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Dr. Cuong Dao,
Assistant Professor

Information about Dr. Cuong Dao at the University of Bradford.

School of Engineering
(Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies)
Email:
d.c.dao@bradford.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 1274 233040
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Biography

Dr Cuong Dao (BSc '06, MSc '09, & PhD '16)obtained his PhD in Reliability and Maintenance Engineering from the Universityof Alberta, Canada. Prior to joining Bradford University, he was aPost-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department Engineering, DurhamUniversity (2018-2020) and a Postdoc Researcher at the University of Twente,The Netherlands (2016-2018). He also served as a Mechanical Engineer at CanonVietnam Ltd. and Reliability Engineer at Enmax GenerationCanada.

Dr Dao is currently a Programme Leader (UG/MEng) in Mechanical Engineering and an active researcher in the reliability, asset management, operation and maintenance management of mechanical engineering and sustainable energy systems. If you are passionate about doing research in this area or have any questions related to our programmes, please send an inquiry to d.c.dao@bradford.ac.uk.

Research

Dr Cuong Dao research focuses on reliability modelling and maintenance management of mechanical engineering and renewable energy systems. He has rich experience in working with industry and bringing academic research to practice through his current and previous research projects as well as his past role as an engineer. He has involved in several interdisciplinary research projects in offshore wind energy, power system maintenance, asset lifecycle management, AI and reliability-based optimisation of automotive components. He has papers published in Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Wind Energy, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, and Journal of Transportation Engineering and is a reviewer for several journals & academic conferences in the field of Mechanical, Reliability, Maintenance, and Renewable Energy Engineering.

Research Interests:

  • Offshore renewable energy
  • Reliabilitymodelling and analysis
  • Maintenancemanagement
  • Operationsimulation
  • Engineeringasset management
  • Power, infrastructure, automotive and manufacturing systems
For further research interests and PhD student inquires, please contact d.c.dao@bradford.ac.uk and find more about research degrees at the University of Bradford here:

https://www.bradford.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/

Teaching

Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Cuong Dao as follows:

Teaching highlights

MAE3002 B - Foundation Physics

ENB4002 B - Computer Aided Engineering

ENB6009-B - Reliability and Safety Engineering

ENG6005 B - Sustainable Energy

ENG7011-D - Team Project

ENG6003 B & ENG7002 E - Individual & MSc Research Project

Publications

There are 22 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Cuong Dao. They are listed as:

  • book chapter (1)
  • conference publication (12)
  • peer reviewed journal (9)

Book Chapter

Dr. Cuong Dao has 1 publication(s) listed under book chapter.
Title Year Publication name Journal Volume Pages Authors Editors ISSN Publisher DOI Location
Selective maintenance for multi-state systems considering the benefits of repairing multiple components simultaneously 2015 Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 19 413 - 425 Dao C.;Zuo M. 2195-4356 Springer 10.1007/978-3-319-09507-3_36

