).

Dissertation: Computational simulation of turbulent, isothermal cavitation.

Advisor: Prof. Changjin Lee.

3. Addendum Diploma to Bachelor of Engineering, École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique (ENSMA), Poitiers, France (2007).

4. Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2007).

Dissertation: Numerical simulation of flow around insect flight wing.

Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Tong Thien Nguyen and Dr. Hieu Thi Hong Le.

Professional Academic/Industrial Position

1. Specialist (L52), Bosch Global Software Technologies Company Limited, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam (Apr. 2019 - Present).

Project: Automotive steering (AS global domain).

2. Associate Project Manager (L52), Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Vietnam Company Limited, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam (May 2017 - Mar. 2019).

Customer: BGSW (India), RBCD (China), RBJP (Japan), GmbH (Germany).

3. Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States (Aug. 2014 - Aug. 2016).

Project: Discrete element simulation of dry/breakable-wet-flexible particles.

Advisor: Distinguished Prof. Jennifer Sinclair Curtis.

Collaborator: Assist. Prof. Diego Berzi (Polytechnic University of Milan), Dr. Yu Guo (University of Florida), Prof. Carl Wassgren (Purdue University), Dr. Bruno Hancock (Pfizer, Inc.), Dr. William Ketterhagen (Pfizer, Inc.), Dr. Avik Sarkar (Pfizer, Inc.).

Honor and Award

1. Honorable mention for USQ Publication Excellence Awards, University of Southern Queensland (Feb. 2014).

2. Listed in Worldwide Who’s Who Australian Professionals (2013).

3. The article “A numerical scheme based on compact integrated-RBFs and Adams-Bashforth/Crank-Nicolson algorithms for diffusion and unsteady fluid flow problems”, by Thai-Quang et al. published in the Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, was ranked 5th on The Top 25 Most Read Papers of the journal within October to December 2013.

4. Dean’s award for graduate research merit, University of Southern Queensland (Apr. 2013).

5. Award certificate in recognition of valuable contribution to International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Special Symposium on Meshless & Other Novel Computational Methods (ICCESMM), organized by Bülent Ecevit University in Turkey (Sep. 2011).

Professional Membership and Service

1. Reviewer, AIChE Journal (Online ISSN: 1547-5905), Wiley (2014).

2. Member of National Postdoctoral Association in United States (2014 - 2016).

3. Member of University of Florida Postdocs (2014 – 2016).

Sponsored Activity

1. Sponsor: FoHES 204010/00/14438. | Title:  Travel  grant  to  attend  a  school  on  computational  mechanics  for  moving  boundaries  and interfaces  in Barcelona, Spain. | Award amount: $4,475.00 | Grant period: Sep. 2013.

2. Sponsor: CESRC 4745/10/1004909. | Title: Travel grant to attend 4th International Conference on Computational Methods in Gold Coast, Australia. | Award amount: $1,773.60 | Grant period: Sep. 2012.

3. Sponsor: FoHES 2505/20/14440, FoHES 2505/20/1002584 and CESRC 4745/10/1001596. | Title: Travel grant to attend the 7th International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES) in Zonguldak, Turkey. | Award amount: $6,372.92 | Grant period: Jul. 2011.

Publication

Journal Article

1. Diego Berzi, Nha Thai-Quang, Yu Guo, and Jennifer Curtis (2017): Collisional dissipation rate in shearing flows of granular liquid crystals. Physical Review E, vol. 95, no. 5, pp. 050901(R).

2. Diego Berzi, Nha Thai-Quang, Yu Guo, and Jennifer Curtis (2016): Stresses and orientational order in shearing flows of granular liquid crystals. Physical Review E, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 040901(R).

3. C.M.T. Tien, N. Thai-Quang, N. Mai-Duy, C.-D. Tran, T. Tran-Cong (2015): High-order fully coupled scheme based on compact integrated RBF approximation for viscous flows in regular and irregular domains. Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences (CMES), vol. 105, no. 4, pp. 301-340.

4. C.M.T. Tien, N. Thai-Quang, N. Mai-Duy, C.-D. Tran, T. Tran-Cong (2015): A three-point coupled compact integrated RBF scheme for second-order differential problems. Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences (CMES), vol. 104, no. 6, pp. 425-469.

5. C.M.T. Tien, N. Thai-Quang, N. Mai-Duy, C.-D. Tran, T. Tran-Cong (2014): A fully coupled scheme for viscous flows in regular and irregular domains using compact integrated RBF approximation. Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 553, pp. 138–143.

6. N. Mai-Duy, N. Thai-Quang, T.-T. Hoang-Trieu, T. Tran-Cong (2014): A compact 9 point stencil based on integrated RBFs for the convection-diffusion equation. Applied Mathematical Modelling, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 1495–1510.

