Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Office: Science III, room 217
Tel +64 22 5095 676
Email minhduc.nguyen@otago.ac.nz
About
I completed a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering in Vietnam in 2009; Master of Environmental Management in Australia in 2015; and Ph.D in Geography and Mathematics in New Zealand in 2022.
Research Interests
I am interested in using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to examine the environmental fluid flow to support environmental management. My previous Ph.D research examined the wind flow dynamics over the coastal sand dunes and implications for sand transport and dune evolution. My postdoctoral research examines the water flow and oxygen through the innovative designs of salmon cages to provide healthy habitat for open ocean aquaculture.
Publications
Nguyen, D., Wakes, S., & Hilton, M. (2024). The influence of backdune morphology on air flow dynamics through an excavated foredune notch. Aeolian Research, 67-69, 100929. doi: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2024.100929 Journal - Research Article
Nguyen, D. (2022, September). Wind flow and sand transport through excavated foredune notches, New Zealand. International Society for Aeolian Research (ISAR) Virtuaeolian Seminar Series [Online]. [Public Seminar]. Other Research Output
Nguyen, D., Wakes, S., & Hilton, M. (2022). Using CFD to examine the effects of backdune morphology on the flow dynamics behind excavated foredune notches. Proceedings of the 10th Fluids in New Zealand (FiNZ) Workshop. (pp. 34). Retrieved from https://finz2022.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Nguyen, D. M. (2022). Wind flow dynamics and sand transport through excavated foredune notches (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/12831 Awarded Doctoral Degree
Nguyen, D., Hilton, M., & Wakes, S. (2022). Wind flow dynamics and sand deposition behind excavated foredune notches on developed coasts. Earth Surface Processes & Landforms, 47, 1698-1719. doi: 10.1002/esp.5341 Journal - Research Article