I develop numerical methods for thin-walled structures — isogeometric and meshfree formulations for plates and shells made of advanced materials — and use them to study large deflection, buckling and postbuckling. A second line of work brings deep learning into the nonlinear solver itself and into structural engineering practice.
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Citation metrics
| All | Since 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Citations | 4,012 | 3,806 |
| h-index | 27 | 27 |
| i10-index | 40 | 40 |
Source: Google Scholar profile, retrieved 6 November 2026. The 2026 bar covers January to early November.
Research interests
Isogeometric analysis of plates and shells
Exact-geometry NURBS discretisations for thin and moderately thick shells, membranes and ultra-thin structures, including form finding and large-deflection analysis.
Buckling and postbuckling
Geometrically nonlinear response of imperfect shells under axial and combined loading; tracing of limit points and snap-through.
Advanced and architected materials
Functionally graded, carbon-nanotube-reinforced, graphene-platelet and triply periodic minimal surface structures, including porosity and sandwich layouts.
Moving Kriging meshfree methods
Improved moving Kriging formulations with refined and quasi-3D theories for static, vibration and nonlinear bending analysis.
Deep learning inside nonlinear solvers
Learned predictors that shorten Newton–Raphson iteration, time-series forecasting of load paths, and coarse-mesh analysis corrected by recurrent networks.
Machine learning for structural engineering
Defect detection in concrete, masonry, tunnels and sewers; capacity prediction of structural members; explainable AI for engineering decisions.
Research activities
Editorial boards
- Associate Editor, Journal of Structural Design and Construction Practice (ASCE), since April 2025
- Technologies (MDPI), Construction Technologies Section
- CMC – Computers, Materials & Continua
Grant review, conferences and visiting posts
- Visiting Professor, Walailak University, Thailand
- Reviewer of research proposals, National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam — 3 proposals in 2023, 3 in 2025
- Mini-symposium organiser, “Nonlinear Analyses of Structures and Deep Learning for Structural Engineering”, CMMM 2020, Malaysia
- Conference reviewer: International Conference on Advances in Computational Mechanics 2017, Vietnam; 5th International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development 2020, Da Nang, Vietnam
Conference presentations
- International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering and Architecture (ICSCEA) — Vietnam, 2019
- 10th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM) — Singapore, 2019
- 12th Asian Pacific Conference on Shell and Spatial Structures (APCS) — Malaysia, 2018
- International Conference on Advances in Computational Mechanics (ACOME) — Vietnam, 2017
Reviewer for 31 international journals
Research experience
- 2026 – nowAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Architectural Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
- currentVisiting ProfessorWalailak University, Thailand
- 2020 – 2026Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Architectural Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
- 2017 – 2020Doctoral researcherSejong University · isogeometric postbuckling of FG-CNTRC shells and data-driven nonlinear solvers
- 2014 – 2017Researcher in computational mechanicsVietnam · meshfree moving Kriging methods for FGM and sandwich plates
- 2008 – 2012Civil engineerHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Teaching
- 2020 – nowDepartment of Architectural Engineering, Sejong UniversityUndergraduate and graduate courses
- 2013 – 2016Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam
Courses taught
Finite Element Methods
Weak forms, element formulation and assembly, through to advanced topics in structural finite element analysis.
Mechanics of Materials
Stress, strain and deformation of structural members, extended to advanced problems in solid mechanics.
Elastic Stability
Buckling of columns, plates and shells; bifurcation, limit points and imperfection sensitivity.
Education
- 2017 – 2020Ph.D., Architectural EngineeringSejong University, Korea · thesis defended 26 November 2019 · degree conferred February 2020
- 2009 – 2011M.Sc., Civil EngineeringHo Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam
- 2003 – 2008B.Eng., Civil EngineeringHo Chi Minh City University of Architecture, Vietnam
Awards
- Outstanding Research Award, Ph.D. program, Sejong University — February 2020
- Full doctoral scholarship, Sejong University — 2017–2019
- Half doctoral scholarship, Yonsei University — 2016–2017
Representative papers
First-author papers that define the main lines of the research.
Most-cited papers
Publication list
Journal and conference papers listed on Google Scholar, duplicates removed. Records are also available on the Sejong University Pure profile. Citation counts as of 6 November 2026.
Get in touch
Prospective graduate students and collaborators working on plates, shells, nonlinear stability or data-driven mechanics are welcome to write.
209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Korea