Selected Awards and Honors (Including mentored students)
< Government and Industry Awards and Recognitions >
Gold Prize, Samsung Humantech Paper Award (2023)
Official commendation from the Minister of SMEs and Startups (중소기업벤처부장관상) (2022)
Inducted into 2022 Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST) (차세대과학기술한림원) (2022)
Top 20 Startup Award in the field of Materials and Components, Ministry of SMES and Startups, Republic of Korea (2021)
‘Scientist of the Month Award’ by the Ministry of Science and ICT, and National Research Foundation of Korea
(이달의 과할기술인상, 과학기술정보통신부 장관상) (2020)
Official commendation from the Minister of Science and ICT on the 55th Annual Invention Day
hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (과학기술정보통신부 장관상) (2020)
Silver Medal, The 14th Samsung Electro-Mechanics Best Paper Award (2018)
Bronze Prize for Samsung Best Paper Award (2015, Vice Chairman Award)
Samsung Electronics Annual Award (Invention Achievement Award) (2014, CEO Award)
Promoted to Principal Engineer in the shortest period in division history (Samsung Electronics) (2014)
Best Practice Award, DMC R&D Center, Samsung Electronics (Twice in separate occasions, 2014)
Major Achievement Award in R&D, Samsung Electronics (2013, CEO Award)
Outstanding Individual Researcher of the Year Award, Samsung Electronics (2013)
Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award, Samsung Electronics (2013)
Samsung Scholarship Award for Graduate Studies (2004-2009)
< Academic Society Awards and Recognition >
IEEE Fellow (2023)
st Place Best Student Paper Award, 2023 IEEE iWAT (2023)
2nd Place Best Paper Award, 2023 IEEE iWAT (2023)
2nd Place Best Student Paper Award, 2021 IEEE AP-S/URSI (2021)
1st Place Best Student Paper Award, 2020 IEEE AP-S/URSI (2020)
1st Place Best Paper Award, 2020 IEEE EuCAP (2020)
2022, 2019 IEEE AP-S/URSI Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention (2019)
Young Researcher Award, The Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (2018)
1st Prize Best Student Paper Award, IEEE ISAP (2018)
Best Paper Award, 2017 ISMOT (2017)
< University Awards and Recognitions >
Class of 2023 Outstanding Mater's Student Award, Electrical Engineering, POSTECH (2023)
Class of 2022 Most Outstanding POSTECH Ph.D. Dissertation Award, POSTECH (2022)
Class of 2020 Outstanding Master's Student Award, Electrical Engineering, POSTECH (2021)
Muenjae Chair Professorship, POSTECH (2020)
Class of 2018 Outstanding Master's Student Award, Electrical Engineering, POSTECH (2019)
Rappaport Wireless Communications Scholarship (2003)
NASA Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURI) (2003)
A.F.Welch Scholarship (2002)
Donald McQuinn Scholarship (2001)
Dean’s List, Purdue University (2000-2004)