Professor

Education

• Ph.D. in Engineering, University of Tsukuba (2020.09)

Department of Risk Engineering, Graduate School of System and Information Engineering

Dissertation: A Study on Human Trust in Machines under Supervisory Control

Supervisor: Prof. Makoto Itoh

• Master of Engineering, University of Tsukuba (2017.03) 

Department of Risk Engineering, Graduate School of System and Information Engineering

Graduated with Excellence Award

Thesis: Investigation of Driver's Compensation to Avoid Pedestrian Collision under Visual Field Contraction

Supervisor: Prof. Makoto Itoh

• Bachelor of Engineering, University of Tsukuba (2015.03)

College of Information Science, School of Informatics

Specialised Subject: Machine Intelligence and Media Technologies

Thesis: Effectiveness and Limitation of Driver’s Compensation under Contraction of Visual Field

Supervisors: Profs. Makoto Itoh and Toshiyuki Inagaki

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Safety Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea (2023.09-Present)

• Collaborative Researcher, Keio University Global Research Institute, Mobility Culture Research Center, Shin-Kawasaki, Japan (2022.09-2024.03)

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems | Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan (2022.10-2023.08)

• Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (2021.07-2022.09)

• Project Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan (2020.10-2022.08)

• Research Assistant, Laboratory for Cognitive Systems Science, Department of Risk Engineering, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan (2018.01-2020.09)

• Teaching Assistant, College of Information Science | Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan (2015-2020)

Award

• Consideration for Humans to HMI and User Education - Development of core technologies for the practical implementation of automated driving (Team Award), Jusho ABeam Jidosha Total Research Institute (2023.03)

• 2020 Graduate School Research Encourage Award from Japanese Society of Automotive Engineering (2021.03)

• SMC Best Student Paper Award from the 2020 IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (2020.10)

• Finalist for the Best Paper Award (Franklin V. Taylor Memorial Award), the 2020 IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (Top 5 finalist) (2020.10)

• Excellence Award from the Chair of Department of Risk Engineering, University of Tsukuba (2017.03)

• Best Presentation Recognition at 41st Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (2015.11)

Grant

• 사고성재해(위탁, 건설) 집중관리 사업의 효과성 향상을 위한 개편방안, 한국산업안전보건공단 (Co-Researcher, 2024.07-2024.10)

• E-Mobility로 인한 사고 리스크 예측 분석법 개발, 국립부경대학교 (Principal Investigator, 2024.06-2025.05)

• 추락 위험작업 높이에 따른 안전조치 방안 연구, 한국산업안전보건공단 산업안전보건연구원 (Principal Investigator, 2024.04-2024.07)

• 보행자 신뢰 형성 모델 기반 자율주행 자동차의 외부 HMI 설계 가이드라인 개발, 한국연구재단 우수신진연구 (Principal Investigator, 2024.04-2027.03)

• SAKU (Supporting Advanced activities of Key yoUng researchers) Program 2022 (All business trip expenses), Okayama University, (Principal Investigator, 2023.02-2023.03)

• Symbiosis with Automated Vehicles: Considering Transportation Systems Using Text Mining, Obayashi Foundation (Principal Investigator, 2022.04-2024.05)

• Development of Interfaces Providing Information from Automated Vehicles to Mitigate Pedestrians' Overtrust, Japan Society of for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Principal Investigator, 2022.04-2023.08)

Professional Affiliations

• IEEE; IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society

• Human Factors & Ergonomics Society; Surface Transportation Group

• American Psychological Association

• The Ergonomics Society of Korea 대한인간공학회

• The Korean Society of Safety 한국안전학회

Academic Service

• 편집위원, 한국안전학회지 (2024.04~)

• 국제이사, 한국안전학회 (2024.03~)

Invited Talk

• Vehicle Behavior + External Human-Machine Interface = ? Investigating Impacts of Implicit and Explicit Cues from Automated Vehicles in Japanese Parking Areas at a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) International Symposium Online at Old Dominion University (2023.06)

• Seeking Better Interface Design For Communication Between Automated Vehicles And Road Users. Presented at the Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (2023.03)

• Seeking Better Interface Design For Communication Between Automated Vehicles And Road Users. Presented at the Department of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands (2023.03)

• How can driving automation technologies empower disabled drivers? Panel discussion at Human factors breakout session, SIP-adus Workshop 2022, Kyoto, Japan (2022.10)

• Making Conversation in Automated Vehicles: Helpful or Distracted Presented at a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) International Symposium Online at Old Dominion University, VA, USA (2022.07)

• Driving with advanced visual defects: How to improve driving safety in critical situations? Presented at a brown bag seminar, Old Dominion University, VA, USA (2018.02)

Lecture

학부 (안전공학전공)

• 인간공학 Ergonomics

• 경영과학I Operations Research I

• 산업심리학 Industrial Psychology

• 위험성평가 Risk Assessment Theory 

• 레질리언스공학 Resilience Engineering

• 통계적데이터분석 Statistical Data Analysis

산업대학원

• 인간공학특론 Advanced Ergonomics

• 안전기술경영특론 Advanced Technology Management in Safety

+ Coffee Gears

• Breville Barista Express Impress (BES876)

• itop 40 - Titanium Burrs

• Bruso ESSO - Espresso Scale

• IKAPE Tamper with Calibrated Spring Loaded (54 mm)

• IKAPE Distributor (54 mm)

• Hario V60