Assistant Professor / IEEE Korea Council Chapter Secretary & Treasurer
KNU Field Robotics Laboratory
Dept. of Robot and Smart System Engineering
Kyungpook National University
Email: hgjoe@knu.ac.kr; joehangil@gmail.com
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Ph.D. , Dept. of IT Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea (2019)
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Son-Cheol Yu Thesis Title: AUV based Precise Seabed Mapping with a Wave Energy-harvesting Surface VehicleM.E., Dept. of Ocean Science and Technology at POSTECH, South Korea (2014)
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Son-Cheol Yu Thesis Title: Development of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ‘Cyclops’ and Control System DesignB.E., School of Mechanical Eng. at Pusan National University, South Korea (2012)
2020-present: Assistant Professor, Kyungpook National University
2019 - 2020: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Creative IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology
2006 - 2008 : Military Service in ROK Marine Corps
Gyeongbuk Sea Grant research project: Development of camera based underwater monitoring system for fishery in Gyeonguk area, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, $727,000 (Researcher, Jan. 2017 - present)
Anti-Submarine Technology and Civil Applications, Electric and Magnetic Sensor-Fusion based Underwater Metal Object Detection, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, $54,500 (Research assistant, Jun. 2017 to Jun. 2018)
Gyeongbuk Sea Grant research project: Survey on Fisheries Resources and Ecosystems on the East Coast Using Hovering Type Autonomous underwater vehicle, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, $ 180,000 (Research assistant, Jan. 2014 to Dec. 2017)
Autonomous Submersible Buoy System Utilizing Renewable Ocean Energy (grant number: N62909-13-1-N173), Office of Naval Research (ONR, US Navy), $90,000 (Researcher, Jul. 2013 to Jul. 2014)
2020 Best Paper Award, Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference
2020 Oral Presentation Award, The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science
2018 Distinguished Service Award for National Ocean Day 2018, Pohang Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries, South Korea
2018 Best Paper Award, Korean Marine Robot Technology Society
2016 IEEE OES Student Poster Award on "Imaginary AUV project", International Conference AUV2016 at Univ. of Tokyo