Contact
| Department of Civil Engineering
International University, Vietnam National University HCMC
Linh Trung, Thu Duc, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Email: pnlkhanh@hcmiu.edu.vn |
Qualifications:
· Ph.D. in Geotechnical engineering, Korea University, South Korea, 2017
· Master of Engineering in Civil engineering, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Vietnam, 2011
· Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, University of Transport and Communications – HCM campus, Vietnam, 2009
Research interests:
· Unsaturated soil mechanics.
· Landslides, slope stability analysis and warning system for landslides.
· Image-based analysis of pore and particle structure.
· Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical coupling models for porous media.
· Apply machine learning to geotechnical problems.
Research projects:
1. Apply machine learning in estimating the unsaturated soil properties.
- Time: 2020 – present.
- Fund: International University.
- Role: Principal investigator.
Publications:
Pham, K., Park, S., Choi, H, Won, J.. Data-driven framework for predicting ground temperature during ground freezing of a silty deposit. Geomechanics and Engineering 2021, 26. https://doi.org/ 10.12989/gae.2021.26.3.000
Lee, D., Pham, K., Kang, M., Park, S., & Choi, H. (2020). Stepwise DE/FE combined approach for estimating effective thermal conductivity of frozen spherical particulate media. Computers and Geotechnics, 128, 103837.
Pham, K., Kim, D., Park, S., Choi, H. Ensemble learning-based classification models for slope stability analysis. Catena 2021, 196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104886
Kim, D., Pham, K., Park, S., Oh, J-Y., Choi, H. Determination of effective parameters on surface settlement during shield TBM. Geomech Eng 2020; 21:153–64.
Pham, K., Kim, D., Lee, I-M., Choi, H. Hydraulic-Mechanical Properties of Unsaturated Granite-Weathered Residual Soil in Korea. Vadose Zo J 2019; 18:0. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.10.0188.
Won, J., Lee, D., Pham, K., Lee, H., Choi, H. Impact of Particle Size Distribution of Colloidal Particles on Contaminant Transport in Porous Media. Appl Sci 2019; 9:932. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9050932.
Pham, K., Kim, D., Yoon, Y., Choi, H. Analysis of neural network based pedotransfer function for predicting soil water characteristic curve. Geoderma 2019; 351:92–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.05.013.
Pham, K., Kim, D., Choi, H., Lee, I-M., Choi, H. A numerical framework for infinite slope stability analysis under transient unsaturated seepage conditions. Eng Geol 2018; 243:36–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.05.021.
Pham, K., Lee, H., Kim, D., Lee I-M., Choi, H. Influence of hydraulic characteristics on stability of unsaturated slope under transient seepage conditions. Landslides 2018:1–13.
Pham, K., Choi, H., Lee, D., Kim, K., Choi, H. Effect of Biot’s coefficient and fluid properties on isothermal HM coupled consolidation analysis of porous media. KSCE J Civ Eng 2016; 20:2355–64.
Park, S., Lee, S., Lee, H., Pham, K., Choi, H. Effect of borehole material on analytical solutions of the heat transfer model of ground heat exchangers considering groundwater flow. Energies 2016; 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9050318.
Choi, H., Park, S., Lee, H., Pham, K., Ryu, H., Choi, H. Optimum operation of open-loop ground heat exchanger considering subsurface temperature gradient. Int J Energy Res 2016; 40. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.3435.