Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Tuan
INTRODUCE
Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Tuan has been a lecturer at the National Institute of Building Materials Science since 2001. He completed his PhD in engineering in 2011 at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, and was appointed Professor in 2024. [
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND]
TEACHING
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND INTEREST
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC WORKS
Books for training
PROJECT - OUTSTANDING TOPIC
Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Tuan has been a lecturer at the National Institute of Building Materials Science since 2001. He completed his PhD in engineering in 2011 at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, and was appointed Professor in 2024. [
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND]
- PhD ( Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2011 )
- Master's degree (Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, 2004)
- Engineer (Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, 2000)
TEACHING
- Building materials
- Structure and properties of building materials
- Material life cycle analysis
- Modeling and simulation of building materials
- Digital technology in materials science
- Advanced materials
- Materials Science (Graduate Program)
- Scientific research methodology (Postgraduate studies)
- Materials adapted to climate change (Graduate course)
- Fiber-reinforced concrete (Postgraduate)
- Structure of building materials (Doctoral research)
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND INTEREST
- Sustainable and energy-efficient building materials
- (Ultra) high quality concrete
- Utilizing/recycling agricultural and industrial waste/construction demolition waste.
- Hydration and microstructure of cement using mineral additives.
- The durability of concrete.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 2017, Best Paper Award, The 7th International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment (GEOMATE), Tsu, Mie, Japan, Nov. 21-23.
- Outstanding union members in the "Scientific Research and Technology Transfer" movement, Executive Committee of the Trade Union of the University of Civil Engineering.
- Top 10 individual applicants with the most patent/utility model applications from January 2016 to August 2023, TECHFEST
OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC WORKS
Books for training
- Pham Huu Hanh (editor), Le Trung Thanh, Nguyen Van Tuan, Concrete for Offshore Structures , Construction Publishing House, Ministry of Construction, 2012.
- Nguyen Van Tuan (editor), Pham Huu Hanh, Nguyen Cong Thang, Le Trung Thanh, Van Viet Thien An, Hoang Tuan Nghia, Ultra-high quality concrete , Construction Publishing House, Ministry of Construction, 2017.
- Le Trung Thanh (editor), Nguyen Van Tuan, Le Viet Hung, Nguyen Cong Thang, Mineral Additives for Cement and Concrete , Construction Publishing House, Ministry of Construction, 2019.
- Pham Duy Hoa*, Khuc Dang Tung, Cu Viet Hung, Nguyen Binh Ha, Nguyen Van Tuan, Tran Van Tan, Nguyen Ngoc Tuyen, Le Ba Danh, Nguyen Thi Nhu Mai, Design and Construction of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) Bridges , Construction Publishing House, Ministry of Construction, 2021.
- Michael Weibel, Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, Nguyen Quang Minh, Pham Thi Hai Ha (editors), Nguyen Van Tuan and other authors, Handbook for green housing and healthy living, Construction Publishing House, Ministry of Construction, 2023.
- Nguyen Van Tuan, Design of aggregate composition for concrete and its application in the design of UHPC concrete composition , Construction Publishing House, Ministry of Construction, 2023.
- Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Pham Thi Hai Ha (editors), Ta Quynh Hoa, Nguyen Van Tuan and other authors, Handbook on Planning and Design of Residential Areas Towards a Health-Oriented City , Construction Publishing House, Ministry of Construction, 2024.
- Pham Thi Hai Ha, Nguyen Thanh Trung (editor), Nguyen Van Tuan and other authors, Technical guidelines for design, construction and operation of indoor air quality assurance works according to TCVN 13521:2022 , Construction Publishing House, Ministry of Construction, 2025.
- Nguyen V.T.*, Ye G., van Breugel K., O. Copuroglu, 2011, Hydration and microstructure of ultra high performance concrete incorporating rice husk ash, Cement and Concrete Research 41(11) 1104-1111 (SCI).
- Nguyen V.T.*, Ye G., van Breugel K., A.L.A Fraaij, Bui D.D., 2011, The study of using rice husk ash to produce ultra high performance concrete, Construction and Building Materials 25(4) 2030-2035 (SCIE).
- Guang Ye, Hao Huang, Nguyen Van Tuan, 2018, Rice husk ash, Chapter 8, In Springer Book “Properties of Fresh and Hardened Concrete Containing Supplementary Cementitious Materials”, State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 238-SCM, pp. 283-302 (in total 315 pages)
- Mechtcherine V.*, Gorges M., Schroefl C., et al., Effect of internal curing by using superabsorbent polymers (SAP) on autogenous shrinkage and other properties of a high-performance fine-grained concrete: results of a RILEM round-robin test, Materials and Structures, 47(3) 541-562 (SCIE).
