Nguyễn Biên
Lecturer, former Head of the Department of Bridges and Tunnels (1963–1966)
Biography
Mr Nguyễn Biên graduated from MIIT (Moscow Institute of Railway Engineering) and joined the Department in 1960. He interpreted for the Department’s first engineering refresher course, taught by the Soviet expert Assoc. Prof. B. Erin, joined the prestressed concrete research group that designed and built Phủ Lỗ Bridge (1962) and, with Mr Nguyễn Trâm, ran the first in-service class in bridge and road engineering (1963). At the end of 1963 he was appointed Head of the Department. In 1966 the University put him in charge of the Faculty of Economics. He wrote the Steel Structures textbook (1961), translated the course notes Preliminary Design of Bridge Alternatives and Technical and Economic Characteristics of Bridges (1962) and co-wrote the Steel Bridges textbook (1963) with Mr Nguyễn Như Khải. He passed away in 1992.
Textbooks and books
- Cầu thép (1963)
- Thiết kế phương án sơ bộ (1962)
- Đặc trưng kinh tế kỹ thuật cầu (1962)
- Kết cấu thép (1961)
Titles as published, in Vietnamese; each links to its entry on the Textbooks and books page.
Biography compiled from the department’s 50-year yearbook (1959–2009), the textbook catalogue and the group’s archived posts. Read the history of the group