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EACSB 1.202
Email: cive@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3038

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Dr. Thang Pham

Thang Pham

Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
(956) 665-3103
Edinburg: EACSB 1.203
thang.pham@utrgv.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Geotechnical Engineering, University of Colorado, 2009.
  • M.S. and B.S., Civil Engineering, Vietnam National University of Civil Engineering

Biography

Dr. Pham has more than 25 years of engineering experience in both geotechnical and structural engineering. He held the position of Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology, the largest civil engineering research institute in Vietnam. He was the principal investigator (PI) of many Vietnam national research projects, and the PI and Co-PI for hundreds of other projects related to design, consulting, and field construction. Pham developed two graduate courses and taught 10 courses at UTRGV, and has been the advisor for a number of Ph.D. students in Vietnam, as well as M.S. students at UTRGV. He has research experience with the Turner-Fairbank Research Center, US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The findings in his dissertation were published in a FHWA report entitled “Composite Behavior of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Mass” (Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-10-077), and the analytical method was incorporated into FHWA’s Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Integrated Bridge System Interim Implementation Guide (FHWA-HRT-11-206).

Pham is the advisor of  UTRGV GeoWall team with two most recent national wins: First Place  National GeoWall at  GeoCongress Charlotte, 2022, and Second Place at GeoCongress Minneapolis, 2020.

Research Interests

  • Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Walls (Retaining Walls and Slope Stability)
  • Soil Improvement
  • Excavations
  • Shallow Foundations
  • Deep Foundations

More about Dr. Pham's research and activities

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