Professor Dr. Quan Nguyen

Biography

Quan Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining USC, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Biomimetic Robotics Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Nguyen earned his Ph.D. in 2017 from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), where he received the Doctoral Dissertation Award. His research interests involve control optimization approaches in highly dynamic robotics, focusing on nonlinear control, trajectory optimization, real-time optimization-based control, and robust adaptive control. His work on the bipedal robot ATRIAS has been featured in various media outlets, including IEEE Spectrum and TechCrunch. Additionally, his contributions to the MIT Cheetah 3 robot have gained significant coverage from major networks such as CNN and BBC. Throughout his career, Nguyen has been recognized with multiple awards for his research presentations, including being a Systems Paper Finalist at the Robotics: Science and Systems conference and winning the Presentation Session at the American Control Conference.

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