User:Khai.Chau

Khai Chau-Nguyen

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

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.

Research interests

• Topology optimization
• Polygonal finite elements
• Model Order Reduction
• NMR detector
• Metamaterials

Expertise

Software

• MATLAB
• COMSOL
• ANSYS (Mechanical APDL, CFX, FLUENT, Workbench, ICEM CFD, SpaceClaim)
• 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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