Younggeol Cho

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (February 2022)

• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea

• Thesis: Development of a robust intention estimation algorithm and rehabilitation technique based on muscle activation for prosthetic hand control.

• Advisor: Dr. Kyung-Soo Kim

M.S, Mechanical Engineering (February 2018)

• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea

• Thesis: Estimating simultaneous and proportional finger force intention based on surface EMG using novel autoencoder.

• Advisor: Dr. Kyung-Soo Kim

B.S, Mechanical Engineering (February 2013)

• Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mar.2023 - Present: Postdoctoral Researcher, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

Mar. 2022 – 2023: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mechanical Engineering. Dep., KAIST 

Mar. 2016 – Feb. 2022: Ph.D. Researcher, Mechanical Engineering. Dep., KAIST

• Advisor: Prof. Kyung-Soo Kim

• Bio-signal processing (Electromyogram (EMG), Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electrical Impedance myography (EIM)).

• Implementation of robotic hand/prosthetic hand system.

• Force/Position Intention estimation of Finger/Wrist using bio-signal processing.

• Visual feedback-based rehabilitation for forearm amputee.

• Forearm muscle modeling.

• Electrode shift compensation algorithm for prosthetic hand system.

Participated research projects (*sponsor)

• Development of Ultra-light(50g), High Performance (250N, 100mm/s) Tendon Driven Robot Joint Actuation Module Based on Active-variable-speed Twisted-string Actuation Mechanism and Precise Position/Stiffness Control Technology (*Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, South Korea)

• Development of a high-performance prosthetic robot hand based on a new twisted string actuation and its control using a neuro-feedback human interface (*Basic Science Research Program, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea)

• Brain Signal Based Movement Pattern Command Code Generation (*Korean Agency for Defense Development and Defense Acquisition Program Administration)

• Clinical Study Based High Performance Prosthetic Hand Development and Empirical Studies (*Basic Science Research Program, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea)

• Development of a prosthetic hand for upper limb amputees (*Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea) 

Teaching Assistant

• 2018 - Spring     Basic Mechanical Practice, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2018 - Fall           Modeling and Control of Engineering Systems, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2018 - Fall           Random Data: Analysis and Processing, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2019 - Spring     Basic Mechanical Practice, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2019 – Fall          Random Data: Analysis and Processing, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2020 - Spring     Linear System Control, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2020 – Fall          Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2021 - Spring     Linear System Control, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2021 – Fall          Introduction to Robotics Engineering, KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

Research Assistant

• 2018 - 2019         Undergraduate Research Program (URP), KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

• 2019                      Research and Education Program (R&E), KAIST, Rep. of Korea.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Signal processing

• Design of artificial neural networks

• Design of electrical circuits

• Design of robots

• Software: ROS, Solidworks, Recurdyn, Altium, Simulink.

• Programming languages: Matlab, Python (tensorflow, pytorch), C++.