Myeongkyu Lee (pronounciation: me+young + Kiu (quickly))
Myeongkyu Lee (pronounciation: me+young + Kiu (quickly))
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Myeongkyu Lee (he/him/his) is a PhD student in the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University.
He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Automotive Engineering and Automobile & IT Convergence, respectively.
With a background in automotive engineering, he applies engineering knowledge to understand human drivers.
His research primarily focuses on human factors in automation to enhance safety, satisfaction, and performance, in automated vehicles domain. He is also interested in using machine learning or computer vision for his research.
Please feel free to reach out!
Email: lee4747@purdue.edu
Education
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, US 2023 - 2027 (expected)
M.S. Automobile & IT convergence, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea 2021 - 2023
Graduated 1st in class (out of 36)
B.S. Automotive Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea 2015 - 2021
Graduated 1st in class (out of 166)
Research Interests
I am mostly focused on human drivers' attitude, behavior, and cognition in autonomous vehicles domain.
Keywords include:
Human factors, cognitive engineering, human-automation interaction, human-vehicle interaction, autonomous driving, automated vehicles, real-time driver modeling (behavior, cognition, intention, trust), machine learning and deep learning application in human factors, real-time driver assessment/assistance, multimodal interfaces, eye-tracking, physiological data (heart rate and galvanic skin response)
News (selected)
2026/1: Lee's first-authored paper has been accepted in Accident Analysis and Prevention!
2026/1: Lee's first-authored paper has been accepted in Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision-Making!
2025/11: Lee's first-authored paper has been accepted in Safety Science!
2025/10: Purdue HFES chapter (Lee: co-president) has been awarded Gold Student Chapter at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society!
2025/10: Lee has been nominated as an iHFE scholar at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society! (with a scholarship).
2025/10: Lee served as a session co-chair at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society!
2025/9: Lee gave an invited talk at Purdue IEGSO (Industrial Engineering Graduate Student Organization) Seminar!
2025/8: Lee was elected as a co-President at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society at Purdue University Student chapter!
2025/6: Lee gave an invited talk at Purdue IE - Summer Seminar!
2025/4: Lee served as a student volunteer at HFES midwest regional meeting!
2024/12: Lee gave an invited talk at Kookmin University!
2024/9: Lee received two best paper awards at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society!
2024/9: Lee received a Travel Grant from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society!
2023/8: Lee joined the NHanCE lab at Edwardson School of Engineering at Purdue University!
2023/2: Lee gave a short valedictorian speech at graduation ceremony at Kookmin University!
2023/2: Lee graduated first in his class (36 students) from Kookmin University!
2023/2: Lee gave an invited talk at Kookmin University!
2021/2: Lee graduated first in his class (166 students, GPA: 4.41/4.50) from Kookmin University!
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