1. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• 04/1999: Engineer degree in Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Bach Khoa University), Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam. 

• 04/2001: Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Science, Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam. 

• 04/2003: Master of Applied Mechanics, University of Science, Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam.   

• 09/2003: European Master in Construction Mechanics (EMMC), University of Liege, Belgium.  

• 2010: Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

• 12/2015: Bachelor of Philosophy (Political Science), Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam.

• 2013 – now: Associate Professor (in Mechanics) by National Council of Professor, Vietnam.

• 11/2017 – 07/2022: Research full Professor, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
  

2. WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2001 – 08/2014: Lecturer and researcher of Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Science – Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam. 

• 03/2010 – 11/2013: Deputy head of Division of Computational Mechanics, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. 

• 11/2013 – 02/2014: Director assistant (part time) of Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. 

• 02/2016 – 08/2017: Vice – President of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam. 

• 02/2014 – 07/2022: Director of Institute for Computational Science (INCOS), Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.

• 08/2022 – now: Director of Institute for Computational Science & Artificial Intelligence (COSARI), Van Lang University, Vietnam.

3. RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Computational Mechanics (Numerical Methods (Smoothed Finite Element Methods (SFEM), Isogeometric elements (IGA), Fracture Mechanics (X-FEM, eXtended SFEM), Non-linear analysis (materials, geometry), Interaction in multiphysics environment (solid, fluid, soil, acoustic, temperature, electric), etc ).
  

• Analysis of structures (2D, 3D, plates, shells, stiffened plates, folded plates) using intelligent materials (FGM, Composite, Piezo-electricity) …).

• Structural Optimization & Applied Optimization (Topology optimization, structural optimization, dynamic optimization, intelligent optimization, multi-objective optimization, reliability-based optimization, limit analysis).

• Reliability Analysis of Structures (FORM, SORM, Monte Carlo, Surface Response, Intelligent reliability analysis (Neural-Network)…).

• Intelligent Computation (Neural Network, Fuzzy, Artificial intelligence, Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) …).

• Numerical methods for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).

• Parallel Computing (Clusters and GPU).

4. ISI JOURNAL ARTICLES/BOOKS

• Google Scholar metric; Scopus metric
• ResearcherID: E-5467-2019
• ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7985-6706
• Web of Science metric: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/E-5467-2019
• Book: G.R. Liu, Nguyen Thoi Trung (2010), Smoothed Finite Element Methods, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.

