Hai-Nguyen (Hann) Nguyen

Mr. Hai-Nguyen (Hann) Nguyen

Lecturer, Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Industry Projects

About

Dr. Hai-Nguyen Nguyen, also known by his initials HANN, is a Lecturer in Robotics and Mechatronics at RMIT Vietnam. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea. His work focuses on developing robots that not only roll, walk, or fly, but are also capable of performing physical tasks once achievable only by biological systems.

 

Dr. Nguyen’s experience spans both research-focus institutions and deep-tech startups. He has held various positions at major research institutes, including Imperial College London (UK), LAAS-CNRS (France), and Seoul National University (Korea). He has also ventured beyond academia, working with robotic startups in various capacities across the U.K., U.S., and Vietnam.

 

His academic work has been published in leading robotics venues, including CORE A/A* conferences (IROS, ICRA) and Scimago D1 journals in Control & Systems Engineering (TMech, TRO, Automatica). His work received the Best UAV Paper Award-Finalist recognition at ICRA. Actively engaged in the robotics community, he has peer-reviewed and edited over 100 robotics papers in the last 5 years. Since 2023, he has served as an Associate Editor for ICRA, a CORE A* conference in robotics. 

 

 

Open PhD positions

Research fields

  • 4007 Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics
  • 490105 Dynamical systems in applications
  • 461105 Reinforcement learning
  • 400703 Autonomous vehicle systems
  • 400706 Field robotics
  • 460205 Intelligent robotics

UN sustainable development goals

  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Supervisor projects

  • Unified Implicit–Explicit Modeling and Control for Physically Capable Robots
  • 2 Mar 2026
  • Learning-Enhanced Modeling and Control for Aerial Robots with Advanced Physical Capabilities
  • 19 Dec 2025
  • Design and Control of Obstacle-Avoiding Robots in Automated Manufacturing
  • 25 Sep 2025
  • Towards Physically Capable Aerial Robots for Environmental and Infrastructure Applications
  • 8 Aug 2025

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