Giang Nguyen

Dr Giang Nguyen

Associate Prof/Reader

School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Research Interests

  • Constitutive modelling of engineering materials (soils, rocks, concrete, metals, composites).
  • Computational solid mechanics & Micromechanics of failure in engineering materials.
  • Theoretical, experimental and computational approaches to bridge behaviour of engineering materials across different scales.
  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2017 - ongoing Associate Professor The University of Adelaide
    2013 - 2016 Senior Lecturer The University of Adelaide
    2012 - 2013 Research Fellow & Lecturer The University of Sydney
    2009 - 2011 University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellow University of Sydney, Sydney
    2007 - 2008 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Sydney, Sydney
    2005 - 2007 Postdoctoral Researcher University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2001 - 2005 University of Oxford United Kingdom DPhil
    1996 - 1998 University of Liege Belgium M.Eng
    1991 - 1996 Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam B.Eng

Competitive grants

  • 2024-2026: Giang D Nguyen, Murat Karakus, A multi-scale theory for solid-granular transition due to fragmentation, ARC Discovery Project DP240101206, $493K.
  • 2024-2026: Ha H Bui & Giang D Nguyen, Mud pumping under rail tracks: from Micromechanics to Predictions, ARC Discovery Project DP240102765, $492K.
  • 2023-2027: Murat Karakus, Giang D Nguyen, Ha H. Bui, Chris Chester, Multi-phase modelling and characterisation of mudrush hazard in cave mining, ARC Linkage Project LP220200792, $752K.
  • 2021-2024: Murat Karakus, Giang D Nguyen, Javen Shi, Cristiana Ciobanu, Ha H. Bui, Abbas Taheri, Chris Chester, A Machine Learning driven flow modelling of fragmented rocks in cave mining, ARC Linkage Project LP200100038, $516K (in addition to $200K from OZ Minerals).
  • 2019-2021: Ha H Bui & Giang D Nguyen, Internal soil erosion: from grain-scale insights to large-scale predictions, ARC Discovery Project DP190102779, $325K ($175K Monash, $150K UoA).
  • 2017-2019: Giang D Nguyen, Ha H Bui, Jose Andrade, Liquefaction of silty soils: micromechanics, modelling and prediction, ARC Discovery Project DP170103793, $277K ($138.5K UoA, $138.5K Monash).
  • 2017-2019: Andrei Kotooussov, Giang D Nguyen, Arcady Dyskin, Elena Pasternak, Phillip Dight, Dr Jie Pan, Dr Ha Bui, Wenhui Duan, Chun Wang, Pier Marzocca, Martin Veidt, Nangallage Fernando, Vinh Dao, Cara MacNish, Stuart Wildy, Bridging time/size scales in strain measurements with advanced DIC facility, ARC LIEF LE170100079, $267K.
  • 2015-2017: Murat Karakus, Giang D Nguyen, Abbas Taheri, David Goodchild, A new damage model for rock burst in hard rocks during deep mining, ARC Linkage Project LP150100539, $184K.
  • 2015-2018: Giang D Nguyen, A kinematically and micromechanically enriched constitutive modelling framework for failure of geomaterials, ARC Future Fellowship FT140100408, $607K.
  • 2014-2016: Luming Shen, Giang D Nguyen, Abbas El-Zein, Federico Maggi, A multi-scale theory of unsaturated porous media under extreme loading, ARC Discovery Project DP140100945, $405K.
  • 2011-2013: Giang D Nguyen & Pierre Rognon, The micro-mechanics of faulting and fluid flow in porous reservoir rocks, ARC Discovery Project DP110102645, $308K.
  • 2010-2012: Giang D Nguyen, A computational approach to fracture of quasi-brittle materials across the scales, ARC Discovery Project DP1093485, $280K.

