From To Institutions attended Qualifications obtainde
Mar. 2004 Aug.2008 KAIST Ph. D.
Electrical Engineering
Mar. 2002 Feb.2004 KAIST M. S.
Electrical Engineering
Mar. 1998 Feb.2002 Yonsei Univ. B. S.
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Humanoid Robots

1.  Development of humanoid robot system
   -  Mechanism design using 3D-CAD tools
   -  Control architecture design
   -  DC motor control using Cortex-M4 and DSP 28x

2.  Motion planning and control algorithm
   A.  Dynamic walking control
   -  3D dynamic simulation
   -  Optimal control using SNOPT(Sparse Nonlinear OPTimizer) and DDP(Differential Dynamic Programming)
   B.  Walking pattern generation algorithm
   -  MWPG (Modifiable Walking Pattern Generation)
   -  Full body motion generation using resolved momentum

3.   Estimator algorithm for kinematical parameters
   A.  Structural displacement estimation
   -  Manipulator misalignment estimation

Mar. 2012 - Present Professor at Myongji University; research in intelligent robotic systems
Jul. 2018 - Jul. 2019 Visiting Scholar at Purdue University
Mar. 2010 - Feb. 2012 Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics; research in UX design & engineering AUG
Sep. 2008 - Feb. 2010 Post-doctoral fellow at KAIST; research in humanoid motion control
Oct. 2008 - Sep. 2009 Post-doctoral fellow at CMU RI; research in optimal trajectory for bipedal walking

Apr. 2008 Annual Honor Role Award 2007, KAIST, Korea
Feb.  2007 Bronze Prize at the  13th  Samaung Humantech Thesis Prize Awards, Samsung Electronics Co., Korea
Sep. 2006 Finalist, Robots at Play Award 2006, Odense, Denmark
Oct. 2003 3th  Prize, FIRA Cup 2003 World Championship HuroSot Category, Vienna, Austria