Daniel Nguyen

Background

Daniel Nguyen is on the faculty of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and holds a Ph.D. from Iowa State University. Before Porter, Daniel worked in bridge inspection and rehabilitation.

Daniel's research focuses on transportation engineering, with related work in structural health monitoring; undergraduates are involved in the lab most terms.

Areas of expertise

• Transportation engineering
• Structural health monitoring
• Undergraduate research and project mentoring

Teaching

Daniel regularly teaches courses in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering. Specific sections and syllabi are listed in the class schedule each term.

Courses lean on current problems from the field: students read recent work, reproduce a result or method, and then extend it. Daniel builds in low-stakes practice before graded work and gives written feedback on drafts.

Advising and office hours

Daniel advises students in the Civil & Environmental Engineering programs and holds weekly office hours during the fall and spring terms, posted on the office door and in the course pages. Prospective students are welcome to email to arrange a visit or a call.

Advising conversations usually cover course sequencing, whether to add a minor or a concentration, and how classroom work connects to internships, research, or graduate study. Students who are undecided are welcome; part of the job is helping them narrow things down.

Recent and representative work

Daniel's recent activity is a mix of peer-reviewed work, conference talks, and student-involved projects in transportation engineering and structural health monitoring. Representative items:

• A peer-reviewed article on transportation engineering in a disciplinary journal.
• A conference paper on structural health monitoring, co-authored with an undergraduate researcher.
• An internally funded project applying transportation engineering to a regional partner's problem.

Titles and venues here are illustrative. UW–Porter Falls is fictional; Daniel has no real publication record.

Get in touch

The fastest way to reach Daniel is email (dnguyen@uwporterfalls.edu); messages during the fall and spring terms are usually answered within two business days. Prospective students and families can ask the Civil & Environmental Engineering department office to set up a call, a class visit, or a meeting during an admitted-student day.