Conference Publication

Dr. Cuong Dao has 12 publication(s) listed under conference publication.
Title Year Publication name Journal Volume Pages Authors Editors ISSN Publisher DOI Location
Availability Analysis for Different Offshore Wind Farm Electrical Connection Topologies 2019 WindEurope Offshore conference 2019, WindEurope Offshore conference 2019, NA Li X., Dao C. D., Kazemtabrizi. B., and Crabtree C.J.
Impacts of Reliability and Cost Uncertainties in Offshore Wind Turbine Operational Simulation and Cost of Energy Estimation 2019 WindEurope Offshore conference 2019 WindEurope Offshore conference 2019 NA Dao C. D., Kazemtabrizi. B., Crabtree C.J., and Yu X.
Optimisation of large offshore wind farm layout considering system reliability and cost 2020 ASME Turbo Expo 2020 ASME Turbo Expo 2020 NA X Li, CD Dao, B Kazemtabrizi, CJ Crabtree ASME
Reliability analysis of multi-state systems with s-dependent components 2015 Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium Proceedings - Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium 2015-May Dao C.;Zuo M. 0149-144X 10.1109/RAMS.2015.7105177
Reliability and Economic Evaluation of High Voltage Direct Current interconnectors for large-scale renewable energy integration and transmission 2019 15th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2019) 15th IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC 2019) NA A Thompson, B Kazemtabrizi, CJ Crabtree, C Dao, Fatemeh Dinmohamadi, David Flynn IET/IEEE 10.1049/cp.2019.0010
Selective maintenance for a multi-component system with two types of failure modes under age-based imperfect maintenance 2013 International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design NA M Pandey, MJ Zuo, DD Cuong
A maintenance model for equipment subject to varying loading conditions 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC) 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC) 2016 0 Cuong D Dao, Ming J Zuo
Impacts of reliability on operational performance and cost of energy evaluation of multi-megawatt, far-offshore wind turbines 2019 Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE 3 Dao C.;Kazemtabrizi B.;Crabtree C. 9780791858783 10.1115/OMAE2019-95561
Modelling the effects of reliability and maintenance on levelised cost of wind energy 2019 Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 9 Dao C.D.;Kazemtabrizi B.;Crabtree C.J. 9780791858721 10.1115/GT2019-90015
Towards a resilience assurance model for robotic autonomous systems 2021 Proceedings of the Design Society Proceedings of the Design Society 1 3189 - 3198 Campean F.;Kabir S.;Dao C.;Zhang Q.;Eckert C. 2732-527X 10.1017/pds.2021.580
Challenges with Providing Reliability Assurance for Self-Adaptive Cyber-Physical Systems 2022 International Conference on System Reliability and Safety (ICSRS) International Conference on System Reliability and Safety (ICSRS) S. Riaz, S. Kabir, F. Campean, G. Mokryani, C. Dao, J. A. Marquez, and M. A. A. Al-Ja’Afreh IEEE
Analytical Reliability-based Investment and Operation Model for Post-Failure Network Reconfiguration 2022 International Conference on System Reliability and Safety (ICSRS) International Conference on System Reliability and Safety (ICSRS) J. A. Marquez, M. A. A. Al-Ja’Afreh, G. Mokryani, S. Kabir, F. Campean, C. Dao, and S. Riaz IEEE

Peer Reviewed Journal

Dr. Cuong Dao has 9 publication(s) listed under peer reviewed journal.
Title Year Publication name Journal Volume Pages Authors Editors ISSN Publisher DOI Location
Selective Maintenance for Multistate Series Systems with S-Dependent Components 2016 Ieee Transactions On Reliability 65 525 - 539 Dao C.;Zuo M. 0018-9529 10.1109/TR.2015.2494689
Selective maintenance for multi-state series-parallel systems under economic dependence 2014 Reliability Engineering and System Safety 121 240 - 249 Dao C.;Zuo M.;Pandey M. 0951-8320 10.1016/j.ress.2013.09.003
Offshore Wind Turbine Reliability and Operational Simulation under Uncertainties 2020 Wind Energy NA Cuong Dao, Behzad Kazemtabrizi, Christopher Crabtree https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2526
Scheduling Infrastructure Renewal for Railway Networks 2019 Journal of Infrastructure Systems 25 Dao C.;Hartmann A.;Lamper A.;Herbert P. 1076-0342 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000515
Wind turbine reliability data review and impacts on levelised cost of energy 2019 Wind Energy 22 Cuong Dao, Behzad Kazemtabrizi, Christopher Crabtree https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2404
Maintenance scheduling for railway tracks under limited possession time 2018 Journal Of Transportation Engineering Part A: Systems 144 Dao C.;Basten R.;Hartmann A. 2473-2907 10.1061/JTEPBS.0000163
Optimal selective maintenance for multi-state systems in variable loading conditions 2017 Reliability Engineering and System Safety 166 171 - 180 Dao C.;Zuo M. 0951-8320 10.1016/j.ress.2016.11.006
Selective maintenance of multi-state systems with structural dependence 2017 Reliability Engineering and System Safety 159 184 - 195 Dao C.;Zuo M. 0951-8320 10.1016/j.ress.2016.11.013
Integrated condition-based maintenance modelling and optimisation for offshore wind turbines 2021 Wind Energy Dao C.D.;Kazemtabrizi B.;Crabtree C.J.;Tavner P.J. 1095-4244 10.1002/we.2625