Patrick Huynh

1 Allée ARAGON                                                                               Block 2, Petir Road, #08-15

93300, Aubervilliers                                                                                      Singapore 678265

France                                                                                                       Republic of Singapore

Phone: +33-623922942                                                                           Phone : +65-67679718

E-mail : phuynh@voila.fr                                                               E-mail : huynhpatrick@yahoo.com

Career Objective

• To continue teaching and research activities in Mechatronics and Robotics, specifically in kinematic & dynamic modeling, design, simulation, control and experimentation of robotic systems.
• To introduce and establish undergraduate and postgraduate research programs.
• To enhance the researching skills of senior-level undergraduate and graduate students.
• To promote research collaborations with industries and research organizations.
• To actively participate in scientific and professional organizations.

Education

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, specialization in Robotics and Control, University Paris 12, July 1992.
• Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, specialization in Telerobotics, University Paris 6, Sept. 1987.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechatronics, Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Génie Electrique, ESIGELEC, Rouen, France, June 1986.

Honours and Awards

• First class honour Ph.D. degree.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship of the European Space Agency (ESA).
• Guest Research Fellowship of the Japanese Science and Technology Agency (STA).

Languages

• Fluent in French and English.
• Basic knowledge of Japanese.

Experience

• 2006-present : Lecturer at Ecole Centrale d'Ingénierie Informatique (ECII), Paris 19e.

  	Teaching of Artificial Intelligence.
  	Teaching of Design and Control of Mobile Robots.

• 1999-2005 : Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Division at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore.

  	Development of a Biped Humanoid Robot.
  	Development of a Macro-Micro-Manipulator for research study in fine motion ability.
  	Development of a 3 d.o.f parallel mechanism wrist for educational purposes.
  	Teaching of Digital Control and Intelligent Systems.
  	Teaching of Mechatronic Systems Modeling and Control.
  	Teaching of Mobile Robotics.
  	Teaching of C/C++ Programming for Engineering Applications.
  	Teaching of WebPage design.
  	Teaching of Industrial SEIKO and ASEA Robot Programmming Languages.
  	Training of ME students in Pro/Engineer Mechanism design (motion simulation and animation).
  	Training of ME students in computer simulation and control of Mechatronic systems.
  	Training and supervision of final year project students in Parallel Mechanism design and control.
  	Training and supervision of final year project students in Macro-Micro-Manipulator design and control.
  	Training and supervision of final year project students in Applications of Macro-Micro-Manipulator.
  	Training and supervision of final year project students in Biped Humanoid Robot design.
  	Seminar : Teleoperation: Evolution and Applications. Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Mechanical Engineering Division, Singapore, August 07, 1999.
  	Lecture : Bond-Graph: A Multi-disciplinary Modeling Language of Physical Systems. Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Mechanical Engineering Division, Singapore, November 27, 1999.
  	Seminar : Robotics: Evolution Technology and Applications. Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Mechanical Engineering Division, Singapore, July 18, 2000.
  	Seminar : Parallel Mechanisms: Basic Concepts and Applications. National University of Singapore, Mechanical Engineering Department, Singapore, May 09, 2001.

• 1996-1998 : STA Guest Researcher at Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (MEL), MITI, Japan.

  	Development of a graphical method for maximum velocity analysis of parallel manipulators.
  	Investigation on kinematic performance characteristics (workspace, singularity and maximum velocity) of parallel manipulators.
  	Bilateral control of parallel robots.
  	Optimal motion control of a high speed parallel manipulator designed at MEL.
  	Seminar : Kinematic and Dynamic Dualities between Serial and Parallel Manipulators. MEL, Japan, Aug. 10, 1996.

• 1992-1994 : ESA post-doctoral fellow at Department of Computer Science in association with Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, CA, USA.

  Dynamic modeling and simulation of a new generation of macro-/mini-manipulator.

• 1990-92 : Ph.D. research, University Paris 12 and CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique), France.

  	Development of a mechanical telemanipulation system simulator (MA11).
  	Evaluation of energy expenditure of human operator during performing a telemanipulation task.
  	Contribution to CAD design of optimized master arm for a telemanipulation system.
  	Lecture : Dynamic Systems Modeling by the Bond-Graph Language (in French). Laboratoire de Robotique d'Evry (LRE), University Paris 12, July 18, 1991.

• 1989-90 : National Service Scientific teacher at ESAM, Bourges, France.

  Design and development of CAT Computer Aided Teaching on electrical and hydromechanical circuits of MAKILA turbo-motor for the French Super Puma helicopters.

• 1987-89 : Ph.D. research, University Paris 12 and CEA in cooperation with MATRA ESPACE, France.

  	Participation to implementation of control software in HERA experimental site for teleoperation (Hermes Robot Arm) at MATRA ESPACE, including manual position, semi-automatic and automatic modes.
  	Experiments on identification of man-machine interface requirements for the HERA control station.
  	Study on modeling of mechanical man-machine interaction for a telemanipulation system.
  	Implementation of bi-arm experimental facility named "TELEXP" (Teleoperation Experiments) at CEA in the frame of the European Bi-Arm Servicer Project.
  	Responsible of experiments on performance evaluation of the TELEXP control station.
  	Training and supervision of Post-graduate students in Robotics and Teleoperation at CEA.
  	Seminar : State of the Art in Robotics and Telemanipulation in Space (in French). CEA and LRE, 1988.