- Hoa D. Pham, Tung Khuc*, Tuan V. Nguyen, Hung V. Cu, Danh B. Le and Thanh P. Trinh, Investigation of flexural behavior of a prestressed girder for bridges using nonproprietary UHPC, Advances in Concrete Construction, 10(1) 71-79 (SCIE)
- Nguyen Cong Thang, Nguyen Van Tuan*, Keun-Hyeok Yang and Quoc Tri Phung, Effect of Zeolite on Shrinkage and Crack Resistance of High Performance Cement-Based Concrete, Materials, 13(17), 3773 (SCIE)
- Pham Sy Dong, Nguyen Van Tuan*, Le Trung Thanh, Nguyen Cong Thang, Cu Viet Hung, Ju-Hyun Mun, Compressive Strength Development of High Volume Fly Ash Ultra High Performance Concrete, Applied Science, 10, 7107 (SCIE)
- Quoc Tri Phung*, Eduardo Ferreira, Suresh Seetharam, Van Tuan Nguyen, Joan Govaerts and Elie Valcke, Understanding hydration heat of mortars containing supplementary cementitious materials with potential to immobilize radioactive waste, Cement and Concrete Composites, 115, 103859 (SCIE)
- May Huu Nguyen, Nguyen Van Tuan, Trong-Phuoc Huynh*, Chao-Lung Hwang, Incorporating industrial by-products into cement-free binders: Effects on water absorption, porosity, and chloride penetration, Construction and Building Materials, 304, 124675 (SCIE)
- Hung Phong Nguyen, Anette Muller, Van Tuan Nguyen*, Cong Thang Nguyen, Development and characterization of lightweight aggregate recycled from construction and demolition waste mixed with other industrial by-products, Construction and Building Materials, 313, 125472 (SCIE)
- Lam Trong Nguyen, Tuan Van Nguyen*, Hoang Giang Nguyen, Akihiro Matsuno, Hirofumi Sakanakura, and Ken Kawamoto, Mechanical and Hydraulic Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregates Mixed with Clay Brick Aggregates and Particle Breakage Characteristics for Unbound Road Base and Subbase Materials in Vietnam, Sustainability, 14(8) 4854 (SCIE)
- Nguyen Trung Hieu, Nguyen Van Tuan*, Pham Minh Tuan, Experimental study on the flexural behaviour of corroded concrete beams reinforced with hybrid steel/GFRP bars, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 20(6) 834-845 (SCIE)
- Nguyen Van Tuan, Phung Quoc Tri, Suresh Seetharam, Nguyen Cong Thang*, Synergistic effects of ground granulated blast furnace slag and silica fume on the hydration and compressive strength of extremely low w/b ratio cement pastes, Materials Today Communications, 33, 104531 (SCIE)
- Hyun-Sub Yoon, Keun-Hyeok Yang*, Nguyen Van Tuan, Seung-Jun Kwon, Service life of concrete culverts repaired with biological sulfate-resisting mortars, Computers and Concrete, 30(6) 409-419 (SCIE)
- Tran Duc Binh, Tran Van Tan, Pham Xuan Anh, Nguyen Van Tuan*, A General Framework for Sustainability Assessment of Buildings: A Life-Cycle Thinking Approach, Sustainability 2023, 15, 10770 (SCIE)
- Quoc Tri Phung*, Lander Frederickx, Thi Nhan Nguyen, Van Tuan Nguyen, Resistance of ordinary and low-carbon cements to carbonation: Microstructural and mineralogical alteration, Cement and Concrete Composites, 143, 105260 (SCIE)
- Trung Hieu Nguyen, Van Tuan Nguyen*, Xuan Dat Pham, Manh Hung Nguyen, Phuoc Lanh Le, Experimental Study on the Strengthening Effect of CFRP Sheets on Corrosion-Damaged, Eccentrically Loaded Reinforced Concrete Columns, International Journal of Civil Engineering 2023, 22, 535-547 (SCIE)
- Hyun-Sub Yoon, Keun-Hyeok Yang*, Seung-Jun Kwon, Ji-Won Hwang, Sang-Seob Lee, Nguyen Van Tuan*, Effectiveness of biological mortars with bacterial glycocalyx on service life of concrete structures exposed to salt attack, International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2024, 18:15 (SCIE)
- Huyen Anh Nguyen, Hai Thi Nguyen, Thang Cong Nguyen, Tuan Van Nguyen, Keun-Hyeok Yang, Hang Thuy Dinh , Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria as Microbial Additives in the Biomimetic Coating Layer to Protect Sewer Concrete Structures from Corrosion Attacks, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 150(7) 2024 (SCIE)
- Utility Solution Patent: Fiber-reinforced concrete manhole cover, No. 2342, issued on May 21, 2020.
