Professor

Professor

Education & Work Experience

2025.3 -             : Assistant Professor, Space Electronics and Information Engineering, Ajou University

2024.9 -             : Assistant Professor, Artificial Intelligence Convergence Network, Ajou University

2024.3 -             : Assistant Professor, Graduate School of IT Convergence, Ajou University

2024.3 -             : Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University

2023.9 - 2024.2 : Researcher, AI Sensing SoC Research Lab, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 

2020.3 - 2023.8 : Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.

• Thesis subject: "Wide Looking Angle Transparent Antenna with Improved Efficiency and Invisibility" (Early graduation)

• Full scholarship from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

• KAIST Electrical Engineering Best Research Achievement Award

2018.3 - 2020.2 : M.S in Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.

• Thesis subject: "Study on Axial Ratio Improvement of Phased Array Antenna for circularly polarized communication"

• Full scholarship from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2012.3 - 2018.2 : B.S in Department of Electronic Engineering, Pusan National University (PNU), Busan, Korea 

• Summa Cum Laude / Full scholarship from Korea Student Aid Foundation

Professional Activities

• Director, The Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (KIEES) (2026 – Present)

• Committee Member, Radar Technical Group, KIEES (Jul. 2024 – Present)

• Committee Member, Radio Education Technical Group, KIEES (Feb. 2025 – Present)

• Committee Member, Antenna Technical Group, KIEES (May 2025 – Present)

• Council Member, The Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (IEIE)

• Co-organizer and Session Chair, COLUMBUS Workshop, IEEE CCNC 2026 (Las Vegas, USA)

• Technical Program Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) 2026; Session Chair, APMC 2025

• Journal Reviewer

  • 1. • IEEE

         • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

         • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

         • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

         • IEEE Internet of Things Journal

         • IEEE Sensors Journal

         • IEEE Access

       • Elsevier

         • Measurement

         • AEU – International Journal of Electronics and Communications

         • Infrared Physics & Technology

         • Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research

         • Energy Conversion and Management: X

         • e-Prime – Nexus of Electrical, Electronic, and Intelligent Engineering

         • Journal of Electronic Science and Technology

       • IET

         • Electronics Letters

         • IET Science, Measurement & Technology

       • Springer Nature

         • Scientific Reports

         • Journal of Computational Electronics

       • Wiley

         • International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

         • The Scientific World Journal

       • MDPI

         • Sensors

         • Electronics

         • Symmetry

       • KIEES

         • Journal of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (JEES)

         • Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (JKIEES)

Honors and Awards

• Best Paper Award, 2026 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Summer Conference (Aug. 2026)

• 2026 연구우수교수(이공IF), 아주대학교 (June. 2026)

• Best Paper Award (3 papers), 2026 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Winter Conference (Feb. 2026)

• Best Paper Award (Gold Prize), 6th Student Creative Design Contest (corresponding author), 2026 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Winter Conference (Feb. 2026)

• Best Paper Award (Encouragement Prize, 3 teams), 6th Student Creative Design Contest (corresponding author), 2026 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Winter Conference (Feb. 2026)

• Encouragement Prize (advisor), 24th Radio-Wave Student Paper Contest, KIEES & Korea Communications Agency (Nov. 2025)

• Best Paper Award (2 papers), 2025 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Summer Conference (Aug. 2025)

• 2025 연구우수교수(이공IF), 아주대학교 (May. 2025)

• 2024학년도 교육우수교수 우수상, 아주대학교 (Mar. 2025)

• Best Paper Award, 2024 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Winter Conference (Feb. 2024)

• Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award (co-author), The 31st Korean Conference on Semiconductors 2024 (Feb. 2024)

• On-Site Excellent Poster Award (co-author), The 31st Korean Conference on Semiconductors 2024 (Feb. 2024)

• Best Paper Award, 2023 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Summer Conference (Aug. 2023)

• Best Student Paper Award (Honorable Mention), Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2023 (July. 2023)

• Student Paper Competition Finalist, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (Aug. 2022)

• Han Chul-Hi Augustine Scholarship, School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST (Apr. 2022)

• Kim Choong-Ki Award: Best Research Achievement Award, School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST (Apr. 2022)

• Best Paper Award (2 papers), 2022 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Winter Conference (Feb. 2022)

• Best Paper Award, 2021 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Winter Conference (Feb. 2021)

• Encouragement Prize, 2020 Logistics and Parcel Delivery New Business Model Contest, Incheon Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (Dec. 2020)

• Best Paper Award, 2019 Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science Winter Conference (Feb. 2019)

• Full-Ride Scholarship, KAIST (2018 ~ 2023)

• Top Prize (mentor), 8th Youth Creative Technology Talent Academy Empathy Technical Volunteer Camp, Director of the Pusan National University Youth Creative Technology Talent Center (Jul. 2017)

• Professor Kim Jae-Chang Scholarship, Department of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University (Dec. 2016)

• Silver Prize, Finding-major-in-culture, Director of Education Accreditation Center, Pusan National University (Nov. 2016)

• Creative Excellence Prize (Robot Capstone category), 2016 Robot Capstone Challenge Contest, Director of Korean Intellectual Property Office (Sep. 2016)

• Silver Prize (University Division, Intelligent Robot), 2016 Changwon National Intelligent Robot Contest, Mayor of Changwon (Aug. 2016)

• Science and Engineering National Scholarship, Full-Ride Scholarship, Korea Student Aid Foundation (2012 ~ 2018)