Academic background: I earned my BEng and MEng degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam National University, in 2017 and 2019, respectively. In 2023, I obtained a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, under the supervision of Professor Naoto Kakuta. My doctoral research focused on developing thermal imaging methods using near-infrared spectroscopy. After graduation, I pursued postdoctoral research at Nagoya University and Technical University of Denmark, where I explored innovative thermal energy conversion technologies.

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• Technical University of Denmark ⇲ 2025-Present: Postdoc at DTU Engineering Technology
• MQue, Japan ⇲ 2025: Scientific Machine Learning R&D (Freelance)
• Nagoya University, Japan ⇲ 2023-2025: Postdoctoral Fellow / Designated Assistant Professor
• Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan ⇲ 2020-2023: Graduate assistant in teaching and research
• DFM Engineering ⇲ 2016-2018: CAE Engineer

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Magnetocaloric effect-based refrigeration technology (ERATO project)

• [P6] T.A. Nguyen, R. Takata, K. Uchida, H. Nagano, Enhancement of thermodynamic efficiency in active magnetic refrigeration using sinusoidal wavy structures, Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 240 (2025) 126654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2024.126654.
• [P5] T.A. Nguyen, K. Kondo, N. Kakuta, Simultaneous near-infrared measurement of temperature and flow fields of a thermal plume arising in water, J. Vis. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-024-00997-9.

“Featured in EurekAlert! American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)”

• [P4] T.A. Nguyen, N. Kakuta, K. Uchida, H. Nagano, Near-infrared imaging of heat transfer behavior between gadolinium and fluid during magnetization/demagnetization process of magnetocaloric effect, J. Appl. Phys. 135, 193904 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0207290.

Concurrent assessment of 3D temperature and Particle Tracking Velocimetry

Inverse Abel transform for reconstructing 3D non-axisymmetric temperature fields in water

• [P3] T.A. Nguyen, N. Kakuta, Visualization and quantification of heat transfer from small heat sources using a near-infrared imaging method, Trans. Vis. Soc. Japan. 43 (2023) 21–28. https://doi.org/10.3154/tvsj.43.21.
• [P2] T.A. Nguyen, N. Kakuta, Experimental study on the initial thermal plumes produced by small heating plates in water, Exp. Therm. Fluid Sci. 142 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2022.110803.