CỦA TRƯỜNG 2) SUPREM - HCMUT · câu hỏi Điều tra sơ bộ h h t t Đào tạo hệ Cao học Đại học Bách Khoa để giới thiệu Chương trình Nghiên cứu

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CỦA TRƯỜNG

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SUPREM - HCMUT

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của Trường

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SUPREM - HCMUT

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1. TIẾN ĐỘ TỔ CHỨC HÀNH CHÍNH .....................................................................................1

1.1 Nhân lực .........................................................................................................................1 1.2 Cơ cấu tổ chức ................................................................................................................2 1.3 Văn phòng dự án ............................................................................................................3 1.4 Hội nghị và hội thảo .......................................................................................................4 1.5 Báo cáo và kết quả ..........................................................................................................5

2. TIẾN ĐỘ THỰC HIỆN VỀ MẶT CHUYÊN MÔN................................................................6

2.1 Chuyển đổi sang mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo: Kết quả thứ 1 ......................................6 2.2 Nâng cao năng lực nghiên cứu, phát triển của liên kết Đại học – Cộng đồng: Kết quả

thứ 2 ................................................................................................................................9 2.3 Xúc tiến hợp tác giáo dục giữa các cơ sở giáo dục – nghiên cứu sau đại học: Kết quả

thứ 3 ..............................................................................................................................20 2.4 Sự công nhận các hoạt động dự án: Kết quả thứ 4 .......................................................20 2.5 Các hoạt động khác ......................................................................................................21

3. CÁC HOẠT ĐỘNG KẾ TIẾP ...............................................................................................22

3.1 Tổng quan .....................................................................................................................22 3.2 Chuyển sang mô hình RBE ..........................................................................................22 3.3 Nâng cao năng lực nghiên cứu, phát triển của liên kết Đại học – Cộng đồng ..............22 3.4 Xúc tiến hợp tác giáo dục giữa các cơ sở giáo dục – nghiên cứu sau đại học ..............23

DANH SÁCH CÁC BẢNG

Bảng 1.1 Danh sách thành viên nhóm DA JICA và thời gian công tác trong năm tài chính 2009 ........................................................................................................................... 1

Bảng 1.2 Danh sách thành viên Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án ..................................................... 2 Bảng 1.3 Danh sách BQL Dự án & Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu Phát triển .......................... 3 Bảng 1.4 Thống kê các hội nghị hội thảo .......................................................................... 4 Bảng 1.5 Danh sách các báo cáo (Năm thứ 1) ................................................................... 5 Bảng 1.7 Danh sách các kết quả đạt được.......................................................................... 5 Bảng 2.1 Các địa phương tham gia quá trình khảo sát .................................................... 11 Bảng 2.2 Danh sách các đề tài nghiên cứu được đề nghị từ địa phương và ĐHBK ........ 12 Bảng 2.3 Danh sách các đề xuất đã gửi tham dự ............................................................. 14 Bảng 2.4 Phân bổ các đề tài theo khoa chuyên ngành ..................................................... 15 Bảng 2.5 Phân bổ các đề tài theo địa phương .................................................................. 15 Bảng 2.6 Đề tài nghiên cứu, loại, thành phần thành viên, ngân quỹ và đối tác nước ngoài của 12 đề tài hợp tác nghiên cứu được chọn …………………………17 Bảng 2.7 Người tham dự và lịch trình hợp tác nghiên cứu tại Nhật Bản ….……19

HÌNH Hình 2.1 Khái niệm khảo sát nhu cầu .......................................................................... 10

1. Biên b Cuộc họp (Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án, t động dự án, Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển)

2. câu hỏi Điều tra sơ bộ h h t t Đào tạo hệ Cao học Đại học Bách Khoa để giới thiệu Chương trình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo

3. h hoạt động: Giới thiệu Mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo cho Chương t Đào tạo hệ Cao học

4. : Giới thiệu Mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo cho Chương t Đào tạo hệ Cao học

5. Mẫu Khảo sát 6. Mẫu Đề xuất Hợp tác Nghiên cứu 7. Các Tiêu chí Đánh giá dành cho Đề xuất Hợp tác Nghiên cứu 8. của 12 nhóm Hợp tác Nghiên c 9. 10. Công tác của các Chuyên gia n 11. Theo dõi Công tác 12. “Cùng Patent” 13. ị Tài liệu cho Đơn xin cấp Patent” 14. Tờ rơi giới thiệu về Dự án 15. tin Nội bộ số 1 6/2009)

HÌNH ẢNH

Hội thảo khởi động DA (04/2009) Khảo sát nhu cầu địa phương, tại

T. Tiền Giang (05/2009)

Gặp gỡ đại diện Chính quyền địa

phương (05/2009)

Tham quan phòng Thí nghiệm,

Khoa Môi trường (07/2009)

Hội thảo Nghiên cứu Đào tạo/Hợp

tác Nghiên cứu/Patent (09/2009)

Tham quan nhà máy chế biến hạt

điều (09/2009)

Tham quan rừng trồng cao su với

chuyên gia tư vấn Nhật Bản

(09/2009)

Tham quan rừng trồng thông đỏ

với chuyên gia tư vấn Nhật Bản

(09/2009)

BẢNG TỪ NGỮ VIẾT TẮT

AUN/SEED-Net ASEAN University Network / Southeast Asia Engineering Education

Development Network C/P Counterpart Personnel

DOST Department of Science and Technology

DOI Department of Industry and Trade

DONRE Department of Natural Resources and Environment

HCMUT Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

JASSO Japan Student Services Organization

JCC Joint Coordination Committee

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

JR Joint Research

M/M Minutes of Meeting

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

PMC Project Management Committee

RBE Research Based Education

RDPC Research & Development Promotion Committee

R&D Research and Development

R/D Record of Discussions

SUPREM Strengthen University Project of Research-based Education Model

VNU-HCM Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City

SUPREM-HCMUT Báo cáo Tiến độ 1

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1. TIẾN ĐỘ TỔ CHỨC HÀNH CHÍNH

án Nâng cao trường h Khoa (ĐHBK) được nhấn mạnh ở á

thiết lập , N & P n, Đào tạo mô hình N Đào tạo (RBE) mà trọng tâm là

á - HCMUT (Dự án Nâng cao Năng lực trườngc Đào tạo Cuộc họp của Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án

, á trong l Đ – C , trong &

kết quả khảo sát .

a lý định hướng Miền Tp. . Lĩnh vực trọng yếu án

là Đào tạo Sau Đại học cho các ngành cô (nhưng không .

Với thực hiện của á triển khaitổ chức về mặt hành chính

khởi động Dự án, 9/2009.

1.1 Nhân lực

1) Bổ nhiệm công tác trong nhóm Dự án JICA

Mư (12) chuyên gia JICA với bổ nhiệm áthông báo từng chuyên gia 3 năm 2010.

Bảng 1.1 Danh sách thành viên nhóm Dự án JICA và thời gian công tác trong năm TC 2009

TT Chức vụ / Chuyên môn

Họ và tên Thời gian công tác trong năm tài chính 2009

1 Trưởng nhóm TS. Tsuyoshi USAGAWA

19/04/09-23/04/09 (5 ngày) 09/06/09-13/06/09 (5) 25/07/09-31/07/09 (7) 05/09/09-12/09/09 (8) 25/12/09-29/12/09 (5) (dự kiến)

2 Quyền trưởng nhóm / Họat động Liên kết Đại học – Cộng đồng

Toru ISHIBASHI

06/04/09-20/05/09 (45) 19/07/09-08/08/09 (21) 06/09/09-27/10/09 (52) 22/02/10-15/03/10 (22) (Dự kiến)

3 Quyền trưởng nhóm / Nghiên cứu Đào tạo

Kyoko NAKANO

11/04/09-23/04/09 (13) 06/06/09-19/06/09 (14) 29/08/09-13/09/09 (16) 24/11/09-30/12/09 (37) (Dự kiến)

4 Điều tra Kinh tế- Xã hội Yoko SATOMI 06/04/09-15/05/09 (30) 03/06/09-27/06/09 (25) 25/02/10-06/03/10 (10) (Dự kiến)

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5 Sở hữu Trí tuệ TS. Norio IRIGUCHI 06/09/09-13/09/09 (8) 6 Đối tác Nghiên cứu nước ngoài TS. Naoki UCHIYAMA 06/09/09-12/09/09 (7) 7 Đối tác Nghiên cứu nước ngoài TS. Kenji FURUKAWA 03/09/09-10/09/09 (8) 8 Đối tác Nghiên cứu nước ngoài TS. Mitsuhiro SHIGEISHI 24/09/09-30/09/09 (7) 9 Đối tác Nghiên cứu nước ngoài TS. Mitsuru SASAKI 06/09/09-12/09/09 (7) 10 Đối tác Nghiên cứu nước ngoài TS. Jun OTANI 29/11/09-05/12/09 (7) (Dự kiến) 11 Đối tác Nghiên cứu nước ngoài TS. Pag-Asa D. GASPILLO 06/09/09-10/09/09 (5) 12 Đối tác Nghiên cứu nước ngoài TS. Shigeru MORIMURA 18/10/09-24/10/09 (7) (Dự kiến)

Nguồn: “Nhóm Dự án JICA”

2) Tuyển dụng cán bộ dự án

Để hỗ trợ cho quá trình thực hiện dự án, từ tháng 04/2009, Nhóm dự án JICA đã tiến hành tuyển dụng 1 Cán bộ Dự án Cấp cao (toàn thời gian), 1 Cán bộ Dự án (toàn thời gian), và 1 Trợ lý Dự án (1 người toàn thời gian và 2 người bán thời gian) để và các đối tác.

1.2 Cơ cấu tổ chức

1) Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án (JCC)

Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án (JCC) được thành lập từ tháng 04/2009 với các thành viên có tên trong bảng 1.2. Cuộc họp đầu tiên của JCC được tổ chức vào ngày 22/04/2009, JCC như sau:

• ủa Dựkhuôn khổ .

• Theo dõi ự án thực hiện . • thực hiện

JCC .

Table 1.2 Danh sách thành viên Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án

Họ và tên Cơ quan/Tổ chức Chức vụ Ghi chú PGS. TS. Phan Thanh Bình Đại học Quốc gia TP. HCM (VNU) Giám đốc TS. Lê Thành Long VNU – Ban Quan hệ Quốc tế Phó Trưởng ban TS. Nguyễn Thanh Nam VNU – Ban Khoa học Công nghệ Phó Trưởng ban ThS. Lê Nguyễn Đức Chính VNU – Ban Kế hoạch Tài chính Phó Trưởng ban PGS. TS. Phan Đ ình Tuấn ĐHBK Phó Hiệu trưởng Giám đốc Dự án

PGS. TS. Nguyễn Văn Nhờ ĐHBK – P. Khoa học Công nghệ và Dự án Trưởng phòng

PGS. TS. Nguyễn Tấn Tiến ĐHBK – P. Quan hệ Đối ngoại Trưởng phòng

TS. Lê Trung Chơn ĐHBK – P. Đào tạo Sau Đại học Quyền Trưởng phòng

TS. Nguyễn Thanh Nam ĐHBK – P. Đào Tạo Trưởng phòng ThS. Hoàng Minh Nam ĐHBK – P. Tổ chức Hành chính Trưởng phòng TS. Phạm Thành Quân ĐHBK – K. Công nghệ Hóa học Trưởng khoa TS. Mai Thanh Phong ĐHBK – K. Công nghệ Hóa học Phó Trưởng khoa Điều phối viên DA PGS. TS. Bùi Công Thành ĐHBK – K. Kỹ thuật Xây dựng Trưởng khoa TS. Trần Thiên Phúc ĐHBK – K. Cơ khí Trưởng khoa TS. Lê Nguyễn Hậu ĐHBK – K. Quản lý Công nghiệp Trưởng khoa TS. Nguyễn Phước Dân ĐHBK – K. Môi trường Trưởng khoa


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Ô. Yasuhiro Tojo Văn phòng JICA tại Việt Nam Phó Trưởng Đại diện

GS. TS. Tsuyoshi Usagawa Đại học Kumamoto University Trưởng nhóm DA JICA


2) Nhóm đối tác

Ban Quản lý Dự án (PMC) được thành lập với vai trò là đối tác, cùng thảo luận, và đưa ra quyết định về mọi vấn đề phát sinh trong quá triển khai dự án. Ngoài ra, Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu Phát triển cũng được thành lập, tập trung cho các vấn đề liên quan đến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển. Nhiều thành viên quen thuộc cũng trong danh sách ban này ở bảng 1.3.

Table 1.3 Danh sách Ban Quản lý Dự án và Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu Phát triển

Họ và tên Phòng/ban Chức vụ PMC RDPC Ghi chú

PGS. TS. Phan Đ ình Tuấn Ban Giám Hiệu Phó Hiệu trưởng x x Giám đốc Dự

án

TS. Mai Thanh Phong K. Công nghệ Hóa học Phó Trưởng khoa x x Điều phối

viên DA

PGS. TS. Nguyễn Tấn Tiến P. Quan hệ Đối ngoại Trưởng phòng x x

TS. Lê Trung Chơn P. Đào tạo Sau ĐH Quyền Trưởng phòng

x x

PGS. TS. Nguyễn Phước Dân K. Môi trường Trưởng Khoa x x

PGS. TS. Bùi Công Thành K. Kỹ thuật Xây dựng Trưởng khoa x x

TS. Trần Thiên Phúc K Cơ khí Trưởng khoa x x

TS. Lê Nguyễn Hậu K. Quản lý Công nghiệp Trưởng khoa x x

Bà Trần Thị Loan P. Kế hoạch Tài chính Trưởng phòng x

Ông Lương Văn Lăng P. Quản trị Thiết bị Trưởng phòng x

PGS. TS. Nguyễn Văn Nhờ

P. Khoa học Công nghệ và Dự án

Trưởng phòng x x


1.3 Văn phòng dự án

1) Địa điểm đặt văn phòng Dự án

ĐHBK cho phép Nhóm dự án JICA sử dụng tất cả các phòng đã từng được dùng trong giai đoạn 1 của dự án, đó là P. 401, 402, 403, 404 và 405, nhà A4, hiện đang dành cho các chuyên viên nước ngoài, cán bộ dự án, họp nội bộ, kho chứa tài liệu, và họp hành cho các ban của dự. Từ tháng 10/2009, do có 1 d ự án mới của JICA/JST triển khai để nghiên cứu Biomass (năng lượng tái sử dụng), nên theo kế hoạch, P. 404 sẽ được chuyển giao cho nhóm dự án Biomass, P.405 sẽ được đưa vào sử dụng chung cho cả hai dự án.


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2) Trang thiết bị văn phòng

Tất cả các trang thiết bị được mua sắm sử dụng trong GĐ 1 đều được chuyển giao lại cho dự án lần này, bao g ồm phương tiện đi lại, máy lạnh, máy in ấn tài liệu, máy vi tính để bàn, máy fax, và bàn ghế. Với hệ thống họp trực tuyến được trang bị tại nhà A1 vào tháng 09/2009 bằng nguồn kinh phí của Dự án AUN/SEED-Net, có thể kỳ vọng rằng liên lạc giữa các bên: ĐHBK, các đối tác nghiên cứu ở nước ngoài và các nhà nghiên cứu ở địa phương sẽ trở nên dễ dàng, và thuận tiện.

1.4 Hội nghị và hội thảo

Bảng 1.4 thống kê các cuộc họp, hội nghị và hội thảo được tổ chức tại ĐHBK và các địa phương. Biên bản cuộc họp Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án, t động dự án, Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển có trong phụ lục 1.

Bảng 1.4 Thống kê các hội nghị, hội thảo

TT Thời gian Tên Hội nghị/Hội thảo/Họp Địa điểm Số đại biểu tham dự Biên bản

cuộc họp ĐHBK Tỉnh JICA Tổng cộng

21/4/2009 Cuộc họp với thành viên các khoa ĐHBK 13 6 19

22/4/2009 Cuộc họp Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án ĐHBK 27 9 36 Biên bản

22/4/2009 Hội thảo Khởi động Dự án ĐHBK 15 8 9 42 Biên bản

27/4/2009 Hội nghị với UBND T. Tiền Giang và các Sở ban ngành liên quan

Tiền Giang 2 9 2 13

28-29/4/2009 Hội nghị với UBND T. An Giang và các Sở ban ngành liên quan

An Giang 2 14 2 18

5-6/5/2009 Hội nghị với UBND T. Đồng Nai và các Sở ban ngành liên quan

Đồng Nai 2 8 2 12

7/5/2009 Hội nghị với UBND T. Bình Dương và các Sở ban ngành liên quan

Bình Dương 4 14 2 20

11/5/2009 Hội nghị với UBND T. Lâm Đồng và các Sở ban ngành liên quan

Lâm Đồng 3 3 7 13

14/5/2009 Cuộc họp Ban Quản lý Dự án ĐHBK 8 5 13

8/6/2009 Cuộc họp về Nghiên cứu Đào tạo ĐHBK 15 5 20

12/6/2009 Cuộc họp về xét duyệt các đề xuất ĐHBK 5 4 9

12/6/2009 Cuộc họp về việc triển khai kế hoạch cho RBE ĐHBK 8 3 11

17/6/2009 Cuộc họp về Nghiên cứu Đào tạo ĐHBK 9 5 14

28/7/2009 Cuộc họp của Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển ĐHBK 15 5 20 Biên bản

13/8/2009 Cuộc họp giới thiệu về Quản lý Tài chính ĐHBK 10 3 13

8/9/2009 Hội thảo: Nghiên cứu Đào tạo/ Hợp tác Nghiên cứu/ Patent ĐHBK 42 14 56



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1.5 Báo cáo và kết quả

Bảng 1.5 thống kê các báo cáo và thời gian nộp báo cáo.

Bảng 1.5 Danh sách các báo cáo (năm thứ 1)

Tiêu đề Ngày nộp Tình trạng Dự tháo dự án Tháng 5/2009 Hoàn tất Báo cáo tiến độ 1 Tháng 9/2009 Bản báo cáo này Báo cáo tiến độ 2 Tháng 3/2010 Đã lên kế hoạch Báo cáo Tổng kết Năm thứ 1 Tháng 3/2010 Đã lên kế hoạch Nguồn: “Nhóm Dự án JICA”

Bảng 1.7 thống kê tình hình kết quả đạt được.

Bảng 1.7 Danh sách các kết quả đạt được

Tiêu đề Tình trạng Báo cáo Điều tra Kinh tế - Xã hội Đang xây dựng Hướng dẫn Lộ trình đăng ký Patent Đã lên kế hoạch Nguồn: “Nhóm Dự án JICA”


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2. TIẾN ĐỘ THỰC HIỆN VỀ MẶT CHUYÊN MÔN

Phần này trình bày tiến độ về mặt chuyên môn của dự án, từ tháng 04/2009 đến tháng 09/2009, tập trung chủ yếu vào mảng hợp tác nghiên cứu và nghiên cứu đào tạo (RBE).

2.1 Chuyển đổi sang mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo: Kết quả thứ 1

2.1.1 Chuẩn bị Kế hoạch Thực hiện mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo

(1) Xây dựng các khái niệm về Nghiên cứu Đào tạo

Để bắt đầu các hoạt động giới thiệu RBE trong khuôn khổ các hoạt động của dự án đến chương trình đào tạo Sau đại học ở ĐHBK, Nhóm dự án đã xác định rằng đối tác làm việc trực tiếp trong chương trình này sẽ là phòng Đào tạo Sau Đại học; vì vậy, các bước hành động kế tiếp để khẳng định RBE tại ĐHBK sẽ được phòng Đào tạo Sau Đại học định hướng với sự hỗ trợ của nhóm Dự án JICA. Vì thế, nhiều buổi thảo luận chia sẻ về Nghiên cứu Đào tạo đã được tổ chức giữa các đối tác, phòng Đào tạo Sau Đại học, đại diện các khoa mô hình và nhóm dự án JICA.

Đồng thời, nhóm Dự án JICA đã có các buổi họp trù bị với các đối tác, và thu thập thông tin về tình hình chung của chương trình đào tạo sau đại học dành cho các sinh viên cao học. Dựa trên kết quả này, tại Hội thảo Khởi động dự án ngày 22/04/2009, nhóm Dự án JICA đã đề nghị kế hoạch khả thi cho ĐHBK để giới thiệu mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo mà không có sự xáo trộn trong kế hoạch/chương trình/tổ chức giảng dạy hiện hành. Các thành viên tham gia hiểu rõ rằng : hiện nay ĐHBK vẫn có khó khăn như thiếu không gian cũng như thiết bị dành cho nghiên cứu, nhóm Dự án JICA đề nghị: nhà trường nên có phương thức phù hợp để khẳng định mô hình nghiên cứu đào tạo trong điều kiện hiện có dựa trên sự hiểu biết và luận điểm theo đổi mô hình này.

(2) Thống kê sơ bộ về tình hình hiện tại của chương trình đào tạo cao học

Dựa trên các hoạt động trước đó, các đối tác và nhóm Dự án JICA đã đồng ý về kế hoạch khảo sát sơ bộ để nắm rõ chương trình giáo dục hiện tại, nền tảng căn bản và hoạt động của học viên cao học, và cơ cấu tổ chức tại các khoa mô hình

Trên cơ sở phòng Đào tạo Sau Đại học đảm nhiệm việc giải trình trong nội bộ về mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo, nhóm Dự án JICA hỗ trợ phòng xây dựng bảng câu hỏi khảo sát và cùng phân tích kết quả thu hoạch được. Bảng câu hỏi điều tra được đính kèm trong phụ lục 2.

Kết quả khảo sát cho thấy:

- ĐHBK có hai mô hình đào tạo hệ cao học, chương trình 1,5 năm theo mô hình học phần và chương trình 2 năm theo mô hình nghiên cứu (chương trình này chỉ mới bắt đầu ở một số bộ môn có định hướng cho sinh viên theo hướng nghiên cứu khoa học).

- Trong chương tr ình đào tạo 2 năm, hơn 60% h ọc viên cao học tiến hành thực hiện luận văn cao học vào học kỳ thứ 3 với một thầy hướng dẫn chuyên biệt được khoa chỉ định, không có thầy hướng dẫn riêng hay luận văn dành cho học viên vào học kỳ đầu tiên.


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- Đa phần học viên cao học đều không phải là người mới tốt nghiệp đại học, một số không ít trong nhóm đó đang là các giảng viên của các trường đại học ở địa phương.

- Tỷ lệ phần trăm học viên toàn thời gian chiếm hơn 50% ở nhiều bộ môn, nhưng các học viên này nhìn chung đều có việc làm bán thời gian.

- Các phòng thí nghiệm được sử dụng chung cho các giảng viên, và không có khái niệm về nhóm nghiên cứu làm việc trong từng phòng thí nghiệm (phòng thí nghiệm là nơi sinh viên làm thí nghiệm, đôi khi có sự giám sát của các giảng viên).

2.1.2 Kế hoạch hoạt động do ĐHBK phê chuẩn

Kết quả khảo sát sơ bộ về hiện trạng đã đưa ra một số điểm quan trọng liên quan đến việc phát triển kế hoạch hoạt động để đưa mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo áp dụng tại ĐHBK, cụ thể là:

- Chương trình hệ Cao học theo mô hình nghiên cứu sẽ là mục tiêu của Nghiên cứu Đào tạo, vì chương trình đào tạo theo học phần không cung cấp nguồn nhân lực cho nghiên cứu và phát triển.

- Học viên cao học thường không có hình dung về luận văn tốt nghiệp cho đến khi được người hướng dẫn phân bổ vào học kỳ 2 hoặc học kỳ 3; vì thế, cơ hội để các học viên xem lại các nghiên cứu đã có, phát triển kế hoạch nghiên cứu và tiến hành nghiên cứu trên thực tế không nhiều để có được kết quả nghiên cứu đáng tin cậy, tạo được luận văn tốt nghiệp có giá trị, và vì thế, năng lực nghiên cứu chưa được nuôi dưỡng tốt. Vì vậy, việc đưa các học viên này tham gia nghiên cứu trong khuôn khổ dự án SUPREM – HCMUT ngay từ học kỳ đầu tiên sẽ là cách thực hiện khả thi nhất để triển khai RBE.

- Cơ cấu tổ chức của các khoa/bộ môn chưa hợp lý khi đưa học viên cao học tham gia nghiên cứu chung với các cán bộ nghiên cứu khác, và cũng chưa có phòng thí nghiệm chuyên biệt dành cho mỗi giảng viên; vì thế, phòng thí nghiệm mô hình cần phải có dành cho mỗi nhóm hợp tác nghiên cứu, không liên quan/ảnh hưởng đến chức vụ của trưởng phòng nghiên cứu.

Về mặt này, nhóm Dự án JICA sẽ hỗ trợ P. Đào tạo Sau Đại học và đối tác xây dựng kế hoạch giới thiệu mô hình RBE sao cho khả thi với điều kiện hiện có ở ĐHBK. P. Đào tạo Sau Đại học và đối tác đã tổ chức cuộc họp để chia sẻ kết quả khảo sát sơ bộ, các thông tin cần thiết cho dự thảo kế hoạch hoạt động cho trường ĐHBK, với thành viên của các khoa, đặc biệt là với khoa mô hình vào ngày 8/6/2009 (xem mục 2.1.3), và sau đó là các buổi họp nội bộ để hoàn tất kế hoạch.

Những điểm cơ bản của Kế hoạch động để đưa RBE vào chương trình đào tạo hệ cao học trong khuôn khổ dự án SUPREM-HCMUT bao gồm:

- ĐHBK sẽ đưa RBE vào "chương trình thạc sĩ theo hướng nghiên cứu đào tạo".

-Trưởng nhóm hợp tác nghiên cứu (phòng thí nghiệm mô hình) sẽ mời học viên cao học tham gia nghiên cứu, hướng dân xuyên suốt chương trình.

-Luận văn thạc sĩ s ẽ xây dựng trên kết quả hợp tác nghiên cứu trong khuôn khổ dự án SUPREM-HCMUT hoặc các dự án nghiên cứu khác.


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- Dự kiến học viên cao học của phòng thí nghiệm mô hình sẽ có bài viết khoa học với vai trò là tác giả chính của bài viết.

Đính kèm phụ lục 2 là kế hoạch hoạt động do Quyền Trưởng phòng Đào t ạo Sau Đại học ký xác nhận, được giới thiệu đến từng bộ môn trong tháng 6/2009.

2.1.3 Hội thảo về RBE

(1) Hội thảo phát triển kế hoạch hoạt động để giới thiệu RBE tại ĐHBK

Các đối tác và P. Đào tạo Sau Đại học đã tổ chức đã tổ chức hội thảo ngày 8/6/2009, mời thành viên các khoa tham d ự, giải trình kết quả khảo sát sơ bộ và trao đổi ý kiến về kế hoạch họat động cho RBC trong điều kiện hiện có.

Những điểm cơ bản đã được các đại biểu thống nhất, mặc dù có một số đại biểu đề cập đến vấn đề khó khăn vốn có như quỹ hỗ trợ dành cho hoạt động nghiên cứu của học viên. Nhóm Dự án JICA đã hỗ trợ ĐHBK nuôi dưỡng và phát triển động lực cho các hoạt động nghiên cứu để khởi động chương trình này trong khi vẫn còn khúc mắc về môi trường làm việc, bao gồm việc sử dụng hiệu quả các thành quả nghiên cứu và quyền sở hữu trí tuệ cho các hoạt động nghiên cứu về sau này dựa trên những kết quả được ưa thích.

Một chương trình làm việc khác được đưa ra: làm thế nào để đáp ứngcác nhu cầu của địa phương thông qua việc hợp tác nghiên cứu, vì RBE định hướng việc nuôi dưỡng năng lực nghiên cứu, năng lực cạnh tranh quốc tế trong nghiên cứu tại ĐHBK hơn là thực hiện những yêu cầu từ cộng đồng và các đơn vị sản xuất công nghiệp ở địa phương. Nhóm Dự án JICA cũng đề xuất một số phương án khả thi cho hợp tác nghiên cứu, trong đó các công nghệ chủ yếu (các bài báo đăng trên tạp chí khoa học quốc tế hoặc cấp bằng sáng chế) được phát triển trong quá trình hợp tác nghiên cứu có thể được điều chỉnh dựa trên yêu cầu của từng địa phương, và có thể đóng góp nhiều hơn cho cộng đồng thay cho việc tìm các giải pháp cá biệt cho từng vấn đề của từng địa phương.

(2) Hội thảo về RBE/Hợp tác nghiên cứu/Patent

Sau khi ấn hành Kế hoạch Hành động (đợt 1) bao gồm 12 kế hoạch hành động của các nhóm nghiên cứu, các bên đối tác và P. Đào tạo Sau Đại học tạo điều kiện cho trưởng nhóm hợp tác nghiên cứu trình bày kế hoạch hành động của nhóm khi đưa RBE vào chương trình nghiên cứu trong hội thảo ngày 8/9/2009. Từng phòng thí nghiệm mô hình đã nhận được gợi ý, đề nghị liên quan đến việc triển khai nghiên cứu.

Ngoài việc chia sẻ thông tin, ý tưởng, phương pháp giới thiệu RBE cho các thành viên tham dự, hội thảo cũng mở ra một số thảo luận giữa các trưởng nhóm nghiên cứu về các quan điểm đối với nghiên cứu để có thể nâng cao chất lượng dự án, hỗ trợ dự án thành công. Các phòng thí nghiệm mô hình cũng được kỳ vọng sẽ truyền đạt lại các thảo luận nêu trên trong những lần làm việc với đối tác tại địa phương, những phần có liên quan đến chức năng của địa phương với vai trò là nguồn lực cho trường đại học.


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2.1.4 Phát triển Kế hoạch Hành động RBE

12 phòng thí nghiệm mô hình xác nhận đã tiến hành chương trình hợp tác nghiên cứu trong khuôn khổ dự án SUPREM-HCMUT và một trong những trách nhiệm của các phòng thí nghiệm là cố gắng đưa RBE vào đến với các học viên cao học, bằng cách cho phép các học viên cao học tham gia nghiên cứu không liên quan đến việc bổ nhiệm giảng viên hướng dẫn đề tài cho các học viên trong học kỳ 1 hoặc học kỳ 2 (Kế hoạch giới thiệu RBE là một trong những tiêu chuẩn lựa chọn dự án hợp tác nghiên cứu).

Theo nghĩa này, P. Đào tạo Sau Đại học đã xây dựng bảng những nội dung chung cho các phòng thí nghiệm mô hình với sự hỗ trợ của nhóm Dự án JICA, và tập hợp được 12 kế hoạch hành động với nội dung bao gồm những điểm cơ bản được nêu trong mục 2.1.2. Kế hoạch hành động của từng nhóm hợp tác nghiên cứu được bổ sung trong phụ lục 4.

Tất cả các kế hoạch hành động được các trưởng nhóm nghiên cứu trình bày cùng với kế hoạch nghiên cứu tại hội thảo Nghiên cứu Đào tạo/Hợp tác Nghiên cứu/Patent (xem mục 2.1.3), để biết đựơc hiệu quả/tính khả thi của Nghiên cứu Đào tạo hay biết được phương thức các trưởng nhóm áp dụng để vượt qua được khó khăn.

2.1.5 Triển khai RBE tại các phòng thí nghiệm mô hình

Theo dõi tiến độ thực hiện là một cách để biết được cách RBE được triển khai và các vấn đề nảy sinh ban đầu trong tiến trình thực hiện hợp tác nghiên cứu. Khi các học viên cao học chủ động tham gia công việc thực tế và thảo luận với các chuyên gia tư vấn nước ngoài trong tháng 9/2009, năng lực nghiên cứu của các học viên sẽ tiến bộ cũng như nâng cao được chất lượng bài báo khoa học khi kết thúc năm tài chính vào năm sau.

Các đối tác và P. Đào tạo Sau Đại học cũng nên đưa thêm cơ hội khác để chia sẻ khó khăn khi các học viên cao học giảm động lực nghiên cứu do có công việc bán thời gian khác.

2.2 Nâng cao năng lực nghiên cứu, phát triển của liên kết đại học – cộng đồng: Kết quả thứ 2

2.2.1 Thành lập Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển

Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển được thành lập tại ĐHBK, như đã đề cập ở mục 1.2, là một bộ phận chịu trách nhiệm thu thập các đề tài nghiên cứu, sàng lọc các đề xuất nghiên cứu, giám sát và đánh giá các hoạt động nghiên cứu & phát triển. Thành viên của ban bao gồm các cán bộ P. Quan hệ Đối ngoại, P. Khoa h ọc Công nghệ và Dự án, P. Đào tạo Sau Đại học, đại diện của các khoa mô hình, các cán bộ có kiến thức chuyên môn, kinh nghiệm trong các lĩnh vực nghiên cứu liên quan. Bốn khoa mô hình gồm có K. Công nghệ Hóa học, K. Kỹ thuật Xây dựng, K. Môi trường và K. Cơ khí. Ngòai ra, K. Quản lý Công nghiệp cũng cử cán bộ khoa tham gia Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển. Nhóm Dự án JICA hỗ trợ Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển về mọi mặt trong quá trình thực hiện dự án, kể cả quá trình lựa chọn đề tài, xây dựng bản cam kết thực hiện, theo dõi/giám sát tiến độ thực hiện, đăng bài trên tạp chí khoa học, hỗ trợ việc đăng ký patent và phân bổ ngân sách thực hiện.


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2.2.2 Thực hiện khảo sát nhu cầu của 5 tỉnh đối tác

1) Khái niệm và mục tiêu

Khái niệm chính của việc khảo sát nhu cầu được mô tả trong bảng 2.1. Điều quan trọng là các hoạt động nghiên cứu do các nhà nghiên cứu của ĐHBK - ĐHQG TP. HCM thực hiện dựa trên khảo sát nhu cầu địa phương không có nghĩa là các giải pháp trực tiếp có thể ứng dụng ngay đối với các nhu cầu công nghệ cụ thể. Hơn nữa, thông qua nghiên cứu chung giữa các nhà nghiên cứu trường đại học và các đối tác địa phương, các kết quả và các hạt động nghiên cứu của ĐHBK - ĐHQG TP. HCM s ẽ góp phần vào sự phát triển về công nghệ then chốt tồn tại dưới những vấn đề công nghệ mà các tỉnh, và/hoặc các ngành công nghiệp và các công đồng tại các tỉnh thường gặp phải.


Bảng 2.1 Khái niệm khảo sát nhu cầu

Mục tiêu của cuộc khảo sát do ĐHBK thực hiện bao gồm: (1) Tìm hiểu các khó khăn về mặt ckỹ thuật công nghệ mà địa phương đang vướng; (2) Truyền đạt lại thông tin về các khó khăn đó cho các khoa liên quan để các khoa có thể chuẩn bị dự án nghiên cứu giải quyết khó khăn cho địa phương; và (3) hỗ trợ xây dựng và duy trì kênh liên lạc giữa đại học và địa phương. Nhiệm vụ của ĐHBK trong vai trò là đ ầu tàu nghiên cứu đào tạo của miền Nam Việt Nam là cung cấp nguồn nhân lực có chất lượng để xây dựng đất nước, đáp ứng nhu cầu của xã hội, đặc biệt là nhu cầu của công nghiệp địa phương trong việc xây dựng công nghệ mới.

2) Thực hiện khảo sát

Trong tháng 4 và tháng 5/2009, việc khảo sát nhu cầu địa phương cho năm đầu tiên của dự án được triển khai tại các tỉnh trọng điểm, xem bảng 2.1. Cán bộ P. Quan hệ Đối ngoại và K. Quản lý Cong nghiệp đã cùng tham dự chuyến khảo sát đến 5 địa phương, trong chuyến khảo sát cũng có một vài


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lần cán bộ nghiên cứu của khoa và học viên cao học tham dự để xây dựng đề cương sơ bộ cho đề xuất nghiên cứu. Mẫu khảo sát nhu cầu đính kèm ở phụ lục 5

Bảng 2.1 Các địa phương tham gia quá trình khảo sát

Tỉnh Thời gian Đơn vị phối hợp Tiền Giang 27/4/2009 UBND T. Tiền Giang An Giang 28-29/4/2009 Đại học An Giang Đồng Nai 5-6/5/2009 Sở KHCN Đồng Nai Bình Dương 7/5/2009 Sở KHCN T. Bình Dương Lâm Đồng 11-12/5/2009 Sở Công Thương


Nhóm khảo sát đã tổ chức thảo luận với đại diện của các địa phương về các nhu cầu tiềm năng và các khó khăn về kỹ thuật mà địa phương đang vướng mắc, tiếp theo đó là các chuyến khảo sát thực tế một vài địa điểm như nhà máy chế biến và các nông trại.

3) Kết quả khảo sát

Qua đợt khảo sát, các nhu cầu về kỹ thuật công nghệ của địa phương được xác định và thu thập thông tin và lên danh sách các đề tài dự kiến, xem mục 2.2.3. Nội dung chi tiết được trình bày đầy đủ trong kết quả khảo sát.

