Dr Khoi Nguyen completed his PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of South Australia. The dissertation title is: ‘Critical state behaviour of granular materials and associated micro-mechanics: A DEM study’, which involves in both advanced laboratory testing regime and discrete element model (DEM) of granular materials. He has developed strong understanding and research capacity in geotechnical and earthquake engineering issues, and numerical modelling. After his PhD, he worked as research associate and teaching academic in different civil engineering disciplines, including soil mechanics, geotechnical and earthquake engineering. He is currently the course coordinator and lecturer in UniSA... Read more
About me
Dr Khoi Nguyen completed his PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of South Australia. The dissertation title is: ‘Critical state behaviour of granular materials and associated micro-mechanics: A DEM study’, which involves in both advanced laboratory testing regime and discrete element model (DEM) of granular materials. He has developed strong understanding and research capacity in geotechnical and earthquake engineering issues, and numerical modelling. After his PhD, he worked as research associate and teaching academic in different civil engineering disciplines, including soil mechanics, geotechnical and earthquake engineering. He is currently the course coordinator and lecturer in UniSA STEM.
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About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) wth Honours University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
52
48
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2021 |
Open access
26
24
1
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2020 |
Open access
39
40
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2018 |
Open access
62
48
|
2017 |
71
63
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2024 |
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2023 |
Open access
2
2
|
2023 |
Open access
1
1
|
2023 |
Open access
4
2
|
2021 |
Open access
1
|
2020 |
Open access
1
|
2020 |
Open access
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2020 |
Open access
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2020 |
Open access
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2019 |
Open access
1
|
2019 |
2
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2019 |
1
|
2019 |
Open access
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2019 |
Open access
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
3
|
2024 |
Open access
2
1
2
|
2023 |
Open access
1
1
|
2023 |
Open access
6
5
|
2023 |
Open access
2
2
1
|
2023 |
Open access
1
1
|
2022 |
Open access
14
10
|
2022 |
Open access
9
9
|
2022 |
Open access
6
5
|
2021 |
Open access
29
28
|
2021 |
Open access
10
8
|
2021 |
Open access
52
48
|
2021 |
Open access
|
2021 |
Open access
26
24
1
|
2021 |
Open access
48
44
4
|
2020 |
Open access
26
25
|
2020 |
Open access
39
40
|
2018 |
Open access
62
48
|
2018 |
Open access
25
18
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2017 |
18
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2017 |
71
63
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2013 |
2
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Year | Output |
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2022 |
Open access
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2022 |
Open access
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2019 |
Open access
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2019 |
Open access
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2017 |
Open access
4
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2016 |
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2015 |
1
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2015 |
15
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2015 |
15
7
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2012 |
Open access
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Research
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Arizona State University | UNITED STATES |
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | BANGLADESH |
Bialystok University of Technology | POLAND |
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
University of Portland | UNITED STATES |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Xian University of Architecture and Technology | CHINA |
Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology | CHINA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Associate EditorGeotechnical Research, Institution of Civil Engineers |
2023 |
Guest EditorFrontiers in Built Environment |
2023 |
Guest EditorGeosciences |
2023 |
MemberAustralian Geomechanics society |
2023 |
Associate EditorGeotechnical Research, Institution of Civil Engineers |
2022 |
Guest EditorGeotechnics |
2022 |
Guest EditorSustainability |
2022 |
Guest EditorFrontiers in Built Environment |
2022 |
MemberAustralian Geomechanics society |
2022 |
Editor's Choice Best Paper AwardJournal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers |
2021 |
MemberAustralian Geomechanics society |
2021 |
Outstanding Reviewer AwardGeotechnical Research (Institution of Civil Engineers, ICE) |
2021 |
MemberAustralian Geomechanics society |
2020 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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111168- Developing a constitutive model for stabilised tailings material | Current |
Considering realistic shapes for granular materials in civil engineering | Current |
Constitutive behaviour of bio-treated soils subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading | Current |
Constitutive modelling of unsaturated sand-fines mixtures | Current |
Evaluation of Geosynthetic Reinforced Pavements (GRP) for mitigating pavement damage on expansive soil | Current |
Reactive soil movement under current and future climate, and their influence on geotechnical structures | Current |
Simulating a system combining fluids and solids to assess the failure potential of geo-structure | Current |
Cyclic liquefaction behaviour of granular materials under the CSSM framework: a DEM study | Completed |
Exploring the influence of fabric at critical states in DEM and constitutive models for granular soils | Completed |
Micromechanical study of sand with fines using discrete element method (DEM) | Completed |