Khai Chau has 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 Technolog to work in 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.

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