His research interests fell into broad areas of Communication Theory, Wireless Communications, and Statistical Signal Processing.
Dr. Nguyen was an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters during 2007-2011 and 2011-2016, respectively. He served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. He was a Co-chair for the Multiple Antenna Systems and Space-Time Processing Track, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conferences (Fall 2010, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Fall 2012, Quebec, QC, Canada), Lead Co-chair for the Wireless Access Track, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conferences (Fall 2014, Vancouver, BC, Canada), Lead Co-chair for the Multiple Antenna Systems and Cooperative Communication Track, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (Fall 2016, Montreal, QC, Canada), and Technical Program Co-chair for Canadian Workshop on Information Theory (2015, St. John's NL, Canada).
He coauthored, with Ed Shwedyk, of the textbook "A First Course in Digital Communications" (published by Cambridge University Press). Dr. Nguyen was appointed a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and was a Registered Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS).