T. Hoa Nguyen

Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Bergen, Bergen Offshore Wind Center (BOW)

About

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the research group of Prof. Gebhardt at Bergen Offshore Wind Center (BOW) at University of Bergen, Norway. I received my Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics in 2023, based on my research in the group of Prof. Schillinger at the Institute for Mechanics, Computational Mechanics Group at Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.I have a background with M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the Technical University of Munich. I also hold a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from University of Applied Science for Engineering and Economics Berlin.

My research interest

My research interests and focus are on numerical methods such as finite element methods (FEM) in the context of isogeometric analysis (IGA), linear and nonlinear shell analysis, particularly explicit dynamics of shells, locking phenomena, and immersed finite element methods (immersed IGA, CutFEM). Currently, I am working on aerohydroelastic analysis of offshore wind turbines with the main focus on the application and possible development of data-driven approaches that can be employed in such analysis. Another research interest is to further study the performance and develop the higher-order accurate mass lumping scheme for explicit dynamics, that has been introduced during my PhD, particularly when applying to practically relevant scenarios.

You may find my PhD dissertation here.

Learn more about my publications.