Tran Duong Nguyen, Ph.D., R.A.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2026
• M.S., Construction Management, Kennesaw State University, 2022
• B.A., Architecture and Planning Design, National University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam, 2007

 

CERTIFICATIONS & REGISTRATIONS

• Registered Architect (R.A.), Department of Construction, Vietnam, 2012
• CIRTL Associate Certificate, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2026
• Tech to Teaching Certificate, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025
• Mentoring and Advising Certificate, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025
• Scholarly Teaching Certificate, Kennesaw State University, 2022
• Procore Project Management Certificate, Procore Technologies, 2021

 

EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, Construction Management, University of Wyoming, 2027–Present
• Instructor, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023–2026
• Design Manager, Van Lang Architecture Company Ltd., 2017–2020
• Senior Architect & Planning Leader, Inros Lackner Vietnam LLC, 2015–2017
• Project Architect, Nippon Koei Vietnam LLC, 2013–2015
• Senior Architect, Hanoi Urban Architecture Consulting JSC, 2011–2013
• Architect, WATG, Seattle, WA, 2011
• Architect, Van Lang Architecture Company Ltd., 2006–2011

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Distributed Construction, Modular and Industrialized Construction
• Life Cycle Assessment and Low-Carbon Built Environment
• Building Information Modeling (BIM)
• Digital Twins
• Emerging Technologies and Construction 4.0 
• Sustainable Construction
• Post-Disaster Housing
• Building Energy and Environmental Performance
• Green Building Rating Systems
• AI Education

 

TEACHING AREAS

• Construction Planning and Scheduling
• Design and Construction Processes
• Building Information Modeling (BIM)
• Sustainable Construction
• Lean Construction
• Project Delivery Methods and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
• Digital Technologies in Construction

 

FEATURED AWARDS

• 2026, Georgia Tech Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year
• 2026, GPPD Career Development Grant Award
• 2025, Selected Paper, Best of Construction Engineering Division, ASEE
• 2023, Fellowship Award, Executive Advisory Board, College of Design
• 2021, Best Research Paper, Architectural Engineering Division, ASEE

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Member, 2022
• Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), Member, 2021
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Member, 2021
• Vietnam Architects Association (VAA), Member, 2014

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Nguyen, T. D., & Adhikari, S. (2026). Advancing Digital Twins for Building Lifecycle Management in Construction: A Systematic Literature Review. Buildings 2026, 16(3). DOI: 10.3390/buildings16061151.
• Nguyen, T. D., & Pishdad, P. (2025). Assessing the life cycle environmental impacts of modular construction: A U.S. case study of a prototype housing unit. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science. Themed Issue: Life Cycle Assessment. DOI: 10.1680/jenes.24.00146.
• Nguyen, T. D., & Adhikari, S. (2025). Bridging the Gap: Enhancing BIM Education for Sustainable Design Through Integrated Curriculum and Student Perception Analysis. Computers, 14(11), 463. DOI: 10.3390/computers14110463.
• Nguyen, T. D., & Adhikari, S. (2023). The Role of BIM in Integrating Digital Twin in Building Construction: A Literature Review. Sustainability, 15(13), 10462. DOI: 10.3390/su151310462.
• Baru, A., Zeng, Q., Shagar, M., Nguyen, T. D., Pishdad, P., & Yang, E. Reconciling technical compliance with lived experience: Applying a mixed-methods approach to evaluate occupant satisfaction in a high-performance educational building. Building and Environment. Volume 304, Part A. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2026.115006.

Please see my Google Scholar profile for a full list of peer-reviewed journal articles and other scholarly publications.