Research Interests
Human Reliability Analysis Human Errors & Decision Making
Patient safety & Human Machine Interface Affective Human Robot Interaction
Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Doctor or Philosophy in Industrial Engineering May 2008
Dissertation Title: “Effective design of advertisement in handheld devices”
Seoul National University, South Korea
Master of Science in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Feb. 1997
Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Feb. 1995
Work Experience
Professor Sep. 2020-Present
Soongsil University Seoul, South Korea
Dept. of Industrial & Information Systems Engineering
Associate Professor Sep. 2014 – Aug.2020
Soongsil University Seoul, South Korea
Dept. of Industrial & Information Systems Engineering
Assistant Professor Sep. 2013 – Aug 2014
Soongsil University Seoul, South Korea
Dept. of Industrial & Information Systems Engineering
Assistant Professor Aug. 2008 – Aug. 2013
Nanyang Technological University Singapore
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Human Factors Engineer Sep. 2007 – Jul. 2008
Eastman Kodak Company, CDC User Experience Rochester, NY.
Research Assistant Jun. 2003 – Aug. 2007
Purdue University, Information Technology at Purdue West Lafayette, IN.
Research Engineer Feb. 1997 – Jun. 2002
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Koje, South Korea
Activities & Services
Advisory Board Member:
Korean Institute of Healthcare Accreditation (Jan 2017 - )
Societies:
Korean Society for Quality in Healthcare (since 2013)
- Director in International Relations (2024-2028)
Korean Society for Patient Safety (since 2012)
- Director in Outreach (2022-2026)
- Director in Publications (2021-2022)
Ergonomics Society in Korea (since 2009)
- Vice President in External Affairs(2026-2028)
- Vice President in Outreach (2024-2026)
- Vice President in Standardization (2022-2023)
- Vice President in International Relations (2020-2022)
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Member since 2007)
IEEE: Member since 2010
Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society (since 2004)
Conference Organizer & Chair:
International Ergonomics Congress 2024, Jeju, South Korea: Special Program Chair
Asian Conference on Ergonomics and Design 2014: Jeju South Korea
Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics 2012: San Francisco CA.: Session Chair
International Conference on Social Robotics 2010: Singapore : Session Chair
Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics 2010: Miami FL. : Session Chair
MARTECH 2010, Singapore : Session Chair
Editorial Board Member:
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (2015 - )
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries (2012-)
Journal of Korean Society for Quality in Healthcare (2014 - )
Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korean (2014- )
Reviewer for Journals:
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (2004, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Behavior in Technology (2005, 2009, 2010, 2011)
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (2006, 2009, 2010)
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (2007, 2008)
Decision Support Systems (2010)
Design Studies (2008)
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (2012)
Sentinel Event Review: Invited by Changi General Hospital, Singapore (Nov. 2010)
- Provided expertise in Human Factors to determine the cause of the sentinel event and recommend for preventing similar events from occurring
Panel Discussion: HCI and Innovations, SEANES 2012 (Jul. 2012)
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