An Nguyen 🌽

-🎓 PhD Mecheng UNM

-🎓 M.S MechSys & Robotics NMT

-🎓 B.S MechEng HCMUT (20-24)

-🧮 CT Gia Dinh High (17-20)

-🏙️ ABQ, NM, U.S.A

“Focus on what you can control, not what you can’t.”

Hi, I’m An🌽.

Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of New Mexico (2026-Now) under the supervision of Dr. Leilei Cui.

I did my Master’s degree in Mechatronic Systems and Robotics at New Mexico Tech (2024-2026) under the supervision of Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian.

I graduated with honors from the Mechanical Engineering program at HCMUT (2021-2024).

My work focuses on optimization-based control, learning-based control, and their intersection applied to robotics and dynamical systems.

I love wandering 🚊, playing sports 🏊. I also enjoy cooking 🍜 and have a great passion for learning 📝.

Feel free to contact me anytime by email!

news

Aug 19, 2026	Started graduate study in Mechanical Engineering at University of New Mexico in 2026.
May 16, 2026	Ended graduate study in Mechatronic Systems and Robotics at New Mexico Tech in 2026.
Aug 19, 2024	Started graduate study in Mechatronic Systems and Robotics at New Mexico Tech in 2024.

selected publications

AIAA

Reinforcement Learning-Based Control of a Moving Mass Coaxial Monocopter Using Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) Algorithm

Duc Thien An Nguyen, Rongwei Liang, and Mostafa Hassanalian

In AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025, 2025

Bib Website

@inproceedings{nguyen2025reinforcement,
  title = {Reinforcement Learning-Based Control of a Moving Mass Coaxial Monocopter Using Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) Algorithm},
  author = {Nguyen, Duc Thien An and Liang, Rongwei and Hassanalian, Mostafa},
  booktitle = {AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025},
  pages = {3338},
  year = {2025},
}

AIAA

A Dynamics Predictor-Augmented Soft Actor-Critic for Attitude and Trajectory Control of Unmanned Airships

Rongwei Liang, Duc Thien An Nguyen, Tyler Doyle, Masoud Naghdi, and Mostafa Hassanalian

In AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025, 2025

Bib Website

@inproceedings{liang2025dynamics,
  title = {A Dynamics Predictor-Augmented Soft Actor-Critic for Attitude and Trajectory Control of Unmanned Airships},
  author = {Liang, Rongwei and Nguyen, Duc Thien An and Doyle, Tyler and Naghdi, Masoud and Hassanalian, Mostafa},
  booktitle = {AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025},
  pages = {3195},
  year = {2025},
}

AIAA

Modeling and Control of a Coaxial Monocopter via Moving Mass Actuation.

Duc Thien An Nguyen, Samuel Maimako, and Mostafa Hassanalian

In AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025, 2025

Bib Website

@inproceedings{nguyen2025modeling,
  title = {Modeling and Control of a Coaxial Monocopter via Moving Mass Actuation.},
  author = {Nguyen, Duc Thien An and Maimako, Samuel and Hassanalian, Mostafa},
  booktitle = {AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025},
  pages = {3083},
  year = {2025},
}

JESTEC

Fatigue damage quantification for structural health monitoring of steel beam using cyclegan.

Tung Luu, An Nguyen, Phuong Le, Huy Dang, and Duy Phan

Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2024

Bib HTML

@article{annguyen052024,
  title = {Fatigue damage quantification for structural health monitoring of steel beam using cyclegan.},
  author = {Luu, Tung and Nguyen, An and Le, Phuong and Dang, Huy and Phan, Duy},
  journal = {Journal of Engineering Science and Technology},
  volume = {19},
  number = {2},
  pages = {705--724},
  year = {2024},
}

VNMEJ

Study on quadruped robot control algorithm.

Tung Luu, An Nguyen, Duy Phan, and Nhan To

VietNam Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2024

Bib PDF

@article{annguyen042024,
  title = {Study on quadruped robot control algorithm.},
  author = {Luu, Tung and Nguyen, An and Phan, Duy and To, Nhan},
  journal = {VietNam Mechanical Engineering Journal},
  volume = {314},
  number = {4},
  pages = {138--138},
  year = {2024},
}