👤 About
I am a first-year PhD student in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, supervised by Prof. Lihua Xie. Before joining NTU, I earned my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Control Engineering and Automation from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam.
I was previously a Project Researcher at the Motion Control & Applied Robotics Lab, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, advised by Prof. Tung Lam Nguyen and Dr. Duc Chinh Hoang, and an R&D Robotics Engineer at VinRobotics, working with Dr. Minh Nhat Vu and Manh Cuong Nguyen.
📢 News
[Aug 10, 2026]I joined Nanyang Technological University as a PhD student.
[Apr 08, 2026]I received NTU Research Scholarship for PhD studies.
[Sep 17, 2025]My work for HUST project is accepted for publication in Ocean Engineering.
[Sep 08, 2025]Thrilled to begin a new chapter at VinRobotics!
[Jul 07, 2025]Our ship-mounted Stewart platform paper is accepted for publication in Ocean Engineering.
[May 28, 2025]My project with VinIF, related to my master's course, was completed with high appropriateness.
[May 20, 2025]An AUV-related manuscript is submitted to Ocean Engineering.
[Apr 16, 2025]A paper on ship-mounted Stewart platform is submitted to Ocean Engineering.
[Mar 27, 2025]Our paper on ballbot was accepted for publication in IEEE Access.
[Dec 30, 2024]Our paper on Stewart Platforms was accepted for publication in Results in Engineering.
[Sep 12, 2024]I am delighted to announce that I have decided to receive the VinIF scholarship for my master's course.
[Jul 01, 2024]I started my Master of Science in Automation and Control at HUST.
[May 11, 2024]I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Automation and Control from HUST.
[Mar 27, 2024]Our paper on ballbot was accepted for publication in IJRNC.
🎓 Education
Nanyang Technological University
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Singapore
Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Aug 2026 – Present
Funded by NTU Research Scholarship
Hanoi University of Science and Technology
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Hanoi, Vietnam
Master of Science in Control Engineering and Automation
Jul 2024 – Jul 2026
Thesis: Design control structures for parallel platforms in maritime applications
Funded by VinIF
Bachelor of Science in Control Engineering and Automation
Oct 2020 – Apr 2024
Thesis: Balancing, Motion Planning, and Tracking Control for Ballbot Systems (🥇 Best Thesis)
💼 Work Experience
R&D Robotics Engineer
VinRobotics, Vingroup · Hanoi, Vietnam
Sep 2025 – Jul 2026 · Full-time
Manipulation control and motion planning
- Led dynamic parameter identification for robotic manipulators: system identification, kinematic calibration, and friction modeling.
- Designed a real-time inverse kinematics solver achieving 100% success rate with execution time below 40 μs.
- Developed model-based control for dual-arm humanoid robots: Fuzzy-based Adaptive Control for Compliant Controller, Computed Torque Control, gravity/friction compensation, and singular perturbation-based methods.
- Implemented MPC-based motion planning for dual-arm coordination using receding horizon optimization with Acados and CasADi (C++/Python/MATLAB).
- Time-optimal motion planning and trajectory generation design for robot system.
- Rubik's cube planning for single-arm manipulation.
Humanoids control and motion planning
- Designed motion planning for humanoid standup and sitdown motions, using for lifting objects.
Project Researcher
Motion Control & Applied Robotics Lab (MoCAR), HUST · Hanoi, Vietnam
Oct 2021 – Jul 2026 · Part-time
Advanced Control of a Ship-Mounted Stewart Platform for Marine Applications
- Led the initial phase by developing and testing motion control algorithms for trajectory tracking, stabilization, and disturbance rejection.
- Implemented a ball-bouncing experiment on the Stewart platform to validate real-time dynamic motion control.
- Designed safety-critical and robust control strategies tailored for marine environments, published in Ocean Engineering (2025).
- Developed high-fidelity simulation models capturing marine disturbances (waves, currents, ship motion) using full Lagrangian kinematics and dynamics.
- Built the full experimental setup: mechanical assembly, Linux real-time kernel configuration, and EtherCAT communication.
Robot Navigation System Integrating Sensor Network and Wireless Communication
- Designed a comprehensive MuJoCo simulation environment for AUVs, modeling underwater dynamics, sensor feedback, and environmental disturbances.
- Developed trajectory generation and control for AUVs with optimal coverage sensor networks; published in Ocean Engineering (2025).
- Implemented and validated advanced control for robust navigation, obstacle avoidance, and trajectory tracking in challenging underwater scenarios.
- Integrated sensor network data and wireless communication protocols to evaluate system performance under realistic constraints.
Balancing, Motion Planning, and Tracking Control for Ballbot Systems
- Developed mathematical models and simulation environments for 3D ballbot systems: nonlinear dynamics, trajectory generation, and safety constraints.
- Designed observer-based hierarchical sliding mode control and NMPC with CBFs for obstacle avoidance and tilt angle limitation.
- Formulated and solved time-optimal trajectory planning problems using flatness theory and optimization techniques.
- Integrated extended state observers (ESO) to estimate system uncertainties and coupling effects.
- Published in IJRNC (2024) and IEEE Access (2025); received Best Thesis Defense Award at HUST.
📄 Selected Publications
Unifying Hierarchical Sliding Mode Control and Control Barrier Function for Tilt Angle Constraint of a Ball-Balancing Robot
IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics, 2025
