Positions

2014 ~ present	Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST Adjunct Professor, Robotics graduate program, KAIST
2019 ~ present	Director, BK21+ KAIST value-created Mechanical Engineering
2021 ~ present	Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Research Interests

• Main research interests have been in bio-medical engineering and physical human-machine interactions, particular attention to the following areas:
  • Haptics and robot perception
  • Biosignal based physical human-robot interactions (pHRI)
  • Tactile learning for robotics
  • Wearable sensors for health monitoring and biomechanical analysis
  • Soft robotics

Education

2004	Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, MIT
1993	M.S. Precision Engineering and Mechatronics, KAIST
1991	B.S. Production Engineering, KAIST

Work Experience

2012 ~ 2013	Visiting scholar, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA
2007 ~ present	Associate Director, KAIST Institute for Design of Complex System (KIDCS)
2004 ~ 2008	Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
2003 ~ 2004	Senior Research Engineer, Yantric Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
1999 ~ 2004	Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA
1995 ~ 1996	Visiting Scientist, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA
1993 ~ 1999	Researcher, Institute for Advanced Engineering (IAE), Seoul, Korea

Honors and Awards

2021	IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Service Robotics at ICRA 2021
2020	Gaheon Academic Award, SindoRicho Foundation
2020	IROS Academic Award, ICROS (Institute for Control, Robotics, and Systems)
2020	IEEE ICRA Best Student Paper Finalist at ICRA 2020
2016	Award for International collaboration, KAIST
2012	Award for academic excellency, Korea Society of Precision Engineering
2010	Best paper Finalist, IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
2009	Best Project Instructor Award for ED100, KAIST
2008	Distinguished Achievement award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
2005	Outstanding Instructor Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
1999-2001	Korean Government Overseas Scholarship Grantee
1993	Best Graduate Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Professional Activities

Memberships

• IEEE Member, IEEE Member in Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS)
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• President, Korean Society of Biomechanics (KSB)
• Vice President, Korea Robotics Society (KROS)
• Board Member, Institute of Control, Robotics and System (ICROS)
• Board member, Korean Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE)

Professional Service

General Chair	Annual Conference of Korean Robotics Society(KRoC 2021)
Conference Board (Co-ordinating Committee Vice-Chair)	CC 4 – Mechatronics, Robotics and Components in International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) (2020~2023)
Vice-Chair	Technical Committee 4.3 Robotics in International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
General Chair	ACM/IEEE International conference of Human Robot Interactions (HRI 2019)
Program Chair	International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS 2018)