EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, August 2010.

M.S., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, December 2005.

B.S., Civil Engineering, Hanoi Architectural University, Vietnam, August 1999.

APPOINTMENTS:

Associate Professor, The University of Alabama, August 2019 - Present.

Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama, August 2012 - July 2019.

Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of Alabama, August 2010 - July 2012.

Graduate Assistant (Ph.D), Colorado State University, August 2006 - July 2010.

Graduate Assistant (M.S), Colorado State University, January 2004 - December 2005.

Structural Design Engineer, Hanoi Architectural University, Consultant Office, September 1999 - December 2003 and January 2006 - July 2006.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Performance-Based Engineering

Structural Reliability.

Real-Time Hybrid Simulation.

Earthquake/Wind Loading.

Hazard Mitigation.

Structural Damage Models.

Light-Frame Wood Structures.

Human-Induced Loads.

Structural Resiliency and sustainability.

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:

Member of ASCE Task committee on wind driven rain effects (2011 – Present).

Member of American Society of Civil Engineering. (2011 – Present).

Gold and Bronze Medals, US – Japan wood truss contest (2009).

Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University (Jan 2006-Aug 2010), PhD.

Vietnamese Overseas Education Scholarship (2004-2005), Master.

SYNTHESIS:

Dr. Thang N. Dao has established the Wind Hazard Simulation Testing Laboratory (WHSTL) at the University of Alabama. This includes the design and operation of an Atmosphere Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel. This wind tunnel has a test section with dimensions 5ft×5ft×20ft that will be connected to the LSSL to create a hybrid testing system.