Khai Nguyen

I am currently involved in several projects, featuring AI-powered humanoid robots, model predictive path integral control, and implicit deep learning.

I graduated from the MS in Mechanical Engineering–Research program at Carnegie Mellon Univeristy. I was advised by Zac Manchester as a member of the Robotic Exploration Lab, in the Robotics Institute. I worked with Jesus Tordesillas and Marco Hutter in the Robotic Systems Lab, ETH Zurich within the Robotics Student Fellowship.

Previously, I graduated with a BS in Control Engineering and Automation–Talent Program from Hanoi University of Science and Technology. I have ~2 years of experience in autopilot systems with Viettel Aerospace Institute.

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research

I am driven by elegant solution methods in robot learning and control that target high performance, safety guarantees, data efficiency, and robust generalization—key milestones toward embodied intelligence.

I am open to exploring various theoretical and practical aspects of robotics, drawing on my background in control theory, differentiable optimization, and machine learning.

I am seeking PhD positions beginning Fall 2025!