Associate Professor
Graduate School of Technology and Innovation Management, DGIST
333, Techno Jungang Daero, Hyeonpung-Eup, Dalseong-Gun Daegu, 42988, KOREA
Office Room #210 (Bldg. E7)
Tel. +82 53 785 5620
E-mail dkkang@dgist.ac.kr
EDUCATION
Sep 2009 ~ Aug 2015 Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Mar 2006 ~ Aug 2009 B.S., Industrial and Management Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea
Ph.D THESIS TITLE
Evaluation of Online Services Using the MCDM Approach: User Evaluation and Expert Evaluation
EXPERIENCE
July 2025 ~ Present Associate Professor, Graduate School of Technology and Innovation Management, DGIST
Sep 2024 ~ June 2025 Associate Professor, Department of Smart Logistics, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea
Sep 2018 ~ Feb 2024 Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Korea
Sep 2015 ~ Aug 2018 IT Consultant, Samsung SDS, Seoul, Korea
Mar 2011 ~ Aug 2015 Research Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Jan 2020 ~ present Director, The Korean Society for Quality Management (KSQM)
Jan 2019 ~ present Editorial Member, Korea Technology Innovation Society (KTIS)
Sep 2018 ~ present Member, Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 Instructor award for Grand Prize Team at the college student idea contest hosted by the Korean Society for Quality Management
2009 Cum Laude, POSTECH
2006 ~ 2009 National Scholarship for Science and Engineering, Korea Student Aid Foundation
RESEARCH INTERESTS
l Technology Management including Technology Forecasting and Exploration, Technology Data Intelligence
l Quality Management, Service Engineering
l Fuzzy Set Theory, Multi-Criteria Decision Making
l Ongoing Topics
Technology forecasting using technology diffusion model
Developing fuzzy MCDM for evaluating technology alternatives in various industries including energy industry and mobility industry
Evaluating service quality using various methods in service engineering