- Utility Solution Patent: Tree stump protector made of concrete, No. 2343, issued on May 21, 2020.
- Utility Solution Patent: Ultra-high-strength concrete sheet piles, Patent No. 2530, issued on November 12, 2020
- Utility Solution Patent : High-quality fiber-reinforced concrete trash screen, Patent No. 2529, issued on November 12, 2020
- Patent No. 25932, issued on May 4, 2023: Lightweight concrete with hollow aggregate using recycled polystyrene combined with cenosphere and nano silica and a method for manufacturing this lightweight concrete with hollow aggregate.
- Patent No. 36329, issued on June 8, 2023: High-strength lightweight concrete using hollow microspheres from fly ash and a method for manufacturing this high-strength lightweight concrete.
- Patent No. 45528 dated April 8, 2025: Environmentally friendly self-interlocking compressed clay bricks and a method for producing these bricks.
- Patent No. 53177, issued on October 8, 2025: Biologically pure photosynthetic purple bacterium Rhodopseumonas palustris PN6 for application in the creation of bio-coating materials for protecting concrete wastewater pipes.
PROJECT - OUTSTANDING TOPIC
- The SATREPS international cooperation project between the University of Civil Engineering and Saitama University, Japan, “ Establishing an effective construction waste management system to control environmental pollution and enhance the ability to manufacture new materials from recycled construction waste in Vietnam” (Establishment of Environmentally Sound Management of Construction and Demolition Waste and Its Wise Utilization for Environmental Pollution Control and for New Recycled Construction Materials), 2017-2022. Funding source: JICA, JST - Japan. Role: Principal Member.
- JSPS Core-to-Core international cooperation project between Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, and Sri Lankan partners: “Building a collaborative research network on standardization of design and construction for hot weather concreting based on Asian materials and climate” (Collaborative research network on standardization of design and construction for hot weather concreting based on Asian climate and materials), 2017-2020. Role: Principal Member.
- Ministry-level scientific research project “Research on the application of technology for manufacturing ultra-high-quality concrete materials suitable for material conditions and bridge construction needs in Vietnam”, under the Ministry of Education and Training's Science and Technology Program, 2017-2020. Role: Principal Investigator.
- Ministry-level scientific research project "Utilizing fly ash (An Khanh - Thai Nguyen) and crushed stone waste in the production of concrete bricks", Ministry of Construction, 2016-2018. Role: Principal Investigator.
- The CAMaRSEC international cooperation project “Climate-adapted Material Research for the Socio-economic Context in Vietnam” is a collaboration between Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, the Institute of Building Materials, and the College of Urban Construction, with partners from the Federal Republic of Germany: the University of Stuttgart, the University of Hamburg, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Architectural Physics, 2019-2024. Funding source: BMBF, Federal Republic of Germany. Role: Coordinator (Vietnam side).
- The REBUMAT international cooperation project on “Resources - Efficient construction using sustainable building materials” is a collaboration between Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, the Institute of Building Materials, and the College of Urban Construction, with partners from the Federal Republic of Germany: the University of Lubeck and the Fraunhofer Institute for Architectural Physics, 2020-2025. Funding source: BMBF, Federal Republic of Germany. Role: Coordinator (Vietnam side).
- The international cooperation project HOPE, “Health-oriented policies and sustainable building practices to promote well-being and green urban governance in Vietnam,” is funded by KAS Vietnam, 2022-2024. Role: Coordinator.
- Ministry-level Science and Technology Research Project “Research on the application of technology for manufacturing ultra-high-quality concrete materials suitable for material conditions and bridge construction needs in Vietnam” (Part of the Ministry of Education and Training's Science and Technology Program), 2017-2021. Role: Project Leader.
- Research project under the Vietnam-Korea Protocol "Research and development of biomimetic coating materials for concrete protection in wastewater collection sewer systems in Vietnam", 2021-2025. Role: Project Leader.
