Laboratory Members

YUSSUF SHAKHIN received the B.S. degree in Electronics and Nanoelectronics Engineering in 2021 from Ala-Too International University, Kyrgyzstan. Afterwards, he obtained his M.S. degree in Robotics in 2023 from Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. degree within the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics at the same institution. Since 2021, he has been with the Power Conversion and Motion Control (PMCM) Laboratory for Motion Control Systems. Additionally, from 2022 to 2023, he was Research Assistant in the Smart Energy Lab for Wireless Power Transfer Systems at the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University.

His current research focuses on the control of electric machine drives employed in electric vehicles

Kulash Talapiden received her Bachelor degree (Hons.) in Technological Machinery and Equipment from Kazakh Agrotechnical University after S.Seifullin in 2020, Astana, Kazakhstan, and the M.S. degree in Robotics from the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Astana. Since 2022, she has been a Research Assistant with the Power Conversion and Motion Control (PCMC) Laboratory for Motion Control Systems, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University. During her Master’s studies she worked on the Digital Disturbance Observer design and analyses project under the supervision of Prof. Ton Duc Do.

Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Robotics Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences of Nazarbayev University. She is working on her Thesis project under supervision of Prof. Ton Duc Do. Her research interests include control systems, optimization techniques for control system design and analysis, feedback control in motor drives, and the control of autonomous systems.

Tin Trung Chau received his B.S. degree in Automation and Control Engineering Technology in 2020, and his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2022 from the Vinh Long University of Technology Education. He started his doctoral studies at Nazarbayev University in August 2023—currently, he is a Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. Ton Duc Do. His research interests include observations and control algorithms.

Loc Phuoc Nguyen received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Vinh Long University of Technology Education, Vietnam, in 2019 and 2021. Since 2019, he worked at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Vinh Long University of Technology Education, as a lecturer. He started his doctoral studies at Nazarbayev University in August 2024—currently, he is a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Ton Duc Do. His main research is power electronics, automatic control, observer design, and drive control electric motors.

MUHAMMAD AUWAL SHEHU received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Bayero University Kano (BUK), Nigeria, in 2012 and the M.Eng. degree in mechatronics and automatic control from University of Technology Malaysia (UTM), in 2016. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in robotics engineering at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Muhammad has contributed several research articles to esteemed journals and conferences, establishing himself as a promising researcher in his field. His primary research interests include the design of nonlinear control systems and state estimators for underactuated mechatronic systems.

Aizaz Ali Khan completed his undergraduate studies in Electrical Power engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Robotics Engineering at Nazarbayev University in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. His primary research interests are Electrical Motor Control, Machine Vision, and Digital Twin technologies.

Miras Akhmetov received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2023 from Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Currently, he has started his M.S. degree in the same institution in Department of Robotics. His research interests include control of PMSM.

Almira Askhatova received her Bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Nazarbayev University and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Robotics at the same institution. Her research interests focus on integrating control systems with surgical and rehabilitation devices.

Ihtesham Hayat completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Science at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Robotics Engineering. His primary research interests are MPI (Magnetic Particle Imaging), ROS 2 (Robot Operating System), and Artificial Intelligence.

Zholaman Kuangaliyev is 2nd year Master Student in Robotics Nazarbayev University. Main research interest relies in the machine learning and deep learning. Currently doing research in wind speed forecasting using transformer models

Abdul Moeed Khan received his Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering in 2022 from Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan. Following his undergraduate studies, he pursued a Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, and graduated in 2024. During his Master's program, he gained practical experience as a Research Assistant under the supervision of Prof. Bagheri, working on a project titled "A Cost-Efficient Approach for EV Energy Management in a Microgrid." He also worked as a teaching assistant for Two semesters at the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences. Currently, he is working as a Research Assistant in the Power Conversion and Motion Control laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Ton Duc Do. His research interests include microgrid designing, renewable resources, machine learning, and optimization.

Arystan Amangeldi received his B.S. degree in Industrial Automation in 2023 from Astana IT University, Kazakhstan. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Robotics at Nazarbayev University. His research interests include robotics and control systems.