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Kien Nguyen
Highly skilled in dynamic and vibration analysis, Kien Nguyen guides our engineering teams through comprehensive structural analysis and design for complex steel projects.
As an Associate in our Overland Park, Kansas office, Kien assists with day-to-day management of the office, and collaborates with DeSimone teams globally.
His diverse structural engineering portfolio ranges from industrial facilities, data centers, life sciences, and energy facilities to commercial, military, water, environmental, aviation, and transportation structures.
As a mentor to younger engineers, he draws upon his years of experience in academia, driving improvement through continuous learning and leveraging the latest tools and technologies to devise innovative solutions to complicated engineering challenges.
Kien has performed load rating for more than 100 bridges across the Midwest, evaluating a wide range of materials, sizes, and structural systems for each. He has led the structural analysis and design of a large army ammunition plant in Iowa, and developed specifications for steel structures built with cranes and elevated walkways. He has managed the structural engineering for major renovation projects in California and Missouri and led the structural design for two mission-critical data centers in a tornado-prone region of Ohio.
Education:
PhD, Civil (Structural) Engineering – The University of Kansas
MS, Civil (Structural) Engineering – KAIST, South Korea
BS, Civil & Industrial Structures – Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam
Professional Licenses & Certifications:
Licensed Professional Engineer (PE): Kansas, Missouri, California
Licensed Structural Engineer (SE): Illinois, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah
Memberships and Affiliations:
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Kansas City
Honors:
2018 O. H. Ammann Research Fellowship–Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Second place of the Poster Session Award - SSPC 2018 Conference - the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC)
ASTM International Graduate Fellowship - the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Selected Presentations & Publications:
Nasouri, R., Nguyen, K., Montoya, A., Bennett, C., Matamoros, A., Li, J., (2020). “Geometric Configuration Effects on the Formation of Weld Toe Cracks during the Galvanizing of High Mast Illumination Poles,” Tran-SET 2020
Nguyen, K., Bennett, C., Matamoros, A., Nasouri, R., Li, J., Montoya, A. (2019). "Galvanizing-Induced Distortion in Steel Plate Girders, Part II: Effects of Welding and Galvanizing Practices," Journal of Bridge Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 24(12).
Nguyen, K., Bennett, C., Matamoros, A., Nasouri, R., Li, J., Montoya, A. (2018). "Distortion of Steel Plate Girders due to Hot-Dip Galvanizing", World Steel Bridge Symposium (WSBS), AISC The Steel Conference 2018, Baltimore, MD
Nguyen, K., Nasouri, R., Bennett, C., Matamoros, A., Li, J., Montoya, A. (2018). "Thermal-Mechanical Modeling of Welding and Galvanizing of a Steel Beam Connection Detail to Examine Susceptibility to Cracking," Materials Performance and Characterization, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 7(2), 165-190.
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