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"The engine is the ideal teaching tool – it features all of the elements of engineering: materials, fluids, thermodynamics, lubrication, chemistry, electronics, etc. The only thing missing is nuclear reaction."

- PHIL MYERS -

This is the website of Duc-Khanh Nguyen

On this website, you can find an overview of my works both in academia and industry.

News

December 2025: I and my colleague gave a guest lecture about hybrid and electric powertrain development to master students at Chalmers University of Technology.

April 2025: I presented our research on hybrid powertrain topologies from Aurobay at the SAE WCX2025 in Detroit (MI). Link to the paper https://doi.org/10.4271/2025-01-8531

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Sept 2024: Our work on Electrically Excited Synchronous Machine (EESM) has been presented at the 2024 International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) in Torino, Italy. (Link)

​​June 2022: Aurobay is on the way to be a stand-alone company with the new office in Uni3, Lindholmen, Göteborg.

June 2021: I officially joined Volvo Car Corporation as a Senior Analyst Engineer at Powertrain Engineering Sweden AB in Göteborg, Sweden.

Update: Powertrain Engineering Sweden AB (Aurobay) has left Volvo Cars to be a stand-alone company, developing and providing world-class powertrain solutions for a global market (link)

April 2021: The last piece of my Ph.D. research at Ghent University has been published. The paper is presented at the SAE WCX Digital Summit 2021. DOI: 10.4271/2021-01-0445

June 2020: I and two newest "babies" from the Koenigsegg's family, Jesko Absolut and Gemera, in front of the headquarter in Ängelholm.

March 2020: Koenigsegg Gemera - the first 4-seater hyper car with Freevalve technology - has revealed. Proud to be a part of the team. For a detailed look, please check it out here.

December 2019: Our fundamental study about the effect of molar expansion ratio of fuels on engine efficiency was available to download.

September 2019: I start my new chapter as a Simulation Engineer at Freevalve AB - Koenigsegg Automotive Group in Ängelholm, Sweden.

July 2019: I have been selected as a recipient of the 2019 SAE Excellence in Oral Presentation Award for my presentation titled "Combustion Characterization of Methanol in a Lean Burn Direct Injection Spark Ignition (DISI) Engine" given on April 10, 2019 during the SAE World Congress Experience, Detroit, MI.

May 2019: I successfully defended my Ph.D. research on May 02, 2019 and got awarded the degree of doctor in Electromechanical Engineering from Ghent University. You can download my Ph.D. dissertation here.

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