Postdoctoral Members

AHMAD BALA ALHASSAN received a B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, in 2011, an M.Eng. degree in mechatronics and automatic control from the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) in 2016, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, in 2022. He is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

His current research interests include modeling, simulation, and control of mechatronic systems. He has authored or co-authored many research articles and international conference papers on dynamic analysis and control of crane systems, rehabilitation robots, elderly-assistant robots, power transmission line inspection robots, and wind energy conversion systems. He was a keynote speaker at the 5th International Conference on Intelligent Science and Technology (ICIST 2023) in Lanzhou, China. He has also served as a reviewer for many refereed journals, including IEEE Access, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, and Robotics and Autonomous Systems. He has been a Member of IEEE, including IEEE Young Professionals, IEEE Control Systems Society, and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

Azamat Mukhatov received his Bachelor and Master’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

While pursuing his Master’s degree, he worked on project titled “Dynamic Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles” as Research Assistant under supervision of Prof. Bagheri at National Laboratory Astana, Nur-Sultan.

Currently, he is Research Assistant in Power Conversion and Motion Control laboratory under supervision of Prof. Ton Duc Do.

His research interests include renewable energy conversion systems, power electronics and wireless charging.