2.2.3 Lựa chọn nhóm và đề tài hợp tác nghiên cứu

1) Xác định các đề tài liên kết nghiên cứu tiềm năng

Thảo luận với đại diện của các cơ quan bao gồm Sở Khoa học Công nghệ (DOST), Sở Công Thương (DOIT), Sở Tài nguyên Môi trường (DONRE) và các trường đại học địa phương trong năm tỉnh đối tác, đã có 23 đề tài nghiên cứu được xác định, như liệt kê trong bảng bên dưới. Vì chỉ có một vài đề tài nghiên cứu hấp dẫn trong lĩnh vực kỹ thuật xây dựng và cơ khí, BQL Dự án đã đề nghị các khoa K X Cơ khí tìm hiểu thêm các đề tài nghiên cứu tiềm năng, và có khoảng 10-12 đề tài nghiên cứu đã được xác nghị như được liệt kê trong Bảng 2.2. Kết quả là có 45 đề tài nghiên cứu tiềm năng đã được đề nghị lên danh sách.


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Table 2.2 Danh sách các đề tài nghiên cứu được đề nghị từ địa phương và ĐHBK

TỪ ĐỊA PHƯƠNG

A Tiền Giang

1 Hoàn thiện công nghệ chiết xuất, tinh chế và sản xuất thử một số sản phẩm từ tinh dầu cây Tràm trà

2 Nghiên cứu công nghệ chế biến một số sản phẩm từ trái sơ ri

3 Ổn định mái dốc bờ sông ĐBSCL bằng công nghệ cột đất xi măng

4 Nghiên cứu công nghệ phù hợp để lọc, nén và dự trữ khí biogas trong chai

5 Nghiên cứu tác động của dòng chảy, các yếu tố môi trường ảnh hưởng đến nghề nuôi nghêu thương phẩm; xây dựng các giải pháp kỹ thuật để bảo bệ môi trường các vùng nuôi và phát triển bền vững vùng cửa sông ven biển và các bãi bồi, cồn mới nổi

6 Nghiên cứu tác động của dòng chảy, các yếu tố môi trường ảnh hưởng đến nghề nuôi cá bè và cá tra ao thâm canh. Xây dựng các giải pháp kỹ thuật để bảo vệ môi trường các vùng nuôi và phát triển thủy sản bền vững trên sông Tiền và các khu vực nuôi tỉnh Tiền Giang

B An Giang

1 Sản xuất phân bón hữu cơ sinh học từ chất thải trong môi trường nuôi chế biến nông thủy sản

2 Xây dựng mô hình thiết bị sấy phù hợp với loại hình sản xuất tiểu thủ công nghiệp quy mô vừa và nhỏ trong chế biến thực phẩm: Phú Mỹ, H. Phú Tân; sấy cá "Sặc Bổi" trong HTX Khánh An, H. An Phú, Tỉnh An Giang

3 Nghiên cứu dòng vi khuẩn ủ phân compost phụ phẩm nông nghiệp

4 Chế biến và bảo quản sản phẩm hỗn hợp Jelly từ khóm và cơm thốt nốt

5 Chế biến Gelatin từ cá da trơn ở mô hình thử nghiệm

6 Nghiên cứu khả năng tự làm sạch của sông Hậu ở An Giang

C Đồng Nai

1 Cải tiến năng suất của thuộc chi Auricularia (Kikurage) bằng cách ổn định chất lượng sản phẩm và số lượng qua việc phát triển công nghệ nuôi trồng hiện đại

2 Công nghệ bảo vệ môi trường đối với qui trình sản xuất cao su (A: mùi từ qui trình cô đặc tự nhiên đối với nhựa hỗn hợp và đục để làm thành khối và B: Xử lý nước thải đối với qui trình sản xuất váng mủ

D Bình Dương

1 Hệ thống máy phát bằng động cơ đốt bên trong sử dụng gas sinh học từ nguồn phân heo chăn nuôi

2 Nghiên cứu xử lý nước thải sinh họat tại chỗ cho các hộ gia đình các khu/cụm dân cư, các khu nhà trọ bằng các công nghệ phù hợp, gọn nhẹ, đơn giản, hiệu quả, chi phí xây dựng và vận hành thấp, đáp ứng tiêu chuẩn qui định về môi trường

3 Nghiên cứu loại bỏ/xử lý mùi hôi ở các nhà máy chế biến cao su tại tỉnh Bình Dương

E Lâm Đồng

1 Nghiên cứu chiết xuất Taxol từ cây thông đỏ (Taxus Wallichiana Zucc) để ứng dụng trong lĩnh vực dược phẩm để sản xuất thuốc chống ung thư

2 Nghiên cứu chiết xuất các chất có giá trị cao từ phụ phẩm của quá trình sản xuất chế biến trà (cafein và polyphenol)

3 Nghiên cứu phương pháp xử lý "bùn đỏ" trong quá trình sản xuất alumin tại nhà máy Tân Rai - Bảo Lâm - Lâm Đồng


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4 Nghiên cứu phương pháp xử lý "nước thải" cho nhà máy chế biến cà phê nhân theo công nghệ ướt

5 Nghiên cứu qui trình chiết xuất các loại trà thảo mộc, sử dụng chiết xuất cho chế biến trà hoà tan, nước giải khát, … (phương pháp chiết xuất hỗn hợp)

6 Nghiên cứu công nghệ đóng gói trà thảo mộc, truyền thống theo công nghệ mới (sản phẩm trà đóng gói có hình tháp tam giác)

TỪ TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC

A Khoa Kỹ thuật Xây dựng

1 Công nghệ bê-tông đất ứng dụng chống sạt lở các công trình mái dốc cho T. Lâm Đồng

2 Kết cấu mặt đường mới trên cơ sở nguồn nguyên liệu đất latarit và phế thải công nghiệp tro bay - bùn đỏ để phát triển bền vững

3 Phát triển công nghệ vật liệu bê tông nhẹ để xây dựng nhà giá thành thấp

4 Công nghệ bê-tông hóa mặt đường địa phương: giải pháp tích hợp để chung sống với lũ

5 Đánh giá và phát triển hệ thống xe buýt ở Biên Hòa, T. Đồng Nai

6 Nghiên cứu các yếu tố chính ảnh hưởng đến an toàn giao thông và các biện pháp cải tạo một số "tuyến đường đen" ở thành phố Biên Hòa, T. Đồng Nai

7 Ứng dụng GIS trong lượng giá đất, quản lý đất đai, quản lý giao thông, phân tích sử dụng đất, quản lý hạ tầng đô thị

8 Sử dụng GPS cho quản lý cơ sở hạ tầng các đô thị tiêu biểu

9 Xây dựng bản đồ điện tử chuyên dụng cho quản lý hành chính tại 5 tỉnh

10 Nghiên cứu kỹ thuật gia tải nền đất đắp hợp lý, cải tạo nền đất yếu bằng hệ thống thoát nước đứng tại T. Đồng Nai

B Khoa Cơ khí

1 Hệ thống thu nhận dữ liệu mưa và ngập khu vực ven sông.

2 Thiết kế, chế tạo hệ thống giám sát và bón, tưới hoa và cây cảnh tự động.

3 Thiết kế, chế tạo hệ thống robot giao nhận nguyên vật liệu trong nhà máy sản xuất.

4 Nghiên cứu thiết kế, chế tạo máy tách vỏ cứng hạt điều trong chế biến nhân điều xuất khẩu.

5 Thanh trùng, bảo quản hạt điều bằng phương pháp liên tục sử dụng hơi bão hòa.

6 Nghiên cứu ứng dụng công nghệ hàn ma sát khuấy vào chế tạo các thiết bị vỏ nhôm.

7 Nghiên cứu tối ưu chế độ hoạt động của cụm phát điện gió dùng cho vùng sâu vùng xa.

8 Nghiên cứu thiết kế, chế tạo thiết bị tự động cắt, tách vỏ trái chôm chôm.

9 Nghiên cứu qui trình công nghệ sấy lục bình và thiết kế, chế tạo thiết bị sấy lục bình phục vụ các ngành tiểu thủ công nghiệp.

10 Thiết kế hệ thống điều khiển và giám sát độ ẩm, nhiệt độ, nồng độ CO2 trong nhà kính trồng nông sản (rau, hoa, củ quả…).

11 Thiết kế và chế tạo giường y tế hỗ trợ điều trị cho bệnh nhân nằm liệt lâu ngày.

12 Nghiên cứu, thiết kế và chế tạo máy doa ống bao trục chân vịt tàu thủy.



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2) Chuẩn bị các đề xuất hợp tác nghiên cứu

Các đề tài nghiên cứu này được công bố cho tất cả các khoa tại ĐHBK TPHCM dưới dạng danh sách các đề tài nghiên cứu tiềm năng để chuẩn bị các đề xuất hợp tác nghiên cứu. Mẫu xuất hợp tác nghiên cứu được đính kèm trong Phụ lục 6. Mẫu đề xuất bao gồm các đề mục sau đây: (1) Đề tài nghiên cứu; (2) Thành viên nghiên cứu (trưởng nhóm, thành viên trong khoa, sinh viên và các đ ối tác nghiên cứu tại địa phương); (3) Thành tựu trước kia của các thành viên (bằng nghiên cứu, các

và bằng sáng chế); (4) Thiết bị nghiên cứu có sẵn và các thiết bị cần thiết; và (5) Các phần chính của đề tài (các vấn đề tồn tại, các hướng tiếp cận được đề nghị đối với vấn đề, kết quả mong muốn và thuận lợi nhờ công nghệ đang có)

3) Lựa chọn các đề tài hợp tác nghiên cứu

xuất được nộp. B t cứu và Phát triển (RDPC) đã đánh giá cẩn thận cả các đề xuất và trình bày của các trưởng nhóm nghiên cứu, sử dụng 5 tiêu chuẩn đánh giá được nhóm Dự án xây dựng, như đính kèm trong Phụ lục 7. Ngòai ra, chính sách nghiên cứu của ĐHBK cũng như sự phân bổ công bình các đề tài nghiên cứu giữa các phân khoa mẫu và các tỉnh mục tiêu cũng được cân nhắc khi tuyển chọn các đề tài nghiên cứu. Qua bàn thảo, RDPC và Nhóm Dự án JICA đã quyết định chọn 12 đề tài nghiên cứu, mặc dù chỉ dự định chọn 7 đề tài nghiên cứu cho 1. 27 đề xuất đã nộp được liệt kê trong Bảng 2.3. Sự phân bổ các đề tài tuyển chọn giữa các lĩnh vực nghiên cứu và các tỉnh được giới thiệu lần lượt trong Bảng 2.4 và 2.5.

Bảng 2.3 Danh sách các đề xuất đã gửi tham dự

TT Khoa Đề Tài Nghiên Cứu Mã số Tỉnh đối tác

1 Cơ khí Thiết kế và sản xuất máy tách vỏ hạt điều bán tự động để thay thế cách làm thủ công Đại học B5 Đồng Nai

2 Cơ khí Nghiên cứu qui trình công nghệ sấy lục bình và thiết kế, chế tạo thiết bị sấy lục bình phục vụ các ngành tiểu thủ công nghiệp. Đại học B9 Không xác

định

3 Cơ khí Nghiên cứu thiết kế, chế tạo thiết bị tự động cắt, tách vỏ trái chôm chôm. Đại học B8 Không xác

định

4 Cơ khí Thiết kế, chế tạo hệ thống giám sát và bón, tưới hoa và cây cảnh tự động. Đại học B2 Không xác

định

5 Cơ khí Thiết kế hệ thống điều khiển và giám sát độ ẩm, nhiệt độ, nồng độ CO2 trong nhà kính trồng nông sản (rau, hoa, củ quả…). Đại học B10 Lâm Đồng

6 Công nghệ Hóa học

Chế biến và bảo quản sản phẩm hỗn hợp Jelly từ khóm và cơm thốt nốt Tỉnh B4 An Giang

7 Công nghệ Hóa học Nghiên cứu công nghệ chế biến một số sản phẩm từ trái sơ ri Tỉnh A2 Tiền Giang


Nghiên cứu chiết xuất các chất có giá trị cao từ phụ phẩm của quá trình sản xuất chế biến trà (cafein và polyphenol) Tỉnh E2 Lâm Đồng


Nghiên cứu phương pháp xử lý "bùn đỏ" trong quá trình sản xuất alumin tại nhà máy Tân Rai - Bảo Lâm - Lâm Đồng Tỉnh E3 Lâm Đồng


Nghiên cứu chiết xuất Taxol từ cây thông đỏ (Taxus Wallichiana Zucc) để ứng dụng trong lĩnh vực dược phẩm để sản xuất thuốc chống ung thư

Tỉnh E1 Lâm Đồng


Khảo sát chiết xuất Collagen từ chất thải của nhà máy chế biến cá để ứng dụng trong mỹ phẩm và dược phẩm. Tỉnh B5 An Giang

12 Môi trường Sản xuất phân bón hữu cơ sinh học từ chất thải trong môi trường nuôi chế biến nông thủy sản Tỉnh B1 An Giang


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13 Môi trường

Nghiên cứu xử lý nước thải sinh họat tại chỗ cho các hộ gia đình các khu/cụm dân cư, các khu nhà trọ bằng các công nghệ phù hợp, gọn nhẹ, đơn giản, hiệu quả, chi phí xây dựng và vận hành thấp, đáp ứng tiêu chuẩn qui định về môi trường

Tỉnh D2 Bình Dương

14 Môi trường Nghiên cứu phương pháp xử lý "bùn đỏ" trong quá trình sản xuất alumin tại nhà máy Tân Rai - Bảo Lâm - Lâm Đồng Tỉnh E3 Lâm Đồng

15 Môi trường Khảo sát công nghệ thích hợp cho việc xử lý nước thải từ qui trình chế biến mủ cao su Tỉnh C2 Đồng Nai

16 Môi trường

Nghiên cứu những tác động của sông/biển trên sò điệp thương mại, lập giải pháp để bảo vệ vùng trồng trọt ở Tiền Giang và sử dụng nguồn tài nguyên này để giữ đất quanh các cửa sông và cồn cát

Tỉnh A6 Tiền Giang

17 Môi trường Nghiên cứu tác động của ô nhiễm thủy văn và môi trường trên việc nuôi cá bè và việc chuyên canh cá trê, tìm biện pháp công nghệ để bảo vệ và phát triển môi trường thủy sinh ở Tiền Giang

Tỉnh A5 Tiền Giang

18 Môi trường Đánh giá khả năng tự làm sạch của sông Hậu ở Tỉnh An Giang Tỉnh B6 An Giang

19 Kỹ thuật Xây dựng

Khảo sát những nhân tố chính của tai nạn giao thông và việc cải thiện "con đường đen" ở Biên Hòa, Tỉnh Đồng Nai Đại học A6 Đồng Nai


Ổn định mái dốc bờ sông ĐBSCL bằng công nghệ cột đất xi măng Tỉnh A3 Tiền Giang

21 Kỹ thuật Xây dựng Đánh giá và phát triển hệ thống xe bus ở Biên Hòa, Đồng Nai Đại học A5 Đồng Nai


Kết cấu mặt đường mới trên cơ sở nguồn nguyên liệu đất latarit và phế thải công nghiệp tro bay - bùn đỏ để phát triển bền vững Đại học A2 Lâm Đồng


Kết cấu mặt đường bằng bê tông xi măng Portland của đường phố ở vùng Sông Mê Kông - một giải pháp cho vùng

Đại học A4 An Giang


Khối bê tông đất để ổn định/ bảo vệ đất ở sườn núi tại Tỉnh Lâm Đồng Đại học A1 Lâm Đồng


Công nghệ bê tông nhẹ cho việc xây nhà chi phí thấp ở Lâm Đồng, Tiền Giang, An Giang Đại học A3

Lâm Đồng. Tiền Giang, An Giang

26 Kỹ thuật Giao thông

Hệ thống phát bằng động cơ đốt bên trong sử dụng gas sinh học từ nguồn phân heo chăn nuôi Tỉnh D1 Bình Dương


Nghiên cứu kỹ thuật gia tải nền đất đắp hợp lý, cải tạo nền đất yếu bằng hệ thống thoát nước đứng tại T. Đồng Nai Đại học A10 Đồng Nai


Bảng 2.4 Phân bổ các đề tài theo khoa chuyên ngành Khoa Đã nộp Chọn

Cơ khí 5 2 Công nghệ Hóa học 6 4 Môi trường 7 2 Kỹ thuật Xây dựng 8 3 Giao thông 1 1

Tổng 27 12 Nguồn: “Nhóm Dự án JICA”

Bảng 2.5 Phân bổ các đề tài theo địa phương Tỉnh Đã nộp Chọn

Tiền Giang 5 3 An Giang 6 1 Đồng Nai 5 3 Bình Dương 2 1 Lâm Đồng 8 4 Không chỉ định 3 0

Total 29* 12 Ghi chú: 1 đề xuất đã chọn 3 tỉnh làm tỉnh đối tác. Nguồn: “Nhóm Dự án JICA”


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4) Chuẩn bị đề cương chi tiết

Sau khi có kết quả lựa chọn chính thức, 12 nhóm nghiên cứu được thông báo chuẩn bị đề cương chi tiếp, bao gồm: 1) các bài báo khoa học và patent, 2) dự kiến các hoạt động của sinh viên có liên quan đến, 3) lịch trình thực hiện, and 4) Ước tính chi phí. Đề cương chi tiết của 12 nhóm được bổ sung trong phụ lục 8.

5) Phân bổ quỹ hỗ trợ nghiên cứu cho 12 nhóm

Sau khi đã kiểm tra các đề cương chi tiết của 12 , RDPC đã quyết định phân chia quĩ tài trợ nghiên cứu. Ngoài ra, 12 được phân làm 3 loại hạng mục theo các tiêu chí sau:

Loại 1: quĩ hỗ trợ nghiên cứu, nhóm còn được hỗ trợ bởi các đối tác nghiên cứu nước ngoài và họ sẽ đến thăm ĐHBK cho hoạt động nghiên cứu. Hơn nữa, một trong các thành viên của được tập huấn một tháng tại phòng thí nghiệm của đối tác nghiên cứu liên kết tại Nhật Bản.

Loại 2: quĩ hỗ trợ nghiên cứu, nhóm còn được hỗ trợ bởi các đối tác nghiên cứu nước ngoài và họ sẽ đến thăm ĐHBK cho hoạt động nghiên cứu.

Loại 3: Chỉ có quỹ hỗ trợ nghiên cứu.

Kết quả phân bổ ngân sách được thể hiện ở bảng 2.6.

6) Xác định các đối tác nghiên cứu nước ngoài

Các đối tác nghiên cứu nước ngoài có cùng lĩnh vực nghiên cứu được lựa chọn một cách cẩn thận cho từng đề tài đ tài nghiên cứu; 5 đối tác nghiên cứu từ Đại học Kumamoto, một đối tác từ Đại học Công nghệ Toyohashi và Đại học De La Salle, xem Bảng 2.6.


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Bảng 2.6 Đề tài Nghiên cứu, Loại, Thành phần Thành viên, Ngân quĩ, và Đối tác Nước ngoài của 12 Đề tài Hợp tác nghiên cứu được chọn

Số ID n Khoa Đề Tài Nghiên Cứu Tỉnh đối tác Loại

Thành Viên Phân Phối Ngân Quĩ Đối Tác Nước Ngoài

Khoa Sinh viên Tỉnh Tổng Số Phần

Trăm Tên Khoa Đại học Đến Thăm Việt Nam

B1-1 T.S. Tran Doan Son

Kỹ thuật Cơ Khí

Thiết kế và sản xuất máy tách vỏ hạt điều bán tự động để thay thế cách làm thủ công Đồng

Nai 1 3 1 2 214.710.000 8,8% T.S. Naoki Uchiyama Kỹ thuật Cơ Khí

ĐH Công Nghệ

Toyohashi 6-12/9/09

B1-2 T.S. Nguyen Phuoc Dan

Công nghệ Môi Trường

Khảo sát công nghệ thích hợp cho việc xử lý nước thải từ qui trình chế biến mủ cao su Đồng

Nai 1 5 2 3 206.000.000 8,4% T.S. Kenji Furukawa

Kỹ thuật Xây Dựng và Công nghệ Môi Trường

ĐH Kumamoto 3-10/9/09

B1-3 PGS.

Nguyen Van Chanh

Kỹ Thuật Xây Dựng

Các nguyên liệu hỗn hợp vô cơ cho nền đường tận dụng tro bay laterit và chất thải bùn đỏ ở tỉnh Lâm Đồng Lâm

Đồng 1 4 3 5 180.000.000 7,3% T.S.

Mitsuhiro Shigeishi

Kỹ thuật Xây Dựng và Công nghệ Môi Trường

ĐH. Kumamoto 24-30/9/09

B1-4 T.S. Le Thi Kim Phung

Hóa Học

Nghiên cứu chiết xuất Taxol từ cây thông đỏ (Taxus Wallichiana Zucc) ứng dụng trong lĩnh v ực dược phẩm đề điều chế thuốc chống ung thư

Lâm Đồng 1 5 1 1 261.700.000 10,7% T.S. Mitsuru

Sasaki ĐH Kumamoto 6-12/9/09

B1-5 Ô. Nguyen Minh Tam


Sự ổn định của bờ sông trong vùng sông Mê Kông bằng phương pháp chân đế trộn xi măng sâu Tiền

Giang 2 2 1 1 188.000.000 7,7% T.S. Jun Otani Kỹ thuật Xây Dựng

và Công nghệ Môi Trường

ĐH Kumamoto

29/11-5/12/09

B1-6 T.S. Huynh Ky Phuong

Ha

Hóa Học

Khảo sát hoạt tính của bùn thải trên quặng bô xít Bảo Lộc cải tiến để sử dụng như một chất hấp thu Lâm

Đồng 2 3 1 1 210.320.000 8,6% T.S. Pag.Asa Gaspillo Hóa học ĐH De La

Salle 6-10/9/09

B1-7 T.S. Nguyen Hoang Dung

Hóa Học

Khảo sát chiết xuất Collagen từ chất thải của nhà máy chế biến cá để ứng dụng trong mỹ phẩm và dược phẩm.

An Giang 2 4 2 1 257.400.000 10,5% T.S. Shigeru

Morimura Hóa học ĐH Kumamoto

18-24/10/09

B1-8 PGS-TS

Nguyen Tan Tien

Kỹ thuật Cơ Khí

Khảo sát hệ thống nhà kính để áp dụng cho sự tăng trưởng các sản phẩm nông nghiệp. Lâm

Đồng 3 2 1 2 182.500.000 7,4%

B1-9 T.S. Le Van Viet Man

Hóa Học

Nghiên cứu qui trình chế biến sơ ri (Barbados cherry) Tiền Giang 3 2 1 3 194.000.000 7,9%

B1-10 T.S. Vo Le Phu

Công nghệ Môi Trường

Nghiên cứu tác động của ô nhiễm thủy sinh và môi trường trên việc nuôi cá bè và việc chuyên canh cá trê, tìm biện pháp công nghệ để bảo vệ và phát triển môi trường thủy sinh ở Tiền Giang

Tiền Giang 3 7 2 7 171.245.720 7% K

B1-11 PGS. Pham Xuan Mai

Kỹ Thuật Giao Thông

Hệ thống phát bằng động cơ đốt trong sử dụng gas sinh học từ nguồn phân heo chăn nuôi

Bình Dương 3 7 1 2 218.000.000 8,9%

B1-12 T.S. Tran Tuan Anh


Khảo sát kỹ thuật tải trọng trước cho nền đường một cách hợp lý để cải tạo những nền lún bởi ống thoát nước thẳng ở tỉnh Đồng Nai

Đồng Nai 3 2 1 1 165.918.650 6,8%

Tc 2.449.794.370 100,0%

Ghi chú: Loại 1: Quĩ tài trợ nghiên cứu + Đối tác nước ngoài + 1 tháng huấn luyện hợp tác nghiên cứu ở Nhật Bản

Loại 2: Quĩ tài trợ nghiên cứu + Đối tác nước ngoài

Loại 3: Quĩ tài trợ nghiên cứu


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7) Chuẩn bị hướng dẫn quản lý tài chính

Trưởng nhóm được yêu cầu chịu sách phân bổ một cách có hiệu quả để tiến hành các hoạt động nghiên cứu đã lập trong kế hoạch chi tiết của hợp tác nghiên cứu. Nhóm dự án JICA đã chuẩn bị hướng dẫn quản lý tài chánh để quản lý quĩ tài trợ nghiên cứu, theo qui đ ịnh tương quan tại ĐHBK - ĐHQG TP. HCM cũng như qui định của JICA đính kèm trong Phụ lục 9. Hướng dẫn này được giải thích cho tất cả các trưởng nhóm nghiên cứu trước khi ký tên vào b ản thỏa thuận.

8) Thỏa thuận với các trưởng nhóm hợp tác nghiên cứu

Các th thuận được ký riêng biệt giữa Nhóm dự án JICA và 12 trưởng nhóm nghiên cứu, dưới sự chứng kiến của Trưởng BQL Dự án. Sau khi ký bản thỏa thuận, toàn bộ số quĩ tài trợ nghiên cứu được giải ngân và chuyển vào tài khoản ngân hàng cho từng trưởng nhóm của 12 nhóm nghiên cứu vào tháng 8/2009.

9) Chuyến công tác của các chuyên gia nước ngoài

Bốn chuyên gia nước ngoài đã có chuyến công tác đến ĐHBK - ĐHQG TP. HCM trong tuần thứ nhất và thứ hai của tháng 9/2009, như đã nêu trong Bảng 2.6, gồm Tiến sĩ Naoki Uchiyama, Tiến sĩ Kenji Furukawa, Tiến sĩ Mitsuru Sasaki và Tiến sĩ Pag-Asa D. Gaspillo lần lượt cho các đề tài B1-01, 02,04 và 06. Họ đã thảo luận về cách tiến hành các hoạt động hợp tác nghiên cứu bằng cách giới thiệu kinh nghiệm nghiên cứu của họ, thăm các phòng thí nghiệm, các địa điểm và trao đổi ý tưởng nghiên cứu. Tất cả đối tác nghiên cứu nước ngoài đã đồng ý cùng nhau làm việc và hỗ trợ cho các đề tài hợp tác nghiên cứu trong 1 năm. Báo cáo hoạt động của các chuyên gia được đính kèm trong Phụ lục 10.

Thêm vào đó, Tiến sĩ Satryo Soemantri1

Một thành viên nghiên cứu từ mỗi nhóm hợp tác nghiên cứu trong loại 1, nghĩa là từ B1-01 đến B1-04, đã được tuyển chọn cho chuyến tập huấn kéo dài 1 tháng sẽ được tổ chức tại Nhật Bản, như được chỉ ra trong Bảng 2.7. Mục tiêu chính của việc huấn luyện là (i) thực hiện hoạt động hợp tác nghiên cứu; (ii) chuẩn bị nộp cho hội nghị/tạp chí quốc tế; và (iii) để thu đạt được kinh nghiệm hàng đầu về RBE. Người được huấn luyện sẽ được làm việc tại các

cũng đã thăm và làm việc tại ĐHBK - ĐHQG TP. HCM trong cùng thời gian này để hỗ trợ phần tổng quát về việc triển khai hợp tác nghiên cứu cũng như xây dựng mạng lưới giáo dục khu vực để tăng cường năng lực nghiên cứu thông qua trao đổi thông tin và nhân sự giữa các Đại học tham gia vào , đó là ĐHBK - ĐHQG TP. HCM, ĐH Kumamoto, ĐH Công nghệ Toyohashi, Đ H De La Salle (Philippines), và Học viện Kỹ thuật Bangdong (Indonesia).

2.2.4 Giám sát các Hoạt động Hợp tác Nghiên cứu

Nhóm dự án JICA cùng v ới RDPC hỗ trợ 12 nhóm hợp tác nghiên cứu qua việc thường xuyên theo dõi tiến độ và khuyến cáo phối hợp cùng với các đối tác nghiên cứu nước ngoài. Hình thức giám sát được đính kèm trong Phụ lục 11. Sự giám sát sẽ bắt đầu vào tháng 10/2009

2.2.5 Tập huấn tại Nhật Bản


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phòng thí nghiệm của các đối tác nghiên cứu nước ngoài của họ tại các Đại học Nhật Bản. Sự chuẩn bị cho cuộc huấn luyện đang triển khai vào lúc này với sự hỗ trợ của tất cả các tổ chức có liên quan kể cả JICA Chubu cho B1-01 và JICA Kyushu cho B1-02 đến 04.

Bảng 2.7 Người tham dự và Lịch trình Hợp tác Nghiên cứu tại Nhật Bản

Số Đề tài nghiên cứu Tập huấn tại Nhật Bản Người tham dự Chức danh

B1-1 Thiết kế và chế tạo thiết bị cắt vỏ hạt điều bán tự động 21/11 – 19/12/09 Ô. Lê Thanh Tín Học viên Cao

học

B1-2 Nghiên cứu công nghệ phù hợp đẻ xử lý nước thải chế biến Latex

28/11 – 26/12/09 TS. Đặng Việt Hùng Giảng viên

ĐH/ Trưởng Bộ môn

B1-3

Vật liệu tổng hợp vô cơ từ đất đỏ và phế thải (bùn đỏ, tro bay) để xây dựng mặt đường ở tỉnh Lâm Đồng

6 – 29/12/09 T.S. Nguyễn Văn Chánh

Trưởng Bộ môn

B1-4

Nghiên cứu quy trình chiết xuất Taxol từ lá cây thông đỏ (Taxus Wallichiana Zucc) ứng dụng trong ngành dược đề điều chế thuốc chống ung thư

28/11 – 26/12/09 T.S. Lê Thị Kim Phụng

Phó Trưởng Thí

nghiệm

: “Nhóm Dự án JICA”

2.2.6 h t

(1) đăng ký

, Nhóm dự án JICA đối tác

ô hình

.

đối tác

P nhà nướccác khuôn khổ dự án SUPREM-HCMUT

đăng ký patent ô hìnhPhòng sẽ nộp đơn đăng ký b và

-

các v điển hình nước ngoài.

(2)

KHCN và , Nhóm dự ánlàm hoặc

đăng ký .


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xây dựng hồ sơ hướng dẫn hồ sơ

s đính 13.

(3) Bài giảng d c

r tại/Patent 8/9/2009, hướng đến giới thiệu về Patent chomô hình .

cán cân tài liệu học tập xuất bản giáo dục được

xem . Hơn xem xét đánh giátheo cán cân – duy trì

đến

2.3 t t Giáo dục Cơ sở G d Sau Đại học3

2.3.1 Thiết lập h h

đối tácthiết lập h h

này đến từ -Ti n Giang, An Giang L t .

2.3.2 Chương t đ s

Như được đều đối táchợp tác

- ĐHQG TP. HCM, vtổng quát đối tác

đối tác - ĐHQG TP. HCM

2.4 n c đ án: q 4

cường , Dự án đã in ấn và phát hành tờ rơi phát hành

đơn vị . Tờ rơi tham khảo 15.

, tr xây dựng < http://www.jica.ĐHBK - ĐHQG TP. HCM.edu.vn/suprem>.


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2.5 đ k

2.5.2 t Hướng dẫn k h - đ Thực hiện trong Giai đo 1

Hướng dẫn – thực hiệnthông .

2.5.3 t Tiểu h ai đ 1

tiểu d–

tiểu 12


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OẠT

đẩy mạnh , Nhóm Dự án oạt.

3.1 Tổng quan

Nhóm dự án JICA thảo hướng dẫn thực hiện hợp táchợp tác , hợp tác hồ sơ

bản . Nhóm dự án cuộc họp – ĐHQG TP. chuẩn bị

Kumamoto hợp táctrường

do .

Nhóm dự án JICA hỗ trợ P , ĐHBK – ĐHBK TP.trực tuyến nước quốc

tế trực tuyến lắp đặt tại N 9/2009 cho Dự án AUN/SEED-Net JICA được .

Nhóm dự án JICA Khoa học Công nghệ và Quản lý Dự án cho việc patent.

3.2 Chuyển sang mô hình RBE

Nhóm dự án P Đào tạo hmô hình mô hình

. Hướng dẫn xây dựng

ô hình trongđược

– ĐHQG TP. Hướng dẫn

của thực hiện.

Trong khi nắm , Nhóm dự án– ĐHQG TP. nhằm

– ĐHQG TP.– ĐHQG TP. HCM đã

tiếp giáokhả năng các

ngành nghề .

3.3 Tăng c l c t k h – đ

– sẽ tổ chức 12-13/


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, – ĐHQG TP.đối tác trường đó h h

h chi tiết -thức

2. 1, Nhóm dự án

ràng buộcthông báo

. -

12, Nhóm dự án –

. Nhóm dự án

– các

.

3.4 t t Giáo dục Cơ sở d Sau Đại học hỗ trợ thiết lập B t h

h h h– tổ chức 10/2009.

–hay nguồn

.

Phụ lục 1

Biên bản cuộc họp (Ủy ban Chỉ đạo Dự án, Hội thảo Khởi động dự án, Ban Xúc tiến Nghiên cứu và Phát triển)

Minutes of Incention Seminar

for

JICA Technical cooperation Project for capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh city university of

Technology to strengthen university-community Linkage - Phase 2 (SUPREM-HCMUT)

Datez 22APril, 2009 (Wed)

Time: l3:30 - l7:00

Participants: See the attached list'

After reporting the results of Jcc Meeting, Dr. Tuan, Vice Rector of HCMUT made presentation on project

outtine. All five target provinces understood the objective and approach of the project and agreed to

participate in and cooperate with the project. The new allowance scheme was also agreed'

The folowing are the major comments and suggestions made by the representatives of the target provinces

and HCMUT:

l )T ienGiangProv ince(Mr .NguyenHoangHanh 'DeputyDi rec toro fDOST)

/ 7 research topics were selected for the project and these documents have already been submitted to

JICA Project Team.

Although the Province wishes to send resehrchers to the Master course at HCMUT' it is difticult to

pass the entrance examination and this is a constraint to devetop human resources of the Province'

It is essentialto pay attention to the method and regulation of training for local staff' since there is the

possibility that they rnay leave the province ,for big cities after receiving the training' This will cause

probtems such as waste of training and loss of human resources'

t lt is necessary to increase the number of research topics and broaden the research areas in order to

increase the number of localstaffparticipating in research activities'

procedure for selecting and implementing research topics should be expedited, since July is the

deadline for provinces to submit research proposals to MOST for this year' and therefore DOST

wishes to know research topics for this project before submission to MOST'

up to now, DOST has received around 70 research proposals from local communities since February'

2 )B inhDuongProv ince(Mr .NgoVanDinh 'V iceDi rec toro fDOST)

/ JICA /HCMUT developed and transferred waste water treatment technology for fish cultivating pond

in An Giang Province under phase I project. The province expects this project to transfer the

developed technology, rather than implementing research again'

,/ Binh Duong Province is considering proposing 4 research topics for this project' However'

considering the budget limitation and the number of research topics to be selected' Binh Duong

Province may reduce the number of proposed research topics'

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There is no public university with engineering major in Binh Duong Province. Thus, it is hard to send

staff/students from Binh Duong Province to participate in the research, consideringthe regulation of

this project. This would be constraints for Binh Duong Province'

In Binh Duong province, there is only one private university with engineering field. Therefore, Binh

Duong province suggests JtCA / HCMUT to accept the students / staff from this private university for

joint researches.

3) Lam Dong province (Mr. Huynh Ngoc Hai, Department of Industry and Trade)

The province expects JICA to support improvement of quality of agri-products like tea and coffbe' At

prcsent, Larn Dong province ranks l" nationwide for producing tea and 2"0 for producing coffee' With

the new technology to be developed through the project, quality of tea and coffee will be improved'

Lam Dong Province also wants to apply for artichoke'

The province expects JICA to support development of waste treatlnent technologies for a large amount

of solid and contaminated water discharged from coffee production process'

The province expects JICA to support electrifying r€mote villages in the province. Though Lam Dong

is one of the provinces that EVN and the Government have put in the list to electrify, it is still very

difficult to make it for many remote villages at this moment. Research to electrify remote areas is

needed.

The Province expects JICA to support development of energy conservation technologies'

.l'ire provirrce expects JICA to support development of waste treatment technology for a large amount

of red mud discharged from bauxite production process, as well as improvement of quality / added

value of bauxite product.

4) An Giang Province (Mr. Doan Huu Luc, Vice Rector of An Giang Univenity)

The province agrees that HCMUT would be the leader in conducting researches in the region'

The number of research topics should be re-considered. Seven seems too many' since the only two

researches implemented in An Giang Province for the past 3 years under phase I project have not yet

reached expectation, esp. the project of developing fish filleting machine.

5) HCMUT (Prof. Le Trung chon, Head of Post craduate Department, HCMUT)

Dong Nai Province has population of 20 million people and therefore water pollution treatment

technology has become very essential. Researclr needs of waste water treatment are very high'

One of major products in Lam Dong Province is flower. However, at present' the technology for

flower preservation and transportation has not yet been developed as expected' This should be a target

research topic.

Having received these comments, suggestions and proposals, JICA Project Team commented as follows:

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The project purpose is to enhance education and R&D capacity of HCMUT for promotion of

university-community linkage. As local partner institutions participate in joint researches, their

research capabilities will also be strengthened through sharing research experiences with HCMUT.

It takes time to achieve research goals and 3.5 years project period rnight be short. But, once HCMUT

obtains the sufficient level of research capabilities through the project, it is not so difficult to identify

financial sources for research.

Master students of HCMUT will conduct researches for topics selected based on local researcll needs

in .cooperation with local research institutes. Although main players are Mater students and their

research advisors, local research partners also will also participate and learn research management

cycle.

