Bui is an ARC Future Fellow and Interim Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University.

He received his MSc and PhD in Civil Engineering (Computational Geomechanics) from Japan.

He was subsequently awarded the prestigious JSPS Fellowship Award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and worked in the Frontier Research Center for Natural Disaster Mitigation at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He joined Monash University as a full-time tenured academic staff (Lecturer) in 2012.

 

Bui’s primary research interests lie in computational mechanics and material modelling, with a particular emphasis on bridging scales in modelling failure of geomaterials, along with advancing mathematical models to solve multi-physics problems & developing novel monitoring & early warning systems for geo-disasters. The key objective of his research is to create “balanced” computational tools (i.e., between efficiency & mechanisms) to solve real-life engineering applications. He is the main developer and founder of GeoXPM, an innovative continuum particle-based computing software designed for solving geomechanics & geotechnical engineering applications involving fractures and large deformations. He is the recipient of several prestigious awards and recognitions, including the 2021 ALERT Research Medal awarded by The Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Education, Research and Technology (ALERT Geomaterials), the Future Fellowship Award from the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the JSPS Fellowship Award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

 

Bui is set to be the incoming Editor of Computers & Geotechnics (Elsevier, 01/2024), is Associate Editor of the European Journal of Environmental & Civil Engineering (Taylor & Francis), and serves on the Editorial Board for several esteemed journals, e.g., Int. J Numerical & Analytical Methods in Geomechanics (Wiley), Computers & Geotechnics (Elsevier), Materials & Designs (Elsevier), Canadian Geotechnical Journal, and Int J Rock Mechanics & Mining Science, the leading journals in the areas.  He frequently reviews over 20 top journals in geotechnical engineering, computational geomechanics and solid mechanics & physics. He has also been frequently invited to assess proposals (ARC Discovery Project, ARC Future Fellow, ARC DERAC & ARC Linkage Project) for the Australian Research Council (ARC), Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, Canada Research Chairs Program (CRC-P) and Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Awards and honours:

ALERT Research Medal 2021, awarded by the Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Research and Technology in Geomaterials (ALERT-Geomaterials).

ARC Future Fellowship Award, granted by the Australian Research Council (ARC), 2020.

Engineering Research Accelerator Award, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, 2019.

Excellence in Research Award, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, 2019.

Best Paper Award (2018) for papers published in Geotextiles and Geomembranes in 2017.

Editor’s Choice Paper, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol.55(6):792-809, 2018.

Outstanding Reviewer for Computers and Geotechnics journal recognised by Elsevier, 2016.

Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Civil Engineering, 2014-2015.

JSPS Fellowship Award for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2010-2012.

Outstanding Paper Award for Young Researcher granted by the Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS), 2009.

Best Paper Award in the 15th International Conference of International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems (ISTVS), 2005.

Encourage Paper Award in the Symposium on Construction Practice and Construction Machinery granted by Japan. Construction Mechanization Association (JCMA), 2005.

Best Paper Award in the Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Terramechanics (JaST), 2004.