• June-Sept. 1987 : Master training course in Robotics at Direction des Etudes et Recherches-EDF (Electricité De France), Chatou, France.

  	Study on odometry for a mobile robot.
  	Definition and development of a graphical man-machine interface to pilote in real time a mobile robot for pipe inspection and maintenance.

• June-Oct. 1986 : Engineering training program at Direction des Etudes et Recherches-EDF, Chatou, France.

  	Performance analysis of an optical fibre network (SACHEM-EDF) for measurements and tests.
  	Software development for interactive communication between SACHEM-EDF network and the HP1000 computer.

Professional Skills / Knowledge

• Applied mechanics for robotics.
• Dynamic systems modeling, simulation, design and control.
• Design and motion control of parallel robot mechanisms.
• Performance evaluation of control station for teleoperation.
• Computer languages : Visual Basic, Visual C/C++ and MFC, SWI-Prolog.
• Scientific software : Matlab/Simulink, Mathematica, LabView, Robolab, Pro/Engineer & Mechanism (CAD/CAM and 3D Animation), 20-Sim Pro 3.0 (Bond-Graph Modelling, Simulation and 3D Animation), CODAS (System Modeling and Control).
• Computer : IBM-PC, Macintosh, VAX/VMS 6310, Sun Sparc Station, DEC Station, Silicon Graphics Personal IRIS.

Funded Research Project

"Design and Control of a 3-DOF Parallel Mechanism Mounted on a Serial Robot" funded by the Singapore Totalisator Board and Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, Project Number T9906, S$143,000, 1999-2002.

Major Appointments

• R&D Project member for Space Teleoperation Experiments under European Space Agency (ESA) contract at the French Nuclear Research Institute (1987-89).
• ESA Research Fellow at Mechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University, CA, USA (1992-94).
• Guest Researcher of the Japanese Science and Technology Agency at Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (MEL), Tsukuba, Japan (1996-98).
• Chairman of the session Robot Kinematics and Dynamics I, Fifth IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Manufacturing (RM'97), Cancún, Mexico, May 28-31, 1997.
• R&D Project Leader for Singapore Totalisator Board at the School of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Division, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, (1999-2002).
• Treasurer of SiCToMM (Singapore Committee for Technologies of Machines and Mechanisms), the member committee of IFTOMM in Singapore (2001-2003).
• Member of International Program Committee, Organizer and Chairman of the invited session on Parallel Mechanisms, IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM'04), Singapore, Dec 1-3, 2004.

Hobbies

Building Lego robots for kids, traveling, tennis, swimming.

References

• Prof. Michel Cotsaftis :

Ecole Centrale d’Electronique - LMTE

53 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris, France

Phone : +33.1.44.39.06.02, Fax : +33.1.42.22.59.02, E-mail : mcot@ece.fr

• Prof. Jacques Hervé :

Ecole Centrale de Paris

Grande Voie des Vignes, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France

Phone : +33.1.41.13.11.98, Fax : +33.1.41.13.14.37, E-mail : jherve@ecp.fr

• Prof. Bernard Roth :

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Design Division

Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4021, USA

Phone : +1-650-723-3657, Fax : +1-650-723-3521, E-mail : broth@stanford.edu

• Prof. Oussama Khatib :

Department of Computer Science, Robotics Laboratory

Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Phone : +1-650-723-9753, Fax : +1-650-723-1449, E-mail : khatib@cs.stanford.edu

• Prof. Tatsuo Arai :

Area of Intelligent Systems, Division of Systems Science

Department of Systems and Human Science

Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

1-3 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka City, Osaka 560, Japan

Phone : +81-6-850-6365, Fax : +81-6-850-6341, E-mail : arai@sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

• Dr. Kazuo Tanie :

Director, Field Robotics Research Group

Intelligent Systems Research Institute

National Institute of Advance Industrial Science and Industry

1-2 Namiki, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-8564, Japan

Phone : +81-298-58-7088, Fax : +81-298-58-7201, E-mail : tanie.k@aist.go.jp

• Prof. I-Ming Chen :

School of Mechanical & Producion Engineering

Nanyang Technological University

51 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639798

Phone : +65-6790-6203, Fax : +65-6792-4062, E-mail : michen@ntu.edu.sg

• Dr. Guilin Yang :

Research Scientist at Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology

Configurable Automation, Level 1, Tower Block

71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075

Phone : +65.6793.2010, Fax : +65.6791.6377, E-mail : glyang@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg

• Dr. S. N. Mukherjee :

Lecturer and Manager of Material Engineering Section

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Mechanical Engineering Division

535, Clementi Road, Singapore 599489

Phone : +65-6460-8007, Fax : +65-6467-7384, E-mail : msn@np.edu.sg