1| Education Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, University of Ulsan (UOU), Ulsan, South Korea, Feb. 2021. Thesis: “A Sensorless Reflecting Control for Bilateral Haptic Teleoperation System based on Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Actuators”, GPA: 4.3/4.5.

  • M.Sc., Mechatronics Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) University of Technology and Education, HCMC, Vietnam, Jun. 2016. Thesis: “2D Lidar-Based SLAM Algorithm and Path Mapping for Reception Robot”, GPA: 4.2/4.5.

  • B.S., Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, HCMC, Vietnam, Sep. 2013. Thesis: “Research and Development XBEE Network system and its application”, GPA: 4.5/4.5.

2| Research Interests

Optimal human-machine collaborative control; Haptic control in teleoperation, Renewable and sustainable energy system control.

3| Research & Work Experience

  • 2017 - present

Graduate Researcher, Fluid Power and Machine Intelligence Lab, UOU, South Korea.

Study advanced control theories of robotics/quadrotor issues such as haptic feedback, human-robot interaction, fault-tolerant, time-delay, teleoperation.

Participate in the proposal preparation and research on energy projects, for instance, fluid-based triboelectric nanogenerator, floating offshore wind turbines, proton-exchange membrane fuel cells.

  • 2015 - 2017

Lecturer, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Thu Duc College of Technology, HCMC, Vietnam.

Teaching Modules: Microprocessor Programming, Digital technology, Circuit Design, Power Electronics, Measurement and Control technology, C/C++ Programming, Advanced control theory. Lead and coach students on scientific research.

  • 2014 - 2016

Assistant Lecturer, University of Technology and Education, HCMC, Vietnam.

Co-founder, Gap4Tech store, specialized supply solution technicalities.

Graduate Researcher, Open Lab, HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam. Design and develop the first version of Reception Robot.

  • 2012 - 2015

Technician Fellow, Daewoo Royal System Vietnam Co., Ltd., HCMC, Vietnam

Take primary responsibility for the program control of the projects, deployed all over Vietnam, such as Auto Parking Car Systems at Bitexco Financial Tower, Lim Tower, HCMC Supreme People's Court, etc. or Industrial Production Line in CSB Energy Technology Co., Ltd., GS Battery Vietnam Co., Ltd., Hyosung Viet Nam Co., Ltd.

  • 2012

Take part in Student scientific research with a project entitled “User Interface development and Motion control for a mobile robot using Bluetooth”

4| Publications

  • International Journal

  1. V. D. Phan, C. P. Vo, H. V. Dao and K. K. Ahn, Robust fault-tolerant control of an electro-hydraulic actuator with a novel nonlinear unknown input observer, IEEE Access, 2021.

  2. D. L. Vu, C. P. Vo, C. D. Le and K. K. Ahn, Enhancing the Output Performance of Fluid based Triboelectric Nanogenerator by Using PVDF-HFP/Ionic Liquid Nanoporous Membrane, International Journal of Energy Research, 2021.

  3. C. P. Vo, V. D. Phan, T. H. Nguyen and K. K. Ahn, A Compact Adjustable Stiffness Rotary Actuator based on Linear Springs: Working Principle, Design, and Experimental Verification, Actuators, 2020.

  4. C. D. Le*, C. P. Vo*, and K. K. Ahn, Liquid-Solid Contact Electrification Based on Discontinuous-Conduction Triboelectric Nanogenerator Induced by Radially Symmetrical Structure, Nano Energy, 2020

  5. G. H. Nam, J. H. Ahn, G. H. Lee, C. P. Vo, and K. K. Ahn, A New Pathway for Liquid‐Solid Triboelectric Nanogenerator Using Streaming Flow by a Novel Direct Charge Transfer" Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2020.

  6. C. P. Vo, X. D. To, and K. K. Ahn, "A Novel Force Sensorless Reflecting Control for Bilateral Haptic Teleoperation System," IEEE Access, 2020.

  7. C. P. Vo, X. D. To, and K. K. Ahn, "A Novel Adaptive Gain Integral Terminal Sliding Mode Control scheme of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle system with Time-delay Estimation," IEEE Access, 2019.

  8. M. Shahriar, C. P. Vo, and K. K. Ahn, "Self-powered Flexible PDMS Channel Assisted Discrete Liquid Column Motion Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator (DLC-TENG) as Mechanical Transducer," International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, 2019.

  9. C. P. Vo, M. Shahriar, C. D. Le, and K. K. Ahn, "Mechanically Active Transducing Element Based on Solid–Liquid Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Sensing," International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology, 2019.

  • International Conferences

  1. C. P. Vo, X. D. To, and K. K. Ahn, "Variable Impedance Control for a Robotic Leg with External Uncertainties," in 2019 23rd International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT), SALERNO, Italy, Oct. 2019.

  2. C. P. Vo, D. T. Tran and K. K. Ahn, "The Predictive Control for Networked Control System with Random Delays and Packet Dropouts," in 2018 22nd International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT), Jeju, South Korea, Oct. 2018.

  3. C. P. Vo and K. K. Ahn, "High-precision Position Control of Soft Actuator Systems, " The 3rd International Workshop on Active Materials and Soft Mechatronics (AMSM2018), KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, Oct. 2018.

  4. D. T. Tran, C. D. Le, C. P. Vo and K. K. Ahn, "Robust network predictive control of DC motor with delay and drop out," in 2018 22nd International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT), Jeju, South Korea, Oct. 2018.

  • Patent

  1. C. P. Vo, X. D. To, and K. K. Ahn, (2020). “Adjustable Stiffness Actuator” (K.R. Patent No. 10-2197484). Korean Intellectual Property Office. https://www.kipo.go.kr.

5| Contact Details

  • Office Address: 93 Daehak-ro, Mugeo-dong, Nam-gu, Ulsan, South Korea, 44610.

  • Email: vophat0607 AT gmail DOT com

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