Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Minh Giang

  • Full name: Hoang Minh Giang
  • Academic title /degree: Associate Professor, Doctor of Philosophy
  • Department: Environmental Engineering
  • Position: Head of the Environmental Technology and Management Expert Group, Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering
  • Email: gianghm@huce.edu.vn

Training process :

  • PhD: 2014–2017, Okayama University, Japan.
  • Master's degree: from 2008 to 2010, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy.
  • University: from 2001 to 2006, University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam.

Teaching the following subjects:

  • Solid waste management
  • Solid waste treatment
  • Environmental monitoring and data analysis
  • Solid waste recovery and recycling technology
  • Projects: Solid Waste Treatment Project, Liquid Waste Treatment Project, Solid Waste Recycling and Recovery Technology Project
  • Introduction to Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental engineering and sustainable development

Research field :

  • Developing circular economy models for sustainable solid waste management.
  • Developing technologies for recycling and recovering solid waste using digital technology and artificial intelligence.
  • Developing a smart and sustainable solid waste management system.

Scientific work:

Topics/projects led and participated in

  • This research proposes solutions for managing and recycling construction solid waste in Da Nang City. This is a provincial/city-level research project, Da Nang City.
  • Research on the application of flow shaping techniques in improving water quality and creating landscapes in polluted urban lakes. Ministry-level project/Nafosted, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering.
  • Assessing the current situation and proposing solutions to promote the collection, sorting, reduction, and reuse of single-use plastic waste and non-biodegradable plastic bags in educational institutions. Ministry-level/Nafosted research project.
  • Research on developing technical guidelines for demolition procedures and the sorting of construction solid waste at source. Ministry-level project/Nafosted, Ministry of Construction.
  • Research on the application of a combined solution using the VIC hydrological model and GRACE gravity satellite technology for sustainable management of groundwater resources in the Red River Delta. Ministry-level project/Nafosted, NAFOSTED Fund, Ministry of Science and Technology.
  • Establishing an advanced, environmentally friendly construction waste management system to control environmental pollution and generate new recycled construction materials in Vietnam / SATREPS. International-level project, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering.

books, textbooks

  • Tran Thi Viet Nga (editor), Nguyen Duc Luong, Hoang Minh Giang (2024). Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering Textbook. Construction Publishing House, Hanoi. ISBN: 978-604-82-8030-7.
  • Hoang Minh Giang (editor), Nguyen Thanh Trung, Le Manh Cuong, Nguyen Duc Luong, Pham Minh Chinh (2021). Plastic Waste Management and Treatment. Construction Publishing House, Hanoi. ISBN: 978-604-82-6049-1.

