Experience

• 2018.9 - present  Associate Professor in Mechatronics Eng., Kangwon National University

• 2024.6 - present   Vice Head in COSS

• 2023.5 - present   Vice Head in LINC 3.0 

• 2020.6 - 2022.2    Vice Head in LINC+

• 2018.9 - 2021.2    Assistant Professor in Mechatronics Eng., Kangwon National University 

• 2014.3 - 2018.8    Assistant Professor in Mechanical and ICT Convergence Eng., SunMoon Univ.

• 2013.3 - 2014.2    Post Doc & Senior Researcher, Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, SNU

• 2013.3 - 2013.8    Part-time Lecturer in Mechatronics Eng., Kangwon National University

• 2005.5 - 2006.5   Assistant Researcher, Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, SNU

• 2003.12 - 2005.4  Staff, Planning Team in Semiconductor Division, Samsung Electronics

Research Interest

• Biologically Inspired Robotics

• Soft Robotics

• Soft Wearable Robots

• Soft Gripper

• Novel Mechanism Design

• Variable Stiffness Mechanism

• Shape Deposition Manufacturing

• Robot Manufacturing with 3D Printer

• Visual Inspection with Machine Learning

Awards and Honors

• 산학프로젝트 챌린지 수상(한국산업기술진흥원장상), 지도교수, 2024-11-13. 

• 강원대 교육상, 2024.06.14.

• 제19회 한국로봇종합학술대회 우수논문상, 한국로봇학회, 지도교수, 2024.02.23.

• Best Student Presentation Award, 한국생산제조학회, 지도교수, 2023.12.14.

• JKSPE Contribution Award, Korean Society of Precision Engineering, 2023.11.16.

• PRESM Conference Outstanding Presentation Award, Korean Society of Precision Engineering, 지도교수,  July 2023

• 산학프로젝트 챌린지 산업통상자원부 장관상(최우수상), 지도교수, 2022.11.11.

• 한국생산제조학회 2021년 춘계학술대회 논문 우수발표상, 지도교수, 2021.12.09.

• 산학프로젝트 챌린지 우수상(한국산업기술진흥원장상), 지도교수, 2021.11.12.

• 한국정밀공학회 2021 춘계학술대회 최우수논문상, 지도교수, 2021.10.15.

• 한국정밀공학회 2020 통합학술대회 최우수논문상, 지도교수, 2020.11.13.

• 한국생산제조학회 젊은연구자상, 한국생산제조학회, 2018.10.05. 

• 우수교과목 인증(Certificate of Excellent Course), 선문대학교, 2024.03.10.

• 2016-1학기 강의평가 최우수 교원, 선문대학교, 2024.07.26.

• 2014-1학기 강의평가 최우수 교원, 선문대학교, 2024.08.29.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing Most Cited Article Award, 2012 to 2013, IJPEM, September 2014

• 2012 ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition: 3rd Prize, ASME(American Society of Mechanical Engineers), August 2012

• 서울대 벤처경진대회 대상, 서울대학교 공과대학, 2002.12.20. 

Activities

• Korea Society for Precision Engineering, 한국정밀공학회 사업이사, 2022 - present  

• Korea Society for Precision Engineering, 한국정밀공학회 로봇제어자동화부문 이사, 2017 - present  

• The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, 대한기계학회 학술이사, 2021 - 2022  

• Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers, 한국생산제조학회 산학협력 이사, 2023 - present  

• Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers, 한국생산제조학회 로봇및자동화 이사, 2023 - present 

• Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers, 한국생산제조학회 프린터블일렉트로닉스 및 센서부문 이사, 2021 - 2022  

• Associate Editor for International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing (IJPEM), 2018 - present  

• Associate Editor for ICRA 2019 - 2021  

• IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Local Arrangement Chair, 2019  

• 한국로봇종합학술대회 조직위원, 2018, 2022, 2024

• Member of 

◦ IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

◦ KSPE (Korea Society for Precision Engineering)

◦ KROS (Korea Robotics Society)

◦ KSME (The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers)

◦ KSMTE (The Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers)

◦ KAIS (Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society)

◦ KSAE (The Korea Society of Automotive Engineers)