Construction Machinery & Handling Equipment Department

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION:

The Department of Construction Machinery and Handling Equipment was established in 1976 at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. It was the first department in universities in the South to offer undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral training in construction and handling machinery.

By studying this major, students gain knowledge of the principles, maintenance, and design of lifting and handling equipment such as elevators, escalators, conveyors, forklifts, cranes, etc. In addition to undergraduate and postgraduate education, the department has also trained hundreds of workers in crane operation, dredging machines, maintenance supervision, and repair of construction and handling equipment.

The departmental laboratory (Workshop C3) provides facilities for students to practice in the field of lifting, handling, and construction machinery. It has a dedicated lab for students, and students can also participate in departmental research projects and student projects.

II. STAFF LIST:

  1. Permanent Staff:
FULL NAME ACADEMIC TITLE / DEGREE RESPONSIBILITIES MAIN SPECIALIZATIONS / RESEARCH ORIENTATION TEACHING SUBJECTS
Luu Thanh Tung Assoc. Prof., PhD – Head of Department- Lecturer – Construction machinery and equipment- Handling- Mechanical vibrations

– Building materials production equipment

– Production automation

– Mechanical systems- Vibrations in construction & handling machinery

 – Handling engineering- Vibrations & applications in construction machinery

– Production automation

– Industry 4.0 in mechanical engineering-

Effective communication skills

– Theory of machines

– Engineering vibrations (Graduate)

– Construction machinery management (Graduate)
Luong Van Toi MSc – Head of Laboratory- Union Team Leader- Lecturer – Construction & handling machinery- Elevators- Mechanical systems

– Hoisting cable systems

 – Elevators- Earthmoving machinery

– Handling engineering

– Building material machinery

– Mechanical engineering drawing

– Introduction to engineering

– Industry 4.0 in mechanical engineering
Huynh Cong Lon MSc Lecturer – Construction & handling machinery- Elevators, cranes, earthmoving machines- Robots in construction

– Continuous handling machinery

– Mechanical systems

 – Continuous handling machinery- Handling engineering- Earthmoving machinery

– Building material machinery

– Elevators

– Steel structures in lifting equipment

– Mechanical engineering drawing

– Introduction to engineering

– Optimization

– Applications of vibration in construction machinery

– Industry 4.0 in mechanical engineering
Tran Quang Phuoc PhD Lecturer – Optimization- Advanced machining methods- Soft mechanisms

– Advanced manufacturing

– Electrical

-electronic equipment in construction machinery-

Servo system control

– Industry 4.0 in mechanical engineering

 – PLC programming techniques- Introduction to engineer

2. Former Staff:

FULL NAME DEGREE / TITLE RESPONSIBILITIES / FOCUS AREA
Le Thanh Danh PhD – Machine manufacturing- Vibrations and control- Hydraulic control systems- Automation in construction machinery- Vibration applications in construction & handling machinery
Nguyen Vu Anh Duy PhD – Construction & handling machinery- Elevators, cranes- Port equipment- GAV system- Optimization
Nguyen Huu Tho PhD – CAD/CAE-based mechanical design- Modeling, optimization, and simulation- Maintenance engineering- Handling management- Experimental design and Six Sigma
Huynh Van Hoang Assoc. Prof., PhD (Retired) – Construction & handling machinery- Dynamics of handling machinery- Steel structures
Vu Nhu Phan Thien MSc, Senior Lecturer – Theory of machine elements- Integrated CAD/CAE design- Informatics applications in construction & handling machinery- Drives for construction & handling equipment- Hydraulic design engineering
Truong Quang Duoc PhD – Construction & handling machinery- Elevators- Earthmoving machinery

III. TRAINING PROGRAMS:

Graduate programs:

  • PhD: Specialized in construction and handling machinery, focusing on advanced studies of equipment dynamics.
  • Master’s: Specialization in handling engineering and management.

Undergraduate programs:

  • Training mechanical engineers in construction and handling machinery:
  • Design of new or improved construction equipment.
  • Organization and efficient use of construction machinery.
  • Operation, maintenance, and repair of construction machinery.
  • Continuous training upon request.
  • Scientific research: Designing and manufacturing equipment for construction and handling applications.