5. RESEARCH GRANTS

No	Project name	Levels of Organization,Name of Organization	Role (Pricinpal investigator or member)	Duration	Results
1	Constitutive equations and approximate methods for boundary value problems in composite materials	Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam	Member	2001 – 2002	Completed
2	Modeling and numerical simulation for composite materials	National Basic Research Program in Natural Sciences	Member	2001 – 2003	Completed
3	Numerical simulation and structural optimization of composite materials	National Basic Research Program in Natural Sciences	Member	10/2004 – 10/2005	Completed
4	Application of optimization methods for composite material	University of Science, VNU-HCMC, Vietnam	Principal Investigator	2003 – 2004	Completed
5	Research and development of the smoothed finite element methods for modeling and simulating the interaction problems in the multiphysics environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	11/2010 – 11/2012	Completed
6	Development of smoothed finite element methods for computation and optimization of some problems in the multiphysics environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	03/2013 – 01/2015	Completed
7	Development of smoothed finite element methods for computation, optimization and reliability analysis of stiffened plate and shell structures	Princial Project – Rank B (VNU-HCM), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	03/2013 – 03/2015	Completed
8	Development of smoothed finite element methods for free vibration analysis of cracked Mindlin plate/shell structures	Ton Duc Thang University (FOSTECT), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	02/2015 – 02/2016	Completed
9	Development of numerical methods for computation, optimization and reliability analysis of some problems in the multiple physical environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED)	Principal Investigator	06/2015 – 06/2017	Completed
10	Development of numerical methods for computation, optimization and health monitoring of the structures in the multiple physical environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED)	Principal Investigator	11/2017 – 11/2019	Completed
11	Research on the theoretical and practical basis to propose solutions to increase the quantity and quality of international publications of Vietnam	Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam	Member	08/2018 – 08/2019	Completed
12	Development of numerical approaches for behavior analysis, optimization, health diagnosis and intelligent computing of structures in multiple physical environments	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	04/2020 – 04/2022	Completed
13	Investigation on Radiolucent Composite Sandwich Materials for Biomedical Imaging Systems under Hygrothermal Environment	ASEAN-India Science & Technology Development Fund (AISTDF)	Co-Principal Investigator	06/2020 – 06/2022	Completed
14	Numerical modeling of the green concrete containing recycled rubber	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Member	10/2020 – 10/2022	Completed
15	Development of advanced approaches for analysis, design optimization, damage diagnosis and vibration control of plate/shell structures using composite materials	Thammasat University, Thailand	Principal Investigator, Bualuang ASEAN Chair Professor	12/2022 – 12/2024	Completed
16	Develop numerical methods for behavior analysis, optimization, vibration control, damage diagnosis, and intelligent computing of plate/shell structures in multi-material/multi-physical systems	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Principal Investigator	08/2024 – 08/2026	Completed
17	Development of dynamic body-fitted trimmed hexahedral mesh evolution methods for solving large-scale topology optimization problems with multiple material/physical systems	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Main Member, Secretary	08/2024 – 08/2026	Completed
18	Development of numerical solutions for axial load capacity calculation of pre-stressed high-strength concrete piles using drilling and axial pressing methods (NCUD.02-2022.08)	National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam	Main Member	2023 – 2025	Completed
19	2025 Erasmus+ CBHE SEA GREENSEA project – Advancing Green Education Partnerships between European and Southeast Asia Higher Education Institutes	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Co-Principal Investigator	2025 – 2028	Ongoing

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/PATENTS

No	Vietnam Patent No	Title	Levels of Organization,Name of Organization	Application No	Inventors	Assignee	Patent term
1	50950	Method and apparatus for determining displacement of precast nodular concrete piles installed by the Pre-bored Grouted Planted Nodular (PGPN) method under load	Vietnam Intellectual Property Office	01-2024-00957	Nguyen Tan, Bui Ngoc Tram, Ly Khuong Duy, Nguyen Thoi Trung	Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam	20 years from 05 Feb 2024
2		Method and apparatus for automatic fuzzy clustering of probability density functions	Vietnam Intellectual Property Office	01-2024-00633	Nguyen Trang Thao, Nguyen Thoi Trung, Vo Van Tai	Van Lang University, Vietnam	20 years from 25 Jan 2024

7. TEACHING

• Undergraduate courses (From 2001 to now): Continuum Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Advanced mathematics (Linear Algebra, One and Many Variables Analysis, Differential Equations).
• Graduate courses (From 2010 to now): Structural optimization, Reliability of Structures, Reliability-based structural optimization, Advanced Finite Element Methods, Research methodology, Foundation knowledge (for researchers in engineering fields) etc
• 2023 – now: Training Altair AI Studio (RapidMiner) Professional level, Master level for lecturers/student/researchers at Van Lang University (10 courses), Vietnam.
• 15/03/2024 – 05/04/2024: Training Altair AI Studio (RapidMiner) for The Southern Institute for Water Resources Planning, Vietnam.
• 20/04/2024 – 26/04/2024: Training Altair AI Studio (RapidMiner) for Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Center, Vietnam.
• 15/06/2024 – 16/06/2024: Training Altair AI Studio (RapidMiner) for College of Natural Sciences, Can Tho University, Vietnam.
• 09/2025 – 10/2025: Training Altair AI Studio (RapidMiner) in Mechanical Engineering for Ph.D candidates, Vinh Long University of Technology Education, Vietnam.
• 08/2025 – now: Training Exploring AI in Scientific Research & Altair AI Studio (RapidMiner).
• 08/2026: Conducted training on Application of AI in Business Management, Duyen Hai Thermal Power Company, Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam.

8. ADVISING & SUPERVISION

• Finished advising 10 undergraduate students for Bachelor/Engineer degree.

