User:Khai.Chau

Department: Mechanical Engineering

Team: Spin & Photon Applications (SPA)

Research Field: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Topology Optimization, Model Order Reduction

Building: 307

Room: 244

Phone: 0721-608-29313

E-mail: khai.chau@kit.edu

Job description

Khai Chau obtained his B.Sc. degree (2014) in Engineering Mechanics from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam. In 2019, he received an M.Sc. degree in Computational Engineering from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum with the thesis "A polytree-based adaptive polygonal finite element method for multi-material topology optimization".

In 2021, he joined the SPA Group at the Institute of Microstructure Technology to work on the optiMuM project as a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Korvink and Dr. Badilita. His research focuses on a combination of two advanced numerical techniques, namely Topology Optimization (TO) and Model Order Reduction (MOR), in a way that will significantly speed up the numerical simulation-based efficient design optimization of miniaturized multi-resonant systems.

Expertise

Software

• MATLAB
• COMSOL
• ANSYS
• Abaqus
• Cubit
• ParaView
• Simufact

Publications

1. Khai N. Chau, Khanh N. Chau, Tuan D. Ngo, K. Hackl, and H. Nguyen Xuan, A polytree-based adaptive polygonal finite element method for multi-material topology optimization, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 332 (2018) 712–739. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2017.07.035 2. Khai Chau-Nguyen, Phuong Tran, and Hung Xuan Nguyen, Multi-material topology optimization for additive manufacturing using polytree-based adaptive polygonal finite elements, Automation in Construction 99 (2019) 79–90. DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.12.005 3. H. Nguyen-Xuan, Khanh N. Chau, and Khai N. Chau, Polytopal composite finite elements, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 355 (2019) 405–437. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2019.06.030 4. Hu, S., Fitzer, U., Nguyen, K. C., Hohlfeld, D., Korvink, J. G., & Bechtold, T. (2023). Multi-Objective Topology Optimization of a Broadband Piezoelectric Energy Harvester. Micromachines, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/mi14020332 5. Chau-Nguyen, K., Badilita V., Korvink G. J. (2024). Concept for a geometry-insensitive high-field magnetic resonance detector. Engineering with Computers 41, 1225–1240 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-024-02068-x 6. Liang, J., Davoodi, H., Chau-Nguyen, K. et al. Split spiral broadband double channel NMR detector facilitated by LTCC technology. Sci Rep 15, 20162 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05476-1