Sukkeun Kim

Education

PhD Student, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Autonomous and Intelligent Systems Group, September 2021-current.

• • Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK.

  • Nonlinear Bayesian estimation, robotic source localisation and vision-based multi-class multi-object tracking.

  • Thesis: Hybrid Bayesian Estimation Approaches for Tracking and Localisation in Complex Environments (working title)

  • Supervisor: Prof. Hyo-Sang Shin and Dr. Ivan Petrunin.

MSc, Aerospace Engineering, Flight Dynamics Lab., February 2021.

• • Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.

  • Vision-based autonomous navigation and on-board image processing for UAS.

  • Thesis: Vision-based Relative Navigation with CNN-aided 3D Model Matching for Non-cooperative Airplanes.

  • Supervisor: Prof. Daewoo Lee.

BSc, Aerospace Engineering, Flight Dynamics Lab., February 2019.

• Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.

• Thesis: Relative Position/Attitude Measurement of Leader Aircraft in Formation Flight using MBT.

Visiting Student, English Innovation: Business Programme, January 2017.

• Lakehead University, Orillia, ON, Canada.

Visiting Student, Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems, February 2016.

• Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK.

• Autonomous Vehicles Control System.

• Guidance and Navigation for Autonomous Systems.

Work Experience

Visiting Researcher, CCS Graduate School of Mobility, KAIST, February 2025 -. 

• • Joint beleif construction and estimation using multi-sensor environment for autonomous source search.

  • PhD thesis Project.

Visiting Student Researcher, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, September 2024 - February 2025. 

• • JPL visiting student research program (JVSRP).

  • Signal belief construction and estimation using Bayesian estimation for autonomous robotic signal source localisation. 

Part-time Research Assistant, Cranfield University, October 2023 - August 2024. 

• • A study on operation procedure of UAM/AAM take-off/landing at vertiport adjacent to airport.

Student Ambassador, Cranfield University, November 2022 - August 2024.

• • Campus tour and assisting new coming students.

Research Intern, NEXTFoam, March 2021 - July 2021.

• • NEXTFoam, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

  • Development of vision-based tracking system and stereo vision system.

Language and Computer Skills

• • Fluent English and Korean as mother tongue

  • C++, Python, Linux Ubuntu, ROS, MATLAB, SolidWorks, Auto CAD, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Vision, Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro

Social Media 

• • LinkedIn

  • Google Scholar

  • ResearchGate

  • ORCID

  • Github

Get in touch at Sukkeun.Kim@cranfield.ac.uk