scientific article

  • Giang, NH, Giang, HM, Nga, TTV, Kien, TT, Tuan, NK, Cuong T. V., Dung N. T., & Tan, NH (2024). Building an environmentally friendly construction solid waste management and recycling system for Da Nang city. Journal of Construction Science and Technology (TCKHCNXD) - Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, 18(2V), 01-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31814/stce.huce2024-18(2V)-01
  • Hoang, GM, Ha, HTT, Le, NTL, & Toan, ND (2024). Evaluation of municipal waste collection performance using operational data. Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 10 (1), 69–82. https://doi.org/10.22034/gjesm.2024.01.06
  • Hoa, NL, Giang, TH, Phu, STP, & Giang, HM (2024). “Assessment of waste management scenarios toward marine plastic debris mitigation and cost reduction”. Journal of Science and Technology in Civil Engineering (JSTCE) - HUCE, 18(1), 93-107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31814/stce.huce2024-18(1)-08
  • Lan Huong Nguyen, Thi Viet Nga Tran, Minh Giang Hoang, Hoang Giang Nguyen, Ton Kien Tong, Yugo Isobe, Mikio Kawasaki, Tomonori Ishigaki & Ken Kawamoto, (2023). “Material and monetary flows of construction and demolition waste and assessment on physical and environmental properties of illegal dumped construction and demolition waste in Hanoi”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30(10). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30978-8
  • Giang, HM, Nga, NTH, Rene, ER, Ha, HN, & Varjani, S. (2023). “Performance and neural modeling of a compost-based biofilter treating a gas-phase mixture of benzene and xylene”. Environmental Research, 217, 114788. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114788
  • Giang, HM, Kien, TT, Nga, TTV, & Giang, NH (2023). “Sustainable construction solid waste management framework to limit resource loss in Quang Ninh province”. Journal of Construction Science and Technology (KHCNXD) - Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, 17(2V), 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31814/stce.huce2023-17(2V)-01.
  • Hoang Minh Giang (2022). “Developing a method for estimation of plastic waste leaked into the ocean”. Journal of Science and Technology in Civil Engineering (STCE)-HUCE (NUCE), 2022, 16 (3): 139–151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31814/stce.huce(nuce)2022-16(3)-11
  • Nguyen Phuc Thanh, Hoang Minh Giang, Pham Phu Song Toan, Ngo Thi Lan Phuong, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, Do Thi Thu Trang, Hoang Minh Tien, Ho Nhut Linh (2021). “Overview and typical models: management and treatment of household waste in Japan”. Japan Science & Technology Anthology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15625/vap.2021.0022
  • Pham Phu ST, Fujiwara T., Akasaki N., Le CD, Hoang GM, Pham DV (2021). “Analyzing The Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in Da Nang City, Vietnam”, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 83, 241-246. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3303/CET2183041
  • Pham Van, D., Takeshi, F., Hoang Minh, G. et al (2020). “Comparison Between Single and Two-Stage Anaerobic Digestion of Vegetable Waste: Kinetics of Methanogenesis and Carbon Flow”. Waste Biomass Valor 11, 6095–6103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00861-0
  • Phu, STP, Fujiwara, T., Hoang, G.M., Van Pham, D., Thi, H.K., Thi, YAT, & Le, C.D. (2020). “Enhancing Waste Management Practice-The Appropriate Strategy for Improving Solid Waste Management System in Vietnam Towards Sustainability”. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 78, 319-324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3303/CET2078054
  • Hoang, G.M., Phu, STP, Fujiwara, T., & Van Pham, D. (2020). “Waste-to-Landfill Reduction: Assessment of Cost-Effective Solutions using an Optimization Mode”l. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 78, 511-516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3303/CET2078086
  • Van, D.P., Fujiwara, T., Tho, BL, Toan, PPS, & Minh, GH (2020). “A review of anaerobic digestion systems for biodegradable waste: Configurations, operating parameters, and current trends”. Environmental Engineering Research, 25(1), 1-17. DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2018.334
  • e:12pt"> Pham Phu, ST, Fujiwara, T., Hoang, MG, Pham, VD, & Tran, MT (2019). “Waste separation at source and recycling potential of the hotel industry in Hoi An city, Vietnam”. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 21(1), 23-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-018-0807-5
  • Dinh, PV, Fujiwara, T., Giang, H.M., & Phu, S.P. (2019, July). “The fate of carbon in two-stage anaerobic digestion of vegetable waste”. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 307, 012019). IOP Publishing.https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/307/1/012019/meta
  • Phu, STP, Takeshi, F., Giang, H.M., & Van Dinh, P. (2019). “An analysis of the commercial waste characterisation in a tourism city in Vietnam”. International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 23(3), 319-335. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEWM.2019.099015