HCMUT representarives and JICA Project Team will visit all target provinpes for further discussion on

research needs from 27 April to l2 May. Based on information collected, long listed research topics

witl be announced at mid May and the finat selection will be done by the end of June..

fProf. Phan Dinh Tuan

Vice Rector of HCMUT and Project Manager

Enclosed: List of ParticiPants

Y*V

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for

JICA TeChnical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of

Techndlogy to Strengthen University-Community Linkage - Phase 2 (SUPREM-HCMUT)i!

Datez 22 April, 2009 (Wed)

Time: 08:J0am - 11:45am

Venue: A4 Hall, A4 Building, HCMUTI

Participarlts: See the attached list.

I

After the Opening speech by Prof. Vu Dinh Thanh, Rector of HCMUT, Prof. Phan Dinh Tuan, Vice

Rector of iHCMUI Prof. Tsuyoshi Usagawa, Leader of JICA Project Team, Mr. Toru Ishibashi,

Deputy Lepder of JICA Project Team and Ms, Kyoko Nakano, Deputy Leader of JICA Project Team

made presbntations based on the Inception Report. Following are the conclusions made after

discussions among participants:

r Thb Inception Report was approved.

o ThF new allowance scheme was approved.

r ReFearch equipment should be purchased in accordance with JICA's regulations, JICA Project

Tedm will provide a guideline to implement joint researches before research furtd is given.

r Re$earch topics should be carefully selected, considering both aspects of scientific value and

locBl needs. It was agreed that research topics based on local needs can also have sufficient

levbl of scientific value and can be appropriate for research themes of Master students.

o In oase where the goal of a research is deerned far beyond the cument level, the research group

leafler should make a long-term research plan with step-by-step approach so that one such

resiarch step can be an appropriate theme for Master students.

Re$earch proposals will be selected by R&D Promotion Committee which will be fonned

un{er the project. The Committee will make selection criteria.I

r Re$earchers and students in local partner universities can .ioin irr the researoh activities as

resfarch group members.

. Thq project cannot provide scholarship for master students. Students should seek other

findncial sources that may include JICA and AUNlSeed-Net.

r It Was agreed that an abbreviation of the project ora project nickname is SUPREM-HCMUIl

Strfngthening University Project for Research Based Education Model.

Approved by: -. _{_o-

Prof. Vu Dinh Thanlr,

Rector of HCMUT

On behalf of Chairrnan of JCCl

IiI

iList of participantsAttached:

:i

r Minutes of R&D lrgmotipn Cgmlnittpg Nfeetins' for;

JICATeqhnical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of

Techncfogy to Strengthen University-Community Linkage - Phase 2 (SUPREM-HCMUT)

Date: 28 July, 2009 (Tue)

Time: 10:00am - l2:00pm

Venue: Robm 405, A4 Building, HCMUT

Participanfs: See the attached listI

The team leaders or representatives of the I I research proposals, which have been selected for the

2009/2010 iSUPREM-HCMUT Joint Research, as well as the members of R&D Promotion Committee

gathered toidiscuss the following issues: | . Budget allocation, 2. financial management guidelines, and

3. visiting bchedule of overseas research partners. The following points have been explained to andI

understoodi by the participants:

After gareful consideration, the amount of budget proposed by each research team has been

adjusted (reduced) to meet the total budget available for the first paft of the project (i.e. August

2009-Jfnuary 2010) and this was agreed by all participants.

Based pn the adjusted amount of research budget, each research team was asked to re-estimate

cost and submit to JICA Team by l2pm, Friday, 3l July 2009. They were also asked to recalculate

the expected amount of "travelling costs" which should be kept within 20Yo of the total budget.

There will be an additional research topic and budget will be allocated, although the amount will

be smailer than the amount for other I I proposals'

Each research team was asked to open a bank account at a branch of Agribank as soon as the

agreement is signed between the research team and JICA Team. The account name should be

*B I -JIi No. full name of team leader", like "B I -5 Dr. aaa bbb ccc.i

Upon {re purchase of items whose unit price is large (the exact amount will be confirmed by Dr.

Phong, Project Coordinator referring to the regulation of HCMUT), the research teams are asked

to submit a procurement proposat to JICA Team with three quotations for approval of JICA Team.

Every transaction will be carried out in Vietnamese Dong'

The owrseas partners identified for seven research teams will be introduced to tho research team

leaderd to start to communicate through e-mail.I

It is pl4nned that the overseas partners will be invited in Septernber to October 2009. Therefore, all

research teams should inform JICA Team of their preferable visiting period.

The Ohe-month joint research activity in Japan is scheduled to be carried out in November or

December 2009.

Dr. Mai

Attached: f"ist of ParticiPants

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a

Coord inator of SU PREM-HCMUT Project

Phụ lục 2

Bảng câu hỏi Điều tra sơ bộ về tình hình chung của Chương trình Đào tạo hệ Cao học tại Đại học Bách Khoa để giới thiệu chương trình nghiên cứu đào tạo.

HCMUTDate:

InformantName: e-mail

Faculty

Department

Position □ Dean □ Head □ Others ( )

1 Students in the master's programs of your faculty/department

1-1 How many % of the master students are fresh graduates from undergraduate programs?□ less than 5% □ 5-25% □ 25-50% □ more than 50%

1-2 How many % of the master students are full-time students?□ less than 5% □ 5-25% □ 25-50% □ more than 50%

1-3 How many % of the master students are lecturers of local universities (dispatched for higher degrees)?□ less than 5% □ 5-25% □ 25-50% □ more than 50%

1-4 How many % of the master students have part-time jobs?□ less than 5% □ 5-25% □ 25-50% □ more than 50%

1-5 What is the average number of years that master students had worked for before entering HCMUT after obtaining bachelor's degree?□ less than 2 years □ 2-5 years □ 5-10 years □ more than 10 years

Basic Survey on the current situation of master's programs at HCMUTto introduce the Research based Education (RBE)

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2 Curriculum and syllabus of the master's program # Please attach the syllabus/curriculum of your faculty/department

2-1 What is the required number of credits for master's degree?( ) credits

2-2 What is the required number of credits for master's degree by course works?( ) credits

2-3 What is the required number of credits for master's degree by research (thesis) works?( ) credits

2-4 In what semester do they start their thesis works?□ the 1st □ the 2nd □ the 3rd □ Others ( )

2-5 When is the specific supervisor for each master student assigned?□ the 1st □ the 2nd □ the 3rd □ Others ( )

3 Research and education

3-1 Do your professors/assoc.professors/lecturers have their own space to do research (research lab)?□ Yes □ No □ Others ( )

3-2 How many researchers usually share the space?□ 1 □ 2-5 □ more than 5 □ No space

3-3 Is one of the researchers sharing the space assigned as the lab leader?□ Yes □ No □ Others ( )

3-4 How many hours in average do their master student spend in his/her supervisor's research lab per day?□ less than 1H □ 2-3 H □ more than 3H □ No space for students

3-5 Do they have regular seminars with their master students (as part of the course work and/or extra classes)?□ Yes □ No □ Others ( )

Thank you

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Phụ lục 3

Kế hoạch hoạt động: Giới thiệu mô hình Nghiên cứu Đào tạo cho chương trình đào tạo hệ Cao học

Implementation Plan

for

Introducing Research Based Education (RBE)

to the Master’s Program

under

SUPREM-HCMUT

Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of

Ho-Chi Minh City University of Technology to Strengthen University-Community Linkage

(Phase 2)

June 2009

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Table of Contents

1. Objectives of introducing Research Based Education into master’s programs at HCMUT ............................ 2

1-1 Background................................................................................................................................................ 2

1-2 Expected outcomes of the activities to introduce Research Based Education........................................... 2

1-3 Time schedule............................................................................................................................................ 3

2. Current Situation and Problem Identification .................................................................................................. 4

2-1 Basic data on master students of model faculties at HCMUT................................................................... 4

2-2 Curriculum and syllabus of master’s programs at HCMUT...................................................................... 4

2-3 Problem identification ............................................................................................................................... 4

3. Major principles............................................................................................................................................... 5

4. University-community linkage ........................................................................................................................ 6

5. Action Plans by model laboratories ................................................................................................................. 7

6. Development of Guidelines for introducing RBE............................................................................................ 8

7. Monitoring the outcomes of Research Based Education ................................................................................. 9

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1. Objectives of introducing Research Based Education into master’s programs at HCMUT 1-1 Background

Vietnam has implemented higher education reform since the introduction of Doi Moi in the 1980’s and has made

a notable success in improving the quantity and quality of higher education, contributing to the country’s social

and economic development. The government’s five-year socio-economic development plan (2006-2010)

envisages making Vietnam an industrialized country in the direction of modernization by 2020. However, in light

of these rapid changes, the Vietnamese higher education institutions are not yet fully capable of responding to the

socioeconomic needs of the country. The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in 2005 approved a

resolution entitled “Vietnam Higher Education Renovation Agenda (2006-2010)”.

In order for HCMUT to develop itself as the region’s leading higher education and research institution in the field

of engineering, a systematic and institutional setup that enables continuous R&D activities would be necessary.

In this context, it is expected that the master course programs of model faculties of HCMUT will be transformed

from classroom-learning based to research based education (RBE) under the Technical Cooperation Project for

Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology to strengthen University-Community Linkage

Phase 2 (SUPREM-HCMUT).

1-2 Expected outcomes of the activities to introduce Research Based Education

Expected outputs of SUPREM-HCMUT are as follows:

(1) Master course program of model faculties at HCMUT is transformed from classroom- learning based to

RBE.

(2) R&D capacity for university-community linkage is strengthened at HCMUT.

(3) HCMUT has hub roles to promote academic cooperation for university-community linkage among higher

education institutions and research institutions in the southern part of Vietnam.

(4) Activities by HCMUT to promote local development in the southern part of Vietnam are well recognized.

To achieve the outputs said above, each “model lab” should play a key role through conducting joint research and

simultaneously introducing RBE.

Regarding (1) Transformation of master programs of model faculties from classroom-based to RBE, followings

are given as indicators of achievement (as Project Design Matrix):

Implementation plan and guidelines for RBE is authorized by HCMUT and introduced to the whole

university.

Awareness-raising seminars are held once a year.

Action plan of each model laboratory is prepared after the awareness-raising seminar.

At least two (2) graduate students are involved in the research activities of each model laboratory.

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At least two (2) seminars for sharing experiences among laboratories of the model faculties are conducted.

To perform the transformation of the education of the master’s programs, following activities are to be conducted:

• HCMUT prepares overall implementation plan suitable for Master Course program by transforming

classroom-learning based education to RBE.

• HCMUT holds awareness-raising seminar on RBE for the model faculties.

• HCMUT appoints model laboratories from the model faculties.

• HCMUT coordinates model laboratories to prepare each action plan.

• Each model laboratory implements each action plan.

• Each model laboratory holds weekly group meeting with research members

• Model faculties develop guidelines to introduce RBE.

• Model faculties organize workshops to share experiences among laboratories within the faculties.

1-3 Time schedule

Overall schedule is summarized in Table 1.1

Table 1.1 Schedule of Introducing RBE

Period Activities Outputs

April 2009-June 2009 - Preparation for the introduction - Implementation Plan

- JR & RBE Seminar (June 16)

July 2009-September 2009 - RBE at model laboratories is planned - Action Plan of each model laboratory

(for 2009/2010)

- RBE Seminar (early September)

October 2009-July 2010 - Trial RBE at model laboratories is

given to the new master students

based on the Action Plan of each

model laboratory

- JR outcomes (patents, papers)

- Master thesis based on JR

August 2010-July 2011 - RBE at model laboratories is

promoted to the new master students

and become known to other

laboratories

- Action Plan of each model laboratory

(2010/2011)

- Awareness raising seminar

- Master thesis based on joint research

August 2011-July 2012 - RBE at model laboratories is

established and disseminated to other

laboratories

- Action Plan of each model laboratory

(2011/2012)



August 2012-October 2012 - RBE at model laboratories is

continued and established at

HCMUT

- Guidelines for introducing RBE

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2. Current Situation and Problem Identification

2-1 Basic data on master students of model faculties at HCMUT

Some data of the master students at HCMUT is shown in Table 2.1

Table 2.1 Master students at model faculties As of June 2009

Number of intake by the faculty (2009/2010)

Full-time <15%

Fresh graduates 40%

University lecturers 20%

Number of research students

(master’s program by research work)

44 (6% of master students)

2-2 Curriculum and syllabus of master’s programs at HCMUT

Master programs of HCMUT can be classified as follows:

（By enrollment）

2.0 years programs

(1.5 years programs for students graduated from the 4.5 years- bachelor program are to be started in

2009)

(By targets)

Programs focusing on course work

Programs focusing on research work

2-3 Problem identification

Currently, at HCMUT, a specific supervisor is assigned to each student at the beginning of the 3rd semester, and

the students are not requested to do research from the 1st semester. They start their thesis research in the 3rd

semester and stay at the laboratories for comparatively small hours per day, thus many of master students need

more than 2 years to obtain the master degree.

Compared to above, for example at Japanese universities, from the first day of the program, students are required

to attend the weekly group meeting and report his/her progress during the week and/or present some advanced

academic information to the lab members, which is part of his/her thesis preparation.

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3. Major principles

This implementation plan tries to introduce RBE as substantial activities of the education at HCMUT, therefore it

will not suggest drastic changes in current organizational structures, name of the subjects, nor the crediting

system.

The point is that the supervisor of a master student is responsible for his/her student’s performance throughout the

program, i.e. from the 1st semester till they finish the master thesis, and a joint research group that consists of the

Lab leader (the supervisor), researchers, master students, undergraduate students and other staff members should

be organized as “a model laboratory”.

Furthermore, in terms of nurturing human resources with qualified research capabilities as master holders, the

research conducted by his/her supervisor under SUPREM-HCMUT should be good enough from both academic

and local viewpoints.

In this context and considering the current situation, the major principles should be:

(1) HCMUT will introduce RBE to “master programs by research work”

(2) The leader of a joint research group (model laboratory) should invite master students to join his research

project and supervises them throughout the program

(3) The master thesis should be created based on the outcomes of joint research under SUPREM-HCMUT or

other research projects

(4) Master students of a model laboratory are expected to write an academic paper as the first author

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4. University-community linkage

Since HCMUT aims at strengthening university-community linkage through conducting joint research under

SUPREM-HCMUT, followings should be taken into consideration while challenging RBE:

Local technical needs will be regularly surveyed by External Relations Office and researchers from

faculties

Joint research at model faculties should reflect the technical needs of partner provinces, if not

directly but in terms of the development of the key technology to solve the problems in the

provinces

Model labs will try to encourage master students who are lecturers of local universities and/or

researchers of local provinces to participate in the joint research under SUPREM-HCMUT

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5. Action Plans by model laboratories

5-1 Activities in the model laboratories

The leaders of model laboratories

must supervise his/her master students from the first day of the program until they finish it

must guide/supervise his/her master students so that they can create one academic paper (his/her

master thesis in preliminary style) with other lab members based on the joint research under

SUPREM-HCMUT

are recommended to give regular lab meetings where master students are required to report their

research progress

are encouraged to develop the digital content of e-Learning with graduate students

Master students (by research work) of model laboratories are to recognize that

the supervisor is the lab leader all through their study program

they must create their master thesis based on the research outcomes

they are requested to write an academic paper as the first author

Action Plan of each pilot laboratory must be able to guide leaders and students as above, and the plan must be

practical, not conceptual.

5-2 Key issues for model laboratories

Some of the content of the action plan, which the model labs must actually implement for master students from

October 2009 could include the followings:

(1) Assigning a supervisor to each master student

(2) Transforming the content of some lectures to research based seminars without changing the name of the

subject

(3) Making master students to stay in “their lab” as long as possible

Desk arrangement

Assignment as a research assistant to master students

Sharing leader’s activities with students

(4) Efforts to create academic paper with students

Planning the research project taking the publication into consideration

frequent research discussions

(5) Developing the digital content of e-Learning

(6) Lab Management

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6. Development of Guidelines for introducing RBE The Guidelines will be developed by HCMUT based on the experiences of the model laboratories in 2009/2010

for all faculties of HCMUT and universities in Vietnam.

It may be revised, if HCMUT could make it more feasible and/or user-friendly after more experiences.

7. Monitoring the outcomes of Research Based Education

It is very important for an enterprise to learn how their products are evaluated by customers, likewise it is

indispensable for universities to monitor the performance of students after graduation, as the graduates are the

products of the university. Information on how they are good or not good, and on what is appreciated or

blamed should be reflected after serious investieation and discussions at the universitv level.

Students who are working as faculty members of higher education institutions are strongly expected to keep

connection with the supervisor of master's programs at HCMUT. They are duly expected to conduct joint

research with former supervisors, exchange information on education and research as professionals, i.e.

researchers and lecturers. If academic societies in Vietnam work well, supervisors and their students are to

belong to the same academic society and have more opportunities to see how their students'performance is.

Through these opportunities, followings will be among items to be monitored and evaluated.

o Position/Institution

o Paper published in national and intemational journals

a Research projects they are participating (have participated) in

This Implementation Plan was approved by Head of Postgraduate Study Offtce, HCMUT

LETRUNG CHON. PhD

SUPREM-HCMUT

URL: http//:www.hcmut.edu.vn/suprem

Contact: [email protected]

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Phụ lục 4

Kế hoạch hành động: Giới thiệu mô hình Nghiên cứu

Đào tạo cho chương trình đào tạo hệ Cao học

Action Plan

for Introducing Research Based Education

(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT

Technical Cooperation Project

for Capacity Building of Ho Chin Minh City University of Technology

To Strengthen University-Community Linkage (Phase 2)

August 2009

Model Laboratory by Dr. Tran Doan Son Department of manufacturing Engineering

Faculty of Mechanical Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

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Table of Contents

1. Objectives of introducing RBE into master’s program .................................................................................... 2

1-1 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 2

1-2 Expected outcomes of SUPREM-HCMUT ............................................................................................... 2

1-3 Verifiable indicators and overall schedule ................................................................................................. 3

2. Problem Identification ...................................................................................................................................... 4

3 Action Plans for introducing RBE into our laboratory (Model Lab) ................................................................. 5

3-1 Substantial goal .......................................................................................................................................... 5

3-2 Actions to achieve the substantial goal ...................................................................................................... 6

4. Monitoring the outcomes of RBE .................................................................................................................... 7

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1. Objectives of introducing RBE into master’s program 1-1 Background

The government’s five-year socio-economic development plan (2006-2010) envisages making Vietnam an industrialized country in the direction of modernization by 2020. The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in 2005 approved a resolution entitled “Vietnam Higher Education Renovation Agenda (2006-2010)”.

In this context, in order for Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) to develop itself as the

region’s leading higher education and research institution in the field of engineering, a systematic and

institutional setup that enables continuous R&D activities would be necessary.

Therefore, HCMUT has decided to introduce RBE into the master’s programs of model faculties of

HCMUT under the Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of

Technology to strengthen University-Community Linkage Phase 2 (SUPREM-HCMUT). The

Implementation Plan authorized by HCMUT

1-2 Expected outcomes of SUPREM-HCMUT

Model labs should be aware of the expected outputs of SUPREM-HCMUT as a whole, which are as

follows:

(1) Master’s programs of model faculties at HCMUT is transformed from classroom- learning based to

RBE.


(3) HCMUT has hub roles to promote academic cooperation for university-community linkage among

higher education institutions and research institutions in the southern part of Vietnam.

(4) Activities by HCMUT to promote local development in the southern part of Vietnam are well

recognized.

1-3 Major Principles of the Implementation Plan for Introducing RBE by HCMUT

The implementation plan aims at introduce RBE as substantial activities of the education at HCMUT,

without drastic changes in current organizational structures, name of the subjects, nor the crediting system.

The point is that the supervisor of a master student is responsible for his/her student’s performance

throughout the program, i.e. from the 1st semester till they finish the master thesis, and a joint research

group that consists of the Lab leader (the supervisor), researchers, master students, undergraduate students

and other staff members should be organized as “a model laboratory”.

Furthermore, in terms of nurturing human resources with qualified research capabilities as master holders,

the research conducted by his/her supervisor under SUPREM-HCMUT should be good enough from both

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academic and local viewpoints.

Thus, the major principles have been defied as follows:


(2) The leader of a joint research group (model laboratory) should invite master students to join his

research project and supervises them throughout the program

(3) The master thesis should be created based on the outcomes of joint research under

SUPREM-HCMUT or other research projects


1-3 Verifiable indicators and overall schedule

Verifiable indicators given to evaluate the performance of RBE under SUPREM-HCMUT are as follows:


university.




At least two (3) seminars for sharing experiences among laboratories of the model faculties are

conducted.


Table 1.1 Schedule of Introducing RBE Period Activities Outputs

April 2009-June 2009 - Preparation for the introduction - Implementation Plan - JR & RBE Seminar (June 16)

July 2009-September 2009 - RBE at model laboratories is planned - Action Plan of each model laboratory (for 2009/2010) - RBE Seminar (early September)

October 2009-July 2010 - Trial RBE at model laboratories is given to the new master students based on the Action Plan of each model laboratory

- JR outcomes (patents, papers) - Master thesis based on JR

August 2010-July 2011 - RBE at model laboratories is promoted to the new master students and become known to other laboratories

- Action Plan of each model laboratory (2010/2011) - Awareness raising seminar - Master thesis based on joint research

August 2011-July 2012 - RBE at model laboratories is established and disseminated to other laboratories


August 2012-October 2012

- RBE at model laboratories is continued and established at HCMUT


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2. Problem Identification

Basic data on current activities of master students in our laboratory is summarized in Table 2.1

Table 2.1 Basic data on current activities of master students

Issues (SAMPLE) Current Situation

Supervising scheme Dr. Tran Doan Son plays the leading role in

supervising all research activities, especially in

design, update machine

Mr. Hoang Minh Nam will supervise detail

experiment work

Internal Laboratory Research Meeting 1st meeting on 15 August 2009

Weekly meeting

Lab management (Job description of graduate

students)

Mr. Tin is in charge in lab work

Students working hours at the labs

8 hours/day

Etc.etc…….

Current supervising system in our department is shown in Fig.2.1

Fig.2.1 Supervising system of master’s program (Dept. …………….)

Dr. Tran Thien Phuc

(Dean of faculty)

Dr Pham Ngoc Tuan

(The head of department)

Dr. Tran Doan Son

(Teacher of graduate student)

Reviewing the data, our problems in terms of introducing RBE should be shared by all faculties under the

leadership of Dr. Phan Dinh Tuan

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3 Action Plans for introducing RBE into our laboratory (Model Lab)

3-1 Substantial goal

Considering the problems identified in the previous chapter, and understanding the activities suggested by

the Implementation Plan (June 2009) by HCMUT, i.e.,



must guide/supervise his/her master students so that they can create one academic paper

(his/her master thesis in preliminary style) with other lab members based on the joint

research under SUPREM-HCMUT

are recommended to give regular lab meetings where master students are required to report

their research progress






and based on the Key Issues given, our substantial goal should be

* One master student and two undergraduate students involve in the research work

* One master thesis will be create on july 2010

* At least one paper conducted by master student will be submitted

(i) Supervising system will be

No Name Detail

1 Dr. Tran Doan Son General supervisor, team leader

2 Mr. Hoang Minh Nam Supervisor assistant

3 Dr. Phan Dinh Tuan Supervisor assistant

(ii) Syllabus will be No Date Activities Places Result 1 Aug,1/2009-Aug,25/2009 Preparing Memufacturing

department Complete

2 Aug,2009 to November,2009

Design the machine

Memufacturing department

3 April 2010 Test the machine Memufacturing department

4 May 2010 to June Update the machine

Memufacturing department

5 May 2010 Writing paper, thesis

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(iii) Lab management will be Pham Quang Phu

3-2 Actions to achieve the substantial goal

(1) To assign a supervisor to each master student

Supervisor is Dr. Tran Doan Son

(2) To transform the content of some lectures to research based seminars without changing the name of the

subject

Seminar about design the machine

(3) To make master students to stay in “their lab” as long as possible

Desk arrangement will be for one

Assignment as a research assistant to master students will be Dr. Phan Dinh Tuan

Sharing leader’s activities with students will be Hoang Minh Nam

(4) To create academic paper with students

Planning the research project taking the publication into consideration will be……………

Frequent research discussions will be Dr. Tran Doan Son

(5) To developing the digital content of e-Learning

(6) To establish the suitable Lab Management for RBE

Work will be done on process and lab

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4. Monitoring the outcomes of RBE It is very important for an enterprise to learn how their products are evaluated by customers, likewise it is

indispensable for universities to monitor the performance of students after graduation, as the graduates are

the products of the university. Information on how they are good or not good, and on what is appreciated

or blamed should be reflected after serious investigation and discussions at the university level.


connection with the supervisor of master’s programs at HCMUT. They are duly expected to conduct joint


researchers and lecturers. If academic societies in Vietnam work well, supervisors and their students are

to belong to the same academic society and have more opportunities to see how their students’ performance

is.


Position/Institution

Paper published in national and international journals

Research projects they are participating (have participated) in

In order to practice the monitoring stated above, we will develop the following system in our laboratory, in close communication with other Model Labs: (1) Communication system (2) Data base of research and researchers

Action Plan


(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology to Strengthen University-Community Linkage (Phase 2)

August 2009 Research on

STUDY ON THE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY FOR LATEX

PROCESSING WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Model Laboratory by Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan Department of Environmental Engineering

Faculty of Environment Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

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Contents

1. Objectives of introducing RBE into master’s program ...................................................................... 2 1-1 Background ........................................................................................................................................ 2 1-2 Expected outcomes of SUPREM-HCMUT ........................................................................................ 2 1-3 Major Principles of the Implementation Plan for Introducing RBE by HCMUT .............................. 2 1-4 Verifiable indicators and overall schedule .......................................................................................... 3

2. Problem Identification ........................................................................................................................... 4 3. Introduction of the Research ................................................................................................................. 6

3.1. Objectives .......................................................................................................................................... 6 3.2. Scope ................................................................................................................................................. 6 3.3. Expected outcomes ............................................................................................................................ 8

4. Supervion system .................................................................................................................................... 9 4.1. List of Master’s thesis topics ........................................................................................................... 10 4.2. Designation of each research group member ................................................................................... 11

5. Actions to achieve the goals ................................................................................................................. 12 6. Schedule on implementation of action plan ....................................................................................... 13

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1. Objectives of introducing RBE into master’s program

1-1 Background The government’s five-year socio-economic development plan (2006-2010) envisages making Vietnam an

industrialized country in the direction of modernization by 2020. The Ministry of Education and Training

(MOET) in 2005 approved a resolution entitled “Vietnam Higher Education Renovation Agenda

(2006-2010)”.




Therefore, HCMUT has decided to introduce RBE into the master’s programs of model faculties of HCMUT

under the Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

to strengthen University-Community Linkage Phase 2 (SUPREM-HCMUT). The Implementation Plan

authorized by HCMUT

1-2 Expected outcomes of SUPREM-HCMUT Model labs should be aware of the expected outputs of SUPREM-HCMUT as a whole, which are as follows:

1) Master’s programs of model faculties at HCMUT is transformed from classroom- learning based to

RBE.

2) R&D capacity for university-community linkage is strengthened at HCMUT.

3) HCMUT has hub roles to promote academic cooperation for university-community linkage among


4) Activities by HCMUT to promote local development in the southern part of Vietnam are well

recognized.


The implementation plan aims at introduce RBE as substantial activities of the education at HCMUT, without drastic changes in current organizational structures, name of the subjects, nor the crediting system. The point is that the supervisor of a master student is responsible for his/her student’s performance throughout

the program, i.e. from the 1st semester till they finish the master thesis, and a joint research group that consists

of the Lab leader (the supervisor), researchers, master students, undergraduate students and other staff

members should be organized as “a model laboratory”.

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research conducted by his/her supervisor under SUPREM-HCMUT should be good enough from both



- HCMUT will introduce RBE to “master programs by research work”

- The leader of a joint research group (model laboratory) should invite master students to join his


- The master thesis should be created based on the outcomes of joint research under

SUPREM-HCMUT or other research projects

- Master students of a model laboratory are expected to write an academic paper as the first author

1-4 Verifiable indicators and overall schedule Verifiable indicators given to evaluate the performance of RBE under SUPREM-HCMUT are as follows:

- Implementation plan and guidelines for RBE is authorized by HCMUT and introduced to the whole

university.

- Awareness-raising seminars are held once a year.

- Action plan of each model laboratory is prepared after the awareness-raising seminar.

- At least two (2) graduate students are involved in the research activities of each model laboratory.

- At least two (3) seminars for sharing experiences among laboratories of the model faculties are

conducted.

Overall schedule is summarized in Table 1

Table 1. Schedule of Introducing RBE Period Activities Outputs









August 2012-October 2012 - RBE at model laboratories is continued and established at HCMUT


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2. Current situation and problem Identification

Organization structure of the Laboratory of Faculty of Environment (FF)

The Faculty laboratory is located C7 building with the total area of 510 m2. Organization chart of the

laboratory of FF is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Organization chart of the laboratory organization

The Faculty laboratory consists of three module-labs as follows:

(i) The Trace Organics Laboratory has GC-MS, HPLC, Elisa and TOC-TN analyser for organic traces

such as THMs, pesticides, anti-biotics, PCBs, etc.

(ii) The Environmental Engineering Laboratory is equipped with lab-scale reactors for research

and training on physico-chemical operations and biological processes for water and wastewater

treatment, air pollution control and solid waste disposal and recycling. Equipment for analysis of

physico-chemical and biological parameters for wastewater, air and solid samples are available in

this lab.

(iii) Water Quality Analysis lab has measurement instruments for water resources quality, wastewter

characteristics and toxicity.

Most of analysis instruments were invested by University Funding. Some of them were supported by JICA

project and Ministry of Investment and Planning. All equipents have use for research and training. Current activities of research-based master students in the Faculty laboratory is summarized in Table 2.

Faculty Manager Board

Faculty Laboratory

supervisor

Environmental Engineering

labsupervisor

Water Quality Analysis

Lab supervisor

Trace organics Analysis

Lab supervisor

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Table 2 Current activities in the Faculty laboratory for research-based master students Items Current Situation

Supervising scheme Student’s advisor is responsible for:

(i) Approving the plan of lab works prepared by student;

(ii) Supporting partly or fully chemical and glasswares costs during the thesis work

(iii) Inspecting student’s lab works and experiment data frequently.

Internal Laboratory Research

Meeting

At present, the laboratory has not issued general regulation on the internal laboratory

research meeting. However, most advisors request their student frequently to report

data result during the thesis works.

Lab management

(Job description of graduate students)

At present, the master student has not taken part into the lab management, which has

been assigned to lab staff. The number of lab-staff member is 06. The lab-staff are

responsible to (i) guide students on instrument use and sample analysis (ii) repair

failure of instrument, (iii) calibrate measurement instrument, (iv) munufacture

reactors, (iv) facility services such as water, drainage, electricity, etc.


Lab working hour is from 7h30 to 17 h00 during Monday to Friday

Students can work in the weekend and evening (from 15h00 to 21h00) with the

permision of Advisor and Lab-supervisor.

Challenges for lab-based research education

The challenges for laboratory using for research-based education are indicated as follows:

- Currently, the budget for procurement of instrument, chemicals and glasswares are funded annually

by University. It is about 300 million VND for repairment and procurement of analysis instruments

and 60 millions VND for chemicals and glasswares used only for lab-courses, but not for thesis lab

works. This budget is still not enough for research-based students.

- Lab management cost has not provided. Beside salary, lab-staff member receives his additional

allowance of 600,000 VND/month.

- All analysis instrument are kept in the suitable condition according to guideline. However, cool store

for presavation of samples and chemicals are not available.

- The Facility of C7 building is not proper for laboratory function. This building was formerly used for

class room.

- The laboratory area for research based-students is too small in term of the area for large current

number of master student (50-60 master students/year).

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3. Introduction of the Research

3.1. Objectives To determine the appropriate treatment approach in terms of high treatment efficiency, low cost and reduction of negative impacts such as odour and eutrofication due to high concentration of nitrogen.

3.2. Scope The main contents of the research include:

- To survey situation of some current latex processing wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Dong Nai province or surrounding provinces. Troubles during the practical operation of the surveyed WWTPs will be found and the drawbacks of the current technology will be assessed.

- To study coagulation coupled with dissolved air flotation to remove the latex scum. In this study,

the optimum coagulant dose and pH will be determine. The selected coagulant will be iron salt (FeCl3) and kation polymer as co-agulant. The lab-scale dissolve air flotation (DAF) will be set-up. The appropriate surface loading and A/S ratio of DAF will be determine based on removal of suspended solids and COD.

- To study ozonation or AOPs (advanced oxidation processes) coupled with the SBR process to

remove nonbiodegradable COD and nitrogen removal. In this study, the ozone concentration and the reaction time of ozone contactor will be investigated. The suitable ozone concentration and reaction time of the ozone contactor will be found based on ratio of bCOD:nbCOD (non-biodegradable COD). Besides, F/M, COD loading and nitrogen loading of SBR process will be investigated.

- To study wastewater reuse using AS followed by the free water surface constructed wetland

(FSW). In this study, the COD and nitrogen loading of the free water surface constructed wetland for the advanced treatment of the effluent from the AS process. SS, turbidity, COD, TOC, color and zinc concentration will be monitored. Users of wastewater reuse such as irrigation, road watering and industrial water (cooling water and washing water) will be determined based on the quality of treated wastewater.

These studies will be conducted using lab-scale experiments at the laboratory of the Faculty of Environment.

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Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the research contents

Content 1:

Survey some current WWTPs

Content 2:

Study on coagulation coupled with

DAF

Content 3:

Study on AOP coupled with SBR

Content 4:

Study on FWW for wastewater reuse

Assess treatment efficiency of

WWTP:

- Sampling and analysis

Questionaire survey:

- Common troubles during operation

- Trouble shooting

- Energy consumption

- Chemical consumption

- O& M costs

- WWTP management issues

Coagulation:

- Suitable coagulant doses

- Optimum pH

DAF:

- Surface loading

- Ratio Air to Solid (A/S)

AOP:

- Ozone dose and UV dose

- Contact time

A-O process:

- F/M ratio

- COD volumetric loading

- TKN volumetric loading

Constructed wetland:

- Nitrogen surface loading

- COD surface loading

Research

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3.3. Expected outcomes Number of Master Student’s thesis: 03 Number of Undergraduate’s thesis: 04 Number of publications and patent applications

Domestic conference: At least two conferences International conference: At least one Domestic journal: Two (*) International journal: Two (*)

Note: (*) The first authors are student

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4. Supervision system Supervising system of the joint research will be described in the Figure 2. Table 1 shows the list of research members.

Figure 2. Schematic diagram of supervision system of the joint project

Table 1. List of research members under the joint reserach project Name Situation Designation Cell phone Email address

Faculty member: Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan

Dean of Faculty of Environment

Team leader 0903 000 118

[email protected]

Dr. Dang Viet Hung Head of Department of EE

Supervisor 0903 017 634

[email protected]

Dr. Le Hoang Nghiem

Faculty member of Department of EE

Supervisor 0937 060 645

[email protected]

Research assitants:

Mr. Pham Ngoc Hoa

Faculty’s Laboratory staff

Lab Assitant 0908 433 461

Group II

Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan

As Team Leader

Dr. Dang Viet Hung

As supervisor for Master students

Dr. Le Hoang Nghiem

As supervisor for Master students

Mr. Nguyen Le

As Lab Manager of

Group I

Mr. Phan The Nhat

As Lab Manager of

Group II

Ms.Do Thi Thuy Phuong

As Group member

Ms.Le Thi Thuy Phuong

As Group member

Undergraduate 1 Undergraduate 2 Undergraduate 3 Undergraduate 4

Group I

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Ms. Tran Thi Phi Oanh


Lab Assitant 090 989 4200

Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Vu


Technician 098 418 3251

Master’s students: Mr. Nguyen Le Master’s student Head of the

research group I; Co-advisor for undergraduate 1

01668 405 528

[email protected]

Ms. Do Thi Thuy Phuong

Master’s student Co-advisor for undergraduate 2

01254 589 190

[email protected]

Mr. Phan The Nhat Master’s student Head of the research group I Co-advisor for undergraduate 3

0983 217 077

[email protected]

Ms. Le Thi Thuy Phuong

Master’s student Co-advisor for undergraduate 4

0902 969 685

[email protected]

Undergraduate students:

(to be selected later) Under graduate student 1

Under graduate student 2



4.1. List of Master’s thesis topics List of the proposed Master’s thesis topics will be:

1. Study on scum and colloid removal for latex wastewater treatment 2. Study on swim bed technology using novel acrylic biomass carrier for BOD and nitrogen

removal 3. Study on constructed wetlands for reuse of the treated secondarily latex wastewater 4. Study on AOP processes to removal color and non-biodegradable COD for latex wastewater

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4.2. Designation of each research group member A Faculty member who is a doctor from Department of Environmental Engineering will be designated as a main supervisor of two Master Students and undergraduate students. He will be responsible for the following tasks: (i) Guide on set-up and revise the detail proposal of Master students, (ii) Review literatures that the students collected, (iii) Guide on analysis experiment data and check experiment results and (iv) Monitor and remind students their implementation of action plans they proposed. A Master’s student will conduct one research topic. Each Master’s student will be a co-supervisor for each undergraduate student under supervision of a Faculty member which is designated in the Figure 2. Each master’s student will be responsible to supervise an undergraduate student on: (i) guide on analysis methods, (ii) set-up the plan of experiment runs, (iii) Check and analysis on the experimental results and (iv) guide him/her on writing thesis. A Master’s student will be designated as a lab manager for each group. He/she will be responsible for manage reactors, chemicals, glasswares and undergradute students in the Group.

