PhD. Nguyen Thanh Tam
Lecturer
Department of Environmental Technology
Contact: Room C34, 227 Nguyen Van Cu St., Dist. 5, HCMC
Email: ngttam@hcmus.edu.vn
Teaching areas
- ENE10023: Solid and hazardous waste management
- ENE10005: Physical and chemical processes for wastewater treatment
- ENE10017: Fieldtrip
- ENE10007: Lab course on basic environmental engineering
- ENE10104: Lab course on wastewater treatment pilot systems ENE10106 Internship
- ENV00001: Fundamental of Environmental Science
Research interests
- Ultrasonic cavitation
- Sonochemistry
- Catalyst Materials
- Water/wastewater Engineering and Energy
Projects
Name of project or research focus
Body funding
Role/ Period
Development nanomaterials from MSWI fly ash for recovering Fluoride
Yunlin National University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
PI
2021-2023
Development of biochar and activated carbon from agricultural wastes for the removal of heavy metals
in water
National Chi Nan University, Taiwan and University of Science – VNU-HCM
PI
2020-2021
Synthesis of adsorbent materials from natural Feldspar for removal of contaminants in water environment
University of Science – VNU-HCM
PI
2019-2020
Key publications
- Nguyen, T. T., Tsai, C. K., & Horng, J. J. (2022). Sustainable Recovery of Valuable Nanoporous Materials from High-Chlorine MSWI Fly Ash by Ultrasound with Organic Acids. Molecules, 27(7), 2289.
- Tsai CK, Lee YC, Nguyen TT, Horng JJ. Levofloxacin degradation under visible-LED photo-catalyzing by a novel ternary Fe–ZnO/WO3 nanocomposite. Chemosphere. 2022 Jul 1;298:134285.
- TT Nguyen, HH Chen, TH To, YC Chang, CK Tsai, KF Chen, YP Tsai, “Development of Biochars Derived from Water Bamboo (Zizania latifolia) Shoot Husks Using Pyrolysis and Ultrasound-Assisted Pyrolysis for the Treatment of Reactive Black 5 (RB5) in Wastewater”. Water, Vol.13, 1615 (2021).
- TT Nguyen, Y Asakura, S Koda, K Yasuda, “Dependence of cavitation, chemical effect, and mechanical effect thresholds on ultrasonic frequency”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol.39, 301-306 (2017).
- TT Nguyen, Y Asakura, S Koda, K Yasuda, “Effect of ultrasonic cavitation on measurement of sound pressure using hydrophone”, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.56, No.7S1, 07JE061-07JE065 (2017).
- TT Nguyen, Y Takahashi, Y Asakura, K Yasuda, “Removal of silicic acid in geothermal water by combination of ultrasonication and silica gel seed”, Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.50, No.7, 542-547 (2017).
- TNB Pham, TVK Le, TTT Bui, LNG Phan, VQ Tran, LM Nguyen, QV Dang, TT Nguyen, HTN Vo, KC Tran, “Improved synthesis of Ag/SiO2 colloidal nanocomposites and their antibacterial activity against Ralstonia solanacearum 15”, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 21, pp. 1598–1605 (2021).