Interest
- Low cost sensor for air monitoring
- Data analysis for IoT
- Water chemistry in microalgae cultivation
- Team learning
Competency
- Python Programming
- Embedded System
- IoT in air monitoring
- English & Vietnamese
Working Experience
- Research microalgae & dust sensor
- Manage a division in a garment factory
- Develope and empower direct reports
Curriculum Vitae
Binh Nguyen, Ph.D
- Email: nguyenbinhbk@gmail.com
- Address: Nam Tu Liem, Ha Noi
Professional Objectives
- Environment quality
- validate public data by collecting and comparing fine particle concentration in ambient air
- research removal of fine particle by common facemasks, effect of weather to its trend
- use low-cost hardware to monitor the environment changes with IoT system to collect data and process near realtime
- Bio-renewable energy
- support growth of microalgae by control pH and CO2 mass transfer rate
- evaluate fate and transport of nutrients and wastes from/by microalgae
- reduce carbon footprint in fuel by converting inorganic carbon to biomass using sunlight
- Developing people and teamwork:
- coach team members to collaborate on shared goals
- improve fact-first on technical communication
- team learning via case study and reflection
Working experience
06-2019 - 07/2020: R&D Researcher at PAM Air (pamair.org)
- implemented a roadmap to calibrate air quality devices
- supervised building and testing fine particle calibrating apparatus
- analyzed data and proposed corrective measures on air quality monitoring network
2017 - 2019: Freelancer & Independent Researcher
- automatically collected fine particulate data from public stations and compared with low-cost sensors (SDS011, PMS7003, SDS011, DYLOS DC1100) cited two times
- evaluated removal efficiency of PM2.5 and PM10 by common face masks
- built home weather station, stored in SQL database and displayed data on a public website with tutorials
10/2016-05/2017: Excecutive Trainee
Esquel Garment Vietnam-Hoa Binh Co., Ltd., Hoa Binh, Vietnam
- led production a maintenance team for daily operations including 40 workers, 12 staffs
- developed a macro-enabled Excel file to check machine availability based on the production loading
- coached direct reports on communication, problem-solving and decision-making
9/2015 - 9/2016: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnolog (BSCEB), Phoenix, AZ, United States
- improved carbon dioxide sequestration by microalgae by conditioning alkalinity growth environment, stable pH and delivering CO2 through hollow-fiber membrane
- developed a turbiostat system to automatically measured and controlled microalgae biomass
- coordinated research activity and laboratory management of ~7-member team
2010 - 2015: Graduate Research Associate
BSCEB, Phoenix, AZ, United States
- delivered milestones in U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) grant:” Managing the Microbial Ecology of a Cyanobacteria-Based Photosynthetic Factory Direct!” 2012-2014
- designed, optimized and operated small photobioreactors with pH-Stat function to study carbon, electron partitioning under different light intensity by microalgae
- mentored 2 undergrads, 2 visiting scholars and various laboratory tours
2009 - 2010: Project developer
Camco South East Asia Ltd , Hanoi Office, Vietnam
- collected input and prepared documents of Clean Development Mechanism (carbon mitigation credit) projects in wastewater and hydropower utilizing spreadsheet
- prepared 2 reports on hydropower projects, 3 reports for wastewater projected for senior executives
2007 - 2009: Project Developer/Manager
Vietnam Energy and Environment JSC., Hanoi, Vietnam
- managed multiple stages of CDM projects from study feasibility, select methodology, collect documents, due diligence, and validation
- advanced 3 projects to the validation stage (with DNV, TUV-NORD); 2 projects contracted with clients; 8 projects in progress
Education
Ph.D., 2015, Arizona State University (ASU), AZ, United States
- Major: Civil, Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Engineering
- Dissertation title: “Photoautotrophic Production of Biomass, Laurate, and Soluble Organics by Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803”
- Committee members: (Drs.) Bruce E. Rittmann (Chair); Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Paul Westerhoff
Master of Science, 2012, ASU, AZ, United States
Bachelor of Science, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam
Publication
- Nguyen, B. T., & Rittmann, B. E. (2018). Low-cost optical sensor to automatically monitor and control biomass concentration in microalgal cultivation. Algal Research , 32, 101-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.03.013
- Zhou, Y., Nguyen, B. T., Zhou, C., Straka, L., Lai, Y. S., Xia, S., & Rittmann, B. E. (2017). The distribution of phosphorus and its transformations during batch growth of Synechocystis. Water research, 122, 355-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.017
- Zhou, Y.,Nguyen, B. T., Lai, Y. S., Zhou, C., Xia, S., & Rittmann, B. E. (2016). Using flow cytometry to evaluate thermal extraction of EPS from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Algal Research , 20, 276-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2016.10.024
- Zhou, Y., Xia, S., Zhang, J., Nguyen, B. T., & Zhang, Z. (2017). Insight into the influences of pH value on Pb (II) removal by the biopolymer extracted from activated sludge. Chemical Engineering Journal, 308, 1098-1104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.09.141
- Nguyen, B. T., & Rittmann, B. E. (2016). Effects of inorganic carbon and pH on growth kinetics of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Algal Research,19, 363-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2016.03.011
- Nguyen, B. T., & Rittmann, B. E. (2016). Electron partitioning in soluble organic products by wild-type and modified Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biomass and Bioenergy, 90, 237-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.04.016
- Nguyen, B. T., & Rittmann, B. E. (2015). Predicting dissolved inorganic carbon in photoautotrophic microalgae culture via the nitrogen source. Environmental science & technology, 49(16), 9826-9831. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01727
Presentation
- Nguyen, B. T., & Rittmann, B. E. Managing alkalinity, pH, and inorganic carbon to support high-rate microalgae cultivation. 2016 IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Spain. (poster)
- Nguyen, B. T., & Rittmann, B. E. Improving photoautotrophic growth by maintaining a fixed growth pH and a sufficient inorganic carbon, Pacifichem 2015, Hawaii, U.S. (poster)
- Nguyen, B. T., & Rittmann, B. E. Using a pH-stat to understand how the N source affects the concentration of inorganic carbon in microalgae culture publication description ACS 249th National Meeting and Exposition (oral presentation)
Honors and Awards
- Certificate of Merit (2015): Division of Environmental Chemistry- American Chemical Society for the quality and relevance to advancement of environmental process
- Service Award (2014) by Vietnam Education Foundation Fellows Association (VEFFA)
- Certificate of Appreciation (2012, 2013) in recognition of valuation contributions to the Vietnam Education Foundation annual conference
- Vietnam Education Foundation fellowship (2010-2012)
Public & Community Services
- Director of Executive team of VEF Fellows and Scholars Association (2013-2014)
- Core team member (2013-2016), editor of Vietnam Journal of Science
- Reviewer for Environmental Science and Technology and Algal Research Journals
- Volunteering with AirSense (SPARC HUST) low-cost air quality project on data analysis and device calibration (2018-2019)