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5. Actions to achieve the goals To achieve the goals, the following actions will be done: - To facilitate master’s students to work full-time in “their lab”. The Faculty laboratory will (i) provide

a desk for each master student, (ii) Assign a research assistant to help us to set-up reactors, procurement of equipment, chemicals, glasswares and electricity/water facilities, etc.

- To designate a master’s student as a lab manager of his research group and co-advisor for a

undergraduate student;

- To request the master’s students to do the progress report for each three months of experiments. The progress reports will be presented as academic seminars in which staff members and students will be invited to attend.

- To request each master’s student as the main author to write at least an academic paper that will be

submitted to the international and national journals/conference.

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6. Schedule on implementation of action plan The schedule of implementation of action plan will be presented in the Figure 3

Figure 3. Schedule of activities of the joint project

No Activity 2009 2010

Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug

1 Survey WWTPs

2 Revise detail proposal

3 Review literatures

4 Defense proposal to Committes

5 Set-up reactors

6 Prepare analysis methods and equipment

7 Start-up experiments

8 Conduct experiment runs

9 Progress report seminar

10 Writing thesis

11 Submit thesis

12 Defense thesis

13 Writing papers

14 Submit papers to Conference/Journal

Note: Tet holiday

Action Plan


(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT




August 2009

Research topic :

INORGANIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR ROAD SURFACE UTILIZING

LATERIT, FLYASH AND RED SLUDGE WASTE IN LAM DONG PROVINCE

Team Leader : Assoc.Prof. Nguyen Van Chanh

Action Plan

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL ........................................................................................................ 3 1.1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 3

CHAPTER 2 : BASIC CONCEPT ......................................................................................... 4 2. MECHANISM OF SOIL STABILIZATION ................................................................ 4

2.1. Chemical composition of lateritic soil ...................................................................... 4 2.2. Mechanism of activator in soil stabilization ........................................................... 4

CHAPTER 3. EXPERIMENTAL PLAN ON PROPERTIES OF RAW MATERIALS AND INORGANIC COMPOSITE ......................................................................................... 7

3.1. EXPERIMENT ON PROPERTIES OF RAW MATERIALS .................................. 7 3.2. EXPERIMENT ON PROPERTIES OF INORGANIC COMPOSITE .................. 7

CHAPTER 4 : RESEARCH PLAN ON INFLUENCE OF MIX PROPORTIONS IN PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF INORGANIC COMPOSITE ............... 10

4.1. INFLUENCE IN COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH, SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH AND MODULUS OF ELASTICITY ........................................................ 10 4.2. INFLUENCE IN BULK DENSITY THROUGH PROCTOR COMPACTION TEST .................................................................................................................................... 11 4.3. INFLUENCE IN WATER ABSORPTION .............................................................. 11 4.4. INFLUENCE IN WATER RESISTANCE FACTOR ............................................. 11 4.5. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENSITY AND MOISTURE THROUGH PROCTOR COMPACTION TEST ................................................................................. 11

CHAPTER 5. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF SOIL CONCRETE ROAD ...................................................................................................................................... 12

5.1. PROCESS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION BY READY-MIX ................ 12 5.2. PROCESS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION IN SITE : ............................. 12 5.3. PROCESS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION ............................................... 13

CHAPTER 6 : INTRODUCING RESEARCH BASED EDUCATION ............................ 14 6.1. Research member : ...................................................................................................... 14 6.2. Assignment ................................................................................................................... 14 6.3. Time schedule for master students to prepare papers / master thesis ................... 15

CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................... 16

Action Plan

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1. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE

1.1. Objective :

“Inorganic composite materials for road surface utilizing laterit, flyash and

red sludge waste in Lam Dong province”

The object of constructing rural roads is both to utilize local materials and to get

good technical properties.

1.2. Scope:

At present, there is a lot of wastes of flyash and red sludge which cause

environmental problems. The normal road surface as asphalt concrete is expensive and

can not apply to everywhere, especially with rural area. It is necessary to utilize local

laterite combined with wastes of flyash and sludge to build cheap and sustainable

roads.

Researching in composite materials from laterite, fly ash and activators for building

up rural road of highland region in Vietnam. Background of research is based on the

mechanism of soil stabilization with soil, fly ash, red mud and activators. The method

of study is based on examining factors that influence in physico-mechanical properties

of synthetic materials. Since then, we find out the proper proportions of materials for

rural road construction.

1.3. Main task :

1. Background on characteristics of Laterite, Bauxite in Lam Dong province.

2. Basic concept and mechanism in structure of soil

3. Experimental plan on properties of raw materials and inorganic composite

4. Research plan on influence of mix proportions in physico-mechanical

properties of inorganic composite

5. Design and construction method of soil concrete road.

Action Plan

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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL

1.1. INTRODUCTION

Materials reserve of laterite in Vietnam has been productive. In highland region,

road surface often causes a lot of dusts in dry season and mud in rainy season.

Therefore it is difficult to transport and affect in health. To solve this problem, we

must stabilize soil regardless of changing humidity, weather conditions and load.



Figure 1. Rural road in highland, Vietnam

Research on inorganic composite materials is one of new directions for soil

stabilization and is able to apply for construction. It meet demands on economic and

technical targets .

From the problems, “Inorganic composite materials for road surface utilizing

laterit, flyash and red sludge waste in Lam Dong province”.



Action Plan

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CHAPTER 2 : BASIC CONCEPT

2. MECHANISM OF SOIL STABILIZATION

2.1. Chemical composition of lateritic soil

Laterite consist of much sesquioxit of ferrite and aluminum and other

compositions.

Sesquioxit ratio is different from the layers. In some cases, ferrite is up to 90%,

while aluminum is less than 5%, in other cases, ferrite is less than 4%, while aluminum

is up to 60%

Silica is in the chemically bound phase and is present in kaolinite.

2.2. Mechanism of activator in soil stabilization

Soil stabilization is to create soils with high strength and stability in dry and water

saturated conditions by effects of inorganic composite binder.

First of all, colloid disperse system of soil must be modified to increase

adhesiveness and monolithic of soil.

An important characteristic of laterite soil, that is, it shows some speciality of

colloid system in wet conditions. Then, soil is a colloid disperse system composed by

clay mineral particles (disperse phase) and aqueous solution in pores of particles

(disperse environment).

The purpose of soil stabilization is : to create stable molecule structure like

inorganic materials in natural condition. If elements of material bind together through

certain methods or chemical reactions, materials will possess good property of natural

stone.

With presence of flyash (containing SiO2 and Al2O3) and laterite (containing Al2O3

and Fe2O3), Al and Si can combined together through coordination linkage with

oxygen when activated by alkaline and suitable temperature. Polymerization reactions

are conducted as following:

Action Plan

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Geopolymerization is a modification of microstructure in materials to form stable

silicate skeletons. Reaction conditions are presence of alkali catalyst and a

temperature range 40-100oC, atmospheric pressure condition.

Depend on Si/Al ratio, lattices are formed as following: (-Si-Al-O-) poly(sialate), (-

Si-O-Al-O-Si-O-) poly(sialate-siloxo, (-Si-O-Al-O-Si-O-Si-O-) poly(sialate-disiloxo).

Figure 2. Some lattices formed by polymerization

Binding between structural unit of material will create stable three-dimensional

lattice.

Figure 3. Three-dimensional lattice formed by polymerization process.

Action Plan

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Mechanism of soil stabilization with quicklime

Nature of quicklime is binder cured in air. Curing quicklime links particles

together through crystallization and carbonation mechanism.

Action Plan

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CHAPTER 3. EXPERIMENTAL PLAN ON PROPERTIES OF

RAW MATERIALS AND INORGANIC COMPOSITE

3.1. EXPERIMENT ON PROPERTIES OF RAW MATERIALS

3.1.1. LATERITIC SOIL

A. Chemical composition analysis

B. Physico-Mechanical properties

+ TCVN 4198-95: Soil for construction – Methods for grading curve

+ TCVN 4197-95 : Soil for construction – Methods for determination in plastic limit

and liquid limit, index of plasticity.

+ Proctor compaction test in accordance to AASHTO T180-90.

3.1.2. Experiment on chemical composition and technical parameters of

quicklime, flyash, bauxite, red mud

3.1.3. Research on activators .

3.2. EXPERIMENT ON PROPERTIES OF INORGANIC COMPOSITE

3.2.1. Compressive strength :

Investigation on properties of soil concrete, in this research, mix raw materials

uniformly, then compress the mixture in the mold using hydraulic press.

3.2.2. Flexural strength and splitting tensile strength : 22 TCN 211 – 06

3.2.3. Proctor compaction test : 22 TCN 333 -06

3.2.4. Modulus of Elasticity .

3.2.5. Equipments and Machines on research

Action Plan

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Figure 4. Mould for sampling, hydraulic press, compression machine

Figure 5. Flexural strength Test.

Figure 6. Screen 4.75mm – Proctor compaction Equipment.

Action Plan

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Figure 7. Splitting tensile strength and modulus of elasticity Test.

Action Plan

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CHAPTER 4 : RESEARCH PLAN ON INFLUENCE OF MIX

PROPORTIONS IN PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

OF INORGANIC COMPOSITE

The method of study is based on examining factors that influence in physico-

mechanical properties of composite materials. Since then, we find out the proper

proportions of materials for rural road construction through parameters such as :

compressive strength, water absorption, water resistance factor.

- Modulus of elasticity Test in accordance to 22TCN 81-84

- Splitting tensile strength test in accordance to 22TCN 73-84

- Instructions for stabilization of soils by inorganic binder in accordance to 22TCN 81-

84 and 22TCN 59-84

Research conditions :

- Samle dimension :: Cylinder diameter 5 cm, height 5 cm.

- After casting, specimen is kept in the ambient condition, then specimens are dried.

Time for drying : 6 hours . Drying temperature : 1100C. After drying, specimens are

cured into wet condition.

4.1. INFLUENCE IN COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH, SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH AND MODULUS OF ELASTICITY

Effect of lime content

Effect of flyash, bauxite, red mud content

Effect of activators content

Effect of water absorption

Effect of bulk density

Effect of pressive force for sampling

Effect of density

Strength development

Action Plan

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4.2. INFLUENCE IN BULK DENSITY THROUGH PROCTOR COMPACTION TEST

Effect of pressive force for sampling on bulk density

Effect of molding moisture on dry bulk density

4.3. INFLUENCE IN WATER ABSORPTION

Effect of flyash, bauxite, red mud

Effect of lime content

Effect of activators

Effect of bulk density

4.4. INFLUENCE IN WATER RESISTANCE FACTOR

Effect of flyash, bauxite, red mud

Effect of quicklime content

Effect of activators content

4.5. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENSITY AND MOISTURE THROUGH PROCTOR COMPACTION TEST

Action Plan

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CHAPTER 5. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF

SOIL CONCRETE ROAD

5.1. PROCESS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION BY READY-MIX

- Preparing the base layer: the base layer need to be smooth, horizontal slope is as

designed and the base is compacted with compacting factor K ≥ 0.95

- Mix inorganic composite uniformly. Then, spread out into the base and level.Finally,

carry out compaction.

Compaction :

The compaction on a small area is carried out for compacting factor. Then, determine

the number of compaction of each roller to get the maximum compaction capacity.

The required compaction is 0.95 maxkγ ( maxkγ is maximum dry density, determined by

Proctor compaction test)

Pavement curing: After compaction is finished, the pavement is dried by sun.

5.2. PROCESS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION IN SITE :

1) Using road ripper and grader

2) Preparing for base layer

3) Using motor grader to windrowing along the center of road.

4) Flyash, bauxite, cement, dry quicklime are mixed

5) Spread out the soil of the specific content into the thin layer, using grader or

pulvimixer.

6) Mix raw materials together.

7) Using activator injection blow molding machine .

8) Using rubber-tired roller. While compacting, watering.

9) Finishing

10) Curing .

Action Plan

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5.3. PROCESS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION

Figure 7. Grader and activator injection blow molding machine

Figure 8. Rubber – tired roller and finishing.

Action Plan

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CHAPTER 6 : INTRODUCING RESEARCH BASED EDUCATION

6.1. Research member :

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty

Dr. Tran Van Mien Construction Materials Civil Engineering

Dr. Nguyen Ninh Thuy Construction Materials Civil Engineering

Dr. Le Anh Tuan Laboratory Civil Engineering

M.E. Le Van Hai Chau Laboratory Civil Engineering

Master students

Name Master or Ph.D Organization originally from

Tran Quoc Tho Master Civil Engineering, HCMUT

Nguyen Huu Viet Dung Master Civil Engineering, HCMUT

Dang Van Tuan

Tran Ngoc Kieu Nga

Bui Dang Trung

Master Civil Engineering, HCMUT

Nguyen Thi Thu Tra Master Civil Engineering, HCMUT

Nguyen Bao Thuyen Master Civil Engineering, HCMUT

6.2. Assignment

Team Leader : Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Van Chanh

Topic 1 Topic 2

Dr. Tran Van Mien

- Examining factors that influence in

physico-mechanical properties.

- Find out the proper proportions of

materials for rural road construction

Dr. Nguyen Ninh Thuy

- Roller compacted technology for road

construction

Tran Quoc Tho

- Inorganic composite materials

Nguyen Huu Viet Dung

- Stabilizing on red basaltic soil for rural

Action Plan

- -

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Nguyen Thi Thu Tra

- Jute fiber reinforced soil to control slope

erosion

Dang Van Tuan

Tran Ngoc Kieu Nga

Bui Dang Trung

- Fly ash-based geopolymer concrete

road with roller compacted technology

Nguyen Bao Thuyen

- Using roller compacted concrete for

road surface construction

6.3. Time schedule for master students to prepare papers / master thesis

Name Title of thesis Year

Tran Quoc Tho

Inorganic composite

materials for road surface

utilizing laterit, flyash and

red sludge waste

2009-2010

Nguyen Huu Viet Dung

Stabilizing on red basaltic

soil for rural road with

roller compacted

technology

2009-2010

Dang Van Tuan

Tran Ngoc Kieu Nga

Bui Dang Trung

Fly ash-based geopolymer

concrete

2009-2011

Nguyen Thi Thu Tra

Jute fiber reinforced soil to

control slope erosion 2009

Nguyen Bao Thuyen

Using roller compacted

concrete for road surface

construction

2009

Action Plan

- -

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CONCLUSION

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

- Study on examining factors that influence in physico-mechanical properties of

composite materials and find out the proper proportions of materials for rural road

construction.

- Technical properties of soil concrete used for road.

- Process of construction of soil concrete.

- Improving in transportation in rural road makes socio-economic condition in

highland develop more and more.

- Easy-to-transport helps peasants approach new information, children go to

school.

- Reducing wastes will improve environment.

- Utilize local materials and wastes to use in soil concrete.

- Process of construction uses valid equipments and machines.

- Increase the durability of road compared to locally present road.

- Widespread the research results of this project for Daklak and Lam Dong

province.

Action Plan


(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT


for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology


August 2009

Model Laboratory by Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung Department of Chemical Process Engineering

Faculty of Chemical Engineering Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

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Table of Contents


1-1 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 2

1-2 Expected outcomes of SUPREM-HCMUT ................................................................................................ 2

1-3 Verifiable indicators and overall schedule .................................................................................................. 3





4. Monitoring the outcomes of RBE ..................................................................................................................... 8

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authorized by HCMUT


Model labs should be aware of the expected outputs of SUPREM-HCMUT as a whole, which are as follows:


RBE.





recognized.


The implementation plan aims at introduce RBE as substantial activities of the education at HCMUT, without

drastic changes in current organizational structures, name of the subjects, nor the crediting system.

The point is that the supervisor of a master student is responsible for his/her student’s performance throughout







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(3) The master thesis should be created based on the outcomes of joint research under SUPREM-HCMUT

or other research projects





university.





conducted.













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Issues Current Situation

Supervising scheme Dr Le Thi Kim Phung plays the leading role in


extracting taxol from Taxus Wallanchiana Zucc

using supercriticial fluid technology.

Dr Le Thi Hong Nhan will supervise detail

experiment work

Internal Laboratory Research Meeting 1st meeting on 12August 2009.

Weekly meeting.


students)

Mr. Nguyen Quang Duy is in charge in Lab work at

RPTC lab, Lab of Process and Equipment

Department.


8 – 10 hrs/day

Equipments HPLC, SCF, Sohxlet..

Current result The 1st result of extracting taxol from red pine using

Sohxlet with methanol solvent, analysing by HPLC

with water-methanol solvent system shows that the

content of taxol in Taxus Wallichiana Zucc is ....

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Current supervising system in our department is shown in

Fig.2.1

Fig.2.1 Supervising system of master’s program (Dept of Process and Equipment.)

Reviewing the data, our problems in terms of introducing RBE should be supervised by Dr.Pham Thanh Quan

Dr.Pham Thanh Quan-Dean of Faculty

Dr.Le Thi Kim Phung Deputy head of Dept-in charge of Mater program

Dr. Le Thi Hong Nhan Head of Organic Chemistry Lab

Mr. Nguyen Quang Duy Master student

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Considering the problems identified in the previous chapter, and understanding the activities suggested by the

Implementation Plan (June 2009) by HCMUT, i.e.,




(his/her master thesis in preliminary style) with other lab members based on the joint research

under SUPREM-HCMUT


research progress






and based on the Key Issues given, our substantial goal should be:

• One master student and 3 under graduate students involve in the research work along with lab

management and team leader

• One master thesis will be create on July 2010

• At least two paper conducted by master student will be submitted.

(i) Supervising system will be

No Name Detail

1 Dr Le Thi Kim Phung General supervisor, team leader.

2 Dr Le Thi Hong Nhan Supervisor assistant

3 Dr Phan Thanh Son Nam Supervisor assistant

(ii) Syllabus will be

No Date Activities Places Result

1 Aug/01/-Aug/25/2009 Preparing lab

Gathering material.

Process&Equipment

Department.

Lam Dong province

Complete

2 Aug/25- Sep/01/2009 Extracting taxol by

Sohxlet

Lab of Process &

Equipment Department.

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3 Sep/07 – Sep/10/2009 Welcome & work with

Dr Sasaki

Lab of Process &

Equipment Department,

RPTC Lab

4 From Sep/11/2009 Work at Lab Lab of Process &

Equipment Department.

5. April/2010 Writing paper, thesis

(iii) Lab management will be: Mr. Nguyen Quang Duy



- Supervisor is Dr Le Thi Kim Phung.


subject

- 1 seminar about supercritical fluid technology in chemical process.

- 1 seminar about extracting and ion exchange technology.


Desk arrangement will be one desk per student.

Assignment as a research assistant to master students will be Mr.Luan and Mr.Thanh

Sharing leader’s activities with students will be Dr Le Thi Hong Nhan


Planning the research project taking the publication into consideration will be Dr Phan Thanh

Son Nam

Frequent research discussions will be Dr Le Thi Kim Phung.


-Work will be done on Process and Equipment Lab

-Organic Lab

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blamed should be reflected after serious investigation and discussions at the university level.





belong to the same academic society and have more opportunities to see how their students’ performance is.





In order to practice the monitoring stated above, we will develop the following system in our laboratory, in close communication with other Model Labs: (1) Communication system - Weekly meeting for result discussion. - Keep tracking conference information and publishing journals. (2) Data base of research and researchers - E-library about relative articles and books. - Curriculumn vitae. - Regular comunication via email.

Action Plan for

Introducing RBE through

Research of Riverbank Stabilization in the

Mekong River Delta by Deep Cement Mixing

Column Method


under

SUPREM-HCMUT




August 2009

Department of Geotechnical Engineering Faculty of Civil engineering .

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

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Table of Contents


1-1 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 3








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1. Objectives of research 1-1 Background

Most of cities and provinces of Vietnam are located in the Mekong River Delta and the Red River Delta. In those areas, soft clay is often found. The thickness of soft clay can be from 4 meters to 40 meters. In recent years, in Tien Giang, the slope of roadway embankments, riverbanks, dams, dykes… were collapsed.

Nowadays, there are technical solutions based on slope stability theories and computer programs to analyze slopes. It is important to determine slip surface and low safety factor, slope stability depending on ultimate shear resistance and shear resistance stress of soil. The slope stability, riverbank and sea bank stability, landslide are great problem for our sustainable development. Different type of retaining wall, pile, anchors, revetment… are used for the protection of slope stability. As the slope stability is a very complicated problem, depending on many factors and behaviors of the soil.

It is necessary to study much more about properties of landslide to determine causes for these cases: construct roadway at hill and mountain areas, raise the foundation of a house, landslide of natural slope by creep, landslide of embankment slopes, dykes, retaining walls and excavations... From those points, it requires for us have to study and develop the best protective solutions and propose technical and technological solutions.

Soil improvement technique is often needed to rapidly improve the strength of the treated ground. The Deep Cement Mixing (DCM) Method is an in situ soil treatment and improvement technology whereby the ground is blended with cementitious and/or other materials to form a vertical stiff inclusion in the ground.

Therefore, this research of Riverbank Stabilization in the Mekong River Delta by Deep Cement Mixing Column Method is very necessary and urgent about technical, economic, cultural aspects of Tien Giang provinces.


Safety transportation and stability resident along riverbank to develop economic and social aspect of Tien Giang province.

In detail, the main purpose of this research is to perform investigation of some following problems

(1) Factors influencing bending strength of cement stabilized clay samples prepared with different mixing

conditions including curing time, cement content (Aw), water-clay to cement (wc/c) ratio, environments

around DCM columns, confining pressure, tide and water level of river.

(2) Determination and analysis of the slip circle and factor of safety of riverbank with technical assistance of

Plaxis sofware. From this performations, make some recommendation on the scope of building

infrastructure along the rivers

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1-3 Verifiable indicators and Overall schedule

Verifiable indicators given to evaluate the performance of this research under SUPREM-HCMUT are as

follows:

Implementation plan and guidelines for this research is authorized by HCMUT and introduced to Tien

Giang province.

Awareness-raising seminars are held one to twice of research period in Ho Chi Minh city and sTien

Giang province for sharing experiences.

One graduate students are involved in the research activities.


Table 1.1 Schedule of research Period Activities Outputs

August 2009-November 2009 - Buy equipment, collect and determine properties of soil in Tien Giang

- Report of properties of soil in Tien Giang

September 2009-February 2010 - Test soil cement samples - Awareness raising seminar October 2009-April 2010 - Make model and testing in Lab - papers November 2009-June 2010 - Determination and numerical

analysis of the slip circle and factor of safety of riverbank by Plaxis sofware


June 2010-July 2010 - Write report and present - Master thesis based on this research

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Supervising scheme - one instructor/professor for a group of study

Internal Laboratory Research Meeting - Once a semester


students)

- Testing samples on research aspect

- Analysis of experience results

- Finding a new technology in construction site.


- 4 hour for a week

Etc.etc…….

Current supervising system in our faculty is shown in Fig.2.1

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Fig.2.1 Supervising system of master’s program (Faculty of Civil Engineering)

In each division, we have one division leader and lab leader who is responsible for experience activities and

belong to division leader. Each division usually manage the graduate students studying about aspect regarding

to this division. The quality of the master thesis of division supervisee id strictly evaluated by division

members. Each research team leader can be a member of division, lab leader, or division leader even.

Master students have the right to select their supervisor in last semester of graduate course to instruct them to

perform thesis.

Reviewing the data, our problems in terms of this research should be managed in division of Geotechnical

Engineering and Lab in that this research can be consulted by some Geotechnical Professors who have very

good knowledge in problems regarding to this research.

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3 Action Plans for this research into our laboratory (Model Lab)




The team leaders of each research




under SUPREM-HCMUT


research progress



the supervisor is the research leader all through their study program


they are requested to write an academic paper as the first author or second order

and based on the Key Issues given,

With management system of our faculty, I think this research can be reach substantial goall and it is suitable

for our research aspect.


(1) To assign a supervisor to each master student at the fisrt semester of graduate course. Master student must

work hard with instructors of his supervisor until completing thesis.

(2) To have more seminar course in graduale syllabus to help master student to be gradually familiar doing a

research or making a thesis and paper.


the university try to supply more study space in each division or lab for master student

Sharing leader’s activities with students will be carried out more usually


Frequent research discussions will be performed once or twice a week so that master student

will understand the purpose of study and the important of paper publication.

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4. Monitoring the outcomes of research It is very important for an enterprise to learn how their products are evaluated by customers, likewise it is














Action Plan

For

Introducing RBE

through

Research of SUPREM - HCMUT on the Topic

“THE STUDY ON ACTIVATING OF WASTE MUD FROM BAO

LOC - LAM DONG BAUXITE ORE REFINING TO USE AS

ADSORBENT SUBSTANCES”


for Capacity Building of



August 2009

Head of Research Team: Dr. HUYNH KY PHUONG HA

Department of Inorganic Chemical Engineering Faculty of Chemical Engineering


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Table of Contents

1. Objectives .................................................................................................................................................... 2

1.1. Background .......................................................................................................................................... 2

1.2. Expected outcomes .............................................................................................................................. 2

1.3. Major Principles of the Implementation Plan .................................................................................. 3

1.4. Overall schedule .................................................................................................................................. 4

2. Problem Identification ................................................................................................................................ 6

3. Action Plans for introducing RBE into our laboratory (Model Lab) ..................................................... 7

3.1. Substantial goal ................................................................................................................................... 7

3.2. Actions to achieve the substantial goal .............................................................................................. 7

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1. Objectives

1.1. Background

The waste mud is one of the most pollutants with high quantity of Bao Loc Lam Dong

bauxite ore refining. Until now, in Viet Nam, this mud have been waste and treated by burying

in the ground. With very big reserve of waste mud is released every day of bauxite ore refining,

treatment and reuse waste mud becomes the necessary and challenge matter which have not

appropriately studied until present. On the other hand, industries waste a lot of dangerous

substances to environment such as toxic gases, heavy metal ions, etc. It’s wonderful if we can

treat those wastes with low cost, easy and safe method. It can also treat a large amount of red

mud and crude waste mud from bauxite ore processing. From those, treatment and activating

waste mud and red mud as adsorbent substances is extremely necessary and promise project.

Therefore, our group decides to carry this study with the topic: “The study on activating of

waste mud from Bao loc - Lam dong bauxite ore refining to use as adsorbent substances”

1.2. Expected outcomes

• Socio-economic impact

+ Solve of pollution problem of waste mud of Bao Loc Lam Dong bauxite ore refining

+ Low price process and get the high benefit from outcome products

+ Assist the local government in educating the master student and training of local

employees

+ Contribute to setup and promote the master’s programs of Chemical Engineering

faculties at HCMUT with the target is transformed from classroom-learning to RBE.

In addition to, this project is also contribute to increase R&D capacity for

university-community linkage, promote the academic cooperation for

university-community linkage among higher education institutions and research

institutions in the southern part of Vietnam as well as local development in the

southern part of Vietnam.

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• Technology impact

+ This project is the first study on the activating and reuse the waste mud as the

adsorbent substance for environmental treatment in Viet Nam

+ It aid to totally transfer the waste mud from pollutants to useful material such as

adsorbent substances with high promised-quality properties

+ New material for environment treatment is obtained

+ It is easy, safe, and low cost process

+ Outcome product can be used in industry with large range

1.3. Major Principles of the Implementation Plan

• Treatment and activate the waste mud following these steps:

+ Analyze the composition and physicochemical properties of waste mud material.

+ Trial test and select the suitable method:

Physical methods (grinding, heating, etc.)

Particle Reconstruction

Increasing the surface area

Increasing the spongy level

Activating the surface: spongy structure, increasing the number of

adsorption centre

Chemical methods

Add the acidic and base centre on the mud particle surface

Using additive to improve the adsorption ability

+ Study on the affect of operating conditions (including: temperature, concentration,

reaction time, etc.) and particle properties of material (particle size, particle surface,

etc.) on the adsorptive ability of outcome products.

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+ Analyze the composition and physicochemical properties of out-come product and

compare with the raw materials.

• Evaluate the adsorptive ability of outcome product throughout the result of the

treatment on:

− Heavy metals in solution in laboratory

− Waste water

1.4. Overall schedule

Table 1. Schedule of research activity


August 2009-September 2009 ― Study on red mud properties ― Group seminar.

― Analysis data of red mud

properties September 2009 ― Analyze the properties of raw

material

September 2009 – October 2009 ― Study on methods to treat red

mud

― General view of useable

method to treat red mud

― The most suitable method

will be chosen

― Group seminar

October 2009-November 2009 ― Study on reaction to active

red mud and the effect of

reaction parameters

― Screen of effect factor

December 2009 ― Make the complete process to

treat red mud become

absorbent

― Optimum parameter of

effect factors will be

obtained.

― Summary seminar

January 2010 ― Analyze the properties of

absorbent

― Produce an mount absorbent

enough for next experiments

― Analysis data of outcome

absorbent product

1kg absorbent product.

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December 2009– February 2010 ― Write the paper for

conference (local and

international)

― One paper local conference

One paper international

conference.

February 2010- March 2010 ― Use absorbent to some treat

metal ions in solution in

laboratory

― The general view of the

absorbent capacity to treat

metal ions in solution in

laboratory

― The optimum operating

parameters on treatment

process

―Group Seminar

March 2010 – April 2010 ― Study effect parameters on

treatment process

(temperature, concentration,

other ions…)

April 2010 – June 2010 ― Write the paper for local

journal

― One paper for local journal

May 2010 – June 2010 ― Complete the treatment

process from red mud

become absorbent and use to

treat metal ions in waste

water

― The red mud treatment

process and application

process of outcome product

as absorbent to treat metal

ions in real waste water

June 2010 – July 2010 ― Write the report to JICA and

make all the presentation

(including financial report)

― JICA report

― Summary seminar

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Table 2. Basic data on current activities of master students


Supervising

scheme

Internal Laboratory

Research Group

Meeting

One time per two weeks

Lab management

(Job description of

graduate students)

Take the experiment

Read and search the document related to the research topic

Write the paper, thesis

Report the experiment result every two week as internal laboratory seminar


8 hours /5days/week

Main supervisor

Dr., H.K.P. Ha, Vice Dean

Co - supervisor

Prof., Vice Rector, Dr. P.D.Tuan,

Lecturer, Eng. Ngo Van Co

Lecturer, Msc. N.T.N. Phuong

Master students

Bachelor students

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3. Action Plans for introducing RBE into our laboratory

3.1. Substantial goal

- Completely treatment the pollution of waste mud of Bao Loc Lam Dong bauxite ore

refining to apply such as adsorbent substances

- Transfer the waste mud as pollutant to the high quality and low-price adsorbent substance

using for the treatment of environment polluted problem such as heavy metals in laboratory

solution and in waste water

- Outcome process can easily be applied in real life

- The outcome product can be used and applied in large industrial range

- Educate one master students and three bachelor students

- Number of publications and patent applications

+ Domestic conference: 01

+ International conference: 01

+ Domestic journal: 01

Expected number of publications of which the first author is a student: 01

3.2. Actions to achieve the substantial goal

Carry out the project step by step as the detail schedule of research activity in table 1.

Action Plan


(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT




August 2009

Model Laboratory by Dr. Nguyễn Hoàng Dũng Faculty of Chemical Engineering


1

Table of Contents

1. Objectives of introducing RBE into master’s progam ...................................................................................... 2

1-1 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 2








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In this context, in order for Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) to develop itself as the region’s leading higher education and research institution in the field of engineering, a systematic and institutional setup that enables continuous R&D activities would be necessary.

Therefore, HCMUT has decided to introduce RBE into the master’s programs of model faculties of HCMUT under the Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology to strengthen University-Community Linkage Phase 2 (SUPREM-HCMUT). The Implementation Plan authorized by HCMUT




RBE.





recognized.











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university.





conducted.













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Supervising scheme Dr. Nguyen Hoang Dzung plays the leading role in


extracting collagen from catfish using supercritical

fluid technology and solvent extraction.

Dr. Mai Thanh Phong will supervise detail

experiment work using supercritical fluid

technology and Prof. Phan Dinh Tuan will supervise

detail experiment work using solvent extraction.

Internal Laboratory Research Meeting The first meeting on August 28 2009.

Weekly meetings: a lab meeting will be organized

on Friday afternoon in the office of Prof. Tuan to

monitor the project progress. Undergraduate and

graduate students have to present their experimental

results and problems occurred before receiving

comments and consulting advises from staff

members.


students)

Ms. Ngo Chau is in charge in Lab work at RPTC

lab, Lab of Organic Chemical Technology.


6 – 8 hrs/day

Equipments Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) equipment,

HPLC, Electrophoresis.

Reviewing the data, our problems in terms of introducing RBE should be supervised by Dr. Pham Thanh

Quan

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Fig.2.1 Supervising system of master’s program.

Dr.Pham Thanh Quan-Dean of Faculty

Project team: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Dzung

Dr. Mai Thanh Phong Prof. Dr. Phan Dinh Tuan

Ms. Ngo Hong Bao Chau Master student

Ms. Le Thi Thu Huong,PhD. student

Ms. Nguyen Thi Diem Phuong

5th year undergraduate

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under SUPREM-HCMUT


research progress







our substantial goal should be

• One PhD, 1 master student and 2 under graduate students involve in the research work along with lab

management and team leader.

• One master thesis will be created on July 2010

• At least two papers conducted by master student will be submitted.

(i) Supervising system will be:

No Name Detail

1 Dr Nguyen Hoang Dzung General supervisor, team leader.

2 Dr Mai Thanh Phong Supervisor assistant

3 Prof. Dr. Phan Dinh Tuan Supervisor assistant


No Date Activities Places Result 1 Aug/01/-Sep/1/2009 Preparing lab Lab of RPTC Complete2 Sep/3- Oct/01/2009 Gathering the materials

Extracting Collagen by solvent.

An-Giang Province Lab of Organic Chemical Technology Lab of RPTC and Food Tech Lab

4 From Sep/3/2009 Work at Lab Lab of RPTC and Organic Chemical Technology

5. April/2010 Writing paper, thesis

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(iii) Lab management will be Ms. Ngo Hong Bao Chau.



Supervisor is Dr. Mai Thanh Phong and Dr. Nguyen Hoang Dzung


subject

- 1 seminar about supercritical fluid technology applied in extraction process.

- 1 seminar about solvent extraction technology.


Desk arrangement will be done: one desk and one computer for each student at Lab B2 RPTC

and R107B10 FoodTechLab.

Assignment as a research assistant to master students will be Ms. Nguyen Thi Nguyen

(FoodTechLab) and Mr. Nguyen Dinh Minh Hiep (Lab of RPTC)

Sharing leader’s activities with students will be Dr. Nguyen Hoang Dzung


Planning the research project taking the publication into consideration will be Prof. Dr Phan

Dinh Tuan and Dr. Mai Thanh Phong

Frequent research discussions will be Dr. Mai Thanh Phong and once per week


Work will be done on the lab of RPTC

Lab of Organic Chemical Technology

Food Tech Lab

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In order to practice the monitoring stated above, we will develop the following system in our laboratory, in close communication with other Model Labs: (1) Communication system

Weekly meeting for result discussion.

Keep tracking conference information and publishing journals.

(2) Data base of research and researchers E-library about relative scientific papers and books.

Curriculum vitae.

Regular communication via email.

Action Plan


(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT


for Capacity Building of Hochiminh City University of Technology


August 2009

Model Laboratory by Assoc.Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tan Tien Department of Mechatronics

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Hochiminh City University of Technology

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Table of Contents

1. Objectives of introducing RBE into master’s program ..............................................................2 1-1 Background .........................................................................................................................2 1-2 Expected outcomes of SUPREM-HCMUT .........................................................................2 1-3 Verifiable indicators and overall schedule ...........................................................................3

2. Problem Identification ................................................................................................................5 3. Action Plans for introducing RBE into our laboratory (Model Lab) .........................................6

3-1 Substantial goal ...................................................................................................................6 3-2 Actions to achieve the substantial goal ...............................................................................7

4. Monitoring the outcomes of RBE ..............................................................................................8

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1. Objectives of introducing RBE into master’s program

1-1 Background


In this context, in order for Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) to develop itself as the region’s leading higher education and research institution in the field of engineering, a systematic and institutional setup that enables continuous R&D activities would be necessary.

Therefore, HCMUT has decided to introduce RBE into the master’s programs of model faculties of HCMUT under the Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology to strengthen University-Community Linkage Phase 2 (SUPREM-HCMUT). The Implementation Plan authorized by HCMUT



(1) Master’s programs of model faculties at HCMUT is transformed from classroom- learning based to RBE.


(3) HCMUT has hub roles to promote academic cooperation for university-community linkage among higher education institutions and research institutions in the southern part of Vietnam.



The implementation plan aims at introduce RBE as substantial activities of the education at HCMUT, without drastic changes in current organizational structures, name of the subjects, nor the crediting system.

The point is that the supervisor of a master student is responsible for his/her student’s performance throughout the program, i.e. from the 1st semester till they finish the master thesis, and a joint research group that consists of the Lab leader (the supervisor), researchers, master students, undergraduate students and other staff members should be organized as “a model laboratory”.

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Furthermore, in terms of nurturing human resources with qualified research capabilities as master holders, the research conducted by his/her supervisor under SUPREM-HCMUT should be good enough from both academic and local viewpoints.


(1) HCMUT will introduce RBE to “master programs by research work”.

