Tri PHAN

Biography

He is a Ph.D. student at VinUniversity (Vietnam), under the supervision of Prof. Thai Mai Thanh and Prof. Hieu Pham. He received his B.E. degree with Honors in Control Engineering and Automation from the University of Technology, VNU-HCM (Vietnam), in 2018. Before pursuing his doctoral studies, he gained several years of experience in both academia (multi-robot simulation) and industry (embedded systems and high-performance computing).

His current research focuses on soft sensors (hydraulic filament sensors) with an emphasis on improving sensor performance and applying them in medical applications. Looking ahead, he is interested in extending his work to the control of soft actuators.

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Publication

(Coming soon)

Teaching Assistant

• VinUniversity
  • Embedded Systems (ELEC4020 - Fall24, Fall25)
  • Sensors and Actuators (MECE4120 - Spring25)
  • Robotics (ELEC4060/ELEC5050/COMP5050 - Spring26)

Technical Skills

• Programming: C/C++ (Advanced), Python
• Robotics: ROS/ROS 2, Gazebo
• Others: Linux, Docker, PBSPro, Kubernetes, Microcontroller

Miscellanea

• Online courses (certs):
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning from Hugging Face
  • Robotics Specialization from UPenn
  • Modern Robotics Specialization from Northwestern University
• Vietnamese e-book writing:
  • A series of Arduino for Starter
  • A series of ROS 2
• More about him (personal side):
  • In his first Ph.D. year, he worked on drift in hydraulic filament sensors (a common issue in soft sensors) and applied the sensor to knee rehabilitation.
  • In his second year (2026), he is characterizing a “small-change-making-big-impact” sensor (discovered by his colleague and the team) that mechanically compensates for drift.
  • Hobbies: running (but not much) and writing free technical code/guides (also not much lately).