[Biography]

He received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2006, the M.S. degree in Optics from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, in 2014. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea. He also served as CEO/CTO at Spacesoft Industries Co., Ltd., Daejeon, South Korea, where he led the development of a universal platform for unmanned vehicles, including hardware and software for various applications. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Smart IT at Semyung University, Jecheon-si, South Korea. His research interests include delay-tolerant networks for space communications, 6G communication systems, UAV networks, and the autonomous control of UAVs.

[Education]

• B.Eng. in School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Chung-Ang University (2006)

• M.S. in Optics at University of Central Florida (2009)

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas (2014) 

[Experience]

2021. 04. ~ Current  세명대학교 스마트IT학부(정보통신학부) 조교수

2025. 09. ~ Current  세명대학교 RISE사업단 전문위원

2025. 08. ~ Current  충북RISE AI 모빌리티 공동연구센터 지산학연 협의체 위원

2023. 01. ~ 2025. 05.  세명대학교 홍보센터장

2020. 11. ~ 2021. 03.  (주)젠아트 기업부설연구소 연구소장

2019. 08. ~ 2020. 11.  (주)스페이스소프트인더스트리 대표이사/기술이사

2017. 01. ~ 2019. 07.  한국과학기술원(KAIST) 정보전자연구소 연수연구원

2016. 07. ~ 2016. 12.  한국과학기술원(KAIST) 조천식녹색교통대학원 위촉연구원

[Award]

2024. 02.  교원업적평가 우수교원 - 세명대학교

2023. 02.  세명챌린저상 - 세명대학교

2022. 11.  우수논문상 - (사)한국디지털정책학회 추계학술대회 

[Activity]

• IEEE Member

• IEEE Consumer Communicaions & Networking Conference(CCNC) 2019 TPC Member & Conference Paper Reviewer

• IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference(WCNC) 2018 Regular Paper Reviewer

<Guest Editor>

• Electronics - Advanced Technologies in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-Based Communications

<International Journal Reviewer>

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Access, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, MDPI Sensors, MDPI Drones, MDPI Electronics, MDPI Aerospace, MDPI Remote Sensing, MDPI Applied Sciences

<Domestic Activities>

• 한국정보통신학회 종신회원

• 한국통신학회 정회원

• 한국자동차안전학회 정회원

• 한국도로공사 기술평가위원(2024.0101. ~ 현재)

• 아산시 기술자문위원회 정보통신분야 위원(2022.07.01. ~  현재)

• 중소기업융합학회 이사(2022.01.01. ~ 2022.12.31.)