(2) The leader of a joint research group (model laboratory) should invite master students to join his research project and supervises them throughout the program.

(3) The master thesis should be created based on the outcomes of joint research under SUPREM-HCMUT or other research projects.

(4) Master students of a model laboratory are expected to write an academic paper as the first author.


Verifiable indicators given to evaluate the performance of RBE under SUPREM-HCMUT are as follows

- Implementation plan and guidelines for RBE is authorized by HCMUT and introduced to the whole university.

- Awareness-raising seminars are held once a year.

- Action plan of each model laboratory is prepared after the awareness-raising seminar.

- At least two (2) graduate students are involved in the research activities of each model laboratory.

- At least two (2) seminars for sharing experiences among laboratories of the model faculties are conducted.


Table 1.1 Schedule of Introducing RBE


April 2009-June 2009 - Preparation for the introduction - Implementation Plan

- JR & RBE Seminar (June 16)

July 2009-Sept. 2009 - RBE at model laboratories is planned

- Action Plan of each model laboratory (for 2009/2010)

- RBE Seminar (early September)

Oct.2009-July 2010 - Trial RBE at model laboratories is given to the new master students

- JR outcomes (patents, papers)

- Master thesis based on JR

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based on the Action Plan of each model laboratory

Aug. 2010-July 2011 - RBE at model laboratories is promoted to the new master students and become known to other laboratories

- Action Plan of each model laboratory (2010/2011)



Aug. 2011-July 2012 - RBE at model laboratories is established and disseminated to other laboratories

- Action Plan of each model laboratory (2011/2012)



Aug. 2012-Oct. 2012 - RBE at model laboratories is continued and established at HCMUT


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Basic data on current activities of master students in our laboratory is summarized in Table 2.1.



Supervising scheme There is no ruler for supervising scheme

Study type Master by course. Students attending class and after gaining enough credits, the will be instructed to solve an simple project for graduation.

Meeting between advisor and student Every week / two weeks – Depending on Prof.There is no research study available at this moment.

Lab management (Job description of graduate students)

Depending on Title of Thesis and arrangement from advisor, almost deviding to some steps: (1) study theory relating to the project, (2) carry out the experiments in lab – getting data, (3) write scientific report and final thesis.

Students working hours at the labs It does not fix due to student schedule and lab activities. There is no space (table, facilities, …) for master students. Students study at library/home/lab depending on their free time.

Reviewing the data, our problems in terms of introducing RBE should be

- An study environment for master student through research activities in lab is created. Students will be supported the suitable conditions from facilities to instruction, form theretical filed to practical field, to do their research for their Marter Degree.

- Through real project at Dalat City, students can achieve knowlegde and experiences. Students will attain not only theoretical study but also practical activities, which is useful for their future engineering job.

- Through the project, the stated problem in Dalat City will be solved, which is considered to be one of the solution for applying in real environment.

- The academic results of the project will be reported in an conference and also submited to scientific journal.

- The model following RBE is established and modified to become and model for not only this term students but also for future students at Mechatronics Department.

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3. Action Plans for introducing RBE into our laboratory (Model Lab)


Considering the problems identified in the previous chapter, and understanding the activities suggested by the Implementation Plan (June 2009) by HCMUT, i.e.,


- must supervise his/her master students from the first day of the program until they finish it

- must guide/supervise his/her master students so that they can create one academic paper (his/her master thesis in preliminary style) with other lab members based on the joint research under SUPREM-HCMUT

- are recommended to give regular lab meetings where master students are required to report their research progress

- are encouraged to develop the digital content of e-Learning with graduate students


- the supervisor is the lab leader all through their study program

- they must create their master thesis based on the research outcomes

- they are requested to write an academic paper as the first author

and based on the Key Issues given, our substantial goal should be

(i) Supervising system will be established

- Students will be introduced to the project and conditions

- From the requirements of the project’s output, students are asked to be sketch their study plan. After revised by advisor, based on this study plan, students must made detail schedule for their research.

- Every week: students must join lab seminar with other students in advisor’s research group, advisor will discuss with students and give them further instruction.

- Every two weeks students must present their research results including achievement, difficulties, existing problem, solving direction, …

- Base on their research results, student will be guide to write scientific paper to attend conference and also to submit to the journal.

- Students’ activities and lab under RBE project will be reported to SUPREM-HCMUT office periodly.

(ii) Lab management will be

- Student is required to follow lab time, everyday form 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, every week from Monday to Saturday. They can stay in lab for their study at night but no later than 9:00PM.

- Student must follow lab regulations and be responsible for all facilities in lab during their

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study.



(2) To transform the content of some lectures to research based seminars without changing the name of the subject

- Base on lab seminar every week, discussion between students and advisor, also other lab members will be conducted. Through discussion, students will achieve their necessary knowledge to solve their problem

- Through pratical project, students will know how to solve a real problem in engineering


- Desk in lab and facilities (computer, internet, coffee, drinking water, …) will be supported for students.

- Assignment as a research assistant to master students will be decided.

- Students must join with other activities with other lab members, such as football, MT, …

- Students has reposibility of instruction some undergraduate students in lab during their reasearch activities.


- Planning the research project taking the publication into consideration will be discuss between students and advisor after some initial research results.

- Frequent research discussions will be done every week during lab seminar every Saturday or when students’study has problems need to be discussed with advisor.

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4. Monitoring the outcomes of RBE

It is very important for an enterprise to learn how their products are evaluated by customers, likewise it is indispensable for universities to monitor the performance of students after graduation, as the graduates are the products of the university. Information on how they are good or not good, and on what is appreciated or blamed should be reflected after serious investigation and discussions at the university level.

Students who are working as faculty members of higher education institutions are strongly expected to keep connection with the supervisor of master’s programs at HCMUT. They are duly expected to conduct joint research with former supervisors, exchange information on education and research as professionals, i.e. researchers and lecturers. If academic societies in Vietnam work well, supervisors and their students are to belong to the same academic society and have more opportunities to see how their students’ performance is.


- Position/Institution

- Paper published in national and international journals

- Research projects they are participating (have participated) in

In order to practice the monitoring stated above, we will develop the following system in our laboratory, in close communication with other Model Labs:

(1) Communication system

- Students will be join Lab Alumni, their information will be updated and follow up

- Home Coming Day will be conducted so that every year students can back to their lab to visit and to exchange their experiences

(2) Data base of research and researchers

- All of academics activities will be recorded in Lab Data base

- Lab website will be made and information from RBE will be posted as an example

Action Plan


(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT




August 2009

Model Laboratory by Assoc. Prof., Dr Le Van Viet Man Department of Food Technology Faculty of Chemical Engineering


1

Table of Contents


1-1 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 2








2









authorized by HCMUT.




RBE.





recognized.











3











university.





conducted.













4





Supervising scheme Project leader → Researcher → Master student and

Undergraduate students

Internal Laboratory Research Meeting 1 meeting/ 2 weeks


students)

Project leader and reserachers: approve the

experiment plan proposed by master and

undergraduate students.

Master and undergraduate students: carry out the

research according to the experiment plan.

Project leader and reserachers: approve the results

and the next experiment plan


Minimum: 8h/ day


Fig.2.1 Supervising system of master’s program (Department of Food Technology)

Scientific supervisor → Researcher → Master students

Reviewing the data, our problems in terms of introducing RBE should be:

Project leader/ supervisor: Assoc. Prof., Dr. Le Van Viet Man

Reserachers: Master: Ton Nu Minh Nguyet, Engineer: Huynh Trung Viet

Master students: Dang Bui Khue

Research topic: Research on Barbados cherry juice processing

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under SUPREM-HCMUT


research progress







our substantial goal should be


- Approve the experimentation plan

- Make comments on and approve the experimental results

- Correct academic paper

- Correct the master thesis


- Quality evaluation of Barbados cherry varieties cultivated in TG

- Treatment of Barbados cherry mash by microbial enzyme

- Treatment of Barbados cherry mash by ultrasound

- Treatment of Barbados cherry mash by enzyme and ultrasound

(iii) Lab management will be

- Utilization plan for each equipment in the lab

- Equipment maintenance

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- Master student: Dang Bui Khue (9/2008-9/2010)

- Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof., Dr. Le Van Viet Man

- Research topic: Research on Barbados cherry juice processing


subject

Application of ultrasound treatment to barbados cherry juice processing


Desk arrangement will be in Room 101B2

Assignment as a research assistant to master students will be Engineer Huynh Trung Viet

Sharing leader’s activities with students will be Master of Engineering: Ton Nu Minh Nguyet


Planning the research project taking the publication into consideration will be application of

ultrasound in barbados cherry processing

Frequent research discussions will be 1 time/ 2 weeks



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Action Plan

for

Introducing RBE

through the Joint Research on

THE IMPACT OF HYDROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

POLLUTION ON FISH FLOATING FARMS, CATFISH INTENSIVE

CULTIVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO

PROTECT AND DEVELOP AQUACULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

IN TIEN GIANG



To Strengthen University‐Community Linkage (Phase 2)

August 2009

Model Laboratory by Dr. Vo Le Phu Department of Environmental Management

Faculty of Environment Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................. 1

1 Introduction of The Joint Research Program ............................................................................................... 2

1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................... …..2

1.2 Aim and Objectives of the Research .......................................................................................... 2

1.3 Scope of the Research Project .................................................................................................... 2

1.4 Expected Outcomes and Outputs of the Research ...................................................................... 4

2 Supervising System Scheme (SSS) .............................................................................................................. 5

2.1 Proposed Master Students’ Research Topics .............................................................................. 5

2.2 Requirements of Research Group Members .............................................................................. 5

3. Action Plan for The Research Project .............................................................................................................. 7

3.1 Setting Targets .................................................................................................................................. 7

3.2 Detailed Schedule of Implementation Plan ...................................................................................... 7

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1 INTRODUCTION OF THE JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAM

1.1 Background

The second phase JICA Project was named as Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Building of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) to Strengthen University-Community Linkage (Phase 2). The overall aim of this 2nd phase project is to identify local problems in 5 chosen provinces, including: Tien Giang, An Giang, Lam Dong, Binh Duong and Dong Nai. The research problems and questions were addressed and suggested by local province partners in accordance with local-based demand of solving existing issues of environmental and socio-economic situations. Furthermore, all joint research projects are expected to perform HCMUT’s strength by a Research-based Education Program which will be authorized by HCMUT under support and assistance from Japanese partners.

There are 11 research projects have been selected to perform during this 2nd phase. The research project titled “The impact of hydrology and environmental pollution on fish floating farms, catfish intensive cultivation and technological solutions to protect and develop aquaculture environment in Tien Giang” is one of the selected projects, which was led and supervised by Dr. Vo Le Phu, Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment, HCMUT, Vietnam.

1.2 Aim and Objectives of the Research

The overall aim of this research is to find appropriate and cutting edge technological solutions to protect aquaculture environment and to develop the aquacultural sector in Tien Giang province sustainably. In order to achieve this aim, the project will have the following specific objectives:

i) Investigating environmental pollution sources and loads affecting fish floating farms or fish cages that were cultivated along the Tien River;

ii) Identifying environmental factors and mechanism of river flow of the Tien River that may impact on the cultivation of floating fish;

iii) Addressing best management and application practices for catfish raising in the Tien River.

1.3 Scope of the Research Project

The scope of the research project is briefly described as follows: • To conduct extensive surveys on floating fish cultivation and catfish raising in Tien

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Giang province; • To identify significant area of floating fish cultivation which has been facing with

environmental pollution problems and fish diseases; • To investigate major environmental pollution sources affecting fish cage

cultivation in the Tien River; • To assess and identify pollution loads discharged and distributed by major

polluters/ pollution factors (both point and non-point pollution sources); • To investigate river mechanism and to survey hydrological factors influencing on

river flow and water quality of the Tien River • To develop and propose appropriate management processes for floating fish

cultivation and catfish raising.

Figure 1. Schematic Diagram of the Research Project

Objective 1 Environmental Pollution

Sources and Loads

Investigating Pollution Sources and Loads

- Surveying industrial,

agricultural and other

pollution sources;

- Identifying major

environmental pollution

sources

- Assessing and estimating

pollution loads

- Sampling and analyzing

industrial and agricultural

effluent/discharges.

Research Project

Objective 2 Environmental factors and Mechanism of River Flow

Objective 3 Appropriate

Management & Application Practices

Identifying factors and mechanisms affecting water

quality of aquacultural environment

- Sampling and analyzing surface water

(river water and fish cage water),

including: Turbidity, DO, pH, T0,

COD/BOD, TOC, N-NH3+, P-PO4

-,

SS, Pesticides, Heavy Metals, total

Coliform

- Assessing hydrological factors and

mechanism of the Tien River

- Assessing quality of surface water

( i d fi h )

Addressing best on-site practices for floating fish

raising & cultivation - Assessing density of floating

fish cages

- Assessing and identifying

wastes of fish cage

- Identifying fish disease and

reasons for fish deaths

- Identifying appropriate food

conversion ratio (FCR)

- Developing and proposing

best application practices

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1.4 Expected Outcomes and Outputs of the Research

Expected outcomes of the research include: • A comprehensive identification of pollution sources and estimation of pollution

loads of major environmental polluters that have significant impinging on floating fish farms and cultivation activities;

• A model of river flow for a specific section of the Tien River; • An on-site practical management process for floating fish raising and cultivation

with best application practices. Additionally, two (02, at least) master students degree and their Master theses are also expected to be achieved as outcomes of the research project. More importantly, the research project also aims to obtain foreseeable outputs as follows:

• Domestic conference : 2 (at least) conference research papers • International conference : 1 (at least) research paper • Domestic journal : 2 journal papers (at least) • International journal : 1-2 papers (Journal of Aquacultural Engineering) • Patent application: Best Practices for Catfish Floating Raising -BP4CR.

Master students are required to be authors of research papers which will be submitted to journals and conferences.

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2 SUPERVISING SYSTEM SCHEME (SSS)

A scheme of supervising system of the research project is proposed in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Proposed Supervising System Scheme of the Research Project

2.1 Proposed Master Students’ Research Topics

There are two research topics have been identified and proposed for master students at this stage, include:

i) Identifying environmental pollution sources and loads; assessing impacts of environmental factors on water quality of floating fish farms in Tien Giang;

ii) Studying and identifying hydrological factors and mechanisms of river flow affecting floating fish farms and catfish cultivation in the Tien River.

2.2 Requirements of Research Group Members

The research members (including faculty members and master students) are described in Table 1 as follows:

Table 1. Research members of the Joint Research Project

Name Position Designation Contact details and Email address

Faculty members:

Dr. Vo Le Phu Team Leader

Dr. Vo Le Phu As supervisor for Master

Dr. Le Hoang Nghiem As supervisor for Master

Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Bao Tram

Ms. Tran Ngoc Chau Master student (ID:

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Dr. Vo Le Phu Head, Dept. of Environmental Management

Team leader and supervisor

M: 0933 902 908 E: [email protected]

Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan Dean of Faculty of Environment

Research member M: 0903 000 118 E: [email protected]

Dr. Le Hoang Nghiem Dept. of Environmental Management

Supervisor M: 0937 060 645 E: [email protected]

Dr. Le Thi Hong Tran Dept. of Environmental Management


Dr. Nguyen Thi Van Ha

Dept. of Environmental Management


Dr. Nguyen Tan Phong Dept. of Environmental Engineering


Mr. Luu Dinh Hiep Dept. of Environmental Management


Research assistants: Mr. Pham Ngoc Hoa Faculty’s

Laboratory staff Lab Assistant M: 0908 433 461

Ms. Tran Thi Phi Oanh Faculty’s Laboratory staff

Lab Assistant M: 0909 894 200

Ms. Nguyen Thi Kha Dept. Lab Technician

Lab Assistant

Master’s students: Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Bao Tram

Master’s student Research member M: 0938 605 755

Ms. Tran Ngoc Chau Master’s student Research member M: The Team Leader and one Faculty member who is a research scholar from Department of Environmental Management will be designated as two main supervisors of two Master Students. Supervisors will take responsibility for the following tasks: (i) Guide on set-up and revise the detail proposal of Master students, (ii) Review literatures that the students collected, (iii) Guide on analysis experiment data and check experiment results and (iv) Advise and monitor students action plans and supervise their schedule of implementation as proposed by students. Each Master’s student will conduct one research topic, and will be supervised by a research member as indicated in Table 1. Master students will be able to have a co-supervisor research member which is described in Table 1. Each Master’s student will be also required to play a key role as a lab manager for her/his research topic. He/she will be responsible for arranging field work, surveying schedule, managing chemicals, glasswares and research consumables.

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3. ACTION PLAN FOR THE RESEARCH PROJECT

3.1 Setting Targets

To achieve the goals, the following actions will be undertaken:

• Facilitating master’s students to work full-time in “their lab”. The Faculty laboratory will (i) Provide a desk for each master student; (ii) Assign a research assistant to help us to set-up reactors, procurement of equipment, chemicals, glasswares and electricity/water facilities, etc.

• Designating a master’s student as a lab manager of his research group;

• Master students will be required to submit progress report for each month of experiments and survey results. The progress reports will be submitted to Team Leader and principal supervisor.

• To assign each master student plays a role as the main author of research papers for international journal, conferences as well as domestic conferences and journals. It is expected that research papers will be submitted and circulated faculty members and research members as peer review.

3.2 Detailed Schedule of Implementation Plan

Detailed schedule of activities of the Research Project are summarized in Table 2.

Table 2. Schedule of Research Activities

No Activity 2009 2010 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug

1 Survey and investigation 2 Water sampling for 1st batch

(Rainy season)

3 Identification of pollution sources and loads

4 Hydrological survey and investigation (1st batch, rainy season

5 Water sampling (2nd batch, transitional period)

6 Water sampling (3rd batch, dry season)

7 Hydrological survey (2nd batch, transitional and dry season)

8 1st Draft report on Water Quality Assessment and Peer Review

9 1st Draft Report on Hydrological factors

10 Draft Report on Pollution sources and loads

11 Draft Report “Impact of Water Quality on Floating Fish Farms”

12 Draft Report “Impacts of Hydrological Factors on Floating Fish Farms”

13 Research papers composing (for Journals and Conferences)

14 1st Draft Report of Research project

15 Final Complete Report

Action Plan


(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT




August 2009

Model Laboratory by Dr. PHAM XUAN MAI Department of Automotive Engineering Faculty of Transportation Engineering


1

Table of Contents


1-1 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 2








2









authorized by HCMUT



(1)Master’s programs of model faculties at HCMUT are transformed from classroom-learning based to RBE.


(3) HCMUT has hub roles to promote academic cooperation for university-community linkage among higher

education institutions and research institutions in the southern part of Vietnam.












Thus, the major principles have been defined as follows:

3










university.





conducted.













4





Supervising scheme o Assignment: No assignment for a student to a specific lab, but a

specific supervisor is assigned for thesis writing of each master

student.

o Budget: total self-support by students.

Internal Laboratory Research Meeting o Once for each month

Students working hours at the lab o 02 hours per day

Lab management

(Job description of graduate students at

the lab)

o To study the concerned documents for his/her master thesis

o To find the existing problems

o To propose and solve these problems

o To evaluate and analyze the solutions for the above problems

o To show the term reports based on the idea discussion between

the student and his/her supervisors (weekly/monthly)


Fig. 2.1 supervising system of master’s program at Department of Automotive Engineering

(Major: Automobile and Tractor Engineering)

Department 1

Lecturer 1 Lecturer 2 Lecturer 4 Lecturer 5 Lecturer 6

(Thesis proposal subjects are given by the team of lecturers for all master students)

Master student (thesis essay and their thesis defense)

Department 2 Department 3

Master student (lectures, master thesis)

(Thesis writing of each master student is supervised by a specific lecturer)

Lecturer 3

Faculty

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Under the current system, the leader of each lab (or the supervisor) may not be blamed when the quality of

master thesis worked out by a master student is very low. Especially, the quality of the master thesis is not

strictly evaluated by the faculty members when they finish and want to obtain the master degree. This is

because his/her master thesis is only evaluated for one time (final report defense).

Reviewing the data, our problems in terms of introducing RBE are found as follows:

(1) Structure of graduate school (faculty department research group/lecturer-student)

(2) Crediting system (most subjects in major of Automobile and Tractor Engineering are

classroom-learning based)

(3) Official supervising system (for evaluation committee of thesis, budget allocation)

(4) Most master thesis (which is created by the supervisees) is not enough good for publishing in the

international journal or conference due to the lack of qualified researches.

(5) Current syllabus (1 lecturer 1 subject) has no information on concrete topic/teaching methods.

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Implementation Plan (June 2009) by HCMUT, i.e.





under SUPREM-HCMUT


research progress






And based on the Key Issues given, our substantial goal should be:


o Structure of graduate school (faculty department lab (research group))

o Some lectures are given as a seminar in the lab.

o One specific supervisor is assigned for each graduate student. This supervisor of the student is

responsible for his/her student’s performance.

o The master thesis is basically related to the research of the supervisor (under SUPREM-HCMUT or

other projects). Also the master student must create their master thesis based on the research

outcomes that they made themselves/with their lab members.

o This thesis should be evaluated by two times (preliminary and final report defence) in order to

enhance the qualification of the thesis. The researchers from industries should be invited into the

evaluation committee of master thesis in order to improve the research (conducted with supervisors)

based on the academic and industrial viewpoints.

(ii) Syllabus will be:

o Title of course

o Lecturer

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o Objectives of course

o Goals of course

o Term/semester

o Course materials (content of course)

o Prerequisites

o Evaluation

o Reference material and textbook (to be given as needed)

(iii) Lab management will be:

o Master student is recommended to work full-time for his study at the lab.

o The specific job of master student is supervised by the assigned researcher.



o Structuring and clarifying “student-lab-research” to lab members

o Specifying a supervisor to each student even through it is not an official assignment


subject

o Offering the substantial content of the subject in the syllabus.

o Giving the overall schedule of the seminar (or lecture notes).

o Assigning a student to make presentation on his/her research progress or to introduce paper from

international journal with good understanding on its content.

o Introducing the industrial concern and inviting the researchers from industries for general

discussions.

o Introducing “required presentation in an academic conference” into their work


o Desk arrangement for master students.

o Teaching assistant for lab work will be provided to the master students.

o Sharing leader’s activities with students must be done via workshop/seminar.


o Planning the research project taking the publication into consideration.

o Research discussions must be done frequently.

(5) To develop the digital content of e-Learning

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o The master student and lecturers are guided and encouraged their motivation to work hard for

qualified researches.

o The job assignment for the students must be done.

o Lab events will be carried out.

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4. Monitoring the outcomes of RBE It is very important for an enterprise to learn how their products are evaluated by customers; likewise it is


products of the university. Information on how they are good or not good and on what is appreciated or











In order to practice the monitoring stated above, we will develop the following system in our laboratory, in close communication with other Model Labs: (1) Communication system

o Academic linkage between Department of Automotive Engineering and other Model labs at HCMUT

and other institutes in southern part of Vietnam will be established.

o Joint research activities between Department of Automotive Engineering and other Model labs and

local communities will be strengthened.

(2) Data base of research and researchers

o Data base of the research will be conducted to write the qualified papers for domestic/international

conference/ journal and their master thesis.

o The outputs of research will be disseminated to local communities

Action Plan


(RBE)


under

SUPREM-HCMUT




August 2009

Model Laboratory by Dr. Tran Tuan Anh Department of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

Faculty of Civil Engineering Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

1

Table of Contents


1-1 Background ................................................................................................................................................ 2








2









authorized by HCMUT




RBE.





recognized.











3











university.





conducted.













4





Supervising scheme Weekly meeting between Advisor and student

Internal Laboratory Research Meeting Not held


students)

Sometimes, student comes to the Lab for testing

some specimens.


Most of them conducts the test in their company or

their organization.

Etc.etc…….


Fig.2.1 Supervising system of master’s program

(Dept of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering)

Reviewing the data, our problems in terms of introducing RBE should be:

1. More advanced Lab testing equipments are needed for research.

2. Strong support from Director Board of HCMUT and Administration Board of Post-graduate Program

Office. They should issue clear, rigorous, strong regulations in order to force the Leaders of

Post-graduate Program and Directors of Lab to change their mind and follow RBE program.

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3. Action Plans for introducing RBE into our laboratory (Model Lab)








under SUPREM-HCMUT


research progress







Our substantial goal should be

(i) Supervising system will be modified, in which, weekly meeting between advisor and student will be held,

and research seminars will be held regularly.

(ii) Syllabus will be changed with orientation to Master study by research

(iii) Lab management will be modified in which students are required to come to the Lab for doing research

under supervision by Advisor with a clear schedule.




subject

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Desk arrangement will be provided for student

Assignment as a research assistant to master students will be done

Sharing leader’s activities with students will be conducted.


Planning the research project taking the publication into consideration will be performed

Frequent research discussions will be conducted


Will work with student to edit e-Learning post-graduate lectures for Master Program based on RBE.


Will ask the support from Director of the Lab and establish a fix schedule for student working at Lab.

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In order to practice the monitoring stated above, we will develop the following system in our laboratory, in close communication with other Model Labs: (1) Communication system We will try to establish a good connection with other Model Labs by visiting, email, phone, sharing equipment, and supporting students for research cooperation. (2) Data base of research and researchers Will be created to share with other Model Labs.

Phụ lục 5

Mẫu: Khảo sát nhu cầu địa phương

Local Needs Survey Province: Date of Survey: Name of Surveyor:

Provincial Development Plan:

Industrial Development Policies:

Current Scale of Industrial Activities:

Potential Topic of Research: Existing Problems:

Proposed Approach to the Problems:

Relevance to the Provincial Development Plan:

Market Conditions:

Expected Socio-Economic Impact:

Expected Technological Impact:

Facilities/Equipment Required:

Risks:

Recommended Researchers for the Topic:

Others:

Phụ lục 6

Mẫu: Đề xuất Hợp tác Nghiên cứu

Proposal for Joint Research of SUPREM-HCMUT

This form will be used for selection of the joint research in 2009.

(August 2009-July 2010)

General

A

Research topic

B

Team members Leader

Name:

Laboratory:

Department:

Faculty: Office phone/fax.: Mobile phone: e-mail:

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty

Students

Name Master or Ph. D Organization originally from

2

C

Research partners in the province

Name Position Organization

D

Previous achievement of members (Research paper, publication and patent)

Name Achievement Year

E

Available equipment relevant for the research topic

F

Necessary equipment (IF ANY)

3

Summary of Proposed Research

G

Existing problems

H

Proposed approaches to the problems

I

Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact)

J

Advantage over the existing technology

K

Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics

Phụ lục 7

Các tiêu chí đánh giá dành cho Đề xuất Hợp tác

Nghiên cứu

Scoring Sheet

for Joint Research under SUPREM-HCMUT

June 12, 2009 Research Topic: . Principal Investigator: .

Local partners (Province)

(Institution)

Number of Master students (Research) (Course)

Those who have earned a plus score will be the qualified candidates, among whom interviewees as the final candidates are to be recommended*. -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

Whether the quality of the research proposal submitted is good enough from the academic viewpoint

Whether the research topic is appreciable as an academic work by researchers and postgraduate students of HCMUT

Whether the expected outcomes of this R&D should provide new technologies to be used for solving the local technical problems

Whether the research group, including master students and local partners, is well organized under the leadership of the principal investigator

Whether the research is feasible and sustainable at HCMUT in terms of nurturing a strong research group in the related field

Total Score Balance among the research fields and the availability of Japanese partners should be also taken into consideration.

Phụ lục 8

Kế hoạch chi tiết của 12 nhóm Hợp tác Nghiên cứu

Detail Plan for Joint Research of SUPREM-HCMUT (August 2009-July 2010)

General

A

Research topic: Designing and Manufacturing semi-automatic cashew nut shell cutting machine to replace manual operation

B

Team members Leader

Name: Tran Doan Son

Laboratory:

Department: Manufacturing

Faculty: Mechanical Engineering Office phone/fax.: 38653896 Mobile phone: 0903825695 E-mail: [email protected]

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty Hoang Minh Nam Chemical Equipment Chemical Faculty Phan Dinh Tuan Chemical Equipment Chemical Faculty Truong Quoc Thanh Manufacturing Mechanical Faculty

Students


Le Thanh Tin Master 2008 From Lam Dong

C


Name Position Organization Pham Nhu Thanh Director Son Viet Company Nguyen Thai Hoc Director Donafood Dong Nai

D


Name Achievement Year Tran Doan Son Patent: Equipment boiling the

cashew nut. Decision 353/QĐ-ĐK date 19/11/2003

2003

Tran Doan Son Patent: Equipment drying the kernel of cashew Decision 25356/ QĐ-ĐK date 2/12/2008

2008

Tran Doan Son Paper: Application of contour milling milling for cutting shell cashew nut

2009

E

Available equipment relevant for the research topic Machine cutting shell cashew nut by handle


F

Existing problems * Situation of research in local and abroad: - Local production: Cutting cashew nut shell is one of the most important steps of the cashew nut process, but there is no research doing by any college, institute, or science center . Therefor, design and manufacturing semi-automatic cashew nut is important project Operation cutting shell cashew nut now is made by combination of hand- made and machine-made ( figure 1)

Figure 1 Cutting shell cashew nut by manual operation

Workers have to put each raw cashew nut into right place between two sharpen cutting tools. This step takes a lot of time. Process cutting cashew nut is made by legs of worker. The capacity is about 30 -50 kg/worker/shift. Today all of the factories use this machine. Cutting cashew nut shell is one of the most important steps of the cashew nut process, but there is no research doing by any college, institute, or science center. Therefore, design and manufacturing semi-automatic cashew nut is important project

G

Proposed approaches to the problems Semi-automatic machine cutting shell cashew nut with: Capacity: 200 kg/ batch Broken of kernel : 8 – 10%

H

Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact) Increase the capacity of processing cashew nut Advance the condition labor of workers Increase the effect of process production

I

Expected number of publications and patent applications Domestic conference: 1 International conference: 0 Domestic journal: 1 International journal: 1


J

Advantage over the existing technology Production automatic will be replace the manual operation Capacity is more than manual production

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics There are experiences from application pilot project of the first stage JICA “ Research and manufacturing of the basa fish filleting machine to replace manual operation”

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education: During the project: design, improve the machine. After the project; transfer technology;

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Activity

1 Serveying cashew productionin Dongnai province x x x x

2 Collecting materials,references about the process of x x x

3 Studying patterns x x x x

4 Designing parts of machine x x x x x x x x x

5 Observing the process ofmanufacturing x x x x x x x x x x x x

6 Testing the productivity andbroken rate of the machine x x x x

7 Improving the machine x x x x

8 Conferences and Performances x x x x

9 Transfering the process ofcashew nuts technology x x x x

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This form will be used for selection of the joint research in 2009. (August 2009-July 2010)

General

A Research topic Study on the appropriate technology for latex processing wastewater treatment

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Team members Leader

Name: Nguyen Phuoc Dan Laboratory: Advanced Waste Treatment Technology Department: Environmental Engineering Faculty: Environment Office phone/fax.: 08.3863.9682/08.3863.9682 Mobile phone: 0903.000.118 e-mail: [email protected]

Faculty members:

Name Department Faculty Dr. Dang Viet Hung Environmental Engineering Environment 0903 017 634 Dr. Bui Xuan Thanh Environmental Engineering Environment 0907 866 073 Mr. Nguyen Nhat Huy Environmental Engineering Environment 0938 750 010 Mr. Pham Ngoc Hoa Environmental Engineering Environment 0908 433 461 Ms. Nguyen Thi My Hien

Environmental Engineering Environment 0908 086 373

Students:

Name Study field Study year Contact Nguyen Le Environmental Technology 2008 0166 840 5528 Le Thi Thuy Phuong Environmental Technology 2008 0902 969 685

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Name Position Organization Contact Mr. Pham Van Het Deputy Director DN DORNE 0913 942 244 Mr. Truong Ngoc Quang

Director Environmental Monitoring Center of DN DORNE

0918 130 777

Mr. Pham Gia Hai Deputy Director DN DOST 0913 799 352

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Previous achievement of members (Research paper, publication and patent) International research papers and publication of the team leader are shown as follows: 1. Polprasert C. and Dan N.P. (1994). Phenol removal in Model Constructed Wetlands Located in the

Tropics. Water Environment Federation. Chicago.

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2. Triet L.M and Dan N.P. (1996). Application of UASB process for Rubber Processing Wastewater Treatment . In Proceeding of the Regional Seminar for South-East Asia on Anaerobic Technology for Waste and Wastewater Management and its Economic, Social and Ecological Impacts”, Ho Chi Minh City 09-13 Dec 1996.

3. Dan N.P, Visvanathan C. and Thanh N.C. (2001). Environmental Management Strategies For Seafood Processing Industries In Vietnam. In Proceeding of International Conference on Industry and Environment in Vietnam, HCMC, Vietnam, 2001

4. Dan N.P, Visvanathan C. and Thanh N.C. (2002). Comparative Evaluation of Yeast and Mixed Bacterial Treatment of High Salinity Wastewater Based on Biokinetic Coefficients. Bioresource Technology.

5. Dan.N.P., Triet, L.M, and Visvanathan C. (2002). Water Supply and Sanitation for Flooded Area in Mekong Delta. In Proceeding of Internatinoal Workshop on GMS Water Environment. Greater Mekong Subregion Acadamic and Research Network, pp.36-43. August,2002, AIT-Thailand.

6. Triet.L.M, Anh. M.T and Dan, N.P (2002). Present and progress of water quality in Mekong Delta. In Proceeding of Internatinoal Workshop on GMS Water Environment. Greater Mekong Subregion Acadamic and Research Network, Agust,2002, AIT, Thailand.

7 T. D. Thang1, N.P. Dan2 and C. Visvanathan1 (2002). Salt Water Intrusion in the Mekong Delta: Its Impact on Vietnamese Rural Coastal Communities. Asian Water Journal.

8. Dan N.P., Visvanathan C. and Kumar S. (2003). Cleaner production potentials in seafood processing Industry: A case study from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In Proceedings The first International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment: Biodiversity and Water Environment, pp.345-353. AIT-Bangkok-Thailand.

9. Dan.N.P. (2003). Status And Outlook Of Water Infrastructure In Vietnam. International Conference

(Asian Water Forum-Singapore). 10. Thuong, N.T., Satoshi T., Dan N.P., Truong B.D, Kumiko O. and Hiroyuki K. (2004). Water Pollution

in Innner-city canals in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. International Conference (1st Southeast Asian Water Environmental Symposium, pp.389-396., Hanoi, Viet Nam.

11. Khoa L.V, Hien T.N., Oanh D.H. and Dan.N.P. (2004). Water Resources and Wastewater Management

in Ho Chi Minh City. In Proceedings of the AUN/SEED – Net Fieldwise Seminar on Strengthening Collaboration on Research and Education in Environmental Engineering, pp.40-53. Bangkok, Thailand December 1-2, 2004.

12. Dan.N.P, Thanh, B.X. (2005). Issues on Groundwater Pollution in the East-Southern Region of Vietnam.

In Proceedings International Conference Environmental Management of Urban and Industrial Infrastructures in Asia. HCM City, Viet Nam, 2005.

13. Dan.N.P., Phong N.T and Truong B.D. (2005). Toxic Effect of Leachate Treatment Processes. In

Proceedings of the AUN/SEED – Net Fieldwise Seminar on Enhancing ASEAN Research and Education in Environmental Engineering, pp.82-87. Manila, Philipines Augusts 30-31, 2005.

14. Dan N.P., N.P. Khoa, L.V. Thanh B.X. and Truong, B.D. (2006). Ground water Resource Management

in Ho Chi Minh City In Sustainable Groundwater Management in Asia Cities. Summary Report of Research on Sustainable Water Management in Asia.

15. Dan N.P., Visvanathan C., and Ben Aim R. and . Jegatheesan, V. (2006). Comparative Study On Performance Of Yeast And Bacterial Membrane Bioreactors For High Salinity Wastewater Treatment. Int. J. Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 6, No. 6, 2006

16. Dan, N.P., Thanh B.X. and Truong, B.D. (2006). Case Studies of Groundwater Pollution in Southeast Vietnam. International Review for Environmental Strategies. Vol6. No. 2, pp.361-372.

17. Dan.N.P, Sang, H.T, Thanh, B.X. (2006). Application of Biological Treatment for Removal of

Ammonia-nitrogen in old landfill leachate. In Proceedings of the AUN/SEED – Net Fieldwise Seminar on Engineering Solutions of Environmental Challenges. Manila, Philipines Augusts 1-2, 2006.

18. Ha N.T.V. and Dan N.P. (2007). Integrated policies for Fish-based Eco-Industrial Cluster Development in Vietnam. In Proceeding on Eco-Industrial clusters Leading to sustainable Local Development of

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Asia.pp.74-89.”Business and the Environment” International Worshop 2006.

19. Nguyen Phuoc Dan, Nguyen Trung Viet, 2009. Status and strategies on solid waste management in Ho Chi Minh City. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM), Vol.4. Issue 3/4 pp. 412-421.

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Available equipment relevant for the research topic All equipment of Laboratories of Faculty of Environment will be used for this research. The analysis equipment and reactors which will be able to use for this research include: TOC analyzer, BOD analyzer, ammonia analyzer, Kjedahl analyzer, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, activated sludge reactor, fixed biofilm reactor, moving bed reactor, sludge digesters, etc.

F Necessary equipment (IF ANY) Flotation reactor should be set up.

