Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, UNIST, South Korea, Aug. 2021

• M.S.-Ph.D. Combined program in Mechanical Engineering

• Bio-robotics and Control (BiRC) Lab

• Advisor: Prof. Joonbum Bae (jbbae@unist.ac.kr)

• Scholarship: Recipient of the Global Ph.D. Fellowship (GPF) from National Research Foundation of Korea, Mar. 2017 – Aug.2021. (20,000,000 KRW * 5 year)

• Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Hybrid Pneumatic Actuation Mechanisms Combining Soft and Rigid Materials for Robotic Applications

Bachelor's Degree, UNIST, South Korea, Feb. 2016

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Cum laude

• Scholarship: Recipient of the National Science& Technology Scholarship (1 semesters)

Extracurricular activities

Served and discharged from KATUSA (Korea Augmented To the United States Army) as Signaller, Sergeant, USAG camp. Humphreys, South Korea

Responsibilities:

• Assistance for air traffic controls of rotary wing aircrafts

• Translator for the combined training with South Korean Army

Technical skills

Fabrication skills)

• • Soft sensor fabrications (eGaIn based, conductive fabric based)

  • Inflatable structure and actuators

  • Vacuum-based jamming structure

  • 3D printing

  • Laser engraving/cutting based machining

  • Silicone molding

  • Microfluidic system (pneumatic system)

  • Sewing machine

Hardware skills)

• Labview FPGA-based system, C-RIO, C-DAQ

• Arduino, Embedded system

• Bluetooth devices (Classic Bluetooth, BLE)

• Universal testing machine

• Electrical motor (DC, Robotis Dynamixel Pro)

• Sensors (IMU, laser distance measurement sensor, F/T sensors)

Software skills)

• Mechanical design : CATIA, Solidworks

• Programming language: Labview, Arduino, C, C++, UNITY (C#)

• Analysis: MATLAB, ANSYS

Awards

1. Excellent poster award from the Soft Robotics Research Center (SRRC), 2018.

2. Paiticipation award from the Soft Robotics Research Center (SRRC), 2021.