PhD in Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing

University of Rennes, Oct 2023 - Jul 2026, France

• Research topic: Developed parallelized plasma simulation models using Particle-In-Cell methods in C++ with MPI/OpenMP.
• Supervisors: Francis Filbet and Luis-Miguel Rodrigues.
• The project is the first successful simulation in the world of plasma confinement in a torus.
• Developed MPI-parallelized solvers for the Vlasov–Poisson system.
• Implemented Particle-In-Cell and spectral methods for plasma simulations.
• Optimized large-scale PDE simulations using FFT-based domain decomposition techniques.
• Optimized numerical solvers using OpenMP.
• Adapted MUMPS sparse direct solver for large-scale Poisson systems.
• Applied ghost-point method to the Catersian mesh for the simulation on irregular domains (Circular, D-shaped).

Research Internship

University of Toulouse, Apr 2023 -Sep 2023, France

• Developed and implemented numerical methods for particle systems.
• Built C++ simulation codes using MPI and OpenMP.
• Conducted simulations related to plasma physics and kinetic equations.
• Applied finite difference methods for numerical validation.

Research Assistant

Vietnam National University, Jul 2021 - Jul 2022, Vietnam

• Implemented OpenMP acceleration for Fortran90-based QBMM models.
• Simulated Williams–Boltzmann equations using moment methods.
• Improved computational efficiency of aerosol simulations.

Product Development Engineer

Bosch Corporation, Oct 2018 - Jun 2021, Vietnam

• Focused on improving the performance of the product push-belt (including belt and elements) in an automobile.
• Developed numerical analysis workflows for residual stress measurement on the surface of elements to find where they would be cracked.
• Applied finite volume methods in Fortran and Abaqus simulations for the grinding process to optimize the shape of the element.
• Built MATLAB tools to optimize product combinations and reduce manufacturing cost for the chosen elements.
• Developed image and video processing tools for high-speed camera analysis to compute the belts in bad environments.
• Collaborated on the manufacturing process with partners from the Netherlands.

Engineering Internship

Bosch Corporation, Mar 2018 - Sep 2018, Vietnam

• Worked on residual stress measurement techniques.
• Applied numerical analysis and image processing methods.
• Used Abaqus and MATLAB for simulation and analysis.