IV. RESEARCH DIRECTIONS:

The department carries out scientific research and applied projects in the following areas:

  • Optimal control issues in construction and handling machinery.
  • Foundation strengthening technology with vibration, pressed piles, bored piles.
  • Vibration technology and equipment applications in construction machinery.
  • Small-scale dredging equipment for canals to serve aquaculture and irrigation.
  • Manufacturing technology for cranes, elevators, escalators domestically.
  • Continuous handling machinery and loading/unloading tools for port mechanization.
  • Operation and maintenance to improve equipment efficiency.
  • Software development for designing overhead and gantry cranes.
  • Design and manufacture of tower cranes.
  • Vibration techniques for damping in equipment.
  • Handling technology and equipment.
  • Design of separation equipment.
  • Low-cost local design and manufacture of cranes and lifting devices.
  • Applications of vibration in pile-driving equipment.
  • Vibration-related issues in construction machinery and building material production.
  • Equipment for leveling, spreading, compacting, and finishing concrete.
  • Domestic design of cement production equipment.
  • Utilization and control of vibrations.
  • AI applications in vibration diagnostics and recognition.
  • Lifting equipment (cranes, gantry cranes, elevators, etc.).
  • Material forming equipment (crushers, mills, screens).
  • Sorting and processing lines for fruits (passion fruit, orange, etc.).
  • Technology and equipment for prestressed centrifugal concrete production.
  • FEM applications in rolling processes (cold, hot rolling).
  • Waste treatment equipment.
  • CAD/CAE applications in structural design and calculations.
  • Soft mechanisms.
  • Advanced manufacturing, machining

V. LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Over the years, the Department has implemented numerous provincial, city, ministerial, and university-level projects, which were completed on schedule and evaluated positively.

  • Completed all registered scientific research projects on time.
  • Levels: National: 2 – City: 5 – University: 4 – Institutional: >10

Project List:

No. TITLE OF PROJECT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR MANAGEMENT LEVEL ACCEPTANCE DATE RATING
1 Research, design, and manufacture of a concrete slipform curb machine Dr. Luu Thanh Tung VNU 2013 Good
2 Research, design, and manufacture of an automatic sausage loading line for packaging machines Huynh Cong Lon Province/City 2013 β€”
3 Research and design of a slipform curb machine Dr. Luu Thanh Tung – Luong Van Toi VNU 2012 Fair
4 Research and design of a shoe sole glueing robot Luong Van Toi – Luu Thanh Tung Province/City 3/12/2014 Fair
5 Research, design, and manufacture of a two-way self-climbing scaffold Luu Thanh Tung Province/City 2015 Fair
6 Research on the behavior of thin-walled steel materials under cold stamping Luu Thanh Tung Province/City 2015 Fair
7 Research on determining parameters of roller compaction tools for concrete pavement using experimental design Huynh Cong Lon Support for PhD/Graduate 2015 β€”
8 Research, design, and manufacture of an elevator testing tower Luu Thanh Tung Province/City 21/7/2016 Fair
9 Research, design, and manufacture of bulk cement loading/unloading system from barges Luu Thanh Tung, Luong Van Toi β€” β€” β€”
10 Research, design, and manufacture of an automatic waste collection system for medium and small dairy farms Huynh Cong Lon, Nguyen Hong Ngan VNU 2016 β€”
11 Research, design, and manufacture of an autoclaved aerated concrete brick cutting system Luu Thanh Tung, Huynh Cong Lon, Luong Van Toi VNU β€” β€”
12 Research, design, and manufacture of a cable system for boat pulling in eco-tourism parks Huynh Cong Lon, Nguyen Hong Ngan Province 2017 β€”
13 Experimental research to validate working parameters of roller compaction tools Huynh Cong Lon HCMUT 2018 β€”
14 Design and manufacture of a passion fruit washing and polishing line Luong Van Toi Technology Transfer 2016 β€”
15 Research on using PPG signals and artificial intelligence to screen and detect hypertension and arrhythmias Luu Thanh Tung, Huynh Cong Lon, Luong Van Toi β€” β€” β€”

VI. FACILITIES:

Equipment in the departmental workshop:

  1. Actuator control system.
  2. Elevator control model.
  3. Lightweight concrete mixer using coconut coir.
  4. Hammer mill.

VII. COURSES OFFERED:

No. COURSE TITLE COURSE CODE GRADUATE UNDERGRADUATE
MQ UG
1 Handling Engineering ME3021 x x
2 Elevator Engineering ME4419 β€” x
3 Earthmoving Machinery ME4011 β€” x
4 Continuous Handling Machinery ME4427 β€” x
5 Building Materials & Construction Machinery ME4405 β€” x
6 Vibration Engineering in Construction Machinery ME3023 β€” x
7 Industry 4.0 in Mechanical Engineering ME4063 β€” x
8 Dynamics of Construction Machinery ME4423 β€” x
9 Design Project on Handling Equipment ME4051 β€” x
10 Technical Internship ME2027 β€” x
11 Graduation Internship ME3059 β€” x
12 Graduation Thesis ME4059 x x

VIII. COOPERATION:

  • Cooperation with companies and enterprises, both domestic and international, in the relevant field.
  • Academic cooperation and training with universities at home and abroad.

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