  • Pham Phu, S. T., Fujiwara, T., Hoang Minh, G., & Pham Van, D. (2019). “Solid waste management practice in a tourism destination–The status and challenges: A case study in Hoi An City, Vietnam”. Waste management & research, 37(11), 1077-1088. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0734242X19862042
  • Hoang, GM, Fujiwara, T., Pham Phu, PhD, & Nguyen, LD (2019).“Sustainable solid waste management system using multi-objective decision-making model: a method for maximizing social acceptance in Hoi An city, Vietnam”. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(33), 34137-34147. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3498-5
  • Song Toan, PP, Giang, H.M., & Takeshi, F. (2018). “Analyzing solid waste management practices for the hotel industry”. Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 4(1), 19-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22034/gjesm.2018.04.01.003
  • Dinh, P.V., Fujiwara, T., Phu, S.P., & Hoang, M.G. (2018). “Kinetics of biogas production in co-digestion of vegetable waste, horse waste, and sludge by batch reactors.” In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 159, 012041). IOP Publishing. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/159/1/012041/pdf
  • Pham Van, D., Hoang, M.G., Pham Phu, S.T., & Fujiwara, T. (2018). “A new kinetic model for biogas production from co-digestion by batch mode”. Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 4(3), 251-262. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22034/gjesm.2018.03.001
  • Van, DP, Hoang, GM, Phu, SP, & Fujiwara, T. (2018). “Kinetics of carbon dioxide, methane and hydrolysis in co-digestion of food and vegetable wastes”. Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 4(4), 401-412. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22034/gjesm.2018.04.002
  • Hoang, M.G., Fujiwara, T., & Phu, STP (2017). “Municipal waste generation and composition in a tourist city—Hoi An, Vietnam.” Journal of JSCE, 5(1), 123-132. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.5.
  • Office Phuoc NGUYEN, M. Giang HOANG, FUJIWARA Takeshi (2017). “Scenario Evaluation of Waste Composting and Incineration with Separation in Hoi An.” Environmental & sanitary engineering research: Journal of the Society for Environmental Health and Engineering, Kyoto University. 31 issue 3(2017) pp: 27-30. ISSN:0913-7025. https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1520290882880311680
  • Hoang, M.G., Fujiwara, T., Phu, S.P., & Thi, K.N. (2017). “Predicting waste generation using Bayesian model averaging.” Global J. Environ. Sci. Manage, 3(4), 385-402. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22034/gjesm.2017.03.04.005
  • Phuoc, NTV, Giang, HM, & Fujiwara, T. (2016). “Research on the Application of Urban Solid Waste Incinerators for Hoi An City. Perspective from the Flammability of Waste and Reduction of Landfill Amount”. Journal of Science and Technology, University of Da Nang. No. 11(108.2) 2016. https://jst-ud.vn/jst-ud/article/view/1910
  • Giang, HM, & Hoan, NV (2014). “Technical solutions for landfill gas collection to recover energy and protect the environment”. Journal of Science and Technology in Construction (KHCNXD)-HUCE, 8(3), 51-59. https://stce.huce.edu.vn/index.php/vn/article/view/597
  • Hoang Minh Giang, Nguyen Duc Luong, Luong Thi Mai Huong (2013). “Assessment of potential greenhouse gas mitigation of available household solid waste treatment technologies, Waste Technology, Vol.1, No 1, pp.10-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12777/wastech.1.1.10-16
  • Luong, ND, Giang, HM, Thanh, BX, & Hung, NT (2013). “Challenges for municipal solid waste management practices in Vietnam”. Waste Technology 1 (1): 17-21. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12777/wastech.1.1.17-21

e="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> Domestic and International Conferences

  • Hoang Minh Giang, Takeshi Fujiwara, Pham Phu Song Toan (2016), Municipal solid waste characterization and waste management issues in a tourist city – Hoi an, Vietnam. Paper presented in The 9th Asia-Pacific Landfill Symposium (APLAS), Hong Kong, Nov 9-11, 2016.
  • Hoang Minh Giang, Takeshi Fujiwara, Pham Phu Song Toan (2016), An investigation of household waste generation and composition in Hoi an, Vietnam. Proc. on The 3rd 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management (3RINCs), Hanoi, Vietnam, March 90-11,2016.
  • Le Tho Bach, Hoang Minh Giang, Le Hanh Chi, (2013), New approach in the thorough treatment of environmental pollution from existing urban landfills in Vietnam, National Science and Technology Report Collection 2013, ISBN: 978-604-59-0693-4.
  • Hoang Minh Giang (2013), Assessment of potential GHG emission of domestic solid waste treatment in Hanoi, Vietnam, proceedings of international symposium on new technologies for urban safety of mega cities in Asia (USMCA2013), ISBN: 4-903661-64-4, pp.507-516.