7. N. Thai-Quang, K. Le-Cao, N. Mai-Duy, C.-D. Tran, T. Tran-Cong (2013): A numerical scheme based on compact integrated-RBFs and Adams-Bashforth/Crank-Nicolson algorithms for diffusion and unsteady fluid flow problems. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 1653-1667.

8. N. Thai-Quang, N. Mai-Duy, C.-D. Tran, T. Tran-Cong (2013): A direct forcing immersed boundary method employed with compact integrated RBF approximations for heat transfer and fluid flow problems. Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences (CMES), vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 49-90.

9. N. Thai-Quang, N. Mai-Duy, C.-D. Tran, T. Tran-Cong (2012): High-order alternating direction implicit method based on compact integrated-RBF approximations for unsteady/steady convection-diffusion equations. Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences (CMES), vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 189-220.

10. N. Thai-Quang, K. Le-Cao, N. Mai-Duy, T. Tran-Cong (2012): A high-order compact local integrated-RBF scheme for steady-state incompressible viscous flows in the primitive variables. Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences (CMES), vol. 84, no. 6, pp. 528-557.

11. N. Thai-Quang, K. Le-Cao, N. Mai-Duy, T. Tran-Cong (2011): Discretisation of the velocity-pressure formulation with integrated radial-basis-function networks. Structural Longevity, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 77-92.

12. Quangnha Thai, Changjin Lee (2010): The cavitation behavior with short length blades in centrifugal pump. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 2007-2016.

13. Quangnha Thai, Changjin Lee (2009): Cavitation in fuel pump with 2D cascade modeling. Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 483-489.

Conference Paper

1. *Thinh Q. Thai, Nha Thai-Quang (2021, November): Compact Integrated Radial Basis Function (CIRBF) for natural convection flow in a square cavity. The 1st International Conference On Innovations For Computing, Engineering And Materials, 2021: ICEM, 2021, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

2. *N. Thai-Quang, Y. Guo, C. Wassgren, B. Hancock, W. Ketterhagen, A. Sarkar, J. Curtis (2015, February 10-12): Towards simulating breakage of wet fiber systems. CPaSS Spring 2015 IAB Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States.

3. *N. Thai-Quang, K. Le-Cao, N. Mai-Duy, C.-D. Tran, T. Tran-Cong (2012, November 25-28): A high-order compact integrated-RBF scheme for time-dependent problems. 4th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM), Crowne Plaza, Gold Coast, Australia.

4. *N. Thai-Quang, N. Mai-Duy, T. Tran-Cong (2011, September 6-10): A numerical study of integrated radial-basis-functions for the pressure-velocity formulation. 7th International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), Special Symposium on Meshless & Other Novel Computational Methods, Bülent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey.

5. *Quangnha Thai, Changjin Lee (2010, May): The cavitating flow simulation in cryogenic fluid around 3D objects. The Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (KSPE) Spring Conference, pp. 264–267, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

6. *Quangnha Thai, Changjin Lee (2009, November): Progress of the cavitating flow simulation in cryogenic fluid around 3D objects. The Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (KSPE) Fall Conference, pp. 221–224, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.

7. Quangnha Thai, *Changjin Lee, Joontae Kim (2009, November): The inception of cavitation behavior with short length blades in centrifugal pump. 3rd Symposium on Helicopter Technology, Kaist, Republic of Korea.

8. *Quangnha Thai, Changjin Lee (2009, April): The physical role of half-length blades in impeller from cavitation point of view using 2D cascade. The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS) Conference, pp. 644–647, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea.

9. *Quangnha T., Changjin L., Jaewoo L., Yungwhan B. (2009, February): Numerical application of 2D cascade to the prediction of cavitation in fuel pump. 7th International Conference on Computer Applications (ICCA), University of Computer Studies, Ministry of Science and Technology, Myanmar.

10. *Changjin Lee, Quangnha Thai (2008, December): The prediction of cavitation in fuel pumps using 2D cascade modeling. ROK Government Proprietary KHP Program Data, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

11. *Quangnha Thai, Changjin Lee (2008, November): The onset of cavitation around inducer blade of pump using 2D cascade. The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS) Conference, pp. 86–89, Jeju, Republic of Korea.

12. *Changjin Lee, Lee Jung Hoon, Lee Sung Taek, Jun Pil Sun, Kim Joon Tae, Shin Dong Woo, Yang Gae Byung, Quangnha Thai (2008, April): Cavitating flow around 2D cascade. The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS) Conference, pp. 499–502, Pyungchang, Republic of Korea.

13. *Quangnha Thai, Changjin Lee (2008, March): Flow instability of cryogenic fluid in the downstream of orifices. Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power, pp. 413–418, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.

     *Presenting Author.