Assistant professor
Department of Bio & Brain Engineering, KAIST
Department of AX (AI Experience), KAIST
Email: kyoungho.ha@kaist.ac.kr
Tel: +82-42-350-4334
Office: E16-1, Room 508, KAIST, 291 Daehak-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
Education
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
M.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 2015
B.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 2013
Employments
Assistant professor, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Feb 2026 - present
Adjunct Professor, Department of AX, KAIST, Apr 2026 - present
Postdoctoral researcher, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (PI: John A Rogers), Northwestern University, Jun 2022 - Feb 2026
Representative Publications
1. Full freedom-of-motion actuators as advanced haptic interfaces, Science, 387(6741), 1383-1390. (2025)
2. Bioelastic state recovery for haptic sensory substitution, Nature, 635(8038), 345-352. (2024)
3. Stretchable hybrid response pressure sensors, Matter, 7(5), 1895-1908. (2024)