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Associate Professor Van Dau serves as Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering (Computational Mechanics) within the School of Engineering and Built Environment at Griffith University. He obtained his B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, in 2002, followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in MicroNano Technology from Ritsumeikan University, Japan, completing his doctorate from October 2004 to March 2007. After his Ph.D., he undertook a postdoctoral position with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in Kyoto, Japan, from April 2007 to March 2010. Subsequently, he worked as a researcher at Sumitomo Chemical Ltd.'s Environmental Health Research Laboratory in Osaka, Japan, from April 2010 to December 2018, before joining Griffith University as an academic staff member.

Van Dau's research focuses on MEMS/NEMS sensors and electrofluidodynamics, encompassing mechatronics, micro-sensors and actuators, microfluidics, electrohydrodynamics, microdevices, nanofibers, flexible electronics, nanoparticles, aerosols, respiratory medical devices, and new-generation devices for environmental health and bioapplications. He has produced over 200 publications, garnering more than 3,000 citations on Google Scholar. Notable works include 'Numerical study and experimental validation of a valveless piezoelectric air blower for fluidic applications' (2015), 'Design Study of Multidirectional Jet Flow for a Triple-Axis Fluidic Gyroscope' (2015), 'A micromirror with CNTs hinge fabricated by the integration of CNTs film into a MEMS actuator' (2013), 'Polyacrylonitrile-carbon Nanotube-polyacrylonitrile: A Versatile Nanocomposite for Advanced Applications' (2021), and 'Numerical study of electrohydrodynamic atomization considering liquid wetting and corona discharge effects' (2023). His innovations have led to several US and international patents. Van Dau has secured major grants, such as the ARC Discovery Project DP240101559 ($657,966) with Professor Bernd Rehm for inhalation drug delivery systems, and contributed to projects on synthetic biopolymer-protein conjugates and microneedle manufacturing for painless drug delivery. He actively supervises postgraduate students, teaches in mechanical engineering, and serves as guest editor for special issues on advanced fabrication technologies in sensors.