• Finished advising 65 master students for Master degree.

• Finished advising 03 Ph.D. candidate for Ph.D. degree.

• Advising 03 Ph.D. candidates for Ph.D. degree. 

9. AWARDS

• 1999: Silver medal upon graduation: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Bach Khoa University) – Vietnam National University – HCMC, Vietnam.
• 2003: Master scholarship of the program EU-EMMC (University of Liege, Belgium).
• 2005 – 2009: PhD scholarship of National University of Singapore (NUS).
  
• 2007 – 2008: President graduate fellowship (NUS, Singapore).
  
• 2011: Best PhD Thesis award (NUS, Singapore).
  
• 2011, 2012, 2013: Excellence research award of Vietnam National University – HCMC.
• 2013, 2014: Excellence research award of Ton Duc Thang University.
  
• 2017: Exceptional Excellence research award of Ton Duc Thang University.
  
• 2018: Lifetime Achievement Award of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
• 2019: Highest Citation Award in scientific research activities of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
• 2020: Best paper for young researcher award, Defence Technology Journal, China Ordnance Society.
• 2021: The World’s Top 1% Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Cross-Field (Clarivate).
• 2022: ScholarGPS, Highly Ranked Scholar – Prior Five Years.
• 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: Top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Stanford University.
• 2024: Being invited among the 100 Vietnamese and global influencers to take part in the VIETNAM GLOBAL LEADERS FORUM 2024 held in Paris, France on 30-31 March 2024. (https://www.vietnamgloballeaders.org/vglf2024-leaders).
• 2025: Being invited among 100 Vietnamese and Vietnamese-origin Innovators with global influence to attend the “VIETNAM GLOBAL INNOVATION CONNECTION 2025” FORUM held in Singapore on February 20-22, 2025 (https://www.vgic.net/speakers-guests/)
• 2026: Being invited among 100 Vietnamese and Vietnamese-origin Innovators with global influence to attend the “VIETNAM GLOBAL INNOVATION CONNECTION 2026” FORUM held in Hochiminh City on July 28-29, 2026 (https://www.vgic2026.net/en/dien-gia-khach-moi/)

10. EDITORSHIPS

• 2011 – 2015: Editorial Board of SCIE journal: Mathematical Problems in Engineering.

• 05/2017 – 07/2022: Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Advanced Engineering and Computation (JAEC).

• 02/2018 – now: International Editorial Board, Journal of Computational Applied Mechanics (JCAMECH) (ESCI, Scopus).

• 2019 – now: Editorial Board of ISI journal: Shock and Vibration.

• 2010 – 2012; 2020 – 2022; 2022 – 2024; 2025 – 2027: Member of Scientific Council of National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED, Vietnam), major in Mechanics – Engineering.

• 04/2022 – now: Editorial Board of ISI journal: Defence Technology (Elsevier, Q1).

• 06/2022 – now: Editorial Board of ISI journal: Computers & Structures (Elsevier, Q1) .

11. SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thoi Trung received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from National University of Singapore in 2010 with Best Ph.D. Thesis award. He has been now the Director of Institute for Computational Science & Artificial Intelligence, Van Lang University (VLU).
He is a member of Scientific Council of National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), major in Mechanics – Engineering (terms of 2020 – 2022; 2022 – 2024; 2025 – 2027). He was granted the research fund with title “Bualuang ASEAN Chair Professor” (2022–2024) of Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Thailand. He was listed in top 1% Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science, America) in 2021, top 2% of worldwide scientists with top citations for 7 consecutive years (2019 – 2025) by Stanford University, the receiver of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” of Ton Duc Thang University in 2017, etc. He is a member of Editorial Board of Journal “Computers & Structures” (Q1, Elsevier) and some other journals. He is one of the 100 Vietnamese and global influencers participating in the VIETNAM GLOBAL LEADERS FORUM 2024 held in Paris, France on 30-31 March 2024 and “VIETNAM GLOBAL INNOVATION CONNECTION” FORUM held in Singapore on February 20-22, 2025 and in Ho Chi Minh City on July 28-29, 2026.