Professor

Education

2017 MayPh.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US
2007 Mar.M.S. in Nanomechanics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
2005 Mar.B.S. in Aeronautics and Space Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Experience

2024 Oct. - presentAssistant Professor Dept. of Robotics and Mechatronics Eng., DGIST in Daegu, South Korea
2024 Jun. - 2024 Sep.Scientific Group Leader Laboratory of Sustainability Robotics, Empa in Dübendorf, Switzerland
2022 Jan. - 2022 MayResearcher Center for SoFT meta-Human, Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea
2020 Apr. - 2021 Jun.Postdoctoral Researcher Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, EPFL in Geneva, Switzerland (Advisor: Prof. Stéphanie P. Lacour)
2017 Oct. - 2020 Mar.Postdoctoral Researcher Reconfigurable Robotics Lab., EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland (Advisor: Prof. Jamie Paik)
2014 Jun. - 2017 Jul.Research Assistant Physical Intelligence Dpt., Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany (Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Prof. Metin Sitti)
2012 Aug. - 2014 May.Research Assistant Nanorobotics Lab., Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, United States (Ph.D. Program, Advisor: Prof. Metin Sitti)
2007 May. - 2011 Apr.Research Engineer Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Co., Ltd. in Suwon, Republic of Korea
2005 Apr. - 2007 Mar.Research Assistant Esashi, Ono, and Tanaka Lab., Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan (M.S. Program, Advisor: Prof. Masayoshi Esashi)

Honors and Awards

2015Peebles Award The Adhesion Society, Inc.
2005The Best Student Award Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS)
2004The JSASS Award of The 12th Satellite Design ContestJapan Space Forum

Activities

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