Work Experiences

• 2021.09 ~ present Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, AJOU university

• 2017 ~ 2021 Senior Researcher in Robotics & Mechatronics Lab., Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) 

Research Interests

• Robot hardware design/control

  Anthropomorphic dexterous robotic hand, robotic gripper, surgical robot for minimally invasive surgery, medical devices

• Force/tactile sensors

  Six-axis force/torque sensor, joint torque sensor, miniature sensor, multi-axis force sensor, capacitive sensor

• Robot integration/sensorized robotic system

  Sensorized robotic system with force-feedback control capability, sensorized gripper

Education

• 2017 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

Thesis: DEVELOPMENT OF SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH FORCE-FEEDBACK CAPABILITY FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY 

• 2011 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

Thesis: DEVELOPMENT OF EXOSKELETON TYPE DATA-GLOVE FOR POSITION/FORCE FEEDBACK  

Professional Activities

• Vice-Chair: IEEE Robotics & Automation Society (RAS) Technical Committee for “Robotic Hands, Grasping and Manipulation (RHGM)”

• Organizing Committee

한국로봇종합학술대회 (KRoC), International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), 

IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN) 

• Editor at International Journals

Associate Editor, INTELLIGENT SERVICE ROBOTICS, 2022 ~ present.

Awards

•  Best Excellent paper Award (최우수논문상), General Division, Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KROC) (2025)

•  Best Excellent paper Award (최우수논문상), Undergraduate Division, Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KROC) (2025)

•  Young Scientist Award (신진과학자), Korea Robotics Society (KROS), 2024

•  Best Teaching Professor Award (교육우수교수) of 2023, 2024

•  Excellent paper Awards (우수논문상), Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KROC), 2024

•  HumanTech Paper Award, Samsung Electronics, Special Prize for Sliver Award in Mechanical Engineering, 2024

•  Excellent RED (Robot Egineering Design) Award, Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KROC), 2023

•  Two excellent paper Awards (우수논문상), Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KROC), 2023

•  Excellent paper Award (우수논문상), Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KROC), 2022

•  Best Teaching Professor Award (교육우수교수) of 2021, 2022

•  Research Highlight, Nature Electronics, 2022

•  Excellent paper Award (우수논문상), Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KROC), 2020

•  Finalist of Best paper, IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, 2019

•  Best Poster Award, Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KROC), 2017

•  Best Presentation Award, Conference on Mechanical Engineering of SKKU, 2017

•  Special Poster Award, Conference on Mechanical Engineering of SKKU, 2017

•  10 Outstanding Technologies in Mechanical Engineering (10대 기계기술 수상), Korea, 2016

•  Korea Patent Technology Award (특허기술상), Korea Patent Office, 2016

•  HumanTech Paper Award, Samsung Electronics, Gold Award (top rank) in Mechanical Engineering, 2016

•  HumanTech Paper Award, Samsung Electronics, Bronze Award in Mechanical engineering, 2016

•  Best Human Robot Interaction Paper Award, IEEE ICRA, Stockholm, Sweden, 2016

•  HumanTech Paper Award, Samsung Electronics, Participated Award in Mechanical Engineering, 2015

•  Excellent Presentation Award, Conference on Mechanical Engineering of SKKU, 2014

•  Lab Talk, Nanotechweb (Editor’s choice), 2013

•  Scholarship for excellent grades in the combined master's and doctoral program (SKKU), 2011~2013

•  Global Ph.D. fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, 2011 ~ 2016