Education

2010 - 2016  

Ph. D. in Seoul National University, Biorobotics Lab. (Prof. Kyu-Jin Cho), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Thesis: "A Milli-Scale Trajectory-Adjustable Jumping Mechanism and Its Application to Jumping-Crawling Robot"

2006 - 2010  

B.S. in KAIST (Koread Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Department of Mechanical Engineering

Experience

2023.04 - present

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SeoulTech

​2017.03 - 2023.03

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SeoulTech

​2016.03 - 2017.02

Senior Researcher, Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University

2015.01 - 2015.04

Visiting Researcher in UC Berkeley, Biomimetic Millisystems Lab. (Prof. R. S. Fearing)

Research Interests

• Milli-Scale Robotic Systems

• Bio-inspired, Soft, & Origami Robotics

• Smart Actuators

• Dynamic Modeling & Simulation

• Microfabrication & Assembly

Awards and Honors

• 한국로봇학회 신진과학자상, 2021

• 제어로봇시스템학회 신진연구자상, 2020

• 서울과학기술대학교 우수교육상, 2018

• 올해의 10대 기계기술 (드론을 위한 초경량 로봇 팔), 2018

• Best Poster Award in Living Machines 2017

• 대한 기계학회 바이오공학부문 우수 학위 논문상, 2016

• 서울대학교 정밀기계연구소 신진연구자상, 2016

• 대한기계학회 바이오공학부분 우수 논문상, 2015

• 춘계정밀공학회 최우수상, 2014

• 삼성 휴먼테크 논문대상 장려상, 2013

• ISNIT Best Poster Award 1st Prize, 2013

• Best Conference Video Award in IROS 2013

• Fourth Place Award in ASME Student Mechanism and Design Competition, IDETC, 2012

Academic Service

• Organizing Committee, ICRA 2027

• 한국로봇종합학술대회 조직위원 (2018~2020, 2023, 2024, 2027)

• 국방로봇학회 학술대회 조직위원 (2023)

• Organizing Committee, RoboSoft 2019

• Associate Editor, ICRA (2019, 2020)

• Associate Editor, IROS (2018, 2019)

• Associate Editor, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (JMST) (2020~2025)