Laboratory Members

Graduate Research Assistants

Yussuf Shakhin

PhD Candidate

Yussuf Shakhin (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) 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 in Robotics Engineering within the Department of Robotics 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 and mobile robots.

Kulash Talapiden

PhD Candidate

Kulash Talapiden received her Bachelor degree (Hons.) in Technological Machinery and Equipment from Kazakh Agrotechnical University in 2020, and the M.S. degree in Robotics from Nazarbayev University. 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

PhD Candidate

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. His research interests include observations and control algorithms.

Loc Phuoc Nguyen

PhD Candidate

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. He started his doctoral studies at Nazarbayev University in August 2024. His main research is power electronics, automatic control, observer design, and drive control electric motors.

Muhammad Auwal Shehu

PhD Candidate

Muhammad Auwal Shehu received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Bayero University Kano, Nigeria, in 2012 and the M.Eng. degree in mechatronics and automatic control from University of Technology Malaysia in 2016. His primary research interests include the design of nonlinear control systems and state estimators for underactuated mechatronic systems.

Miras Akhmetov

PhD Student

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

Minh Hieu Le

PhD Student

Minh Hieu Le received his Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics from the University of Technology Sydney in 2020. In 2024, he completed a Master of Engineering Science in Robotics (with Excellence) at Federation University Australia. His research interests include robot manipulation, artificial intelligence, and control theory.

Mukhtar Bazylkhanov

Master Student

Mukhtar Bazylkhanov received the Bachelor’s degree in Robotics and Mechatronics from Nazarbayev University (NU) with capstone project: implementation and comparison experiments of path planning algorithms (Dikstra, A-star, RRT) using ROS and turtlebot platform

Yerkebulan Almenov

Master Student

Yerkebulan Almenov received the Bachelor’s degree in Robotics and Mechatronics from Nazarbayev University (NU) in 2024. Currently he is pursuing a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Robotics engineering at the same institution. His current research focuses on the development and implementation of scanning trajectories using MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) setups. His research interests include the design and navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and the integration of computer vision for autonomous systems.

Aigerim Omirzak

Master Student

Aigerim Omirzak received her B.Sc degree in Information and Communication Technologies under the Software Engineering educational program from Astana IT University in 2022. She started her Master’s studies in Robotics at Nazarbayev University in 2025. Her research interests focus on Magnetic Particle Imaging, exploring how scanning trajectories and parameters affect image reconstruction quality.

Alua Alamanova

Master Student

Alua Alamanova received her Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering from Astana IT University. She is currently a Master of Science student in Robotics Engineering at Nazarbayev University. Her current work focuses on the application of machine learning methods for building energy consumption prediction. Her research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, and energy optimization.