Professor

  Name Dongwon Yun

  Educational Backgrounds

 2013: Ph.D., Mechanical Eng., KAIST

 2004: M.S., Mechatronics Eng., GIST 

 2002: B.S., Mechanical Eng., Pusan National University

  Industrial&Working Careers  

 March 2021-Current: Associate Professor

    Dept. of Robotics and Mechatronics engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, South Korea 

 Aug. 2023-Current: Adjunct Professor

   Dep. of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea  

 Oct. 2016-Feb. 2021: Assistant Professor

    Dept. of Robotics and Mechatronics engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, South Korea

  Jan. 2005-Sept. 2016 : Researcher/Senior Researcher 

    Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), Daejeon, South Korea

  Apr. 2014-Mar. 2015 : Postdoc

    University of California, Berkeley (UCB), CA, USA

  Feb. 2004-Dec. 2004 : Researcher

    Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Daejeon, South Korea

  Nov. 1996-May. 1999: Military service 

    the Republic of Korea Air Force 

 Academic activities

 2017-Current: Board member, IT Convergence Division,  Korea Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME)

 2019-Current : Editorial member, Journal of Korea Robotics Society (JKROS), Korea Robotic Society (KROS)

 2021-Current : Board member, Military Robotics Society (MRS)

 2022-Current : Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Military Robotics Society (JMRS)

 2018-2019, 2022-Current : Board member, Headquarter, Korea Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME)

 2023 : General Chair of ICMT 2023 (26th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology). 

 2019 : Section chair of IROS 2019

 2020 : Guest Editor of Applied Science (Topic: Bioinspired Robots)

 Senior Member of IEEE

 Member of  KSME

 Member of KROS

 Member of KSFC

  Research Interests

 1. Bio-mimetic robot system 

 2. Industrial robot system & Mechatronics 

 3. Soft Robotics 

 4. Sensors and actuators

Honors and awards

Excellence paper award, Military Robotic Society (MRS), 2023/12/12

Best Paper Award, ICMT 2023.2023/10/18

Excellence paper award, IT Convergence Division, KSME,  2023/04/27

Excellence paper award, IT Convergence Division,  KSME,  2023/04/27

Excellence paper award,  KSME,  2023/04/27

Encouragement Award,  Capstone design cometition, IT Convergence Division,  KSME,  2022/05/26

Excellence research award, DGIST, 2021/09/06

Best paper award, IT division KSME , 2021/05

Future Scientist  Excellence  Paper Award, KROS, 2020/08/20

Innovative endeavor prize, ROK Army, 2019/09/19

Best paper award, KROS, 2019/01/22

Future Scientist Best Paper Award, KROS, 2019/01/22

UGRP excellence cooperation award, DGIST, 2019/01/17

Excellence paper award, ICMT 2018, 2018/10/29

UGRP excellence cooperation award, DGIST, 2018/01/18

Medal for distinguished services, KIMM, 2015/12/30

Academic award, KIMM, 2015/12/30

Medal for distinguished services, KIMM, 2015/12/30

Excellence paper award, KSPSE, 2015/12/03

Outstanding Globalization Awards for BK21, KAIST, 2013/02/22

Best poster award, KSME, 2010/06/04

Special medal for distinguished services, KIMM, 2008/12/30

Excellence paper award, KSME, 2007/11/01

  Contact

 (Tel)+82-53-785-6219

 (E-mail)mech at dgist.ac.kr