Tuan Ngo

Professor Tuan Ngo is a professor in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Melbourne. He obtained his PhD in civil engineering from the University of Melbourne in 2005 and has been affiliated with the university since 2000. Currently, he leads the Advanced Protective Technologies for Engineering Structures (APTES) Group, recognized as one of the leading centres in advanced materials, structural systems, and physical infrastructure protection in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. He also leads the Structures and Buildings Group in the department. Ngo serves as the Research Program Leader for Building Transformation in the Building 4.0 CRC, a $130 million initiative to transform the Australian building industry. He was the Research Director of the ARC Training Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing (ARC-CAMPH), focusing on prefabricated buildings and off-site construction. Additionally, he is the Director of PrefabAUS, contributing to the growth of the offsite manufacturing industry in Australia.

Ngo's research focuses on advanced materials and structural systems, physical infrastructure protection, blast loading and effects on structures, multi-storey modular buildings, prefabricated reusable modules, auxetic metamaterials, additive manufacturing, bushfire impacts, and sustainable construction practices. His work includes vulnerability modeling for critical infrastructure such as high-rise buildings, airports, bridges, tunnels, and power plants under extreme natural and man-made hazards, as well as developing innovative lightweight modular systems with superior thermal-mechanical, acoustic, fire-resistant, and low-environmental-impact properties. He has pioneered offsite manufacturing and Industry 4.0 applications in buildings. Key publications include 'Additive manufacturing (3D printing): A review of materials, methods, applications and challenges' (Composites Part B: Engineering, 2018), 'Auxetic metamaterials and structures: a review' (Smart Materials and Structures, 2018), 'Blast loading and blast effects on structures – an overview' (Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 2007), and 'New advancements, challenges and opportunities of multi-storey modular buildings – A state-of-the-art review' (Engineering Structures, 2019). Ngo has received the University of Melbourne Excellence Award for Industry-engaged Research in 2017 and 2020, election as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) in 2023, recognition as the world's top Composite Materials researcher by The Australian in 2023, and Highly Commended in the Research Impacting a Sustainable Future category at the 2022 Australia and New Zealand Scopus Researcher Awards.

Professional Email: dtngo@unimelb.edu.au