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Professor Thanh Tran-Cong

Name :	Professor Thanh Tran-Cong
Position :	RME Chair in Computational Engineering & Exec Director Computational Engineering & Science Rsch Ctr
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Engineering and Surveying Administration
Office :	P9 121
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 1332
Extension :	1332
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BEng(Hons), PhD Sydney

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/faculty/engsurv/cesrc
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Languages

Language	Accredited Translator	Proficiency Levels *N/A = not available
		Speaking	Reading	Writing
VTN	No

Professional Affiliations

Member, Australian Society of Rheology (ASR)
Member, Society of Rheology (SOR, USA)
Member, Australian Association of Computational Mechanics (AACM)
International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Research Interests

Computational fluid and solid mechanics, Numerical methods, Computational Engineering.
http://www.usq.edu.au/faculty/engsurv/cesrc

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

N. MAI-DUY and T. TRAN-CONG (2006) "Solving biharmonic problems with scattered-point discretization using indirect radial-basis-function networks", Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 30, 77-87.
J. COONS, P.J. HALLEY, S.A. McGLASHAN and T. TRAN-CONG (2005) "Bounding the stability and rupture condition of emulsion and foam films", Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 83(A7), 915-925.
L. MAI-CAO and T. TRAN-CONG (2005) "A meshless IRBFN-based method for transient problems", Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 7(2), 149-171.

Most notable :
N. MAI-DUY and T. TRAN-CONG (2001) "Numerical solution of differential equations using multiquadric radial basis function networks", Neural Networks, 14, 185-199.

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 17 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Executive Director, Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre (CESRC)