Hope for new material technology
Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu, Senior Lecturer in Solar Power at Australian National University has just been honored as one of 10 outstanding individuals awarded the Golden Globe Science and Technology Award in 2021 by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and the Ministry of Science and Technology. Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu is notable because he has 72 publications in international journals, and is the founder and manager of two optical laboratories at the Australian National University.
Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu (Photo: Vietnamnet)
Since 2019, his research team has announced the invention of the "miracle of speed and space", paving the way for the birth of defect detection tools in solar battery with high resolution and extremely high accuracy.
Great happy news came in early 2021 when the research team was granted a grant of up to AUD 1 million by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency for a new generation solar battery development project.
Currently, the team is focusing on developing and improving new measurement methods for solar batteries, helping to find defects in batteries from the very first stages of production. The team also achieved very positive initial results on a new method that can measure multiple optical properties of materials at once.
The group's measurement methods have been used by many universities and research institutes around the world such as the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney in Australia, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory and a number of research institutes in Europe.
In the coming time, Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu and the research team will continue to improve solar battery measurement methods and related theories, and pursue the discovery of new technologies.
“I always try to learn and absorb the knowledge and experience of my predecessors. Once I have made a choice, I am determined to follow the path I want to pursue. I have a goal first, then go step by step to conquer it. If success does not come right away, I don't get discouraged, and I don't give up," Hieu shared.
Winner of France’s Mathematical Prize
Professor (Prof) Le Thi Hoai An has become the first researcher in France and the second Vietnamese person awarded the Constantine Carathéodory Prize 2021, an international mathematics prize.
This is a prestigious award named after mathematician Constantine Carathéoodory, established in 2011 by the International Society of Global Optimization (iSoGO), and awarded every two years to an individual (or a group) in recognition of their fundamental contributions to the field tested over the time in theory, algorithms, and applications of Global Optimization.
Not only teaching Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the University of Lorraine (France), Prof. Le Thi Hoai An is also appointed as a senior member of the Institute of French Universities (IUF), an organization of the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
Born in Ha Tinh province, Prof. Le Thi Hoai An is the youngest daughter in the traditional family of teachers of the late Assoc. Prof. Le Ba Han. Therefore, she is very proud of her family's tradition of dedication to the country and remarkable achievements in her profession.
Prof. Le Thi Hoai An (Photo: baohatinh.vn)
Another lucky thing is that her husband is a scientist and also studies the same subject with her. He was the one who worked side by side with her in founding the theory of DC (Difference of Convex - functions) and DCA (Advanced Difference of Convex functions Algorithms). These are effective tools of non-convex and global optimal planning started by Prof. Pham Dinh Tao in 1985 and widely developed since 1993 through joint research works.
Prof. Le Thi Hoai An said that DCA is used by many scientists in the world in different specialized fields and attracts many of the world's major industrial firms. It is a very powerful tool that allows solving tough problems of various application areas such as data mining and machine learning, telecommunications, transportation, supply chain, production management, finance, mechanics, energy, biology, medicine, image analysis, encryption, security and reliability.
With more than 280 scientific works in the fields of Optimal Mathematics and Data Science along with the training achievements of 35 PhDs and 4 Doctor of Science, the scientific record of Prof. Le Thi Hoai An is considered to be particularly excellent with a score of 29/30.
In spite of being busy with scientific research in France, she often returns to her homeland to participate in cooperative activities with Vietnamese universities and guide young Vietnamese mathematicians. With the desire of contributing to the development of applied mathematics in Vietnam, over the past 20 years, she has always given priority to guide and help Vietnamese graduate students.
Through lectures at many universities in Vietnam, she wants her students to be aware of the importance of mathematics, promoting and facilitating them to research mathematics applications in different fields, especially the important areas of the current industrial revolution 4.0 of digital and data science.
Especially, since 2013, she, her husband and Prof. Nguyen Ngoc Thanh in Poland have founded and successfully organized the International Conference on Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, which attracted over 50 Vietnamese scientists working in applied mathematics and information technology in Europe.
“Star” of spirit of global connection
The Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (Star Scholars) recently announced the results of the Noam Chomsky Prize 2021 for six scholars. This award is given to those who have made an exceptional contribution to transnational research, demonstrating academic collaboration among scholars around the world.
Dr. Tran Le Huu Nghia, a researcher at the School of Business and Economics under the Australian National University, was awarded the Noam Chomsky Award as an Emerging Star Scholar in 2021.
With this honor, Tran Le Huu Nghia is the third Vietnamese person to ever receive the Noam Chomsky Award. In 2020, Assoc. Prof. Tran Xuan Bach from Hanoi Medical University and Prof. Tran Thi Ly from Deakin University were also given this award.
Dr. Tran Le Huu Nghia (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
So far, Dr. Tran Le Huu Nghia has published about 30 articles/books indexed on ISI, Scopus catalogs. His research topics are mainly on employment of post-graduated students, work-integrated learning, teacher training, international education and English language teaching.
Dr. Tran Le Huu Nghia has been a member of many Vietnamese and international projects on education. For example, at Ton Duc Thang University, he is a researcher of the Information Quantitative Group.
Through talks, Dr. Tran Le Huu Nghia has brought startup inspiration to students, helping them determine what to prepare for the career in addition to the task of successfully completing the academic program.
In addition, with his own practical experience, he also shared important information with young people when deciding to continue their education by studying abroad, such as finding scholarships, preparing profiles and interviewing./.