Dr Nguyễn Thế Phùng
Lecturer of the Department of Bridges and Tunnels (1967–1995), Tunnel group
Biography
Mr Nguyễn Thế Phùng graduated with the 7th intake in urban planning and joined the Department of Bridges and Tunnels in February 1967; that same year he joined the Department’s newly formed Tunnel group. He was a PhD candidate in the Soviet Union (1976–1980) and returned to the Department after completing his Candidate of Sciences thesis in 1980. His main research interests are the design and construction of transport tunnels, special methods for underground construction, rock bolts and shotcrete in underground construction, and the analysis of pressurised hydraulic tunnel linings considering creep.
With his colleagues in the Tunnel group, he studied on his own and completed a project equivalent to a graduation project in tunnel engineering so as to take on the transport-tunnel course quickly. In 1971 he and other teachers designed 16 bridges in the ATK area (Bắc Thái). He wrote, co-wrote or translated many books on underground construction: Tunnel Construction (1997, 2014), Analysis of Pressurised Hydraulic Tunnel Linings Considering Creep (2007), Special Methods for Underground Construction (2009), Rock Bolts and Shotcrete in Underground Construction (2016) and Design of Transport Tunnels (2018), and he translated Design and Construction of Underground Structures and Deep Excavations by Vilen Alếchxêvích Ivácnhúc.
From April to December 1973 he was seconded to work in Quảng Ninh. In 1982 he was seconded as Technical Deputy Director of the Underground Works Company, working directly on the underground structures of the Hòa Bình hydropower plant; having completed this assignment, he returned to the Department in early 1987. In 1993 he became Director of the Project Management Unit and Deputy Head of the Office of the National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities. According to the Department’s staff list, he worked at the Department from 1967 to 1995.
Education
- Engineer's degree: Urban planning, 7th intake
- PhD (Candidate of Sciences): Doctoral studies in the Soviet Union (1976–1980); thesis completed in 1980
Main research interests
- Design of transport tunnels
- Tunnel construction
- Special methods for underground construction
- Rock bolts and shotcrete in underground construction
- Analysis of pressurised hydraulic tunnel linings considering creep
- Underground structures of hydropower plants
Career
| Years | Institution | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 02/1967–1995 | Department of Bridges and Tunnels, National University of Civil Engineering | Lecturer, Tunnel group |
| 04/1973–12/1973 | Quảng Ninh | On secondment |
| 1976–1980 | Soviet Union | PhD candidate |
| 1982–1987 | Underground Works Company (underground structures of the Hòa Bình hydropower plant) | Technical Deputy Director (on secondment) |
| 1993 | National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities | Director of the Project Management Unit; Deputy Head of the Office |
Textbooks and books
- Thiết kế hầm giao thông (2018)
- Neo và bê tông phun trong xây dựng ngầm (2016)
- Thi công hầm (2014)
- Thi công công trình ngầm bằng các phương pháp đặc biệt (2009)
- Tính toán vỏ hầm thủy lợi có áp có xét từ biến (2007)
- Thiết kế và xây dựng công trình ngầm và công trình đào sâu (2004)
- Thi công hầm (1997)
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