Rate My Professor Tuyen Nguyen

Dr Tuyen Nguyen is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She holds a PhD from the University of Newcastle, completed in 2018, with a thesis titled 'Vaporisation of single and binary component droplets in heated flowing gas stream and on solid sphere'. She also earned a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Da Nang University of Technology, Vietnam. Nguyen's research investigates heat transfer under different fluid flow conditions in engineering systems, from high-temperature molten metal environments to industrial cooling applications. Her work encompasses the physics of liquid droplets evaporation, mathematical modelling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and laboratory experimentation. She applies these skills to model steelmaking processes, furnaces, boilers, heat sinks, and other thermal-fluid engineering systems, providing fundamental knowledge and practical relevance for industries.

Nguyen teaches Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics 2, and CFD in both undergraduate and Master's programs. She serves as principal supervisor for one current PhD student on 'Outer Layer Manipulation of Smooth and Rough Wall Turbulent Boundary Layers' and has co-supervised completions including a PhD in 2022 on 'Iron Ore Sinter Quality for Blast Furnace Ironmaking under Hydrogen Operation' and an MPhil in 2025 on 'Reduction of Iron Ore Lump in Hydrogen Containing Atmospheres'. Key publications include 'Reducibility of Iron Ore Sinter Analogues under Hydrogen-enriched and Conventional Blast Furnace Gas Compositions' (2026, ISIJ International), 'Effects of Slag Composition on Phosphorus Segregation to Dicalcium Silicate-Tricalcium Phosphate Solid Solution for Recycling of Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Slags' (2025, Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy), 'Reduction Degradation of Lump, Sinter, and Pellets in Blast Furnace with Hydrogen Injection' (2024, ISIJ International), 'Experimental analysis of the melt fraction - mechanical strength relationship for iron ore sinter analogues' (2024, Powder Technology), and 'Ionic Distribution of an Unequal Electrolyte Near an Air/Water Surface' (2024, Journal of Oleo Science). Her contributions advance low-emission ironmaking and sustainable steelmaking technologies, particularly in hydrogen-based processes, sinter quality, and slag recycling. She is affiliated with the Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research and the BHP Centre for Sustainable Steelmaking Research.