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Existing problems The manufacturing process of natural rubber material require to add large amount of preserving chemicals, common known as formalin. For each ton of rubber making process, it generates about 20 – 30 m3 of wastewater with high pollution level (COD = 2.700 – 15.000 mg/L, SS > 500 mg/L, low pH 4,7 - 5,5). The rubber manufacturing facility always faces the challenge problem to meet local regulatory requirements for wastewater discharge (www.vitabio.com). The rapid growth has produced large quantities of effluent from natural rubber processing which is highly objectionable because of its high organic loading (biological oxygen demand and nitrogen).Without proper treatment, the discharge of wastewater from rubber (latex concentrate) processing industry to the environment may cause serious and long-lasting consequences. The high concentration of nitrogen that is present in the latex concentrate wastewater pose another serious threat to environmental protection. It contributes to undesirable eutrophication in rivers and stream. It affects the paddy field if discharged to the fields and increases oxygen and chemical demands if the water is used for water supply, consequently resulting in economic loss and health hazard as nitrate can cause methemoglobinemia in infants. It was also observed that the effluent wastewater from latex concentrate factories contains high level of sulphate which originated from sulphuric acid used in the coagulation of skim latex. The high levels of H2S will be liberated to the environment and cause malodor problems. The free H2S also inhibits the digestion process, which gives lower organics removal efficiency (Kerrer et al.,1997). The odors are detectable even at extremely low concentrations and make water unpalatable for several hundred miles downstream from the rubber processing factories. The problems present vary considerably, depending on the plant site, the raw material used and the number of intermediary product. (Treatment of Natural Rubber Processing Wastewater by Combination of Ozonation and Activated Sludge Process. Nonglak Rungruang et al.,2008)

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Proposed approaches to the problems 1. Literature review

It is generally agreed that ozonation transforms refractory or poorly degradable organic impurities into by-product that are of smaller molecular size and also ammonia can be converted to nitrate by ozonation. The transformation generally results in biodegradability. Some investigators (Edwards & Benjamin, 1991; Gordon, 1992; Masten & Davies, 1994)

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have reported that high BOD and COD reduction are often attained after ozonation, which could improve the activated sludge process. Furthermore, effluent sludge frequently became more amenable to biological treatment.

Nonglak et al.,2008 determined in batch mode the performance of ozonation as a pretreatment and/or followed by batch activated sludge process (BAS) for treatment of wastewater from rubber factory. The treatment was evaluated based on the biological oxygen demand (BOD5), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) and TKN removal efficiency. Wastewater was taken from latex concentrate process from the factory at Chonburi Province, Thailand. The results showed that when using BAS without ozonation, the removal efficiency of BOD5, COD, NH3-N, and TKN were 85.88, 66.80, 60.06 and 56.38 % , respectively. While with ozonation, they were 95.79, 91.49, 74.75, and 67.95 % , respectively. It was observed that the removal efficiency for all parameters with ozonation as a pretreatment was significantly higher than that of without ozonation.

The findings illustrated that the combined process can improve the performance of activated sludge process. Such combined processes were found to be very effective in removal of above mentioned parameters in wastewater and also produced a final effluent low in suspended solids and also clear as well as odorless. It was observed that the pungent odor of wastewater was significantly decreased after ozonation and completely disappeared after activated sludge process (ASP).

Land treatment for wastewater has been investigated and practised at several locations in the world for a long time. The advantage of land treatment is the combination of wastewater treatment and recycling in the same process.

Wastewater will be applied to the land surface to achieve a specified degree of treatment through the natural physical, chemical, and biological process within the soil-plant-water matrix. This system provides high efficiency for nutrients removal. Boyden and Rababah (1996) studied wastewater reuse to irrigate lettuce. They reported that more than 80% of nitrogen and 77% of phosphorous were removed from the settled primary sewage by applying it to the roots of lettuce.

It is possible to irrigate vegetables with wastewater where a large quantity of nutrients is efficiently removed by vegetable. High nutritive value in wastewater reduces fertilizer application rates and increases productivity of poor fertility soils (Al-Lahham et al., 2003). Kouraa et al. (2002) reported that the crop production has a remarkable improvement (about 28%) when irrigating crops either by raw or treated wastewater in comparison to drinking water. In Thailand, Chaimongkol et al. (2002) presented that the effluent of sewage treatment plant of Chiang Mai Municipality was suitable for agriculture with the expected yield similar to the one using natural water.

A study of land treatment system was conducted to treat and utilize nitrogen in treated wastewater from the concentrated latex factory. The experimental pilot-scale land treatment system was constructed at the Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai Campus. It consisted of water convolvulus (Ipomea aquatica, I. Reptans), tropical carpet grass (Axonopus compresus (Swartz) Beav.) and control unit (no plantation).

The treated wastewater from the stabilization pond system of the selected concentrated latex factory in Songkhla was used to irrigate each experimental unit. Influent and effluent from the experimental units were analyzed for TKN, NH3-N, Org-N, NO3-N, NO2-N, BOD5, sulfate, pH and EC. The land treatment system resulted a high removal efficiency for nitrogen. Tropical carpet grass provided higher removal efficiency than other units for all parameters. The removal efficiency of water convolvulus and control unit were not significantly different. The average removal efficiency of TKN, NH3-N, Org-N, BOD5 and

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sulfate for tropical carpet grass unit were 92, 97, 61, 88 and 52%, for water convolvulus unit were 75, 80, 43, 41 and 30%, and for control unit were 74, 80, 41, 31 and 28%, respectively. Mass balance of nitrogen transformation was conducted. It revealed that plant uptake was the major mechanism for nitrogen removal in land treatment. Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) technology was studied for treatment of latex processing wastewater (Triet and Dan, 1997) for Long Thanh rubber Company. In the start up period, COD removal efficiency was 55 – 60 % at 0,5 - 2,5 kgCOD/m3.day of COD loading rate. In operation period, the efficiency was 80 - 85% at 8 - 10 kgCOD/m3.day. Vijayaraghavan et al. (2008) studied on a new method of Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR) process wastewater treatment which was developed based on in situ hypochlorous acid generation. The hypochlorous acid was generated in an undivided electrolytic cell consisting of two sets of graphite as anode and stainless sheets as cathode. The generated hypochlorous acid served as an oxidizing agent to destroy the organic matter present in the SMR wastewater. For an influent COD concentration of 2960 mg/L at an initial pH 4.5 ±0.1, current density 74.5 mA/cm2, sodium chloride content 3% and electrolysis period of 75 min, resulted in the following residual values pH 7.5, COD 87 mg/L, BOD5 60 mg/L, TOC 65 mg/L, total chlorine 146 mg/L, turbidity 7 NTU and temperature 48 °C, respectively. In the case of 2% sodium chloride as an electrolyte for the above said operating condition resulted in the following values namely: pH 7.2, COD 165 mg/L, BOD5 105 mg/L, TOC 120 mg/L, total chlorine 120 mg/L, turbidity 27 NTU and temperature 53 °C, respectively. The energy requirement were found to be 30 and 46 Wh/L, while treating 24 L of SMR wastewater at 2 and 3% sodium chloride concentration at a current density 74.5 mA/cm2. The observed energy difference was due to the improved conductivity at high sodium chloride content. Asia and Akporhonor (2007) presented that the ratio of COD to BOD was 1.2:1, meaning that, the extent of biodegradation of the wastewater from this factory is less than 50%. This shows that biological treatment may not be suitable for its treatment. It conductivity is 320 Scm-1 suggesting that the wastewater contain ions and so physicochemical method of coagulation and flocculation may be a good alternative for the treatment of this wastewater. Anotai et al. (2007) presented that the acidic latex wastewater containing high average zinc and acetic contents of 820 mg/L and 20,800 mg COD/L, respectively, was treated successfully by a series of chemical and biological processes without any addition of acid or base for pH adjustment. The oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) value of 0mV was used successfully as an indicator for optimum sulfide addition which consistently provided an appreciable reduction in effluent concentrations to less than 1 and 2mg/L for zinc and residual sulfide, respectively. The anaerobic filter was very stable in handling the chemically treated wastewater up to the organic loading rate of 12 gCOD/L/day with an average efficiency of 92%. Methane production and biomass yield were 0.32L/gCOD removed and 0.014gVSS/gCOD removed, respectively. For the activated sludge process, the optimum sludge age and hydraulic retention time were 30 and 0.8 days, respectively, which are equivalent to the organic loading rates of 2.50gCOD/L/day or 2.13gBOD/L/day. Under these optimum conditions, average removal efficiencies for COD and BOD were 96.6 and 99.4%. Average soluble COD, BOD and suspended solids in the effluent were 71, 11 and 38mg/L, respectively. This integrated treatment scheme was proven to be an effective approach for highly polluted and toxic rubber thread wastewater. Udomphon et al. (2005) studied on treatment of wastewater form smoked sheet rubber production using a pilot-scale constructed wetlands consisted of vertical flow constructed

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wetlands followed by free water surface constructed wetlands with cattail plantation. The operation of the experiment was done at various COD loading of 750, 1,000, 1,250, and 1,500 kg COD/ha-d, respectively. Average concentrations of BOD5,COD, SS, TKN, ammonia-N, TP, sulfate and TDS in influent were 2,226, 4,536, 387,185.15, 162.16, 100.18, 37, and 3,281 mg/L, respectively. The experimental results showed that the effluent of the pilot wetlend met the Industrial Effluent Standard of the Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

Based on the literature review, the approaches for the latex processing wastewater are selected to this study as follows:

- Coagulation and flocculation coupled with dissolved air flotation (DAF) for scum removal.

- Ozonation coupled with activated sludge

- Constructed wetland for nitrogen removal and soil improvement 2. Objectives To determine the approriate treatment approach in terms of high treatment efficiency, low cost and reduction of negative impacts such as odour and eutrofication due to high concentration of nitrogen. 3. Scope The main contents of the research include: - To survey situation of at least five current latex processing wastewater treatment plants

(WWTPs) in Dong Nai province or surrounding provinces. Troubles during the pratical operation of the surveyed WWTPs will be found and the drawbacks of the current technology will be assessed.

- To study coagulation coupled with dissolved air flotation to remove the latex scum. In this study, the optimum coagulant dose and pH will be determined. The selected coagulant will be iron salt (FeCl3) and kation polymer as aid of coagulant. The lab-scale dissolve air flotation (DAF) will be set-up. The approriate surface loading and A/S ratio of DAF will be determined based on removal of suspended solids and COD.

- To study ozonation or AOPs (advanced oxidation processes) coupled with the SBR process to remove nonbiodegradable COD and nitrogen removal. In this study, the ozone concentration and the reaction time of ozone contactor will be investigated. The suitable ozone concentration and reaction time of the ozone contactor will be found based on ratio of bCOD:nbCOD (non-biodegradable COD). Besides, F/M, COD loading and nitrogen loading of SBR process will be investigated.

- To study wastewater reclaimation using SBR followed by the free water surface constructed wetland (FSW). In this study, the COD and nitrogen loading of the free water surface constructed wetland for the advanced treatment of the effluent from the AS process. SS, turbidity, COD, TOC, color and zinc concentration will be monitored. Users of wastewater reclaimation such as irrigation, road watering and industrial water (cooling water and washing water) will be determined based on the quality of treated wastewater.

These studies will be conducted using lab-scale experiments at the laboratory of the Faculty

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of Environment.

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the research contents

4. Methodology 4.1 Content 1: Survey some current WWTPs In the content 1, at least 05 WWTPs of 5 latex processing factories in Dong Nai or Tay Ninh province will be surveyed. - To assess treatment efficiency, sampling at different processes or operation units will be done. SS,

COD, BOD5, TKN, TNOx (nitrite and nitrate), pH, DO, TDS, sulphate and phophorous concentration will be analyzed. Biomass concentration of biological treatment process such as UASB or activated sludge will be investigated. From the obtained treatment efficiencies, reasons of troubles will be found.

- Data on operation and management of the surveyed WWTPs will be collected using questionaire.

The contents of questionaire include common troubles during operation, trouble shootings,

Content 1: Survey some current WWTPs

Content 2: Study on coagulation coupled with DAF

Content 3: Study on AOP coupled with SBR process

Content 4: Study on FWW for wastewater reuse

Assess treatment efficiency of current WWTPs of latex processing industries:- Sampling and analysis - SS, Nitrogen, COD, BOD removal

Questionaire survey: - Common troubles during operation - Trouble shooting - Energy consumption - Chemical consumption - O& M costs - WWTP management issues

Coagulation: - Suitable coagulant doses - Optimum pH

DAF: - Surface loading - Ratio of Air to Solid (A/S)

AOP: - Ozone dose and UV dose - Contact time

A-O process: - F/M ratio - COD volumetric loading - TKN volumetric loading

Constructed wetland: - Nitrogen surface loading - COD surface loading

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energy consumption, chemical consumption, O& M costs, WWTP management issues, etc.

Figure 2. Jatest equipment

4.2 Content 2: Study on coagulation coupled with DAF Materials The jartest equipment will be used to determine the optimum concetration of coagulant and pH. Iron salt and kationic polymer will be selected. The raw wastewater from the surveyed factories will be used for this experiment. A lab-scale DAF will be set-up.

Figure 3. DAF test

Experiment At least 06 different concentrations of coagulant will be used in the Jartest for each latex processing wastewater. Different pH values will be tested. The different A/S will be tested . The raw wastewater in which the suitable coagulant dose will be added and th optimum pH will be adjusted will be tested using DAF. At least 05 different pressures will be tested for DAF.

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4.3 Content 3: Study on AOP coupled with SBR process Materials A lab-scale activated sludge batch sequencing reactor of two liters will be installed. The jartest equipment will be used for determine the suitable ozone concentration. Ozone generator and respirometer will be used. Oxygen uptake rate (OUR) and non-biodegradable COD will be analyzed using the respirometer. Seed sludge will be taken from the current AS process of the surveyed WWTP.

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Figure 5. Activated sludge reactor

Experiment At least 06 different concentrations of ozone will be used in the Jartest for samples pre-treated with coagulation and DAF.

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The sequencing batch reator (SBR) will be run at 05 different HRTs of aeration phase and different HRTs of anoxic phase. The real wastewater with and without ozonation will be tested for SBR.

Figure 6. AOP reactor

4.4 Content 4: Study on FWW for wastewater reuse Materials A lab-scale of the constructed wetland will be used for this content.

Figure 7. Constructed wetland

Local submergible vegetable such as cattail or reed will be transplanted. Experiment

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The lab-scale wetland will be run at at least 05 different nitrogen or COD surface loading by changing HRTs. The effluent from SBR will be fed into the wetland. References Asia, I. O. and Akporhonor, E. E. (2007). Characterization and physicochemical treatment of Jin A., Pasuta T. and Piyarat C. (2007) Integrated treatment scheme for rubber thread wastewater: Sulfide precipitation and biological processes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 141, Issue 1, 6 March 2007, Pages 1-7 Triet L.M and Dan N.P. (1997). Application of UASB process for Rubber Processing Wastewater Treatment . In Proceeding of the Regional Seminar for South-East Asia on Anaerobic Technology for Waste and Wastewater Management and its Economic, Social and Ecological Impacts”, Ho Chi Minh City 09-13 Dec 1996. Udomphon P., Chaowana Y., Thammarat K. and Chongrak P. (2005). Application of Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Wastewater from Smoked Sheet Rubber Plants Vijayaraghavan K., Ahmad D. and Ahmad Y. A.Y. (2008). Electrolytic treatment of Standard Malaysian Rubber. process wastewater. Journal of hazardous materials. Vol. 150, no2, pp. 351-356. Vikanda T. and Udomphon P. (2007). Wastewater treatment and recycling by land treatment system for concentrated latex wastewater from rubber processing factory. International Journal of Physical Sciences Vol. 2 (3), pp. 061-067, March, 2007.

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Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact) Expected number of publications and patent applications

Domestic conference: At least two conferences International conference: At least one Domestic journal: Two International journal: Two

Expected number of publications of which the first author is a student:

At least two papers of which the first authors are student

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Advantage over the existing technology - To reduce negative impacts from wastewater such as odour and eutrofication due to

high concentration of nitrogen

- To reuse effluent for irrigation

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics The previous experences with international cooperation on research topics on wastewater treatment and management are listed as follows:

1. Application of aqua-plants (water hyacinth and reeds) for industrial wastewater treatment – Vietnam-Holland project (VH17), 1987.

2. Study on latex processing wastewater treatment – Anaerobic treatment UASB – Vietnam-Holland project (VH17), 1995.

3. Cleaner Production (CP) in seafood processing industry - DOSTE and ADEME (ADEME:

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Agence de l’Environment et de la Maitrise de l’Energie- French Project), 2003

4. Introduction of CP in Vinh Loi shrimp processing factory - WASTECON(Canada Project), 2003

5. Study on denitrification of leachate with MBR process - AUS/SEED-NET, 2006

6. Study on treatment of fish and shrimp pond discharge - HCMUT-JICA, 2008

7. Design of wastewater treatment plant from Tropical Diseases Hospital and solid waste transfer station of District 5, Europe Aid Co-operation project, 2004.

8. Underground water resource management in Ho Chi Minh City, Institute for Global Environmental Strategy, IGES, Japan, 2004-2008

9. Eco-Industrial Clusters in Urban-Rural Fringe Areas-A strategic Approach for Integrated Environmental and Economic Planning, , IGES, Japan, 2004-2006

10. Benchmarking on environmental infrastructure management in selected cities of Southeast Asia- Asian Institute of Technology (Thai Land), 2008.

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education:

During the project: − Master’s student will be a turtor for undergraduate courses such as (i) Experiment of

Environmental Technology Processes, (ii) Wastewater treatment Design.

− He/she will be a co-advisor for undergraduates’ thesis under advision of faculty members who will join this project.

− He/she will be a leader of undergraduate students group working under the research.

After the project:

− He/she will be an expertise on wastewater engineering, especially on latex processing wastewater treatment;

− He/she will be able to work at research institutes or consultancy enterprisies that specialize on environmental engineering field.

− He/she will continue to study as a qualified doctoral candidate.


Activity

1 To prepare the detail proposal

2 To set-up reactors

3 To select the survey factories

4 To prepare questionaire for the survey

5 The content 1: Survey some current WWTPs

Survey 05 WWTPs

Progress report on the content 1

6 The content 2: Study on coagulation coupled with DAF

To conduct coagulation experiments

To conduct DAF experiments


7 The content 3: Study on AOP coupled with SBR process

To conduct AOP experiments

To conduct SBR experiments


8 The content 4: Study on FWW for wastewater reuse

To conduct FWW experiments


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General

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Research topic Inorganic composite materials for road surface utilizing laterit, flyash and red sludge waste in Lam Dong province

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Team members Leader

Name: Assoc.Prof. Nguyen Van Chanh

Laboratory: Construction Materials

Department: Construction Materials

Faculty: Civil Engineering Office phone/fax.: 84 8 38647684 Mobile phone: 0903758465 e-mail: [email protected]

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty Tran Van Mien Nguyen Ninh Thuy Construction

Materials Civil Engineering

Le Anh Tuan Construction Materials

Civil Engineering

Le Van Hai Chau Construction Materials

Civil Engineering

Students

Name Master or Ph.D Organization originally

from Tran Quoc Tho Master HCMUT Nguyen Huu Viet Dung

Master HCMUT

Dang Van Tuan Master HCMUT

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Name Position Organization Construction Department

Director Lam Dong

Transportation Department

Director Lam Dong

Agricultural and rural development Department

Director Lam Dong

Construction Department

Director Daklak

Transportation Department

Director Daklak

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Name Achievement Year Nguyen Van Chanh Recent research geopolymer

concrete 2008

Tran Quoc Tho Design and construction on antiwashout underwater concrete

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Tran Van Mien Contribution of C-S-H and AFm hydrate to chloride binding isotherms of various cements

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Nguyen Ninh Thuy Improve the strength of acrylic emulsion polymer modified mortar with RHA in hot and humidity

2008

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Available equipment relevant for the research topic All equipments of Construction Materials Laboratory as below:

- Proctor test - Activity of mineral admixture. - Grading curve of laterite test. - Bulk density and density test - Test on plasticity index - Compressive strength test machine - Drying oven - Modulus of elasticity test - Mixer


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Existing problems

- At present, in Viet Nam, there is a lot of wastes of flyash and red sludge which cause environmental problems.

- The normal road surface as asphalt concrete is expensive and can not apply to everywhere, especially with rural area.

- It is necessary to utilize local laterit combined with wastes of flyash and sludge to build cheap and sustainable roads.

- In highland region, road surface often causes a lot of dusts in dry season and mud in rainy season -> difficult to transport and affect in health.

- Suburban traffic plays an important role in development of society and economics in highland region, such as Lam Dong province

- Laterite soil has a big deposit in highland.

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- The technology of soil concrete based on stability of laterite. - The method of study is based on examining factors that influence in

physico-mechanical properties of synthetic materials. Since then, we find out the proper proportions of materials for rural road construction.

- Design and construction method of soil concrete road.

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- Technical properties of soil concrete used for road. - Process of construction of soil concrete. - Improving in transportation in rural road makes socio-economic

condition in highland develop more and more. - Easy-to-transport helps peasants approach new information, children go

to school. - Reducing wastes will improve environment.

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Expected number of publications and patent applications Domestic conference : 2 International conference : 1 Domestic journal : 1 International journal : 1 Expected number of publications of which the first author is a student : 2

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- Utilize local materials and wastes to use in soil concrete. - Process of construction uses valid equipments and machines. - Increase the durability of road compared to locally present road.

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics

- Publications of soil concrete technology based on laterite in National conferences.

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education: During the project : - Study on examining factors that influence in physico-mechanical properties of synthetic materials. - Find out the proper proportions of materials for rural road construction. After the project : - Student can work for Construction Departments of provinces such as Daklak and Lam Dong to widespread the research results of this project.


Activity

1 Soil sampling

2 Collecting documents relatedto topic

3 Chemical component oflaterite soil, fly ash

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Physico-mechanical propertiesof soil (bulk density, density,grading curve of laterite,plasticity index, soil liquid

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Test on proportions ofmaterials (laterite, flyash,admixture) to find out properproportions for rural road

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Application of geopolymerconcrete for construction site(Road surface constructionprocess, core drill for samplingto test properties of soilstabilized by inorganicmaterials, control quality ofinorganic composite materials

7 Control and improve roadsurface

8 Publications in research results

9 Joint Research Activities inJapan

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General

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Research topic RESEARCH ON EXTRACTING TAXOL FROM RED PINE (TAXUS WALLICHIANA ZUCC) TO APPLY IN PHARMACEUTICAL FIELD TO PRODUCE MEDICINE AGAINST CANCER

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Team members Leader:

Name: Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung Laboratory: Chemical process and equipment Department: Chemical process and equipment Faculty: Chemical Engineering Office phone/fax.: 08-8647256 Ext.5615 Fax: 08-8637504 Mobile phone: 0938009307 e-mail: [email protected]

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty Prof. Phan Dinh Tuan Chemical process and

equipment Chemical Engineering

Dr. Phan Thanh Son Nam Organic Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Dr. Le Thi Hong Nhan Organic Chemical Engineering


Dr. Mai Thanh Phong Chemical process and equipment


Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung Chemical process and equipment


Students

Name Master or Ph. D Organization originally fromNguyen Quang Duy Master Chemical Engineering

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Research partners in the province Name Position Organization

Mr. Huynh Ngoc Hai Deputy Director Lam Dong Dept of Industry and Trade

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Previous achievement of members (Research paper, publication and patent) Name Achievement Year

Prof. Phan Dinh Tuan Many international research papers Dr.Le Thi Kim Phung 4 international research papers From 2006-

now Dr. Phan Thanh Son Nam 6 international research papers From 2004-

now Dr. Le Thi Hong Nhan 2 international research papers From 2002-

now Dr. Mai Thanh Phong 2 international research papers From 2002-

now

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Available equipment relevant for the research topic - HPLC - Silica gel column chromatography - NMR spectra - GC-MS


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Existing problems Paclitaxel (generally known in the scientific literature as Taxol), a complex nitrogen-containing diterpenoid, was first isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, Taxus brevifolia, and its structure determined (Figure 1)

Figure 1: The 2D and 3D chemical structure of taxol Paclitaxel has significant anticancer activity and is clinically effective both alone and when employed with other cancer therapy treatments [1]. Until now, the total synthesis and the in vivo production of paclitaxel in plant tissue and cell culture have not provided economically feasible solutions to the paclitaxel supply problem [2]. Although paclitaxel can now be prepared from 10-deacetylbaccatin III and/or baccatin III using a semisynthetic procedure [3] (this is the route used for its

commercial production), the direct isolation of paclitaxel is still a matter of considerable interest. Various researches have placed the paclitaxel content of Taxus spp. in the range of 0.001-0.08% w/w. The recovery of paclitaxel extracted from the various parts of mature T. cuspidata trees was reported to be in the following order: bark > needles > roots > branches > seeds > wood [4]. Since pharmacologically active compounds in Taxus spp. are in low concentrations, a great deal of research has been done to develop more effective and selective extraction methods for recovery of these compounds from the raw materials. In Viet Nam Taxus (Taxus Wallichiana Zucc) was found in Lam Dong, the first three ha of Taxus has been grown successfully by Vietnam Cultivating And Processing Pharmaceutical Product Center in 2003, since Taxus has been grown on the large scale all over Lam Dong province. However, the products from Taxus are exported as raw material. Meanwhile, Viet Nam has to imported very expensive medicine against cancer such as Taxol (product of Bristol Myers Squibb- USA) and Taxotere (product of Sanofi Aventis – France), extracted from Taxus spp. Therefore, proposing the feasible process and techniques to extract Taxol from bark and leaves of Taxus spp. in condition of Vietnam are imperative requirements.

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Proposed approaches to the problems As mentioned above, paclitaxel occurs in small amounts in Taxus spp. and the tree grows slowly, it is important that any extraction procedure effectively remove this entire compound from the bark and leaves. Therefore, developing the extraction techniques with good selectivity and efficiency are highly desirable. For conventional extraction methods such as hydrodistillation (steam distillation) and solvent extraction, there are few adjustable parameters to control the selectivity of the extraction processes. The majority of the hydrodistillation processes reported in the literature have made use of MeOH as the extraction solvent at room temperature. However, there are also reports of extraction using other solvents, for example, MeOH-CHCl3 (1:1) [5] , MeOHCH2Cl2 (1:1) [6] , and 95% EtOH.[7]. Supercritical fluid extraction methods exhibit high selectivity for taxane compounds, although organic cosolvents (e.g., EtOH, MeOH, and CH2Cl2) are required to obtain high taxane recovery [8]. Recently, microwave-assisted extraction has been reported as an extraction method for taxanes and found to reduce considerably both the extraction time and solvent consumption [9] .Accelerated solvent extraction is a new extraction method and enhances the traditional extraction process using solvent at elevated temperatures. Pressure is applied to the sample extraction cell to maintain the heated solvent in a liquid state during the extraction procedure and hence augments its dissolving power.[10] This project is researching on the varies extraction techniques of paclitaxel from the bark and leaves of Taxus Wallichiana Zucc. (from Lam Dong Province, Vietnam), and compares the efficiency of each technique. Various temperatures, pressures, times, and solvents for the extraction procedure will be investigated to optimize the efficiency of the extraction. Propose the feasible extraction technique for commercial production. Reference 1. Appendino, G., 1995. In: Farina, V. (Ed.), The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Taxol and Its Derivatives, vol. 22. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, pp. 1e53, pp. 55e101.

2. Holton, R. A.; Somoza, C.; Kim, H. B.; Liang, F.; Biediger, R. J.; Boatman, P. D.; Shindo, M.; Smith, C. C.; Kim, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 1597-1598. 3. Kingston, D. G. I.; Chaudhary, A. G.; Gunatilaka, A. A. L.; Middleton,M. L. Tetrahedron Lett. 1994, 35, 4483-4484. 4. Ohira, T.; Kikuchi, Y.; Yatagai, M. Mokuzai Gakkaishi 1996, 42,1234-1242. 5. Fang, W.; Wu, Y.; Zhou, J.; Chen, W.; Fang Q. J. Chin. Pharm. Sci.1995, 4, 47-50. 6. Neto, A. G. F.; DiCosmo, F. Planta Med. 1992, 58, 464-466. 7. Kopycki, W. J.; ElSohly, H. N.; McChesney, J. D. J. Liq. Chromatogr.1994, 17, 2569-2591. (21) Jennings, D. W.; Deutsh, H. M.; Leon, H. Z.; Amyn, S. T. J. Supercrit.Fluids 1992, 5, 1-6. 8 Vandana, V.; Teja, A. S.; Zalkow, L. H. Fluid Phase Equilib. 1996,116, 162-169. 9. Mattina, M. J. I.; Berger, W. A. I.; Denson, C. L. J. Agric. Food Chem.1997, 45, 4691-4696. 10. Bjo¨rklund, E.; Ja¨remo, M., Mathiasson, L.; Karlsson, L.; Strode III, J. T.; Eriksson, J.; Torstensson, A. J. Liq. Chromatogr., Relat. Technol.1998, 21, 535-549.

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Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact) The project is join of faculty researchers and local research partners in Lam Dong province; with purposed to share acknowledges, research experience and techniques. At least one Master student and two 5th year undergraduate students will join the project and graduate follow the Research Base Education program of Chemical Engineering Faculty. The results of this project expected to be applied by Lam Dong Department of Industry and Trade. The expect results of the project is found the extraction technique including sample preparation, selection of modifiers, collection methods, and approaches to optimization of extraction procedures. With increasing public interest in natural products, the proposed technique may become a standard extraction technique for studying herbal, food and agricultural samples.

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Expected number of publications and patent applications Domestic conference: 1 International conference:1 Domestic journal: 1 International journal:1


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Advantage over the existing technology The potential advantages include the ability to perform rapid (often less than 30 min) extractions, to reduce the use of hazardous solvents and to couple the extraction step with other analysis step.

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics Members and faculty has been joining various international cooperation research such as: Prof. Phan Dinh Tuan: Jica, Toyohashi University, … Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung: Galaxo Smith Kline Pharmaceutical, UK and UCLA Dr. Le Thi Hong Nhan: UK Dr. Phan Thanh Son Nam: UCLA Dr. Mai Thanh Phong: UCLA

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education: During the project: - Literature review and material collection, cooperation with work with research

partner in province. - Experimental work and analysis - Join research activities in Japan - Writing paper, thesis, attend the conference. After the project; - Further study on application of the results to the partner province. - More paper, conference journal base on research results.


Activity

1 Literature review and materialcollection

2 Experiemntal work andanalysis

3 Join research activities inJapan

4 Writing paper, thesis

5 Final report

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General

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Research topic

RIVERBANK STABILIZATION IN THE MEKONG RIVER

DELTA BY DEEP CEMENT MIXING COLUMN METHOD.

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Team members Leader

Name: Dr. NGUYEN MINH TAM

Laboratory: Geotechnical Engineering Lab

Department: Geotechnical Engineering

Faculty: Civil engineering Office phone/fax.: 8650714/ 8650714 Mobile phone: 0903863348 e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty Dr. Le Trong Nghia Geotechnical Engineering Civil engineering Dr. Le Anh Tuan Construction Material Civil engineering

Students


Nguyen Thanh Dat Master How Yu construction Ltd. Company

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Name Position Organization Nguyen Ngoc Thang Teacher Tien Giang University

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Name Achievement Year Nguyen Minh Tam • Nguyen Minh Tam. (2001), “A Study on

Interaction between Piles in Group Subjected by

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Lateral Load.”, The 3th Youth Scientific Conference of Hochiminh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh, VietNam, 87-93. (in Vietnamese)

• Hoang Van Tan, Nguyen Minh Tam. (2002) “Determination of coefficient of group efficiency for lateral loading.”, Proc. of the 8th conference on Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam, 161-167.(in Vietnamese).

• Vo Phan, Bui Truong Son, Nguyen Minh Tam. (2002), “Comparative Study of c and φ of Soft Soil in Direct Shear and Triaxial Test with Three Differential Outline to Estimate the Bearing Capacity of Soil Foundation.”, Proc. of the 8th conference on Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam,, 117-121 (in Vietnamese)

• Tran Xuan Tho, Nguyen Minh Tam. (2003), “Negative Skin Friction on Concrete Piles in Soft Subsoil on The Basis of Shifting Rate of Piles and Settlement Rate of Surrounding Soils.”, Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering, Slovakia, 13-20

• Woo-Sik Kim, Nguyen Minh Tam, Hui-Joon Kim, Du-Hwoe Jung. (2005), “Factors Affecting Strength Characteristics of Cement Stabilized Clay.”, Annual Conf. of KSCE, Jejuto, South Korea., 3417-3420

• Nguyen Minh Tam, Tran Xuan Tho, Hui-Joon Kim, Du-Hwoe Jung (2005) “Evaluation of soil arching in embankment supported DMM columns system”, Proc. of the 9th conference on Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam, 585-592.

• Nguyen Minh Tam, Hui-Joon Kim, Du-Hwoe Jung. (2005) “Experimental study on strength of cement satbilized clay”, Proc. of the 9th conference on Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam, 593-599.

• Nguyen Minh Tam, Du-Hwoe Jung, Vo Phan. (2005) “The distribution of bending moment and

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bending moment capacity of DCM column under embankment”, The 2005 international symposium on advanced engineering, Pukyong National University, Pusan, South Korea, 46-53

• Vo Phan, Nguyen Minh Tam, Du-Hwoe Jung. (2005) “Variation of Cone Resistance of Clay With Penetration Rate”, The 2005 international symposium on advanced engineering, Pukyong National University, Pusan, South Korea, 74-76.

• Woo-Sik Kim, Nguyen Minh Tam, Du-Hwoe Jung. (2005) “Experimental study on strength of cement satbilized clay”, Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, vol. 3, No. 2, South Africa, 116-126.

• Nguyen Minh Tam, Pham Nhat Thuat. (2007) “Stability evaluation of DCM column failure due to bending”, Proc. of the 10th conference on Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam, 338-351.

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E Available equipment relevant for the research topic Conventional Equipment for normal characteristic of soil sample


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Existing problems

Most of cities and provinces of Vietnam are located in the Mekong River Delta and the Red River Delta. In those areas, soft clay is often found. The thickness of soft clay can be from 4 meters to 40 meters.

In recent years, in Tien Giang, the slope of roadway embankments, riverbanks, dams, dykes… were collapsed.

Nowadays, there are technical solutions based on slope stability theories and computer programs to analyze slopes. It is important to determine slip surface and low safety factor, slope stability depending on ultimate shear resistance and shear resistance stress of soil.

The slope stability, riverbank and sea bank stability, landslide are great problem for our sustainable development. Different type of retaining wall, pile, anchors, revetment… are used for the protection of slope stability. As the slope stability is a very complicated problem, depending on many factors and behaviors of the soil.

It is necessary to study much more about properties of landslide to determine causes for these cases: construct roadway at hill and mountain areas, raise the foundation of a house, landslide of natural slope by creep, landslide of embankment slopes, dykes, retaining walls and excavations... From those points, it

requires for us have to study and develop the best protective solutions and propose technical and technological solutions.

In next few years, Tien Giang needs to develop many infrastructure projects such as power supply, telecommunication, portable water supply, sewage, waster treatment, traffic facilities, public facilities, houses and raise buildings, highways…However, Tien Giang also need to be developed in sustainable way and environment friendly solutions. Engineers, special Geotechnical engineers have to undertake the new task and facing challenges. Geotechnical and geoengineering have to go first in any kind of projects.

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Contact to Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Tien Giang University and Vietnam Companies to have geological information and data about Tien Giang.

Identify areas where the river bank is in need of improvement or stabilization.

Contact to 11th River Way Management Session, research properties of water flow, landslide of riverbank, roadway embankment situation along the rivers in the province.

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Safety transportation and stability resident to develop economic and social.

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Expected number of publications and patent applications Domestic conference: 1 International conference: 1 Domestic journal: 1 International journal:


J Advantage over the existing technology

New technology, improved the cement column technique.

K Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics

Study on deep cement mixing together with Professor Jung Du Hwoe and Korea members in Pukyong National University, Pusan, Korea.

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education: During the project: - Collect soil deposit of research area and identify areas where the riverbank

is needed improvement or stabilization. - Contact to 11th River Way Management Session, research properties of

water flow, landslide of riverbank, roadway embankment situation along the rivers in the province.

- Study on theory for single column and columns group by horizontal load. - Simulate and analyze by software and laboratory tests.

- Determine the slip circle of riverbank and make recommendation on the scope of building infrastructure along the rivers

- Study on influence of tide and water level of river to the strength of cement columns

After the project: - Find out failure mechanism of deep mixing cement column under horizontal

load due to riverbank. - Establish new functions for failure mechanism of deep mixing cement

column under horizontal load due to riverbank found. - Bring out the research resluts to construcion and design in civil engineering

field.


