Dr. Thang Pham
Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Primary area: Geotechnical Engineering
Office: EASCB 1.203
Phone: (956) 665-3103
E-mail: thang.pham@utrgv.edu
Websites:
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Google Scholar Profile
About
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 different 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 and other universities. 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 that won 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
Teaching
- Graduate-level courses
- Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
- Slope Stability & Retaining Wall
- Undergraduate-level courses
- Foundation Design
- Earthwork Engineering & Design
- Geotechnical Engineering & Application
- CE Senior Design Project
- CE Materials
- Structural Analysis
- Mechanics of Solids
- Statics
Professional Service
- Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, USA, (2012-present)
- Member of Editorial Board of Vietnam Journal of Building Science and Technology. (2010 – 2016 and 2023-present)
- Faculty advisor of Founding UTRGV Student Chapter for TSPE, beginning Spring 2022
Education