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Charles Nguyen is a journalist based in Annandale, United States of America.

Short Biography of 
Charles Cuong Nguyen, D.Sc.
Dr. Charles Cuong Nguyen is a researcher, educator, administrator and presidential appointee.  He is currently Professor and Dean Emeritus at the Catholic University of America (CUA).  He is the second Dean Emeritus at CUA due to his contributions to the university. He served as Dean for 4 consecutive terms totaling 16 years. Elected Dean in 2001, he has been the first Vietnamese American Dean of a college at a major university in the U.S.  He has also been the first Asian American dean at Catholic University in the history of the university. He was Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at CUA from September 1997-June 2001.  He earned the Diplom Ingenieur in Electrical Engineering at Konstanz University, West Germany where he was also named "Best Graduate of the Class of 1978," in 1978. Later he received his Master of Science in 1980 and Doctor of Science in 1982 both with honor at the George Washington University. He was valedictorian of his class when he graduated from his high school, Institut de la Providence (Thien Huu), Hue, Vietnam in 1971.  Professor Nguyen has published over 100 technical and scientific papers in the area of control and robotics, co-edited three books and guest-edited 10 special issues in major journals. He also presented numerous research papers, organized and chaired numerous technical sessions at many international conferences. He is a fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and senior member of the IEEE. He is a member of the Board of Directors, Asian Division of the U.S. Library of Congress and member of the Board of Directors, Library and Education Assistance for Vietnam (LEAF-VN) and a member of the Advisory Board of the Vietnamese Culture and Science Association (VCSA).