The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report

Annual Report 2011 Page 103
APPENDIX 10:
FELLOWS ON ACADEMIC TRAINING (38)
SUMMARY: As of September 30, 2011, 38 VEF Fellows, who completed their doctoral degrees, are continuing
their academic program in the United States under VEF visa sponsorship by pursuing Academic Training (AT).
Academic Training is an employment benefit granted to J-1 visa holders to obtain experiential learning in their
major field of study following the completion of their graduate degree program. The maximum time allowed for
AT for cohorts 2003 – 2009 is 18 months for those who finish a master’s degree and 36 months for those who
complete a doctoral degree. For cohorts 2010 and beyond, the time permitted for AT after completion of either a
master’s or doctoral degree is 18 months. The VEF Board of Directors limited the amount of time for AT to
facilitate an earlier return of VEF Fellows to Vietnam. Of the 38 Fellows, 27 (71%) Fellows are doing their AT
in the academic and research sectors while 11 (29%) are holding positions in the corporate sector.
The table below is organized alphabetically by name, presented in Vietnamese order, specifically, the LAST
(Family) name, followed by the Middle name(s), and then the First (Given) name. A Fellow without a middle
name is listed at the end of the alphabetical listing of a set of the same LAST (Family) names. Fellows with the
same name are listed chronologically according to cohort year. The cohort designation indicates the fall of the
academic year that the Fellow began his/her academic program in the United States. The field of study listed in
the table below is determined by what is written in the admission letter, the enrollment verification, the transcript,
and/or the diploma. The date of degree completion is based on the information provided by each VEF Fellow with
regard to completion of all academic requirements. Dates for the AT positions are based on official dates
authorized by VEF in the authorization letter issued for immigration purposes. The “Current Position” is current
as of September 30, 2011. “Previous Positions” are listed chronologically with the most recent listed as first and
earlier positions as second, third, etc.
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2
Name
(LAST
Middle
First)
DANG
Huy Cuong
DINH Huu
Hai
Gender
Cohort
Year
M 2004
M 2004
U.S. University
Brown
University
University of
Michigan at
Ann Arbor
Field of Study
Degree
Received
Date of Degree
Completion
(mm/dd/yyyy)
Physics PhD 5/30/2010
Civil
Engineering
PhD 4/30/2009
Academic Training History
Current Position: Senior Research
Associate, Brown University, Providence, RI,
from June 1, 2010, to May 31, 2012
Current Position: Structural Engineer
Design Analyst, Moffatt & Nichol, Walnut
Creek, CA, from May 1, 2009, to February
29, 2012
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher,
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL,
from August 16, 2011, to July 12, 2012
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher,
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD,
from August 23, 2010, to June 23, 2012
3
DO Tien
Anh
M 2004
University of
South Florida
Civil and
Environmental
Engineering
PhD 8/15/2011
4
5
DO Trung
Thong
HA Khanh
Linh
M 2004
M 2005
Johns
Hopkins
University
University of
Utah
Electrical and
Computer
Engineering
Computer
Science
PhD 1/20/2010
PhD 8/11/2011
Previous Positions:
(1) Postdoctoral Researcher, Johns Hopkins
University, Digital Signal Processing
Laboratory, Baltimore, MD, from May 8,
2010, to October 6, 2010.
(2) Postdoctoral Fellow, Thomson Corporate
Research, Princeton, NJ, from January 21,
2010, to May 7, 2010
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Utah, Scientific Computing and
Imaging Institute, Salt Lake City, UT, from
September 1, 2011, to April 15, 2012