Biography
Thien received the PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering with the focus on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) from Ritsumeikan University, Japan sponsored by the Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT) program. Then he was granted for the postdoctoral fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Later, as a Team Leader, he spent almost ten years in the CFD for the explosion in gaseous and condensed phases for industrial applications including the simulation code development using the open source OpenFOAM platform. Currently, at CSIRO, his work focuses on the CFD modelling for the mineral processes. His research interest are metallurgy flows, supersonic quenching processes, population balance in solid/liquid multiphase flows, and mixing flows.
Other Interests
Reading history, Space Exploration, Cooking
Academic Qualifications
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2007
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Ritsumeikan University, Japan -
2004
MSc in Mechanical Engineering
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Achievements and Awards
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2002-2007
Scholarship for outstanding student to pursuit MSc and PhD Degrees
Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology -
2003-2003
Best Student Paper Award
ASME, FED2003 -
2002-2002
Silver Medal for the most outstanding graduated student
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology -
2011-2013
Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Current Roles
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Senior Research Scientist
CFD Modelling
Professional Experiences
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2015-2023
Computational Dynamics Team Leader
Explosion Research Institute Inc., Japan