Activity

1Buy equipment, collectproperties of soil in Tien

2 Soil testing

3 Test soil cement samples

4 Make model and testing in Lab

5 Analysis

6 Design FEM model

7 Write report and present

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General

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Research topic : THE STUDY ON ACTIVATING OF WASTE MUD FROM BAO LOC - LAM DONG BAUXITE ORE REFINING TO USE AS ADSORBENT SUBSTANCES

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Team members Leader

Name: Hùynh Kỳ Phương Hạ

Laboratory: Inorganic Chemical Engineering Department: Inorganic Chemical Engineering Faculty: Chemical Engineering Office phone/fax.: loc. 5688 Mobile phone: 0945 789 209 e-mail: [email protected]

Faculty members Name Department Faculty

Ngô Văn Cờ

Inorganic Chemical Engineering


Nguyễn Thị Nhật Phương

Inorganic Chemical Engineering


Phan Đình Tuấn

Vice Rector of HCMUT


Students

Name Master or Ph. D Organization originally fromTrần Bảo Phúc Master HCMUT

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Lê Quang Huy

Head of Department Environmental Engineering Faculty, Dalat University

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Huynh Ky Phuong Ha “Essential oil from Lemongrass extracted by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Steam Distillation”. Journal of The Philippines Agricultural Scientist, Vol. 91, No. 1, pp. 36-41.

2008

“Modeling and Optiomization of Supercritical Extraction of essential oil from Lemongrass using Response Surface Methodology”. Journal of Research in Science, Computing and Engineering, Vol. 4, No.3.

2007

Syntheses of Silica powder in toothpaste. Project of Ho Chi Minh City

2003

Nguyen Thi Nhat Phuong “Kinetic study on hemipenta hydrate risedronate monosodium in batch crystallization by cooling mode”. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Vol. 364, Issue 1, 1-8

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“Transformation of mono hydrate to anhydrous phase of Risedronate monosodium”, poster presentation, The Proceedings of 17th International Symposium on Industrial Crystallization, Maastricht, Netherlands, September, 2008, starting page 1709, Vol. 3

2008

“A study on phase transformation between hydrate forms of an active pharmaceutical ingredient”, oral presentation, The Proceedings of 15th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization, Magdeburg, Germany, September, 2008, starting page 29

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“Monitoring phase transformation of hydrate in crystallization solution”, The proceedings of 8th

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International Conference on Separation Science and Technology, Nagano, Japan, October, 2008, starting page 117.

“Monitoring of polymorph transformation using in-situ measurement of ultrasonic velocity, oral presentation”, The proceedings of 14th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization, Cape Town, South Africa, September, 2007.

2007

“The mechanism and hydrated behavior in crystallization of an API”, The Proceeding of the 20th International Symposium on Chemical Engineering, Chung nam (Korea) Kyushu (Janpan)

2007

Phan Dinh Tuan Present situation of biomass production and utilization at the Mekong River Delta area in the South of Vietnam, Biomass-Asia Workshop 2005, Tokyo, Japan, p.107-112, 2005.

2005

Overview on the beach-sand mineral resources of Vietnam and their prospective role in future material technology, Proceedings of the 2003 International symposium on advanced science and engineering (Pusan, Korea), 5/2003, p.280-282.

2003

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Available equipment relevant for the research topic: + Ball Grinder + Reactor + Thermostat bath + Dryer + Calcinator + Mechanical stirrer + Heated – plate and magnetic stirrer + pH meters + UV-VIS Spectrophotometry + Particle sieve


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Existing problems

The waste mud is one of the most pollutants with high quantity of Bao Loc Lam Dong bauxite ore refining. Until now, in Viet Nam, this mud have been waste and treated by burying in the ground. With very big reserve of waste mud is released every day of bauxite ore refining, treatment and reuse waste mud becomes the necessary and challenge matter which have not appropriately studied until present. On the other hand, industries waste a lot of dangerous substances to environment such as toxic gases, heavy metal ions, etc. It’s wonderful if we can treat those wastes with low cost, easy and safe method. It can also treat a large amount of red mud and crude waste mud from bauxite ore processing. From those, treatment and activating waste mud and red mud as adsorbent substances is extremely necessary and promise project.

Therefore, our group decide to carry this study with the topic: “The study on activating of waste mud from Bao loc - Lam dong bauxite ore refining to use as adsorbent substances”

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Proposed approaches to the problem

• Treatment and activate the waste mud following these steps: + Analyze the composition and physicochemical properties of waste mud

material. + Trial test and select the suitable method:

Physical methods (grinding, heating, etc.) Particle Reconstruction Increasing the surface area Increasing the spongy level Activating the surface: spongy structure, increasing the

number of adsorption centre Chemical methods

Add the acidic and/or base centre on the mud particle surface

Using additive to improve the adsorption ability + Study on the affect of operating conditions (including: temperature,

concentration, reaction time, etc.) and particle properties of material (particle size, particle surface, etc.) on the adsorptive ability of outcome products.

+ Analyze the composition and physicochemical properties of out-come product and compare with the raw materials.

• Evaluate the adsorptive ability of outcome product throughout the result of the treatment on:

− Heavy metal ions − Polluted ground water − Industrial waste water (especial the waste water from the

electrochemical company) − Poison gases

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Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact) • Socio-economic impact

+ Solve of pollution problem of waste red mud of Bao Loc Lam Dong bauxite ore refining

+ Low price process and get the high benefit from outcome products + Assist the local government in educating the master student and

training of local employees • Technology impact

+ The first study on the activating and reuse the waste mud as the adsorbent substance for environmental treatment in Viet Nam

+ Totally transfer the waste mud from pollutants to useful material such as adsorbent substances with high promised-quality properties

+ New material for environment treatment is obtained + Easy, safe, and low cost process + Outcome product can be used in industry with large range

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Expected number of publications and patent applications + Domestic conference: 01 + International conference: 01 + Domestic journal: 01 + International journal:


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Advantage over the existing technology • Until present, this is the first study on the treatment and reuse the waste

mud as the adsorbent substance in Viet Nam • Solve the pollution problem of waste mud of Bao Loc Lam Dong bauxite

ore refining process • Transfer the pollutant (waste water) to useful material as adsorbent

substance with high promised-quality properties. New absorbent substance would be found

• Low price for treatment of waste mud and get the new benefit from the outcome product

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics ― Huynh Ky Phuong Ha: 6 months research in KIST, Korea for the

cooperation research topic in 2001 (June to December). ― Nguyen Thi Nhat Phuong: two-year research in CPEL Lab, Habat

National University, Korea (from March, 2007 to March 2009): 1-year research for cooperation research between CPEL lab and Dae He

Chemical Co. Ltd in topic: “Controlling the hydrate form and particle properties of Risedronate Monosodium – an active pharmaceutical ingredient” (April, 2007 – April, 2008)

1-year research of Korea Government in topic: “Polymorph control of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) (Oct. 2007 – Oct. 2008)

1-year research for cooperation research between CPEL Lab and Dae He Chemical Co. Ltd in topic: “Purifying of UDCA” (Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2009)

6-month research for cooperation research between CPEL Lab and LG Co. in topic: “ Study in the cocrystal formation” (Sep. 2008 – Feb. 2009)

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education: During the project:

+ Study on composition of raw material. + Research on treatment red mud methods. + Make the process to treat red mud become absorbent. + Analyze product’s physicochemical properties. + Apply product (absorbent) to treat metal ion in solution (the solution

making in laboratory) + Attend 1 local conference and send 1 paper (present or poster) to an

international conference. + Make 1 to 2 seminars on topic in Chemical Engineering Faculty

members and students. After the project:

+ Continue the topic with larger application scale in industry.


Activity

1 Study on red mud properties X X X X x x x x

2 Study methods to treat red mud X X X X x x x x

3Study on reaction to activatered mud and study effectparamaters on reaction.

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4Make the complete process totreat red mud becomeabsorbent

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5Produce an amout of absorbentenough for continuosexperiments

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6 Write the paper for conference(local and international) x x x x x x x x

7Use absorbent to some treatmetal ions in solution inlaboratory

x x x x x x x x

8Study effect parameters ontreatment process(temperature, concentration,

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9 Write the paper for localjournal x x x x x x x x

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Analyse the properties of rawmatrerial and absorbent andresult of treatment metal ion insolution

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Complete the treatmentprocess from red mud becomeabsorbent and use to treatmetal ions ion waste warter.

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12Write the report to JICA andmake all the presentation(including financial report)

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General

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Research topic STUDY ON THE COLLAGEN EXTRACTION FROM THE WASTES OF FISHERY PROCESSING PLANT FOR COSMETIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATION

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Team members Leader

Name: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Dzung Laboratory: SensoryLab Department: Chemical Food Processing Faculty: Chemical Engineering Office phone/fax: 08-38647256 Ext.5696 Fax: 08-38637504 Mobile phone: 0908191277 E-mail: [email protected]

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty Dr. Nguyen Hoang Dzung Food Technology Chemical Engineering Prof.Dr. Phan Dinh Tuan Chemical process and

equipment Chemical Engineering

MSc. Hoang Minh Nam Chemical process and equipment


Msc. Le Thi Thu Huong LacHong University (PhD. student)


Students Name Master or Ph. D Organization originally from

Msc. Le Thi Thu Huong PhD. student Chemical Engineering Hoang Quy Master student Chemical Engineering

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Mr. Doan Huu Luc Vice Rector An Giang University

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Prof. Phan Dinh Tuan Many international research papers From 2005-now

Dr.Nguyen Hoang Dzung 4 international research papers From 2006-now

Msc. Hoang Minh Nam 6 internal research papers From 2007-now

Msc. Le Thi Thu Huong 2 internal research papers From 2002-now

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Available equipment relevant for the research topic - HPLC - Silica gel column chromatography - NMR spectra - GC-MS - Sensory Lab


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Existing problems Collagen, an important protein in industry and in daily life, has been mainly produced from livestock and poultry waste. However, these materials are associated with the risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreaks. Therefore, it is necessary to replace these row materials by other available sources. Fishery byproduct is one of the most prospective replaceable materials for that. In Vietnam, esp. in the Mekong River Delta, with the huge network of fishery processing plants, a lot of wastes have been released everyday, which need to be processed, for environmental protection and for the socio-economical issues. Moreover, fish collagen is acceptable for Islam and with a minimum restriction for Judaism, and more suitable for human skin than collagen from livestock and poultry.

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Proposed approaches to the problem Collagen as protein is extractable from its original form by solvent and/or supercritical extraction. Solvent is easier to implement, but the product need to be further processed and purified, while supercritical extraction is more selective but more expensive and more difficult to scale up. Both methods are intended to study in the research project. It is the targets of the research: - Extraction of collagen from skin and skeleton of basa-fish - Production of collagen in the powder form

- Test application for production of some cosmetics.

Method to be applied:

- Data-base set up, investigation of structure, characteristics and application capability of collagen

- Investigation of collagen concentration in skin and skeleton of basa-fish.

- Choice of suitable solvent for collagen extraction

- Implementation of extraction process for high yield and selection of collagen extraction.

- Analysis and evaluation of produced collagen on color, odor, moisture concentration, ash content and collagen concentration and type.

- Application availability for cosmetics at first phase

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Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact) - Socio-economic impact:

+ Environment condition will be much improved + More income for farmers and industry + More working places are expected based on the new technology + Related industry will have more chance to develop.

- Technological impacts + It is the new technology to apply in Vietnam + Researcher and students will learn more about the extraction and purification technology + A combination of different technology in the field of fishery processing.

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Expected number of publications and patent applications: • Domestic conference: 01 • International conference: 01 • Domestic journal: 02 • International journal: 01


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Advantage over the existing technology • Solvent extraction is the modern technology, esp. supercritical one. • At the moment, no technology is available for collagen in Vietnam • Some forward technology is applied to produce fishery feed in cultivation.

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics Members and faculty has been joining various international cooperation research such as:

• Prof. Phan Dinh Tuan: JICA, Toyohashi University, Germany… • Dr. Nguyen Hoang Dzung with Japan (Kagoshima University), USA

(Texas Tech University, University of Texas at Dallas), France (ENSBANA, CESG-CNRS)

• Msc. Le Thi Thu Huong, Russia • Msc. Hoang Minh Nam: Russia, Thailand, Japan (Kagoshima University)

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education: + During the project:

• Design and carry out experiment • Write publications for presenting at a national conference and for

submitting to a scientific journal + After the project: 1. Contribution to enhance the quality of teaching activities in the origin

university of PhD and Master students 2. Contribution to applied research project in some fish plan in An Giang

Province 3. Pursuit the research project to scale-up the collagen process.


Activity

1 Survey the situation of fisheryin the local x x x x x x x x

2Studying on the suitablemethod to recover the skinfrom the watse of fillet

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3Studying on the optimumcondition to extract collagenfrom the basa fish skin

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4 Studying on the spray dryingto produce collagen powder x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

5Evaluating the capability ofthe aplication of collagenpowder for comestic industry

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6 Summarizing, evaluating theresult of project x x




General

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Study on Green House Control System Applying for Growing Agricultural Products

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Team members Leader:

Name: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tan Tien Laboratory: Mechatronics Engineering Lab. Department: Mechatronics Engineering Faculty: Mechanical Engineering Office phone/fax.: 8-38652442 Mobile phone: 0918255355 e-mail: [email protected]

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty Tran Van Tung, PhD Machine Design Mechanical Engineering Nguyen Duy Anh, PhD Mechatronics Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Students

Name Master or Ph.D Organization Originally from

Le Quang Ngoc Master Student Mechanical Engineering

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Name Position Organization Le Van Cuong Director Dalat GAP Co.

54b Nguyen Tu Luc, Ward 8, Da Lat City Nguyen Minh Gam Agricultural

Expert Former Lecturer, Agricultural Vocational College, Bao Loc – Lam dong

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Name Achievement YearStudy on Control of Welding Robot Journal of Informatics and Control,

Accepted 2008

Study on Real-Time Parameters Monitoring of TriAxial Compression Test of Soil

Development of Science and Technology Journal, Vol. 11, pp.49-57

2008

Study on Development of an Automatic Marking Robot

Development of Science and Technology Journal, Vol. 11, pp.97-105

2008

Adaptive Control of Welding Mobile Robot with Unknown Parameters

Journal of Science and Technology, No. 60, pp.48-53

2007

Study on Control of Pipeline Inspection Gauge

Journal of Science and Technology, No. 56, pp.78-82

2006

Wall-Following Control of a Two-Wheeled Mobile Robot

KSME International Journal, Vol. 18, No. 8, pp. 1288-1296

2004

Sliding Mode Control of Two-Wheeled Welding Mobile Robot for Tracking Smooth Curved Welding Path


2004

Adaptive Tracking Control of Two-Wheeled Welding Mobile Robot with Smooth Curved Welding Path


2003

Verification of the Theoretical Model for Analyzing Dynamic Behavior of the PIG from Actual Pigging


2003

A Simple Nonlinear Control of Two-Wheeled Welding Mobile Robot

Int'l Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 35-42

2003

A Hybrid Control of Active Suspension System with Full-Car Model Using H∞ and Nonlinear Adaptive Control Method


2002

Nonlinear Adaptive Control of Fermentation Process in Stirred Tank Bioreactor

ICASE Transaction on Control, Automation and System Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 277-282

2002

Nonlinear Observer for Applications of Fermentation Process in Stirred Tank Bioreactor


2002

Analysis of PIG Dynamics through Curved Section in Natural Gas Pipeline

KIGAS (Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas), Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-9

2002

Modeling and Simulation for PIG with Bypass Flow Control in Natural Gas Pipeline


2001

Modeling and Simulation for PIG Flow Control in Natural Gas Pipeline

KSME International Journal, Vol. 15, No. 8, 1165-1173

2001

Robust Pole Assignment in a Specified Disk


2000

Control of Active Suspension System by Using H∞ Theory


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- Mechatronics Laboratory C1 and C5 - Mechanical Engineering Workshop C1


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Existing problems

- On the world, green house is used widely to produce agricultural products such as vegetables, flowers, …

- Vietnam is agricultural country. However, green house is a new concept to almost farmers in Vietnam due to the lack of information about green house control technique and also it is still not familiar in Vietnam country sides

- To study on green house control system applying for growing agricultural products is the real need. The research results are very useful for farmer to improve their capacity and quality of farm product. Beside there is suitable solution for the fact of lack of soil for agriculture nowadays.

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Proposed approaches to the problems The proposed scheme of green house control system is sketch as follows

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- A model of green house with fully automatic control is considered to be a popular mean for improving the capacity, quality agricultural products for Vietnamese farmers

- Due to the lack of soil for growing agriculture, farmer need more sufficient way to produce their agricultural product. And the poor farmer with lack of soil can be utilize the model for growing vegetable or flower, then improve their life.

- An scientific paper with the experiment application of the green house model in Vietnam highland city is considered as one of the outcome of this research.

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Expected number of publications and patent applications

Domestic conference: 02 International conference: 01 Domestic journal: 02 International journal: 01


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As concerned earlier, this technique is not completely new in the sense of innovation technology. However to apply successfully in real condition in Vietnam as a study model for farmer is an important point. The purpose of this research is to establish an suitable model of green house with fully automatic control engineering. It is considered to be widely used for Vietnamese farmers to produce their agricultural products in the near future.

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics 1. “Modeling and Control of PIG Flow in Natural Gas Pipeline”, Korea Gas

Corporation, Korea, 2000-2001 2. “Real-Time Monitoring of Transmission Pipeline to Detect Third-Party

Damage”, Korea Gas Corporation, Korea, 2001-2002 3. “Control of Welding Mobile Robot - Kinematic and Dynamic Models”,

Hochiminh City Univ. of Technology, Vietnam, 2003-2004 4. “Study on Control of Planar Welding Mobile Robot”, Department of Science

and Technology, Hochiminh City, Vietnam, 2005-2006 5. “Study on Control of Latice Type Welding Mobile Robot Using MIG Welder”,

Department of Science and Technology, Hochiminh City, Vietnam, 2007-20086. “Organizing and Management of Intellectual Property in Universities”,

Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam, 2006-2008

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Expected students’activities related to Research Based Education During the project

- Survey real conditions in Lamdong province - Study on green house control system - Design a green house module for the research: green house structure,

characteristics of agricultural vegetable which will be used in the research (tomato), electric module and control systems, green house manage and control software, …

- Carry out and test the control system in HCMUT - Set up the experiment green house in Lamdong province (Dalat GAP Co.) - Grow tomato (expected two circles), get experiment data, evaluate the

research results - Writing reports and scientific papers

After the project - Continue the research direction to develop the green house control system

which achieves acceptable cost to be applicable for farmers in Lamdong province

- Extension to other products such as flowers, salad green, …


Activity

1 Survey real conditions in Lamdong province

2 Study on green house control system

3 Design green house structure

4 Study characteristics of tomato

5 Design of electric module

6 Design of control systems

7 Write manage and control software

8 Carry out and test the control system in HCMUT

9 Setup the experiment green house in DalatGAP Co.

10 Grow 1st tomato crop, get experementdata,

11 Grow 2st tomato crop, get experement data,evaluate the research results

12 Writing reports and scientific papers

March April May June JulyDecember August September October November January February




General

A Research topic: Research on Barbados cheery processing

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Team members Leader

Name: Le Van Viet Man

Laboratory: Food Technology Lab.

Department: Food Technology

Faculty: Chemical Engineering Office phone/fax.: 38 64 62 51 Mobile phone: 0918657786 e-mail: [email protected]

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty Huynh Trung Viet Food Technology Chemical Engineering Ton Nu Minh Nguyet Food Technology Chemical Engineering

Student

Name Master or Ph.D Organization originally from

Dang Bui Khue Master

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Name Position Organization Nguyen Thi Huu Hanh Director Tien giang Center for

Technology and Biotechnology, Department of Science and Technology

Vuong Thi My Thanh Officer Tien giang Center for Technology and Biotechnology, Department of Science and Technology

Nguyen Thi Xuan Lan Officer Tien giang Center for Technology and Biotechnology, Department of Science and Technology

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Previous achievement of members: Selected research papers and publication on fruit and vegetable processing during the period of 2004-2008

Name Achievement Year Le Van Viet Man, Huynh Trung Viet, Ton Nu Minh Nguyet et al.

Research on fruit processing (coconut, durian), Project financed by Vietnam National university - HCMC

2006-2008

Ton Nu Minh Nguyet, Le Van Viet Man, et al.

Fruit and vegetable processing, Vol.1: Post-harvest technology, Book published by Vietnam National University – HCMC Publisher

2008

Le Van Viet Man, et al. Study on prolongation of watermelon fresh-cut shelf-life by ozone treatment, Journal of Science and Technology development (ISSN 1859-0128), Vol. 11(9), pp. 79-84

2008

Le Van Viet Man, et al. Study on fat microencapsulation by maltodextrin and soy protein in the production of instant coconut milk powder with high fat content, Journal of Science and Technique (ISSN 0868-3980), N 66, pp. 101-104

2008

Le Van Viet Man, et al. Study on sterilization in the production of coconut milk with

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high fat content, Journal of Science and Technique (ISSN 0868-3980), N 65, pp. 101-104

Le Van Viet Man, et al. Application of spray drying in the production of instant ginseng powder, Journal of Science and Technology (ISSN 0866-708X), Vol. 44(1), pp. 47-54

2006

Le Van Viet Man, et al. Application of multistage countercurrent extraction and spray drying in the production of instant powder from Ganoderma lucidum, Journal Science and Technology development (ISSN 1859-0128), Vol. 8(5), pp. 16-21

2005

Le Van Viet Man, Ton Nu Minh Nguyet et al.

Study of pineapple fresh-cut processing, Proceedings of Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering, Science and Technique Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 65-69

2005

Le Van Viet Man, et al. Study of beverage processing from medicinal herbs, Journal Science and Technology development (ISSN 1859-0128), Vol. 7(9), pp. 20-24

2004

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- Equipments for Barbados cherry processing (mill, press, equipments for fruit mash treatment, membrane separation, centrifuge, sterilizer, evaporator, vacuum dryer, spray dryer, freeze dryer...): available at Food Technology Lab, Department of Food Technology.

- Equipments for analysis (Refractometer, spectrophotometer, pH-meter, moisture analyzer, color analyzer, microscope, incubator, haecytometer for microorganisms): available at Food technology Lab, Department of Food Technology.

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Existing problems

In 2008, plantation area of Barbados cheery in Tien giang province was about 800 ha. The cultivation has been concentrated in East and West Go Cong districts. The annual harvesting productivity of Barbados cheery is about 15,000 tons.

Until present, Barbados cheery has mainly been consumed as fresh fruit. Just a low ratio of harvest Barbados cherry has been processed as frozen fruit or puree for exportation to Japan and Singapore. However, Barbados cheery has easily been injured during transport and storage, the post-harvest loss of this fruit is much higher that of other fruits. The quality of Barbados cherry puree produced in Tien giang is quite low. This product has been manufactured in small enterprises where the extraction yield is low and many processes in the production line have been carried out under non-optimal conditions. Moreover, the number of industrial products from Barbados cheery has been very limited. Thus the commercialization of this fruit has still faced various difficulties and that decreases the economic effect of the provincial agriculture and industry.

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- Improving extraction yield in Barbados cherry juice processing and product quality. - New product development from Barbados cherry: nectar

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Socio-Economic Impact:

- Decrease in post-harvest loss of Barbados cheery fruit;

- Stabilizing the commercial price of Barbados cheery fruit, improving income of the local farmers planting Babardos cheery trees;

- Diversifying processed products from Barbados cheery: this impact is perfectly in agreement with the industrial development policies and development plan of Tien Giang province.

- Developing human resources for Tien Giang province: 2 officers of Tien Giang Center for Technology and Biotechnology (Department of Science and technology) will take Master studies in Food technology and graduate from HCMUT.

Technological Impact:

- Developing new technology for improvement in extraction yield and product

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quality in Barbados cherry juice processing: the proposed technology can be applied to different fruit juice processing.

- Developing production-lines for new industrial foods from Barbados cherry such as nectar.

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Expected number of publications and patent applications International conference: 1 or International journal: 1 Patent application: 1


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Advantage over the existing technology The proposed technology focuses on ultrasound treatment of fruit mash in juice processing. Until present, non-studies have dealt with application of ultrasound in fruit juice processing. This treatment will increase the extraction yield and the nutritional quality of the final product.

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics Sub-project: Research on fruit processing (apple, guava) Period: 2003-2004 In collaboration with Department of Post-harvest Technology, King Mong Kut University of Technology, Thonburi (Thailand) This project was financed by Thai Minister of Education (2003-2004)

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education: During the project: review literature for the research topic, take part in doing the experimentation After the project: take part in technological transfer to Biotechnology center in Tien giang province


Activity

1 Literature review, purchase ofequipment and chemicals

2Quality evaluationt ofBarbados cherry varieties

3 Treatment of Barbados cherrymash by microbial enzyme

5 Treatment of Barbados cherrymash by ultrasound

6Treatment of Barbados cherrymash by enzyme and

7 Final report

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General

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Research topic “Research on the impact of hydrology and environmental pollution on fish floating farms and catfish intensive cultivation, finding technological solutions to protect and

develop aquacultural environment in Tien Giang”

B

Team members: Vo Le Phu (Ph.D), Le Thi Hong Tran (Ph.D), Le Hoang Nghiem (Ph.D)

Team Leader: Vo Le Phu, Ph.D

Name:

Laboratory: Environmental Management

Department: Environmental Management

Faculty: Environment Office phone/fax.: (84 8) 3 8639 682 Mobile phone: (84) 933 902 908 e-mail: [email protected] OR [email protected]

Faculty members

Name Department Faculty Vo Le Phu, Ph.D Environmental

Management Environment

Le Thi Hong Tran, Ph.D Environmental Management

Environment

Le Hoang Nghiem, Ph.D Environmental Management

Environment

Nguyen Phuoc Dan, Prof. Ph.D

Environmental Engineering

Environment

Nguyen Tan Phong, Ph.D Environmental Engineering

Environment

Luu Dinh Hiep, ME Environmental Management

Environment

Nguyen Thi Van Ha, PhD Environmental Management

Environment

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Students

Name Master or Ph. D Organization originally from Nguyen Ngoc Bao Tram (ID: 02608651)

Master student Faculty of Environment, HCMC University of Technology

Tran Ngoc Chau (ID: 02608625)

Master student Faculty of Environment, HCMC University of Technology

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Name Position Organization Nguyen Hoang Hanh Deputy Director Department of Science &

Technology of Tien Giang (Tien Giang DOST)

Nguyen Thanh Truong Officier People’s Committee of Tien Giang

Nguyen Tan Quoc Head Department Department of Aquacultural and Forestry Product Quality Management Agency, Tien Giang Province

Nguyen Thi Nghiem Officer Tien Giang Environmental Protection Agency

Nguyen Thi My Xuan Head Department Environmental Department of Go Cong Dist, Tien Giang Province

Tran Thi Be Bay Aquacultural Engineer, Planning Officer

Tien Giang Department of Aquaculture

Phan Huu Hoi Deputy Director Tien Giang Aquacultural Agency

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Name Achievement Year Vo Le Phu Research paper on “An Integrated Approach to Urban Water

Resource Management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam”. Paper presented at the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW), 16-20 October 2006, Bangkok, Thailand.

2006

Research paper on “Urbanization and Water Management in Ho Chi Minh City – Issues, Challenges and Perspectives”, GeoJournal, 70 (1), pp. 75-89.

2007

Research paper on “The SMART Model: An Integrated Approach to Water Management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam”. Journal of Asian Environmental Research (2), 1-8, ISSN-1882-5257, Meisei University, Japan

2009

Research paper on “Water Resource Management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: An Overview. Journal of Technology

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and Engineering Development, 12 (2), 51-63, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (ISSN: 1859-0128)

Le Hoang Nghiem

Research paper on “Evaluation of the Mesoscale Meteorological Model (MM5)- Community Multi - Scale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) Performance in Hindcast and Forecast of Ground - Level Ozone”. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association.

2008

Le Thi Hong Tran

Research paper on “Water quality assessment and proposal solutions for improvement of industrial shrimp pond in Kien Luong, Kien Giang province, Vietnam”. Regional Conference in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Challenges Facing the ASEAN region, University of the Philippines – Diliman, 2008

2008

Research paper on “Sequential inactivation of Escherichia Coli in drinking water using low sonication frequency and chlorination, Journal of Asian Environmental Research (2) 104-110, ISSN-1882-5257

2009

Surface water quality assessment and proposal solution to improve environment of Basa catfish industry of An Giang province, Vietnam. Journal of Asian Environmental Research (2) 76-87, ISSN-1882-5257

2009

Research paper on “Comparison of organic matter degradation and microbial community during thermophilic composting of two different types of anaerobic sludge”. Bioresource Technology (100) 676–682

2009

Research paper on “implementation of water safety plan for Tan Hiep water plant” Journal of Technology and Engineering Development, Vol. 11, Feb 2009, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City” (in press)

2009

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Available equipment relevant for the research topic Some relevant laboratory equipments/facilities and portable meters are enumerated as follows: 1. Flow meter, FP 101, Global Flow Probe, USA 2. Spectrometer, DR 2010, HATCH- USA 3. BOD Incubator FOC 225E, Italy 4. Furnace 1500C, Binder, Germany 5. Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS), Vario 6FL, Germany

Necessary equipment and tools 1. pH meter (Portable). Model: pH 3110 SET 2, Cat.No.2AA112, WTW-Germany 2. Dissolved Oxygen Meter (Portable). Model: Oxi 3210, Cat.No.2BA201, WTW-

Germany, records transferring by USB interface. 3. TDS and Salinity Meter (Portable). Model: Cond 3210 SET, Cat.No. 2CA 301,

WTW- Germany 4. Water Sampler (in different depths), Portable. Model Wildco, USA. 5. Use modeling software for simulation of water quality and flow rate: Streeter –

Phelps, SMS (Surface Water Modeling System); TROPOMOD (Modeling for Mitigation Impacts from Aquaculture)

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Existing problems i) Environmental quality of cultivating area is being polluted by industrial wastes

from industrial parks, domestic sewage, transportation and other aquacultural activities;

ii) Farmers and local government authority are not properly advised on issues of regulations and business decisions on fish cage practices because of the density of fish cages is not well investigated and understood;

iii) Dead fish are increasing due to exacerbated environmental problems, diseases and cultivating density.

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Proposed approaches to the problems i) Basic investigations and research need to be surveyed and conducted in order to

obtain the understanding of current environmental situation/problems including sources of pollution load, type of pollutants as well as mechanism of river flow and other related environmental factors;

ii) The water quality samples will be conducted within six months during the period of 2009-2010 help to identify the current situation of water quality of fish floating cages and catfish intensive cultivation in study area;

iii) Schemes of training programs needs to be identified for local officers and technicians to implement local plans;

iv) Local governmental officers and related authorities are critically provided with basic knowledge on river flow and environmental factors in fish cage cultivation;

v) The above-mentioned aspects will be carried out by joint research between Faculty of Environment – HCMUT and other related institutes, including Research Institute for Aquaculture 2 (RIA 2), Ho Chi Minh City.

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Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact) i) Identification and inventory of industrial pollution sources and loads that are

hampering major impacts on the environment and water quality of floating fish cage farms;

ii) Assessment of key hydrological factors that have significant influence on floating fish cage farms along the Tien River;

iii) Critical results are expected to apply for local conditions through research cooperation between local departments/agencies and Faculty of Environment – HCMUT, will be concrete addressed;

iv) Key and cutting-edge technological solutions to protect and develop aquacultural environment in Tien Giang will be proposed, including Good Application Practices (GAPs), Best Management Practices (BMPs), good on-site control solutions to raise yield production of floating fish cages which are expected to be provided for local technicians and related authorities;

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Expected number of publications and patent applications • Domestic conference: 2 • International conference: 1 • Domestic journal: 2 • International journal: 1-2 (Journal of Aquacultural Engineering) • Patent application: Best Practices for Catfish Floating Raising -BP4CR. (Not

concrete at this time, but highly possible)

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Advantage over the existing technology i) Current surface water model systems are applying for water quality simulation that

can be a useful source and application for fish floating cages and catfish intensive cultivation in Tien Giang.

ii) Surface water quality monitoring programs have been developed in Vietnam, which are relevant to proposed research project on fish floating cages and catfish intensive cultivation.

iii) Past and on-going projects on diseases and negative environmental impacts on freshwater aquaculture in the Mekong Delta have been already examined and documented. These studies will be plausible references to conduct the research project in Tien Giang, in order to identify necessary and comprehensive approaches to sustain fish cage farming activities and local aquacultural sector.

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics i) Faculty of Environment – HCMUT has had joint research activities with Japanese

Universities in the 1st Phase of JICA Project, for which research findings and practical experience have been applied for shrimp aquacultural practices in An Giang province.

ii) Integrated Policies for Fish-based Eco-industrial Cluster Development in Vietnam. iii) Faculty of Environment – HCMUT, a member of CR – AUN-SeedNet, has

collaborated research studies with Shizuoka University and the University of Philippine, Diliman, Manila, in which a research project on “Anaerobic-aerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste” has been conducted.

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education • During the project: Master students are required to carry out the following duties

and missions: (i) Conducting field work in a wide range of activities, including sampling, on-site

survey and investigation (identification of pollution sources and loads; hydrological surveys);

(ii) Analyzing water samples in the Lab, in accordance with identified parameters. • After the project: students are expected to local-based work in order to implement

knowledge and project’s results to specific location of aquacultural farms in the partner province (Tien Giang).


Activity

1 Surveying and Investigation

2 Water Quality Sampling, 1st batch(for the Rainy Season)

3 Primary Identification of PollutionSources and Load

4Hydrological Survey andInvestigation, 1st batch (for theRainy Season)

5 Water Quality Sampling, 2nd batch(for the Transitional Period)

6 Water Quality Sampling, 3rd batch(for the Dry Season)

7Hydrological Survey andInvestigation, 2nd batch (for theTransitional Period and Dry

8 1st Draft Report on Water QualityAssessment and Peer Review

9 1st Draft Report on HydrologicalFactors and Peer Review

10 Draft Report on Pollution Sourcesand Loads

11 Draft Report "Impacts of WaterQuality on Fish Cage Farms"

Aug-09 Sep-09 Oct-09 Nov-09 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10Dec-09 Jan-10 Feb-10 Mar-10 Apr-10

12Draft Report "Impacts ofHydrological Factors on Fish CageFarms"

13Reseach Papers Composing &Submission (if any these eventstake place during the project time

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15 Final Complete Report


General

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Research topic Power generation system by internal combustion engine using biogas generated from manure of pig farming

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Team members Leader

Name : Ass. Prof. PHAM XUAN MAI Department : Automotive Engineering Faculty : Transportation Engineering Office phone/fax. : (+84-8)-38.655.979 / (+84-8) -38.653.823 Mobile phone: 0903.380.402 E-mail: [email protected]


Huynh Thanh Cong Automotive Eng. Transportation Eng. Nguyen Dinh Hung Automotive Eng. Transportation Eng. Hong Duc Thong Automotive Eng. Transportation Eng. Le Van Cuong Automotive Eng. Transportation Eng. Vuong Nhu Long Automotive Eng. Transportation Eng. Vu Viet Thang Automotive Eng. Transportation Eng. Dinh Quoc Tri Automotive Eng. Transportation Eng.

Students

Name Master or Ph. D Organization originally from Tran Minh Tien Master Faculty of Transportation Eng.

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Ngo Van Dinh Deputy Director Binh Duong DOST Tran Dinh Hop Deputy Head Center for Applied

Advance ST Binh Duong DOST

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Name Achievement Year Pham Xuan Mai 1. Pham Xuan Mai and co-workers, Calculation of

Stratified-Charge Combustion in LPG Direct Injection Spark Ignition Engine, The International Conference on Automotive for the next century CONAT2004. ROMANIA 2. Pham Xuan Mai and co-workers Temperature distribution and soot formation analysis in pre-chamber of Mazda engine by AVL visioscope, The International Conference on Automotive for the next century CONAT2004. ROMANIA

2004

2004

Huynh Thanh Cong

Huynh Thanh Cong, Kang Joonkyoung, Noh Kichol, Lee Jongtai, Jerald A. Caton, Controlling Backfire Using Change of Valve Timing for a Hydrogen-fueled engine with External Mixture, Journal of Eng. for Gas Turbine and Power, USA.

2009

Nguyen Dinh Hung

Nguyen Dinh Hung and co-workers, A study on bio-gas as a fuel for small engine generator in Vietnam, Vietnam Conference of Mechanic.

2007

Hong Duc Thong

Hong Duc Thong and co-workers, A study on applying possibility of renewable fuels and energy for automotive in Vietnam, 9th Conference of Science & Technology, HCMUT.

2005

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1. Multi cylinder engine test bed/D50 for engine performance tests 3. AVL Flow meter

2. Data processing system 4. Gas meter device

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Existing problems:

Nowadays, there were much kind of wastes from animal husbandry and agricultural production factories for environmental treating and biogas production. The grown of animal quantity (such as pig, cattle, cow, chicken…) at Binh Duong Province and other southern provinces resulted in the environmental pollution (for land, water, and air). These are the important and urgent problems to solve.

In addition, the wastes of animal husbandry and agricultural production could be renewed into bio-gas, which is used for many purposes. For example, biogas for cooking and lighting, and biogas as a clean fuel for other aspects such as: for tea processing, fruit storing and hatching chickens. In this research topic, we are also interested in studying biogas for power generation system that can supply the electricity for the farms themselves.

Especially, based on the minute of meeting at Department of Science & Technology of Binh Duong province dated May 07, 2009 and the survey at Gia Nam Company, the typically following problems of bio-gas power generation system were found and are necessary to research:

1. Because of chemical and physical properties of bio-gas, the filtering and treating devices of biogas supplying system for power generation system should be improved.

2. Effects of bio-gas composition and properties on engine performance and engine operational parameters are needed to verify and propose the methods of solving.