Industry grants

  • 2022-2024: Murat Karakus, Giang D. Nguyen, Characterisation of Mud Inrush hazard and fine particle generation within the Carrapateena Sub-Level Cave: Implications for Block Cave Transition, Design, Management and Monitoring, OZ Minerals, $551K.
  • 2019-2022: Murat Karakus, Giang D. Nguyen, Strategic Partnership Agreement, OZ Minerals, $640K.
  • 2020-2021: Murat Karakus, Giang D. Nguyen, Scott Smith, Polyurethane based grouting of fractured formation in Carrapateena mine, OZ Minerals, $175K.
  • 2020-2021: Murat Karakus, Giang D. Nguyen, Thomas Bruning, Innovative Coal Burst System to Investigate the Influence of Confinement Loss on Coal Burst Mechanism, ACARP Project C29007, $329K.
  • 2020-2021: Murat Karakus, Giang D. Nguyen, In-situ stress measurements from cored rocks for coal burst management, ACARP Project C29010, $229K.
  • 2019-2020: Murat Karakus, Giang D. Nguyen, Abbas Taheri, Ha H. Bui, Management of coal bursts and pillar burst in deep coal mines, The Australian Coal Industry’s Research Program (ACARP), Project C27020 extension, $123K.
  • 2018-2019: Murat Karakus, Giang D. Nguyen, Abbas Taheri, Ha H. Bui, Management of coal bursts and pillar burst in deep coal mines, The Australian Coal Industry’s Research Program (ACARP), Project C27020, $257K.

