Dr. Phu Nguyen is a recently appointed Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He worked as a postdoc at UCI with Distinguished Prof. Soroosh Sorooshian.
Phu’s research focuses on flood modeling and forecasting, and the development of various global precipitation products observed by satellites including: event-based large scale rainfall systems using bject-oriented approaches (CONNECT); integrated system for satellite precipitation and information (RainSphere); real-time high-resolution satellite and crowdsourced rainfall observations for hydrologic and natural disaster management applications (iRain); and an on-demand data processing system for CHRS’s satellite precipitation products (DataPortal). In particular, Phu’s iRain app was selected and launched at the United Nations 22nd Conference of the Parties.
Phu recently presented his work at the 2016 UCI Research Symposium with both an oral presentation and a poster presentation. He is the current President of the Association of Vietnamese Students and Professionals in the United States (AVSPUS).