3. The output frequency of a group spark ignition engine-generator should be study to enhance so that the electric generation output more stable versus load.

4. Bio-gas is stored in PE bags with a very low pressure. This leads to use of the PE bags with big volume. It is required to enhance the storage capacity of bio-gas tank/accumulator.

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Proposed approaches to the problems:

1. For the filtering and treating devices: due to the fraction of biogas are complicated (including CH4, CO2, H2S, NH3, gaseous H2O…), chemical treatment should be used to suppress or control the useless/harmful gases in biogas such as: H2O, H2S, NH3, CO2…

2. Proposing a clean biogas storage accumulator in order to provide a stable flow into the engine-generator.

3. Once the harmful gases are suppressed, the bio-gas is compounded by only CH4, CO2 and a little H2S. Suggesting the modified biogas supplying system. So, it is believed that the treated bio-gas will have a small effect on engine performance and that will be verified when the research is done.

4. Smoothing the output frequency and stability of the generator are carried out through a new bio-gas supplying system for engine and a new

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governor electronic device for generator. Especially, this research will cover the effects of bio-gas (using as a fuel) on the performance characteristics of engine and stability as well as reliability of bio-gas engine-generator group.

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Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact) 1. Expected economic impact: - The biogas (an almost free fuel) power generation system in the research topic is very cheap (compared with other generators using conventional fuels accordance with the operation fee) and the materials of research system are easy to find in the domestic market (in Vietnam). - The bio-gas system developed in this research can be then duplicated to other rural areas, convenient to farmers, needs only the simple technologies that can be locally developed in Vietnam.

For example, a typically experimental study shows that to generate electricity with biogas produces good economical results as 1m3 of biogas can replace 0.85 liters of petrol. A generator of 450 VA requires 3m3 of biogas for 5 hours each evening. The biogas plant must have a minimum digester volume of 10m3 (30 pigs with weight of about 50 kg/head or 15 cattle). The electricity power is sufficient for 3 electric bulbs of 100W (or 7 fluorescent lights of 40W) and 2 electric appliances like television or radio sets of 75W. (ref. Utilization of biogas technology for generating electricity and storing oranges, Ho Thi Lan Huong, Biogas Department, Institute of Energy, Proceedings Bio-digester Workshop March 2002, Hanoi, Vietnam).

2. Expected socio impact : - The research is to develop a clean fuel that is suitable to the rural areas and eco-friendly to community. - The study is to solve the pollution of air, water, and land at the husbandry areas. - Therefore, performing this research topic will promote the Vietnam economic, especially the rural areas of the whole country without depending on any large investment and high technology.

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Expected number of publications and patent applications Domestic conference : 01 International conference : Domestic journal : 01 International journal :


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Advantage over the existing technology: - The current techniques to use bio-gas as a fuel for the power generators were unprompted and have not been researched in detail yet. Consequently, these systems resulted in many problems as above stated. - Therefore, this research is performed in order to improve and/or solve the above current problems and to establish a basic technology for further application.

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics: - The project of applied researches of LP gas as a fuel for taxi in Ho Chi Minh City was carried out in the framework of TEMPRA program from 1997 to 1999, between Department of Automotive Engineering (Faculty of Transportation Engineering, HCMUT) and Faculty of Thermal Engine, Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France)

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education: During the project: Master student acts as a researcher, learns and is guided to carry out almost main parts of this sub-project such as:

(1) Make the overview survey for the current status of biogas application in international and domestic level

(2) Propose the feasible approaches to solve the existing above problems from the survey (at Binh Duong Province)

(3) Research to design, manufacture, and install the biogas refining system (4) Research to design, manufacture, and install the biogas storing system (5) Research to design, manufacture, and install the biogas supplying system (6) Research to design, manufacture, and install the power generation system (7) Verify the proper experimental condition for biogas power generation system(8) Estimate the effective refining of biogas as a engine fuel (9) Estimate the effective storage of biogas (10) Evaluate the reliability and stability of power generation system

After the project:

(1) The master student has a duty to transfer the technology and operation of power generation

(2) Make a final report for his research (3) Propose the further studies


Activity

1 Making a survey for thecurrent status of biogas use

2Proposing the appropriatemethods to solve the existingproblems of local

3 Manufacturing biogas powergeneration system

4 Manufacturing biogas refiningsystem

5 Manufacturing biogas storingsystem

6 Manufacturing biogassupplying system

7 Testing activities at HCMUT

8 Delivery and install thegeneration system to local

9 Operating with the system forreliability and stability

10 Evaluating and analyzing theresults

11 Transfering the technology ofgeneration system to local

11 Make the report, publication,and presentation



General

A Research topic Study on reasonable embankment preloading technique to improve soft ground by vertical drain in Dong Nai province

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Team members Leader Name: Dr. TRAN TUAN ANH

Laboratory: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Department: Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Faculty: Civil Engineering Office phone/fax : 083.8492043 Mobile phone: 090.989.0078 e-mail: [email protected]


Assoc Prof. Le Van Nam Email: [email protected] Mobile: 090.393.3517

Bridge and Highway Engineering

Civil Engineering (Vice-Rector of HCMUT)

Dr. Tran Van Mien Email: [email protected] Mobile: 090.381.0481

Construction Materials

Civil Engineering

Students

Name Master or Ph. D

Organization originally from

Trần Đình Quý Email: [email protected]: 091.837.8695

Master Construction Department of An Giang Province (Center of Verification and Consultance of Construction)

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Name Position Organization Pham Huy Hoang

Mobile: 091.837.8695

Email: (will be provided later)

Vice-Director Construction Department of Dong Nai Province

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TUAN ANH TRAN

The best research paper and presentation award from Hokkaido Branch of Japanese Geotechnical Society for the paper: Tran, T.A. and Mitachi, T. (2007). “An axisymmetric-to-plane-strain conversion method for modeling soft ground improved by vacuum-surcharge preloading”, Proceedings of the 47th Annual Conference of Hokkaido Branch of Japanese Geotechnical Society, Muroran City, Japan, Feb 2007; pp. 69-76.

2007

TUAN ANH TRAN

• Tran, T.A. and Mitachi, T. “Verification of an equivalent simulation method for a clay-sand-clay subsoil preconsolidated by vacuum-surcharge” Geotechnical Journal of Japanese Society of Civil Engineers, Vol 65 , No. 2 , pp: 383-388 , (May 2009)

• Tran, T.A. and Mitachi, T. : “Equivalent plane strain

modeling of vertical drains in soft ground under embankment combined with vacuum preloading”, Computers and Geotechnics Journal, Vol.35, Issue 5, pp.655-672, (2008).

• Tran, T.A. and Mitachi, T. : “Discussion of analytical

and numerical solutions for a single vertical drain including the effects of vacuum preloading”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 43, Issue 12., pp 1395-1403. (2006).

2009 2008 2006

TUAN ANH TRAN

• Tran, T.A. and Mitachi, T..: “A conversion procedure using plane strain cell for modeling of a test vacuum-embankment on soft peaty ground”, Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007, Vol. 2, pp. 1668-1675.

2007

• Tran, T.A. and Mitachi, T.: “A conversion procedure using plane strain unit cell under vacuum-surcharge preloading condition” Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on PROBLEMATIC SOILS, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, December 2006; pp 371-378.

2006

TUAN ANH TRAN

Tran, T.A. and Mitachi, T. An axisymmetric-to-plane-strain conversion method for modeling soft ground improved by vacuum-surcharge preloading, Proceedings of the 47th Annual Conference of Hokkaido Branch of Japanese Geotechnical Society, Muroran City, Japan, Feb 2007; pp. 69-76.

2007

Tran, T.A. and Mitachi, T. “Axisymmetric-to-plane strain matching procedure for a unit cell: An analytic and FEM investigation for vertical drains”, Proceedings of the 41st Annual National Conference of Japanese Geotechnical Society, Kagoshima City, Japan, July 2006; pp 905-906.

2006

Tran, T.A., Mitachi, T., and Yamazoe, N. “Tangent stiffness method and its prediction of deformation of soft ground during vacuum-embankment preloading”, Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of Hokkaido Branch of Japanese Geotechnical Society, Hakodate City, Japan, Feb 2005; pp 231-236.

2005

Tran, T.A., Yamazoe, N., and Mitachi, T.. “Influence of several factors on the effectiveness of improvement of peaty soft ground by vacuum preconsolidation”. Proceedings of the 39th Annual National Conference of Japanese Geotechnical Society, Niigata City, Japan (2004), pp 963-964.

2004

Tran, T.A., Mitachi, T, and Yamazoe, N.. “2D finite element analysis of soft ground improvement by vacuum-embankment preloading”. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of Hokkaido Branch of Japanese Geotechnical Society, Sapporo, Japan (2004), pp 127-132.

2004

Tran, T.A., Mitachi, T, and Yamazoe, N.. “Two dimensional finite element analysis of soft ground improvement by combining vacuum with embankment preloading”. Proceedings of Symposium on Theory, Solution, Design, Construction, and Application of Vacuum Preloading. Nagasaki University, Nagasaki City, Japan. (2003), pp 1-6.

2003

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Available equipment relevant for the research topic A few simple laboratory testing apparatus for testing simple soil parameters are available only.


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Existing problems Several soft ground improvements by using vertical drains under embankment preloading are started to widely use in Vietnam. However, the calculation, simulation, and analysis of deformation behavior of soft ground during preloading process in order to find out reasonable preloading technique is not properly studied in this country. This is because the limitation level of knowledge, experience, and computer-based studies in the field of geotechnical engineering. Therefore, the construction process of soft ground improvement by using embankment preloading has encountered several problems in some construction works such as some schools and factories in Dong Nai province.

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Proposed approaches to the problem We will use knowledge, experience, technique of laboratory and on-site testing, and computer-based simulation that we have learnt from JAPAN (Hokkaido University) to calculate and analyze in order to find out reasonable preloading technique that is suitable for soft ground of Dong Nai province. Specifically, we will study and analyze a soft ground improvement by using vertical drain under embankment preloading in Nhon Trach District of Dong Nai Province.

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Expected outcomes (Socio-economic impact and technological impact) A reasonable preloading technique which is suitable for soft ground of Nhon Trach District is developed. By using this technique, we can improve soft ground more effectively and, therefore, save wealth (come from Tax) of society in construction of roads and factories.

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Expected number of publications and patent applications

Domestic conference: 1 International conference: 1 Domestic journal: 1 International journal: 0


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Advantage over the existing technology New reasonable and effective preloading technique will be studied and found out.

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Previous experiences with international cooperation on similar research topics I have studied five years (Master and PhD courses) in Soil Mechanics Laboratory of Hokkaido University with Prof. Toshiyuki Mitachi (Ex-Vice President of Japanese Geotechnical Society), Assoc. Prof Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Assoc Prof. Satoru Shibuya. They are all famous in Japan regarding Laboratory testing, In-situ testing, and computer-based simulation. Knowledge and experience that I have learnt from them make me confident in study of this project. All of my experience can be seen in publication list showed above.

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Expected students’ activities related to Research Based Education:

During the project: Come to the site to conduct In-situ testing. Collect on-site observation data of deformation behavior of the soft ground. Conduct laboratory testing of soil properties of each soil layer under the embankment. Study Computer-based simulation technique and conduct Numerical analysis. After the project: Write Journal and conference papers.


Activity

1 Find and conduct proceduresof renting testing apparatus

2 On-site testing

3 Laboratory testing

4 Collect observation data inconstruction site

5 Develop Computer Model

6 Analysis Preloading Methods

7 Write report and present

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Hướng dẫn Quản lý Tài chính

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Joint Research under SUPREM-HCMUT (2009/2010) Financial Management Guideline

Objectives The research teams selected for Joint Research under SUPREM-HCMUT are provided with research fund. Planning and implementation of research fund is part of research management, and the research teams are requested to take the full responsibility to utilize the allocated fund effectively to pursue the research activities planned in the Detail Plan for Joint Research. This guideline explains procedures and regulations of financial management of research fund under SUPREM-HCMUT. Budget Allocation In principle, the total amount equivalent to USD140,000 is to be divided into the number of research teams selected for the Joint Research of 2009/2010. The amount allocated to each team is incorporated in the Agreement to be signed by JICA Team Leader and Research Team Leader, witnessed by the Vice Rector of HCMUT as the Project Manager. The budget for each research team comes in two parts: Part-1 (August 2009 – January 2010) and Part-2 (May 2010 – July 2010). After each part (i.e. on 1 February, 2010 and 1 August 2010), respective research teams are required to settle the account with submission of all necessary documents to and repayment of balance (if any) to JICA Team. Applicable Items 1) Following items can be covered by the research fund of SUPREM-HCMUT. a. Research equipment

• Equipment required to carry out the proposed research activities b. Software

• Software (or its license) required to carry out the proposed research activities

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c. Consumables • Items with the unit price not exceeding VND 5,000,000 • Raw materials necessary for experiments and laboratory works • Parts of equipment, of which the durability is less than one (1) year

d. Reference materials • Literature, textbooks, and academic journals relevant to the proposed research

activities e. Traveling cost (Daily allowance, Accommodation allowance, Transportation allowance)

• Traveling cost for the members of research team (those whose names are listed in the Detail Plan) to travel to/from its target provinces to carry out activities such as survey and test required for the Joint Research. (If new research members are added, inform JICA Team in advance.)

• Traveling cost is not payable to those members belonging to private sector organizations such as companies/firms.

• The amount of budget that can be spent for traveling cost is no more than 20% of the total amount of budget provided to each research team.

2) Items that CANNOT be covered by SUPREM-HCMUT are:

- Payment for outsourcing the whole or part of research activities * - Monthly utility bill - Staff salary or remunerations - Lecture fee and honorarium - Food and drinks (including refreshments for meeting/seminars) - Conference registration fee - Cost of traveling to places other than the partner province(s) in principle. - Furniture - Vehicle - Real property (land, office space) - Other items considered not to be directly relevant to the proposed research

activities

* Research activities, such as analysis and tests, should be carried out by the members of joint research team themselves. In case it is not possible to do so with justified reason, the research team should consult JICA Team.

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Bank Account 1) The Leaders of selected research teams are requested to open a bank account at a

branch of Agribank within HCMUT campus that should be maintained exclusively for the SUPREM-HCMUT.

2) The account name should be the full name of research team leader. 3) The Leader, being the account holder, may sign the letter of attorney (using the form

provided by Agribank) to authorize one designated member of his/her research team to do transactions on the bank account on his/her behalf when necessary.

4) Research team should provide the account information (account name and account

number) to SUPREM-HCMUT. Disbursement Procedure and Documentations 1) The disbursement procedure is shown in the flow chart below.

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START

Decide to buy an item

The item is budgetedin Action Plan

Call for quotations

The unit price> VND 5 mil.

Submit a Procurement Proposalto JICA Team

The unit price> VND 20 mil.

Compare quotations and selectthe provider/contractor

Place a purchase order

Inspect the item upon delivery

Make the payment

Collect the receipt

Approval by JICATeam

END

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Purchase the item

No

Quotations

Purchase order

Delivery statement

Receipt

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2) Following documents are required, depending on the category of items to be purchased.

1. Quotations 2. Purchase order (photocopy) 3. Delivery statement 4. Visiting report 5. Receipt

1.Quotation 2.Purchase

Order3.Delivery Statement

4.Visiting Report

5.Receipt

a Research equipment ◎ ◎ ◎ - ◎ b Software ◎ ◎ ○ - ◎ c Consumables - - ○ - ◎ d Reference materials - - ○ - ◎ e Traveling cost - - - ◎ ◎ ◎: Required ○: Necessary if the details of the items purchased are not provided on the receipt

1. Quotations: Three (3) quotations are required in principle. In case it is impossible to obtain three quotations, consult JICA Team.

2. Purchase Order (photocopy): A purchase order should be issued by the Leader of Research Team, addressed to the vendor/contractor, after consideration and comparison of quotations offered by vendors.

3. Delivery Statement: A delivery statement should be issued by the vendor/contractor. Upon delivery, the Research Team should inspect the delivered item(s).

4. Visiting Report: Members of the Research Team, when visiting the partner province for research activities, should write the visiting report.

5. Receipt: For any payment, a receipt is absolutely a must. Receipt must have the company stamp/seal and signature of the person in charge. Receipt should be addressed to the Research Team Leader.

3) Pay close attention to the following:

• For any particular item purchased, the information given in all of its related documents (i.e., quotations, purchase order, delivery statement and receipt) should be fully consistent, including the model number, specifications (if any), currency (VND) and price.

• Currency must be Vietnamese Dong (VND). • Mode of payment must be cash or bank transfer.

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Reporting and Settlement of Account 1) All original documents must be submitted. Photocopy is not accepted (except for

the copy of purchase order). 2) All documents should be pasted on a sheet of plain paper, one by one (one item per

sheet), numbered, and kept in a file. 4) The research teams are requested to submit Financial Report to JICA Team by 1st

November 2009 (Activity Report I) and 1st February 2010 (Activity Report II) with all necessary documents related to the expenditure of research fund. Expenditure after 1st February 2010 is not accepted for the Part 1 of the research fund.

5) Upon inspection of financial reports by the R&D Promotion Committee and JICA

Team, the final amount of expenditure will be confirmed for the Part I of the research fund by 28 February 2010. At this point, any unused money or unacceptable expenditure must be refunded to JICA Team by 10 March 2010.

Forms

Procurement proposal Visiting report Receipt for Traveling Cost Financial report

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Procurement Proposal for Joint Research under SUPREM-HCMUT

Date: ___________________

Research ID: Name of Research Team Leader: Item to be purchased: Reasons to purchase: Name of Vendor: Reason for selecting this Vendor: Quotations (3 quotations should be attached)

No. Vendor Unit price

(VND) Quantity

Total Price (VND)

Selection result

1

2

3

Signature of Research Team Leader ________________________________________

Approved by:

________________________________________ (Team Leader, JICA Team for SUPREM-HCMUT)

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Visiting Report for Joint Research under SUPREM-HCMUT

Research ID: ______________________________________ Name of Research Team Leader: ______________________________________ Name of Member: ______________________________________

Date(s) of visit

Province

Purpose of visit

Organization(s) visited

Brief summary of activities conducted

Approved by: ___________________________________________ (Signature of Research Team Leader)

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Receipt of Traveling Cost for Joint Research under SUPREM-HCMUT

Research ID: ______________________________________ Name of Research Team Leader: ______________________________________ Name of Member: ______________________________________

Date ／／ Duly received a sum of

(in word)

( VND ) (in figure)

for (purpose of visit)

Daily: 100,000 × ……. ＝ ………………. (VND)

Accommodation: 300,000 × ……. ＝ ………………. (VND)

Transportation: ………. × ……. ＝ ………………. (VND)

………. × ……. ＝ ………………. (VND)

Name: ________

Position:____________________________________________

Faculty (or Organization):

Signature: ________

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Research ID

Research Team

Team Leader

Faculty

Financial SummaryVND %

Agreed Amount 100

Total amount of expenditure *

Balance

* List of expenditure is attached and all related documents are submitted.

Expenditure by Category of itemsCategory VND %

a. Research equipment

b. Software

c. Consumables

d. Reference materials

e. Traveling cost

Total 100

To Team Leader, JICA Team of SUPREM-HCMUT

I hereby certify that all information provided in this report is correct.

Signature of Research Team Leader

Date

Financial Report of Joint Research under SUPREM-HCMUT (2009/2010)

Part I (August 2009 - January 2010)

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List of Expenditure

Date Item ReceiptNumber

Category*

Amount (VND) Remarks

Total Amount (VND)

* Category a=Research equipment; b=Software; c=Consumables; d=Reference materials; e=Traveling cost

Phụ lục 10

Báo cáo công tác của các chuyên gia nghiên cứu nước

ngoài

Record of discussions on Joint Research <B1-01 Cashew Nut>

Title of the Meeting: Research plan on cashew cutting machine

Agenda:

Date: Sep. 10, 2009, 2-4:30pm Venue: Prof. Son’s Lab

List of participants: Prof. Son, Prof. Iriguchi, Mr. Tin, Uchiyama

Agenda Record of Discussions

JR Plan

(Changes made on the

final research proposal)

Agreed with the following plans:

1) Survey on cashew cutting machine

2) Conceptual design of cashew cutting machine

3) Detail design of cashew cutting machine

4) Dynamics analysis of the designed cashew cutting machine

5) Experimental verification of the designed cashew cutting machine

6) Submission of research papers

Equipment Discussed about the following items:

1) Electric motor

2) Belt conveyer

3) Cutting saw

4) Cashew shell separator

5) Cashew shell collector

6) Supplying cashew for machine ( vibration mechanism )

Training Agreed with the following items:

1) Mr. Tin will join Uchiyama’s lab in Japan about one month from the

end of Nov., 2009.

2) Mr. Tin will visit some Japanese companies related to this project.

3) Mr. Tin will make an analysis of the designed machine.

4) Mr. Tin will conduct fundamental experiments to design the

machine.

Others Agreed with the following items:

1) Prof. Son will finish up the first design and place an order of the

designed machine by the beginning of Nov. 2009. He will execute

the budget by the end of Jan. 2010.

2) Mr. Tin will study English language to conduct research at

Uchiyama’s lab.

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FIELD TRIP REPORT <B1-2 Latex>

Joint Research: Study on the appropriate technology for latex processing wastewater treatment

Report prepared by Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan

5th September 2009

Persons jointed in the trip:

We are:

• Prof. Furukawa,

• Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan,

• Ms.Kyoko and

• 04 Master Students : Ms.Le Thu Thuy Phuong, Ms. Do Thi Thuy Phuong, Mr.Nguyen Le,

Mr.Phan The Nhat.

Time of trip: 07h30 – 16h00

Visited places:

The following wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) was visited:

• Ben Suc Factory of Dau Tieng Rubber Company

• Phu Binh Factory of Dau Tieng Rubber Company

Dau Tieng Rubber Company is located in Binh Duong provice. It has three rubber processing

factories: Ben Suc, Phu Binh and Long Hoa.

Agenda of this trip:

• Dr. Dan presented the purpose of the visit and briefly introduce the joint project

JICA-HCMUT

• Vice Director of Dau Tieng Company, Mr.Vinh, introduced Dau tieng Rubber Company

(types of products, production capacity, production lines of factories)

• Ms. Quyen and Mr. Kiet and, who are in charge of environmental management and WWTP

operation of Ben Suc Factory, presented situation of the current WWTP of 03 factories of

the Dau Tieng company and troubles in operation of WWTPs.

• Mr.Vinh took us to visit two production lines of Ben Suc Factory: (i) Block Rubber and (ii)

Centrifuge rubber

• Mr. Kiet and Ms. Dung took us to visit facilities of WWTP of Ben Suc Factory with

capacity of 2500 m3/day. The facilities of WWTP includes scum trap, equalization tank,

DAF, aerated lagoon, settling pond, chlorination tank and sand filter.

• Mr. Vinh and Ms. Loan who is in charge of environmental management of Phu Binh Factory,

shown us facilities of WWTP of Phu Binh Factory with capacity of 1000 m3/day. The

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outline of WWTP receiving tank, equalization tank, floculator (Alum+polymer), pH

adjustment tank, UASB and activated sludge tank with attached media, secondary

sedimentation tank and effluent pond.

5th September 2009

Persons jointed in the trip:

We are:

• Prof. Furukawa,

• Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Dan,

• Dr.Bui Xuan Thanh and

• 04 Master Students : Ms.Le Thu Thuy Phuong, Ms. Do Thi Thuy Phuong, Mr.Nguyen Le,

Mr.Phan The Nhat.

Time of trip: 07h30 – 19h30

Visited places:

The following places were visited:

• Rubber Research Institute of Vietnam, located in road 13, Ben Cat District, Binh Duong

Province

• WWTP of An Loc Factory of Dong Nai Rubber Company

• WWTP of Dau Day Factory of Dong Nai Rubber Company

Dong Nai Rubber Company is located in Dong Nai provice.

Agenda of this trip:

In the morning (from 9h00 to 11h30)

At the Rubber Research Institute of Vietnam (RRIV)

Besides persons from HCMUT, 05 partners from RRIV attended the meeting. They were Dr. Bich,

Ms. Nga (lab-supervisor), Mr. Hung (research staff), Mr. Cuong (research staff) and Dr. Binh (Soil

researcher).

The contents of agenda:

• Dr.Dan presented the purpose of the visit and briefly introduce the joint project

JICA-HCMUT

• Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Bich, Director of Technology Center of RRIV, presented situation of

WWTP of rubber processing sector

• Prof. Furukawa introduced the main researches in his laboratory.

• Dr. Dan presented the draft proposal

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• Discussion on research topics to be studied

• Dr. Bich took us to visit Analysis Laboratory and introducing his current experiments.

In the afternoon (From 15h30 to 16h30)

At Dong Nai Rubber Company

• Mr. Trung and Mr. Lap, who are in charge of environmental management of Dong Nai

Rubber Company, took us to visit WWTPs of three factories: (i) An Loc, (ii) Xuan Lap and

(iii) Dau Giay.

• The facilities of WWTP of An Loc Factory include Water receiving tank and flocculator

(alum+polymer) and then the effluent is transferred to WWTP of Dau Giay Factory for post

treatment.

• The outline of WWTP receiving tank, equalization tank, floculator (Alum+polymer), pH

adjustment tank, UASB and activated sludge tank with attached media, secondary

sedimentation tank and effluent pond.

• The facilities of WWTP of Xuan Lap Factory include Water receiving tank, scum trap,

Equalization tank, DAF, Oxidation ditch, secondary sedimentation tank and water hyacinth

pond.

Pictures

Figure 1. Rubber tree farm

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Figure 2. Ben Suc Rubber Processing Factory

Figure 3. WWTP of Phu Binh Rubber Processing Factory

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Figure 4. WWTP of Ben Suc Rubber Processing Factory

Figure 4. Meeting at RRIV

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Figure 5. WWTPs of Dau Giay Factory

Figure 6. WWTPs of An Loc Factory

Record of discussions on Joint Research <B1-4 Taxol>

Title of the Meeting: Conclusions of I discussions by Dr. Sasaki and B1-4 Model Lab

Agenda: Research on Extracting Taxol from Red Pine (Taxus Wallichiana Zucc) to apply in

pharmaceutical field to produce medicine against cancer

Date: Sep 7-11, 2009 (HCMUT, Lam Dong Province)

Major participants: Dr. Le Thi Kim Phung, Dr. Phan Thanh Son Nam, Dr. Le Thi Hong Nhan, Mr.

Nguyen Quang Duy

Dr.Sasaki

Agenda Record of Discussions

JR Plan

(Changes made on the

final research proposal)

1. Followings have been suggested by Dr. Sasaki:

(1) Supercritical CO2 fluid extraction

- Supercritical CO2 fluid extraction is principally applicable for the

extraction of Taxol from red pines, however

- Extraction under high pressure (50 MPa) is recommendable, and the

suitable apparatus should be prepared.

- If extraction under 50MPa is very difficult, alternative plan should be

considered so that Taxol could be extracted under lower pressure

such as 20-30 MPa, by adding EtOH as the co-solvent.

(2) Method of extraction

- The research should publicize the experimental data as the evidence

to prove that the supercritical CO2 fluid extraction is most suitable

for Taxol extraction.

- As the baseline for above, research members should survey existing

extracting methods

(3) Extracting polysaccharides by subcritical fluid extraction

- Not only extracting the pharmaceutical components, Taxol, but other

usage of red pine leaves should be considered

- Subcritical H2O fluid extraction could collect Polysaccharides,

represented by cellulose, which will lead to the solid volume reduction

and may possibly derive some materials for chemical products.

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(4) Annual collection of red pine leaves

- We need to know the scale of red pine leaves that could be collected

annually.(Dr.Phung can collect information from VIMEDIMEX)

(5) Key parameters for the scale up of extraction

- Experiments to determine the key parameters for the scale up might

be conducted at KU, using 0.5L or 1.0L extractors

(6) Master students (RBE)

Mr. Nguyen Quang Duy (Lecturer & Master’s student)

- He could be the first author of the academic paper (to present at an

international conference in Japan)

2. Future actions

(1) Revising the “To Do List”

- Dr. Phung’s group will revise the To do list given by Dr. Sasaki.

(2) Cooperation with VIMEDIMEX

- Dried samples of Mormolica will be used for the pre-test of SC-CO2

extraction by Dr. Sasaki

- Dr. Sasaki will contact Dr. Phung for the results of the above

experiment (after November 2009)

(3) Cooperation with Dr. Gaspilo- SC-CO2Extraction Network

- Dr. Phung’s group and Dr. Sasaki will exchange information and

opinions to strengthen the academic network of SC-CO2 Extraction

Equipment

*recommended

As scheduled

Training As scheduled

Others

JICA SUPREM‐HCMUT PROJECT HO CHI MINH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

SEPTEMBER 7‐9, 2009 REPORT OF ACTIVITY OF B1‐6 PROJECT GROUP

Date Time MAIN ACTIVITIES DETAILS/COMMENT

Sep. 7

9: 00 – 11h

JICA Team meeting

Participants: Dr. Huynh Ky Phuong Ha Dr. Pag-Asa Gaspillo Mr. Ngo Van Co MSc. Nguyen Thi Nhat Phuong Mr. Belo Ms. Pham Thi Thanh Thao Students

Main contents:

‐ Dr. Huynh (the project supervisor) &

Msc. Phuong Nguyen gave presentations on the current waste mud problems associating with Lam Dong mining and a possible solution toward this environmental problem and action plan.

‐ Dr. Gaspillo comment on the action plan.‐ Discuss on the action plan and detail step

of research. ‐ Discuss on outputs of project, plan for

writing paper and taking part in conference.

New suggestion: 1. To include groundwater

characterization for Lam Dong province so as to strengthen the significance of the study in finding re-use for high volume of waste mud and the Bentonite;

2. To use the adsorbent substance in the treatment of unwanted substances or heavy metals from groundwater in Lam Dong province as well as to apply the same adsorbent for wastewaters which contains heavy metals such as Arsenic and Copper;

3. To consider optimization study and identify which software to use;

4. To study on the kinetics of the Bentonite in the treatment process; and

5. To publish at least two papers to high impact journals for this particular study. Try to submit the international journal as expected output.

14h – 16h

Student seminar:

Participants: Dr. Huynh Ky Phuong Ha Dr. Pag-Asa Gaspillo Mr. Ngo Van Co MSc. Nguyen Thi Nhat Phuong Mr. Belo Ms. Pham Thi Thanh Thao Students

Main contents:

The students (including Master and Bachelor student) did the presentation about their research proposals under JICA-HCMUT PROJECT

1) First Research Proposal:

‐ In general view, the student prepared the good proposal and plan.

‐ Dr. Gaspillo and Dr. Ha as well

as JICA project group gave some questions and advices to promote their detail plan.

‐ Discuss on the future cooperation with Bentonite subject.

Written by: Dr. Huynh Ky Phuong Ha.

The Study on Activating Waste Mud from Bao Loc-Lam Dong Bauxite Ore Refining to Use as Adsorbent Materials;

2) Second Project Proposal: Activating Bentonite for Environment Treatment

Sept.8

08:30-12h

- Attend on JR/RBE/Patent Seminar - Gave a presentation on “ The Study on

Activating Waste Mud from Bao Loc-Lam Dong Bauxite Ore Refining to Use as Adsorbent Materials”

Discuss on the possibility of collaboration with another team whose study also involves characterization of waste mud.

14h30–15h30

- Laboratory tour to the inorganic lab where the JICA project is carried out and other relative lab. of Faculty of Chemical Engineering (including organic, Process and Equipments and analytical lab)

- Take a look on the waste mud material

Sept.9

Group working: - Discussion on Dr.Gaspillo future visit (to

include visit to Lam Dong province where the source of waste mud is) and application of students to AUN/SEED-Net scholarship program for Master’s program.

- Discuss on the paper writing plan, revising process as well as paper issue and conference.

The possibility for Bachelor’s students to apply to AUN/SEED-Net scholarship program for Master’s study in DLSU. The academic courses will be taken in DLSU and the research will be done in HCMUT on the topic under the JICA-SUPREM-HCMUT PROJECT. Research support under the Collaborative Research scheme of AUN/SEED-Net can be explored.

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Bảng theo dõi công tác

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Monitoring Sheet Date: Research ID: B1- Research members attended: Visitors:

1. Research progress Compared with Schedule of Research Activities

Change of research team members

Others

2. Communication (by TV conference, meeting, Email) Overseas research partner

Master students

Provinces

Others

3. Outputs RBE (e.g., progress of master thesis and presentation at conferences)

Research paper

2

Patent

Others

4. Financial management Book keeping

Receipt book

Visiting report

Total of used budget (VND & %)

5. Problems and constraints

Phụ lục 12

“Cùng nghiên cứu với chiến lược Patent”

Research

Research Based Education (RBE)

Find international conferences

Prepare the academic paper

Let’s Research with the Patent StrategyWhat’s the keyword of your

research concern? Research planLeader-MembersTime schedule

AssignmentProject Management

MonitoringCreate your PATENT Map

Search patents related to the keyword(s) of your research atUS Patent and Trademark Officehttp://www.uspto.gov/European Patent Officehttp://www.epo.org/

Draft your PATENT Doc

1.Name of the invention2.Name of the inventor(s)3.Claims4.Field of Invention5.Prior arts6.Problems of the prior arts7.Measures to solve the problem8.The best example and drawings9.The effect of this invention

Outcomes of Research

Presentation of the paper

Patent Application in Vietnam(R&D Department of HCMUT)

1.

Priority date (date of application in Vietnam)2.

After 18 months, patent doc is disclosed to the public (you may

charge for your technique, but users may not

pay)3.

Within 42 months of the application, you can request the examination

4.

Your patent will be registered (or rejected)

You can sell the priority date to

overseas companies within 12 months

http://www.uspto.gov/

http://www.epo.org/

Nghiên cứu

Nghiên cứu đào tạo (RBE)

Tìm kiếm các hội thảo

quốc tế

Chuẩn bị

các tham luận

Cùng nghiên cứu với chiến lược Patent

Từ

khóa của đề

tài bạn quan tâm nghiên cứu là

gì?Kế

hoạch nghiên cứuTrưởng nhóm-Thành viên

Tiến trìnhPhân công

Quản lý dự

ánGiám sát

Thiết lập sơ đồ

PATENTTìm kiếm các patent liên quan đến từ

khóa trong nghiên cứu của bạn tại:US Patent and Trademark Officehttp://www.uspto.gov/European Patent Officehttp://www.epo.org/

Dự

thảo tài liệu PATENT1.Tên sáng chế2.Tên (các) nhà

sáng chế3.Các yêu cầu4.Lĩnh vực sáng chế5.Các đề

tài ưu tiên6.Các vấn đề

của các đề

tài ưu tiên7.Các giải pháp cho vấn đề8.Mô hình và

các bản thiết kế

tốt nhất9.Hiệu quả

của sáng chế

Các kết quả

nghiên cứu

Trình bày tham luận

Đăng ký Patent tại Việt Nam(P. KHCN & DA của HCMUT)

1.

Ngày nộp đầu tiên (ngày nộp đơn tại Việt Nam)

2.

Sau 18 tháng, tài liệu patent được công bố

(Bạn có

thể

tính phí

sử

dụng công nghệ nhưng người sử

dụng có

thể

không thanh toán)3.

Trong vòng 42 tháng kể

từ

khi nộp đơn, bạn có

thể

yêu cầu xem xét, kiểm tra.4.

Patent sẽ được đăng ký (hoặc bị

từ

chối)

Bạn có

thể

chuyển nhượng ngày nộp đầu

tiên cho các công ty nước ngoài trong vòng 12

tháng

http://www.uspto.gov/

http://www.epo.org/

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“Chuẩn bị tài liệu cho đơn xin cấp Patent”

SUPREM-HCMUT Patent Application Series 1

Preparing Documents for your Patent Application - Protect your intellectual property rights, now! -

You have found an unexplored research topic in your field?

Or you already have new findings in your hand? Then,

Prepare the followings documents and rush to R&D and Project Management Office!!

Name of the document No. of the document Remarks 1 Application Form* 1 original sets+3 copies (1

for HCMC Patent Office, 1 for HCMUT, 1 for inventors)

Signature by Head of R&D and Project management Office, HCMUT**

2 Specification for claims 1 original set + 3 copies Signature by Head of R&D and Project management Office, HCMUT**

3 Protection claim 1 original set 4 Abstract 1 original set + 3 copies 5 Drawing 1 original set + 3 copies 6 Evidence of the first

application/joining exhibitions 1 copy In case where the priority in

the application is required Authorization form/Letter of

attorney e.g. In those cases where inventors entrust HCMUT for the patent application

Signatures by all inventors and Head of R&D and Project management Office, HCMUT** Application cost (VND……..) will be borne by HCMUT

Letter of Agreement (% of ownership)

Number of the inventors (including HCMUT)

Signatures by all inventors and Head of R&D and Project management Office, HCMUT

* R&D and Project management Office, HCMUT, will fill in the form based on the

patent document you submit.

** R&D and Project management Office will obtain the signature.

Flow of the patent application is:

Document check by

Office

Office consults Rectorate Board

of HCMUT

Office applies for a patent

in HCMC

Submit the documents to

Office

(2 weeks) (2 weeks) Contact: Dr. Nguyen Tuong Long (R&D and Project management Office, HCMUT)

[email protected]

Phụ lục 14

Tờ rơi giới thiệu về dự án

Phụ lục 15

Bản tin nội bộ số 1 (Tháng 6/2009)