Nam, Kanghyun (Associate professor/Ph.D.)
Mobility Control Laboratory (Hyundai Motors Joint Research Laboratory)
Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, DGIST
333 Techno Jungang-daero, Hyeonpung-eup, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, 42988, Republic of Korea
Office: E6-212, Tel. +82-53-785-6234
E-mail. khnam@dgist.ac.kr / nkh6189@gmail.com
🔘 Education
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Mar. 2000 ~ Feb. 2007)
Kyungpook National University, South KOREA. (SUMMA CUM LAUDE)
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Mar. 2007 ~ Jan. 2009)
KAIST, South KOREA. (Supervisor: Prof. Seibum Choi)
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Oct. 2009 ~ Sep. 2012)
The University of Tokyo, JAPAN. (Supervisor: Prof. Yoichi Hori, Prof. Hiroshi Fujimoto) (Best Graduate Student Award, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 2012)
🔘 Employment
Associate professor in DGIST. (Aug. 2025 ~ present)
Associate professor in Yeungnam university. (Mar. 2021 ~ Jul. 2025)
Assistant professor in Yeungnam university. (Mar. 2015 ~ Feb. 2021)
Senior Engineer in Mechatronics R&D Center, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Corp., Ltd. (Oct. 2012 ~ Feb. 2015)
Control Engineer in MANDO Corp. (Jan. 2009 ~ Sep. 2009)
🔘 Honors and Awards
Designation of “On-road holonomic driving system joint research Laboratory”, by Hyundai Motors Group (Feb. 2024)
2017 한국자동차공학회 학회발전 기여상 수상 (2017.11.16)
2014 Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics
Best graduate student award, Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Tokyo. (Sep. 2012)
Grand prize in “1st Hyundai Global Forum in Japan”, Hyundai Motors. (Jun. 2012)
🔘 Scientific Services (as an editor or a journal reviewer)
Associate editor, Automotive Innovation (Aug. 2026 ~ present)
Associate editor, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine (Jan. 2022 ~ present)
Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (Jun. 2019 ~ present)
IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics.
IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology.
IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics.
IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Post Doctor
Dr. Chung, Insu
e-mail: insu.chung@dgist.ac.kr
📝 x-by-wire system modeling and integrated control
Research Assistant
000
e-mail: 000@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Steer-by-Wire system control, Motion control
Ph.D candidate
Minhyeong Kim
e-mail: mh_kim@dgist.ac.kr
📝 AI-based e-chassis system control and pricise motion control
Ph.D candidate
Jinwoo Kim
e-mail: jinwoo.kim@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Integrated vehicle dynamics control, e-chassis modeling/control
Ph.D candidate
Yejin Lee
e-mail: yejin.lee@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Design and control of battery system for robot/mobility
Ph.D candidate
Wonchang Yang
e-mail: wchyang@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Advanced motion control of multi-actuating steer-by-wire system
M.S candidate
Gibeom Kim
e-mail: gbkim@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Bilateral motion control for teleoperated mobility systems
M.S candidate
Hyeongseon Jeon
e-mail: sun@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Integrated vehicle dynamics control, Active roll system control
M.S candidate
Jeonghyeon Woo
e-mail: woo@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Tele-operated mobility control, Advanced visual feedback
M.S candidate
Seungchul Shin
e-mail: witguy0130@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Future mobility mechanism and motion control, Tilting mobility
M.S candidate
Jeongwon Lee
e-mail: jeongwon35@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Integrated vehicle dynamics control, EMB system control
M.S candidate
Sungeun Park
e-mail: separk@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Integrated vehicle dynamics control, Active rear steering control
M.S candidate
Geonwoo Park
e-mail: felixpark0505@dgist.ac.kr
📝 High performance EV motion control
M.S candidate
0000
e-mail: 000@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Integrated vehicle dynamics control
Undergraduate Intern(4th year)
Donggyu Kim
e-mail: chocohopang@kookmin.ac.kr
📝 Steer-by-Wire system control
Undergraduate Intern(4th year)
000
e-mail: 000@kookmin.ac.kr
📝 Integrated vehicle dynamics control
Undergraduate Intern(3rd year)
Sanghyeok Park
e-mail: sh604546@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Integrated vehicle dynamics control
Undergraduate Intern(3rd year)
Nayoon Kim
e-mail: kny1210@dgist.ac.kr
📝 Control of personal tilting mobility