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Publications & Presentations
Honors & Awards
Extracurricular Activities
Publications & Presentations
Publications
Kanghyeon Kim, Changhoon Sung, Jungjoon Lee, Joonhee Won, Woojin Jeon, Seungbeom Seo, Kyungho Yoon, and Seongjun Park. 2021. "Computational and Histological Analyses for Investigating Mechanical Interaction of Thermally Drawn Fiber Implants with Brain Tissue" Micromachines 12, no. 4: 394. [doi]
Presentations
Kanghyeon Kim. 2020. “Development of Finite Element Model for Design of Neural Interface Devices” KAIST Bio and Brain Engineering Undergraduate Research Presentation [ppt]
Honors & Awards
Certificate of Academic Excellence (1st in class), KAIST Bio and Brain Engineering, 2025
2025 Outstanding Graduate Award for Leadership and Service (top 1%), KAIST Dean, 2025
Appointment as 1st Cohort of Next-Generation Engineers, Institute for Promotion of Engineering and Science of Korea, 2025
CoE Leadership Award (Outstanding Achievements in Entrepreneurship), KAIST College of Engineering, 2024
National Delegate and Nobel Ceremony Guest, Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS), 2023
Talent Award of Korea (Healthcare and Education Technology Leader), Ministry of Education, 2023
(featured in KAIST BBE NEWs and many other articles)Gold Prize - 10th Donggyo Talent Award, Surim Foundation, 2023
Excellence in Mentorship Award, KAIST Global Institute for Talented Education, 2023
Representative of KAIST Student Exchange Ambassador with Scholarship, KAIST, 2023
Excellence in Training Award (from Colonel, 2 times), Republic of Korea Army, 2021/2022
The publication of the paper was featured in KAIST BBE NEWs, 2021
Excellence Award (6th over 78th teams), KAIST 1st App Service Start-up Competition, 2021
Best Undergraduate Research Award, KAIST Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, 2020
National Science & Technology Scholarship, Ministry of Science and ICT, 2020~2023
Department Honors Scholarship (Academic Excellence, 2 times), KAIST, 2019/2020
Diamond (top 5%) Level of Leadership Mileage, KAIST, 2020
Appointment as Member of Young Engineers Honor Society, National Academy of Engineering of Korea, 2019
Samsung Dream Class Scholarship (as a mentor), Samsung Welfare Foundation, 2019
Merit-Based KAIST Support Scholarship, KAIST, 2019
Science & Engineering KAIST Support Scholarship, KAIST, 2018
Extracurricular Activities
Work experience (Startup)
More than 200 mentees and around 400 hours of volunteering during college years
Data Engineer, Project Manager, Representative Mentor, Content Advisor
| Audivice Team of Windfally Inc. (EdTech Startup)
Aug. 2022 - Present (Seoul, Korea)Leading Data Business Team, developing artificial intelligence (AI) services with audio mentoring data
Offered mentoring and strategic advice on marketing and business based on mentoring experiences
Originator, Leader | ‘Sweet Career’ Team (KT&G Social Innovation Idea Contest)
Oct. 2022 - Dec. 2022 (Seoul, Korea)Formed team and proposed idea of the 'Everyone' app, providing opportunity for individuals to freely find career paths and assistants they need, irrespective of time, space, and methods
Originator, Front-end Developer, Business Analyst, Customer Management
| ‘CONNECTed’ Team (KAIST 1st App Service Start-up Competition)
Nov. 2020 - Nov. 2021 (Daejeon, Korea)Formed team, proposed idea with business model, participated in front-end development of novel SNS diary app, designed to manage interpersonal connections and meeting locations, and won Excellence Award [demo-video]
Took technical courses on business planning, prototyping (Adobe XD), DB modeling, and IR pitching
Mentoring & Volunteering
More than 200 mentees and around 400 hours of volunteering during college years
Life Gatekeeper | Korea Foundation For Suicide Prevention
May. 2024 - PresentResearch Mentor | KAIST Science Outreach Program, Research & Education Course
Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023Guided high school students from underrepresented groups in following research projects: 1) Development of Criminal Investigation Robot, 2) Implementation of Novel CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) Model, and 3) Exploring Helicopter Designs for Minimizing Impact During Landing.
Mentor (Teaching Korean to international students) | KAIST Friendship Program
Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023Mentor (Science) | KAIST and Korea Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Jan. 2021 - Mar. 2021, Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023Tutor (Biology) | KAIST Center for Gifted Education
Sep. 2022 - Dec. 2022Mentor (Science) | KAIST Science Outreach Program
Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2020, Sep. 2022 - Dec. 2022Chief Mentor (IT class) | KAIST-Chi Cambodia Volunteering Program
Nov. 2019 - Jan. 2020Designed and led IT curriculum (‘Smart Home’) utilizing Arduino circuits and sensors
Participated in educational volunteering in math and science, as well as school maintenance work
Career Consultant & Lecturer (Science) | Joseph English Academy
Aug. 2018 - Sep. 2020Representative Instructor (Math) | Samsung Welfare Foundation, Dream Class
Mar. 2019 - Jul. 2019Selected Teacher (Career) | Travelling Teachers
Mar. 2018 - Aug. 2018
Networking / Club Activities
Young Engineers Honor Society | National Academy of Engineering of Korea
Sep. 2019 - PresentAttended academic seminars/forums on engineering tech, incl. batteries, ML, autonomous vehicles
Participated in Junior Engineering Classes and Specialty Info Sessions for disadvantaged students
Participated in app/web development and machine learning (ML) study groups
Brain and Cognitive Science Community | Seoul National University
Sep. 2022 - Feb. 2023Attended academic seminars, participated in neural decoding study group and gave poster presentation
Jiu-jitsu Trainee | jiujitseunim , KAIST Jiu-jitsu Club
Mar. 2023 - Dec. 2024Dancer, PR team leader, Sound team | MANSHIN, KAIST Jazz Dance-cul Club
Mar. 2018 - Dec. 2019Classic guitar player | ASTURIAS, KAIST Classic Guitar Club
Mar. 2018 - Aug. 2019Bartender | Secret Bar, KAIST BBE Cocktail Club
Mar. 2019 - Dec. 2019Skier | KAKI, KAIST Ski & Snowboard Club
Mar. 2018 - Dec. 2018
In addition to my active involvement in the communities mentioned above, my leisure time is filled with a variety of hobbies that allow me to explore and enjoy the world through diverse pursuits. Here's a glimpse into some of my hobbies:
Book Study - Hansung Science High School, 2017~ Present
Algorithm Problem Solving (ranked in top 5% - Baekjoon Online Judge)
Sports: Basketball, Table-tennis, Football | Novice: Violin, Yoga, Jujutsu, Golf, Badminton, Tennis
Travel: Korea, US, Europe 17 countries, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Australia, China, Japan, Cambodia, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam
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