Senior Researcher · Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) · Sep 2024 – Present
Leading and participating in national and industry R&D programs on manufacturing AI, physical diagnostics, and multimodal sensing. PI — KRISS-funded acousto-photonic multiphysics AI research (2026) and industry-funded aircraft-manufacturing logistics diagnostics (2026).
Collaborative Research · Acoustics, Ultrasound and Vibration (AUV) Team, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon · Oct 2021 – Aug 2024
Intensive AI Program (Government Scholarship) · Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, USA · Jan 2020 – Jul 2020
Teaching Assistant · LINC 3.0 Workshop (Jan 30 – Feb 1, 2023) · HuStar Workshop (Jul 26 – 30, 2021) · Samsung Heavy Industries Workshop (Feb 22 – May 28, 2021)
ASML Korea · Apr 2018 – Jul 2019
Supported EUV lithography system installation and commissioning for major semiconductor fabs in Korea and Taiwan (NXE:3400). Reviewed EUV equipment sensor logs and field issue data during installation, qualification, and troubleshooting. Coordinated hardware/software specification issues with field application engineers and fab process teams.
Mando · Sep 2016 – Apr 2018
Designed automotive brake systems (A-SPICE, ISO 26262) — system architecture, FMEA, and hardware specifications. Analyzed customer requirements from HKMC, Volkswagen, and Ford.
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) · Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering · Advisor: Prof. Seungchul Lee · Sep 2019 – Aug 2024
Ajou University · B.S. in Mechanical Engineering · Suwon, South Korea · 2016
Board Member — Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers (KSMTE)
Director, Design & CAE Division (2025–2026) · Director, Manufacturing AI Division (2026)
Journal Reviewer
Computers & Industrial Engineering · Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing · Applied Acoustics · Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence · Expert Systems With Applications
Invited Talk — PHM Korea 2026 · Jun 2026
Invited Talk — LG AI Research · Dec 4, 2025
Invited Talk — Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) · Oct 16, 2025
Invited Talk — Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) · Sep 26, 2025
Invited Talk — Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) AI Community · Oct 21, 2024
Best Paper Award — KSME (Wafer Map Failure Pattern Classification) · 2021
Grand Award (1st Prize) — AI Competition hosted by LG AI Research · 2021
Dean’s List — Ajou University · 2015
Creative Award — LINC Capstone Design Competition · 2015
Grand Award — LINC Field Internship Competition · 2014
Director’s Award — Comprehensive Human Resources Development Institute · 2010
Position-wise Sound Source Separation-based Acoustic Event Segmentation System and Method · KR 10-2026-0026172 · filed Feb 10, 2026
Automatic Initial Bolt Fastening and Diagnosis System · KR 10-2026-0011874 · filed Jan 21, 2026
Apparatus and Method for Inspecting Broaching Tools · KR 10-2025-0194373 · filed Dec 9, 2025
AI-based Object-Customized Acoustic Control via Real-Time Object Tracking and Sound-Field Control — Method and Apparatus · KR 10-2025-0058254 · filed May 2, 2025
Human Fall Detection Apparatus and Method using a Deep Learning Model · KR 10-2024-0085044 · filed Jun 28, 2024
AI / Modeling: Physics-informed Machine Learning · Inverse Problem · Conditional Generative Models
Sensing & Signal: Acoustic · Vibration · Ultrasound · SPAD / Photonics · mmWave Radar · Vision / Imaging
Industrial Deployment: Fault Diagnosis & PHM · Process Quality Analysis · Manufacturing AI Pipelines