The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report

Annual Report 2011 Page 157
Visiting Scholar Alumni (28)
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Name
(LAST
Middle
First)
Gender
Cohort
Year
Residence
in Vietnam
Field of
Expertise
Current Position, Location
U.S. Host
Institution,
Location
Description of
Training Program
Training
Dates
(mm/dd/yyyy)
3
4
DINH
Thanh Viet
DUONG
Minh Vien
M 2007 Da Nang
Electrical
Engineering
M 2008 Can Tho Biology
5 HO Le Thi F 2010 Can Tho
Plant
Physiology and
Allelopathy
Dean, Department of
Electrical Engineering,
Danang University of
Technology, the University
of Danang, Danang
Lecturer, Can Tho
University, Can Tho
Researcher and Vice Dean,
Department of Plant
Structure, Cuu Long Delta
Rice Research Institute,
Can Tho
Washington State
University,
Pullman, WA
Rutgers, The
State University
of New Jersey,
Newark, NJ
University of
Missouri at
Columbia,
Columbia, MO
(1) Research on
supervisory and data
acquisition and energy
management system
(2) Attend conferences
and training courses
on electrical
engineering
(1) Research on
microbial degradation
and dechlorination of
polychlorinated
dioxins
(2) Attend training
courses on dioxin
analysis
(1) Exploration of
novel allelopathic
compounds from the
roots, shoots, and
leaves of the popular
rice varieties
cultivated in the
Mekong Delta of
Vietnam
(2) Attend seminars
and talks on plant
science
8/16/2007 to
8/15/2008
8/4/2008 to
8/3/2009
9/1/2010 to
8/31/2011
6
HO Trung
Dung
M 2008
Ho Chi
Minh City
Quantum
Optics,
Quantum
Information
Processing
Researcher, Ho Chi Minh
City Institute of Physics,
Vietnam Academy of
Science and Technology,
Ho Chi Minh City
The City
University of
New York, NY
Research on casimirpolder
interaction
between excited atoms
and in a magnetodielectric
at finite
temperature
11/1/2008 to
4/30/2010*
7
8
LE Thi
Thu Hien
LE Van
Hao
F 2008 Ha Noi Biology
M 2008 Nha Trang
Science
Education and
Curriculum
Development
Deputy Head, Applied
DNA Technology
Laboratory,
Institute of Biotechnology,
Vietnam Academy of
Science and Technology,
Hanoi
Director, Department of
Educational Quality
Assurance and Testing,
Nha Trang University, Nha
Trang
University of
California at
Davis, Davis, CA
Washington State
University,
Pullman, WA
(1) Research on plant
transformation and
biotechnology
intellectual property
(2) Attend training
courses and meetings
on biosafety and vitrobiology
Observations and
development of
problem-based
learning curricula and
pedagogies for science
education
7/1/2008 to
6/30/2009
10/1/2008 to
3/31/2009