Graduate Student Department of Mechanical Engineering Email: tuan.nguyen002@temple.edu Office: Room 208, Engineering Building

Education

M.S., Temple University, Mechanical Engineering, Expected May 2012

B.S., The State University of New York at Buffalo, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, 2010

Research Interests

Mechanics of Solids, Computation Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Numerical Methods

Current Project(s)

Master Thesis Title : “Numerical Simulation of a Smart Actuator for an Active Surgical Needle”.

Publications

To be updated.

Conference Proceedings

1. 1.        Datla, N.V., Honarvar, M., Nguyen, T.M., Podder, T.K., Yu, Y., Dicker, A.P., Darvish, K., Hutapea, P. (April 2012) Thermomechanical Behavior of a Smart Actuator for an Active Surgical Needle. ASME 11^th Annual Design of Medical Device Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA.