STAFF PROFILE
Dr Kate Nguyen
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399258164
Email:
kate.nguyen@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Dr Kate (Thuy Quynh) Nguyen is a Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at RMIT University. She works in Advanced Construction Materials with a focus on fire performance of materials and structures. She is the leader of the Innovative Fire & Facade Engineering Group and presently involved in a number of projects on fire design and protection of buildings in Australia and overseas.
Awards and Honours
- Batterham Medal for Engineering Excellence 2021, Australian Academic of Technological Science and Engineering
- L'OREAL-UNESCO For Women in Science 2020, Australia and New Zealand, L'OREAL-UNESCO Foundation
- RMIT Award for Research Excellence – Early Career Researcher (Enterprise) 2020, RMIT University
- Executive Dean's Research Award (Level C) 2020, School of Engineering
- Victoria Fellow in Physical Sciences 2019, veski
- Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2019, Australian Research Council
- Early Career Researcher Grant 2018, The University of Melbourne
- Best paper award, 4th International conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology 2013
- Best presentation and poster award, Postgraduate conference, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne 2011
- VIFOTEC 2006
- Best student award by Minister of Education and Training, Vietnam 2006
- Valedictorian, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 2006
- Best final year research project at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 2006
- Dean's Honours List, School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 2003, 2004 & 2005
- Odon-Vallet Scholarship, 2005
Publications
- Dr Kate Nguyen's publications can be viewed at her Google Scholar page.
Professional memberships and significant contributions
- Member of Fire and Facade Working Group - Council of Tall Building and Urban Habitat
- Member of Geopolymer Concrete sub-committee of AS 3600 Concrete Code Committee, Standards Australia
- Member of International Association for Fire Safety Science
- Member of Engineers Australia
- Editor of Mass Timber Construction Journal
- Expert Witness for the Court Case of Royal Women Hospital Facade (S ECI 2018 00062)
- Honorary Fellow, The University of Melbourne (2019 - now)
- Reviewers of Australian Research Council, Journal of Composites Part B: Engineering, Journal of Building Engineering etc
- Companion of the Order of Hanoi, 2006 for community engagement
Research interests
- Fire dynamics and fire protection engineering
- Fire safety design compliant to codes and standards
- CFD modeling
- Fire performance of materials and effect of flame retardants
- High performance concrete
- Nanotechnology and sustainable materials in construction
- Nanocomposites
- High performance building facade systems
By appointment, Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
- PhD (Civil Engineering) - The University of Melbourne, Australia
- MEng (Chemical Engineering) - Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
- BEng (Materials Engineering, Honours) - Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
- Senior Lecturer, Civil And Infrastructure Engineering, RMIT University (2019 - now)
- Chief Engineer, Cladding Safety Victoria (2021 - now)
- Research Fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne (2016 - 2019)
- Navaratnam, S.,Satheeskumar, A.,Zhang, K.,Nguyen, K.,Venkatesan, S.,Poologanathan, K. (2022). The challenges confronting the growth of sustainable prefabricated building construction in Australia: Construction industry views In: Journal of Building Engineering, 48, 1 - 15
- Nanayakkara, O.,Gunasekara, C.,Sandanayake, M.,Law, D.,Nguyen, K.,Xia, J.,Setunge, S. (2021). Alkali activated slag concrete incorporating recycled aggregate concrete: Long term performance and sustainability aspect In: Construction and building materials, 271, 1 - 11
- Kristombu Baduge, K.,Nava, S.,Abu-Zidan, Y.,McCormack, T.,Nguyen, K.,Mendis, P.,Zhang, K.,Aye, L. (2021). Improving Performance of Additive Manufactured (3D printed) Concrete: A Review on Material Mix Design, Processing, Interlayer Bonding, and Reinforcing Methods In: Structures, 29, 1597 - 1609
- Abu-Zidan, Y.,Nguyen, K.,Mendis, P.,Setunge, S.,Adeli, H. (2021). Design of a smart prefabricated sanitising chamber for COVID-19 using computational fluid dynamics In: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 27, 139 - 148
- Nava, S.,Wijaya, H.,Rajeev, P.,Mendis, P.,Nguyen, K. (2021). Residual stress-strain relationship for the biochar-based mortar after exposure to elevated temperature In: Case Studies in Construction Materials, 14, 1 - 15
- Nguyen, K.,Kim, N.,Bhattacharyya, D.,Mouritz, A. (2021). (In Press) Assessing the combustibility of claddings: A comparative study of the modified cone calorimeter method and cylindrical furnace test In: Fire and Materials, , 1 - 13
- Zhang, H.,Tao, Y.,Nguyen, K.,Han, F.,Li, J.,Shi, L. (2021). A wall solar chimney to ventilate multi-zone buildings In: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 47, 1 - 15
- Abu-Zidan, Y.,Nguyen, K.,Mendis, P. (2021). Influence of Building Shape on Wind-Driven Rain Exposure in Tall Buildings In: Journal of Architectural Engineering, 27, 1 - 9
- Cheng, X.,Shi, Z.,Nguyen, K.,Zhang, L.,Zhou, Y.,Zhang, K.,Wang, J.,Shi, L. (2020). Solar chimney in tunnel considering energy-saving and fire safety In: Energy, 210, 1 - 14
- Soufeiani, L.,Foliente, G.,Nguyen, K.,San Nicolas, R. (2020). Corrosion protection of steel elements in façade systems – A review In: Journal of Building Engineering, 32, 1 - 13
- ARC Research Hub for Transformation of Reclaimed Waste Resources to Engineered Materials and Solutions for a Circular Economy (TREMS). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub 2018 onwards from (2021 to 2026)
- Smart prefabricated chamber to prevent highly contagious diseases. Funded by: Global Innovation Linkages from (2021 to 2023)
- Development of high content recycled glass building material technology. Funded by: CRC-P Cooperative Research Centre Project (Livefield) from (2021 to 2023)
- An Ultra-low carbon emission coating for bushfire-prone areas. Funded by: L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Fellowship Grant 2018 onward from (2021 to 2022)
- Upcycling solutions for hazardous claddings and co-mingled waste. Funded by: Cooperative Research Centre Project (CRC-P) - Sebastian from (2020 to 2023)
8 PhD Current Supervisions