Internal grants

  • 2023: Giang D. Nguyen, Murat Karakus, Alex Ng, Mohammed Ali, Andrei Kotousov, Tung Tran, Dusan Losic, 3D concrete printing: continuous feeding system using PFC Bolero mixer-pump system, University of AdelaideSET research equipment grant, $17K.
  • 2023: Giang D. Nguyen, Andrei Kotousov, Alex Ng, Test stands for teaching Mechanics courses in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of AdelaideSET teaching equipment grant, $29K.
  • 2023: Giang D. Nguyen, Alex Ng, Ceramic 3D Printing kit for a small 3D cement mortar printer, University of AdelaideSET teaching equipment grant, $6.9K.
  • 2021: Giang D. Nguyen, Tung Tran, Phillip Visintin, Dusan Losic, Murat Karakus, Kevin Farries, John Culton, 3D printed self-sensing cement-based materials: development and characterisation, University of Adelaide ECMS Seed Funding, $10K.
  • 2016: Mark Jaksa, An Deng, Murat Karakus, Giang Nguyen, Abbas Taheri, Brendan Scott, Paul Grimshaw, Richard Kelso, Andrei Kotousov, Steven Grainger, Tien-Fu Lu, Will Robertson, 2016 Research Equipment and Infrastructure Round, The University of Adelaide, $145K.
  • 2015: Andrei Kotousov, Benjamin Cazzolato, Zonghan Xie, Erwin Gamboa, Maziar Arjomandi, Hamid Sheikh, Brian Ng, Murat Karakus, Giang D Nguyen, Sarthok Sircar, Anthony Roberts, New Experimental Facility for Temperature, Defect and Stress Managing, 2015 Research Equipment and Infrastructure Round, The University of Adelaide, $50K.
  • 2014: Giang D Nguyen, Andrei Kotousov, Terry Bennett, Mark Jaksa, Phillip Visintin, Abdul (Hamid) Sheikh, An Deng, Abbas Taheri, Mohamed Ali, Brendan Scott, Erwin Gamboa, Reza Ghomashchi, Zonghan Xie, Establishment of a cross-disciplinary facility for experimental analysis of engineering materials and structures with 3D Digital Image Correlation Technique, University of Adelaide, Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, 2014 Research Support Scheme, $59K.
  • 2013: Giang D Nguyen, Start-up grant, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering - University of Adelaide, $10K.
  • 2013: Giang D Nguyen, Development of a multi-scale constitutive modelling framework, University of Sydney research support grant, $30K.
  • 2012: Luming Shen, Rachel Gelet, Irene Guiamatsia & Giang D Nguyen, Experimental and Numerical Study of Unsaturated Soil Response to Impact, Civil Engineering Research Development Scheme (CERDS), The University of Sydney, $26K.
  • 2012: Irene Guiamatsia, Yixiang Gan, Rachel Gelet & Giang D Nguyen, A Particle-based Virtual Engineering Laboratory, ICT 'Pebbles' Research Funding, University of Sydney, $50K.
  • 2009: Giang D Nguyen, A nonlocal approach to the modelling of rock fracture, University of Sydney research support grant, $20K.
  • Finite Element Theory and Practice, 2022, 2023, 2024, The University of Adelaide, Course Coordinator.
  • Introduction to Infrastructure, 2022, 2024, The University of Adelaide, Lecturer.
  • Strength of Materials, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, The University of Adelaide, Course Coordinator.
  • Structural Engineering Design, 2014, The University of Adelaide, Course Coordinator & Lecturer in charge of steel design lectures.
  • Structural Engineering Design, 2013, The University of Adelaide, Lecturer in charge of steel design lectures.
  • CIVL 3411 Geotechnical Engineering, 2012, The University of Sydney, Course Coordinator.
  • CIVL 3411 Geotechnical Engineering, 2011, The University of Sydney, Assistant Lecturer.
  • Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 2001, Open University (HoChiMinh city, Vietnam), Visiting Lecturer.
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Constitutive Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Mud Rush occurring during Fragmentation Process in Cave Mining Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Vikas Matapher Prajapati
    2024 Principal Supervisor Investigation of the micro-mechanism of gap-graded soils subjected to suffusion using a novel CFD-DEM approach Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hanfan Liu
    2023 Principal Supervisor Failure of 3D-printed cement-based materials. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zili Huang
    2023 Principal Supervisor Constitutive and numerical modeling of internal erosion in soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Dharani Raj Subramaniam Viswanathan
    2022 Co-Supervisor Experimental rock mechanics and rock mass characterisation for block caving mines Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Fauzan Yudho Pratomo
    2022 Principal Supervisor Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulations of fracture and fragmentation in cave mining Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Thanh Nhan Nguyen
    2021 Co-Supervisor Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Strength Improvement of Fractured Rocks by Polyurethane [PU] Resin/Cement Grouting Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Luong Tuan Anh Doan
    2020 Co-Supervisor In-situ stress measurement using non-destructive techniques Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zulfiqar Ali
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Analysis of Permeability Evolution due to Compaction Localisation in Porous Reservoir Rocks Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Thanh Nhan Nguyen
    2018 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Development of New Structural Systems Using Novel and Eco-Efficient Construction Materials Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ali Fallah Pour
    2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor A thermodynamic approach to modelling pre- and post-localisation behaviour of partially saturated soils for failure analysis using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Gia Dat Phan
    2016 - 2019 Co-Supervisor The Performance of Fully Grouted Rock Bolts Subjected to Combined Pull and Shear Loads Under Constant Normal Stiffness Condition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mahdi Saadat
    2016 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Experimental investigation of damage evolution during strain burst in brittle rocks for deep mines Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Selahattin Akdag
    2016 - 2020 Principal Supervisor A Combined Theoretical-Experimental-Numerical Approach to Characterization and Modelling of Rock Fracture and Rock Burst Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Rupesh Kumar Verma
    2015 - 2019 Principal Supervisor A Mechanism-based Approach to Constitutive Modelling of Quasi-Brittle Geomaterials with and without Fibre Reinforcement Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Linh Anh Le
    2015 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Effect of 3D Stress States at Crack Front on Deformation, Fracture and Fatigue Phenomena Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Zhuang He
    2014 - 2018 Co-Supervisor A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Damage Process in Hard Rock with Application to Rockburst Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Thomas Daniel Bruning
    2014 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Cement Sheath Integrity Assessments Subject to Pressure and Temperature Variations Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Elaheh Arjomand
    2014 - 2017 Principal Supervisor A Thermodynamic Approach to Modelling Brittle-Ductile and Localised Failure of Rocks Using Damage Mechanics and Plasticity Theory Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Arash Mir
    2014 - 2018 Co-Supervisor A Kinematically Enhanced Constitutive Model for Progressive Damage Analysis of Unidirectional Fiber Reinforced Composites Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Van Duc Vu
  • Other Supervision Activities

    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2011 - 2015 Co-Supervisor A micro-mechanical study of cemented granular materials The University of Sydney PhD Doctorate Full Time Alessandro Tengattini
    2009 - 2013 Principal Supervisor A theoretical study of grain crushing induced compaction localization in porous sandstones The University of Sydney PhD Doctorate Full Time Arghya Das
    2008 - 2012 Co-Supervisor Breakage mechanics in large granular flow problems The University of Sydney PhD Doctorate Full Time Chunshun Zhang
  • Editorial Boards

    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2016 - ongoing Editor Materials and Design - -
    2015 - 2015 Associate Editor Materials and Design - -
  • Position: Associate Prof/Reader
  • Phone: 83132259
  • Email: g.nguyen@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134359
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Engineering North, floor 1
  • Org Unit: Civil Engineering

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