Honors & Awards

3. Doctorate program

Aug. 2025 The Seeman Student Travel Award (Top 6), ISNSCE (International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering) - [ ISNSCE ]

Aug. 2025 NSF Travel Grant/Award for the DNA31 International Conference in Lyon (France) - [ DNA31 ]

Oct. 2024 Korean Honor Scholarship (KHS) 2024, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA - [ 2024 Recipients ]

Aug. 2024 2024 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship, KSEA & Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO) - [ 2024 Recipients ]

Jun. 2024 The 3rd MOGAM-KASBP Scholarship Award, MOGAM & KASBP - [ 2024 Awardee ]

- Proposal “Direct and programmable therapeutic mRNA and drug delivery using foldable RNA/DNA origami self-assembly"

Apr. 2024 2024 UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award, University of California, Berkeley

- Selected as Top 4 outstanding graduate student mentors from all departments at UC Berkeley.

- Nominated by 13 researchers (4 Post-Doc., 4 Ph.D. students, and 5 undergraduate researchers).

- NEWS [ Graduate Assembly ], [ Graduate Division ], [ Berkeley ENG ], [ Berkeley EECS ]

- Ceremony [ Nomination remark ], [ Acceptance speech ]

Apr. 2024 2024 UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Student Leadership, University of California, Berkeley

- Honored by devotion and leadership to the academic community as the 2023-2024 President of KGSA (webpage) at UC Berkeley - [ Leadership Acitivity ].

- NEWS [ Division of Student Affair ] [ Berkeley EECS ]

- Ceremony [ Remark by Vice Chancellor ]

Department (EECS) Award, University of California, Berkeley

May 2024 Evergreen Award for Undergraduate Researcher Mentoring

- Award to recognize the role in creating a welcoming and supportive community for EECS undergraduate researchers.

- Organized by EECS Evergreen Research & Discovery Awards - [ BIG GIVE 2024 ]

Aug. 2023 Mentor Award for Undergraduate Researcher Mentoring

- SUPERB (Summer Undergraduate Program in Engineering Research at Berkeley) mentor - [ SUPERB (UC Berkeley EECS) ]

Fall 2022 Departmental Fellowship & EECS Award (Admission committee)

2. Master's degree

May 2023 Best Paper Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME) - CAE and Applied Mechanics Conference

Jul. 2022 The 21st Kwanjeong Ph.D. Scholarship for Study Overseas, Kwanjeong Educational Foundation

Feb. 2022 Outstanding Master's Dissertation Award, Seoul National University

Feb. 2022 Outstanding Graduate Student Award (Brain Korea 21), Seoul National University

Spring 2020 - Fall 2022 Semester High Honors & Scholarships, Seoul National University

1. Bachelor's degree

Feb. 2020 Graduation Excellence Student Award (Summa Cum Laude), Hanyang University

May 2019 2nd Place in Graduation Thesis of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University

- Thesis "Fabrication of Locally Porous PDMS: Application to Reusable Oil/Water Separator with Antagonistic Macro-Porosity and Chemical Property" (Advisor Prof. Hongyun So).

Dec. 2017 Academic Excellence Award & Full Scholarship (Top 3%), Guwon Scholarship Foundation & Hanyang University

Jun. 2017 Global Idea Hackathon Award (by Chancellor of Hanyang University), Hanyang University & Ministry of Science and ICT

Spring 2017 - Fall 2019 Semester High Honors (Six semesters), Hanyang University

Spring 2017 - Spring 2018 Scholarships for Hanyang Brain (Two semesters), Hanyang University

May. 2016 Air Force Chief of Staff Award, Military law and human rights work contest, Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF)

3. Doctorate program (2022 ~ Present)

[7] Selected as "2024 Top 100 National Research Development and Excellence Achievements in the Republic of Korea", Ministry of Science and ICT (MIST) & Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP), Government of the Republic of Korea

December 17, 2024

Top 2 outstanding achievement in the field of Mechanics & Materials

Announcement [ KISTEP (YouTube) ][ 2024 Top100 Achievement.pdf ]

Ministry of Science and ICT (MIST) & Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP), Republic of Korea

[6] 2024 Top 10 Mechanical Technologies of the Year in the Republic of Korea, The Korean Federation of Mechanical Engineering Societies.

November 13, 2024

Announcement [ 2024 Top10 Mechanical Technology ]

The Korean Federation of Mechanical Engineering Societies

[6.1] Poster - [pdf]

[6.2] Award

[5] Korean Honor Scholarship (KHS) 2024, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA

October 1, 2024

To encourage outstanding students who have Korean heritage to achieve their highest academic performance and develop leadership qualities for their future professional careers in the global society

Announcement [ 2024 Recipients ] & [ About KHS ]

Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA

[5.1] Certificate of Scholarship Recipient

[4] 2024 KUSCO-KSEA Scholarship, 37th US-Korea Conference (UKC), San Francisco

August 23, 2024

Awarded to outstanding graduate students of Korean heritage in the USA, who are excel in academics, leadership and services to the community

Announcement [ 2024 Recipients ].

Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center (KUSCO) &

Korean-American Scientist and Engineers Association (KSEA)

[4.1] Scholarship Ceremony, 37th US-Korea Conference

[4.2] Certificate of Scholarship

[3] The 3rd MOGAM-KASBP Scholarship, Boston

June 8, 2024

Awarded to 10 outstanding graduate students in the field of drug discovery and development

(Medical, Biological, and Pharmaceutical sciences)

Announcement - [ Awardee notice ]

Proposal “Direct and programmable therapeutic mRNA and drug delivery using foldable RNA/DNA origami self-assembly”

MOGAM Science Scholarship Foundation &

The Korean American Society in Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (KASBP)

[3.1] Ceremony

[3.2] Certificate

[2] 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award, UC Berkeley

April 17, 2024

Top 4 outstanding graduate student mentors from all departments at UC Berkeley - [ The Graduate Assembly ], [ The Graduate Division ], [ Berkeley Engineering (News) ], [ Berkeley EECS (News) ]

Graduate Assembly, University of California, Berkeley

The award honors Berkeley graduate and professional students who have shown an outstanding commitment to mentoring, advising, and generally supporting undergraduate students and/or their fellow graduate students.

[2.1] Group picture of lab members

[2.2] Outstanding Student Peer Mentor Award

[2.3] Nomination remark (by mentee)

[2.4] Acceptance speech

[1] UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Student Leadership, UC Berkeley

April 8, 2024

Honored by dedication & leadership to the academic community as the president of KGSA at UC Berkeley - [ Division of Student Affair (NEWS) ][ Remark (Youtube) ]

University of California, Berkeley

The award honors undergraduate or graduate student who has demonstrated significant and sustained leadership to the campus community through equity, innovation, and collaboration.