Nguyen Vu Linh

Nguyen Vu Linh, Asst. Prof., PhD

Faculty, Mechanical Engineering program, College of Engineering and Computer Science

Biography

Dr. Nguyen Vu Linh is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, VinUniversity. Before joining VinUniversity in February 2023, Dr. Nguyen was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Chin-Yi University of Technology (NCUT) in Taiwan from February 2021 to January 2023. Dr. Nguyen received his Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) in 2020, then worked as a Postdoctoral fellow co-affiliated with the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in Taiwan until January 2021.

• Design, modeling, control, development of intelligent mean
• Reconfigurable mechanisms
• Compliant robots
• Wearable devices
• Human-robot co-existing means with safe physical interactions and collaborations

• Robotics
• Machine Theory
• Analysis and Simulation of Dynamic Systems
• Precision Manufacturing
• Mechatronics
• Statics
• Dynamics
• Thermodynamics
• Calculus I and II

1. L. Nguyen*. Gravity Balancing of a 2-DoF Parallel Robotic Platform with Variable Payloads. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 145 (2), p. 024501, 2023.
2. L. Nguyen*. Realization of a gear-spring balancer with variable payloads and its application to serial robots. ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 15 (4), p. 041013, 2023.
3. L. Nguyen*. Design of a compact gear-spring mechanism for static balancing of variable payloads. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(12), p. 123301, 2022.
4. L. Nguyen*. A design approach for gravity compensators using planar four-bar mechanisms and a linear spring. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 172, p. 104770, 2022.
5. L. Nguyen*, C.-H. Kuo, and P. T. Lin. Compliance error compensation of a robot end-effector with joint stiffness uncertainties for milling: An analytical model. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 170, p. 104717, 2022.
6. L. Nguyen*, C.-H. Kuo, and P. T. Lin. Reliability-based analysis and optimization of the gravity balancing performance of spring-articulated serial robots with uncertainties. ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 14(3), p. 031016, 2021.
7. -H. Kuo*, V.L. Nguyen, D. Robertson, L.-T. Chou, and J.L. Herder. Statically Balancing a Reconfigurable Mechanism by Using One Passive Energy Element Only–A Case Study. ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 13(4), p. 040904, 2021.
8. L. Nguyen, C.-Y Lin, and C.-H. Kuo*. Gravity Compensation Design of Delta Parallel Robots Using Gear-Spring Modules. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 154, p. 104046, 2020.
9. L. Nguyen, C.-Y Lin, and C.-H. Kuo*. Gravity Compensation Design of Planar Articulated Robotic Arms Using the Gear-Spring Modules. ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 12(3), p. 031014, 2020.
10. L. Nguyen and C.-H. Kuo*. An Analytical Stiffness Method for Spring-Articulated Planar Serial or Quasi-serial Manipulators Under Gravity and Arbitrary Load. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 137, pp. 108–126, 2019.

2020: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
2017: MSc in Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan.
2013: B. Eng. in Automation Technology, HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

2022: Excellent Research Performance Award, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taiwan.
2020: Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (1st), The Chinese Society of Mechanism and Machine Theory (CSMMT), Taiwan.
2020: Best Paper of the Conference, The 23rd National Conference on Mechanism and Machine Design, Tainan, Taiwan.
2020: Finalist: Best Student Paper Award, The 23rd IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics and Control (ROMANSY), Japan.
2017 – 2020: Full International Doctoral Program Scholarship, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
2018: Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
2015 – 2017: Full International Master Program Scholarship, National Central University, Taiwan.