Brian Nguyen

Skills

Mechatronics & Robotics

Feedback control & stability Discrete-time control State estimation (Kalman/EKF) Sensor fusion Modeling & simulation MPC & optimisation Interfacing sensors/actuators Systems integration

Software & Systems

C/C++ (OOP, modular design) JavaScript / Node.js Data structures & algorithms WebSockets (real-time systems) RESTful APIs LLM API integration Prompt engineering & tool routing Session/context management Rate limiting & resilience Docker & PM2 process management Cloud deployment (GCP, Render, Railway) Service monitoring with UptimeRobot CI/CD & version control Logging & observability Git/GitHub

Hardware & Fabrication

Fabrication & prototyping Mechanical workshop tools Machining fundamentals Materials handling SolidWorks CAD modelling Soldering & circuit prototyping

Design & Professional Practice

Requirements & stakeholder analysis Design validation Teamwork & communication Project management Ethics & constraints

Competencies

Academic foundation and applied implementation experience across robotics and software systems.

Controls & estimation

MTRN3020 — discrete-time control design and implementation.
MTRN3210 — feedback stability analysis and controller synthesis.
MTRN4010 — Kalman/EKF, sensor fusion, optimisation, MPC concepts.
Capability: translating mathematical models into executable control software.

Mechatronic systems

MTRN2500 — C++ OOP; hardware interfacing; MATLAB-based modelling.
MTRN3500 — DAQ systems, sensor integration (IMU/GPS/encoders), IPC and data flow.
Capability: integrating sensors, actuators, and computation into working systems.

Computer science & algorithms

COMP1531 — collaborative software engineering and testing practices.
COMP2521 — data structures and algorithmic problem solving.
COMP2511 — OO design patterns and maintainable architectures.
COMP3121 — algorithm design, complexity analysis, optimisation.

Applied engineering & deployment

DESN1000/2000/3000 — stakeholder-driven design, validation, professional communication.
Projects — cloud-deployed systems with logging, iteration, and real users.
Strength: converting theory into reliable, production-grade implementations.

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Projects

Selected builds with a focus on deployability and engineering clarity.

X-O RNG Web • Multiplayer

A Tic-Tac-Toe variant where each click randomly becomes X, O, or remains blank. Includes online multiplayer via WebSockets, room codes, spectators, and a round scoreboard.

Case study (soon) Live Demo
Discord AI Assistant LLM • Cloud • DevOps

Production-ready Discord AI assistant integrating an OpenAI-compatible LLM API with per-user memory summarisation, dynamic web-search fallback, and structured prompt tooling. Designed to participate naturally in server conversation through cached slang reactions, contextual interjections, rolling style analysis, and recent GIF reuse. Deployment evolved from a Google Cloud VM with PM2 process management to Railway-based cloud hosting.

Not directly “click-to-open” (runs inside Discord). Architecture overview and screenshots available upon request.

Case study (soon) GitHub

Contact

For collaboration, internships, coursework discussion, or project questions:

contact@brians-projects.com

GitHub • LinkedIn

Focus

Tooling