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I am a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and currently ​working as a research assistant with Prof. Xuanhe Zhao in ​MIT Zhao Laboratory​.

My current research interests include advanced fabrication and design of soft active materials, mechanics of soft materials, soft robots for biomedical applications, and medical robotics. Through my research, I wish to address unmet needs and challenges in healthcare by applying principles in mechanics and design to biomedical problems.

I believe that problems encountered in daily lives can be the biggest source of creativity and that improvements can be made only by those who discover those problems. Also, I believe strong engineering backgrounds can be a powerful tool to find breakthroughs when solving those problems.

Education

Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

​Ph.D. Program in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP)
  Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST)
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA


M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 
  Thesis: 
Printing Ferromagnetic Domains in Soft Materials: Mechanism,
                 Modeling, and Applications
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​​​​B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
​  Summa cum laude
Jun 2018 - Present


Sep 2016 - May 2018
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Sep 2016 - May 2018





Mar 2008 - Aug 2013

Academic Experiences

Graduate Research Assistant
  MIT Zhao Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  Advisor: Prof. Xuanhe Zhao (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
  • 3D Printing / Mechanics of Programmable Soft Active Materials 
  • Medical Soft Robots (Ferromagnetic Soft Continuum Robots) 
Undergraduate Researcher
  SNU Biorobotics Lab (BRL), Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea       
  Advisor: Prof. Kyu-Jin Cho (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
  • Design of Motorized Instruments for Laparoscopic Surgery  
Undergraduate Research Program (URP)
  
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  Advisor: Prof. Sun G. Chung (Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine)
  • Biomechanical Analysis of Deformation of Intervertebral Disc and Migration of Nucleus Pulposus in Cervical Extension
Independent Undergraduate Study Program
 
Innovative Design and Integrated Manufacturing Lab (IDIM),
  Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

  Advisor: Prof. Sung-Hoon Ahn ​(Dept. of Mechanical Engineering)
  • ​Design of Rehabilitation Devices for Patients with Cervical Disc Herniation
Jan 2017 - Present
Sep 2011 - Aug 2013
May 2012 - Aug 2013
May 2012 - Feb 2013

Academic Honors & Awards

  • 2020 Collegiate Inventors Competition - Graduate Finalist
      Named one of the graduate finalists by National Inventors Hall of Fame.
  • 2020-2021 MIT SoE MathWorks Engineering Fellowship
      Selected by MIT School of Engineering (SoE) and MathWorks Inc.
  • MRS Graduate Student Award - Gold Award Recipient
      2019 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, USA
  • ILJU Scholarship, ILJU Academy and Culture Foundation, Korea
      Selected as one of the most outstanding PhD students studying abroad
  • 2017 PM&R Journal Best Paper: Original Research - International
      American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
  • Best Podium Research Presentation Award
      23rd Spring Conference of Clinical Pain, Korean Association of Pain Medicine
  • Best Research Award - Undergraduate Research Program (URP)
      Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC)
Sep 2020
Jun 2020
Dec 2019
Jun 2018
Nov 2017
Mar 2013
Dec 2012

Industrial Experience *

​Design of Hybrid Propulsion Systems for Naval Ships
 
 Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME), Geoje, Korea 
  *in replacement of military service
Aug 2013 - Aug 2016

Invited Talk/
​Seminar

  • SNU Mechanical Engineering Seminar
      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  • Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2019, London, UK  
      in Workshop on "e-skins and Advanced Materials for Soft Robotics"
  • SNU Smart Materials & Design Seminar
      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
  • SNU Biorobotics Group Seminar
      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea​
Nov 2019
Jun 2019
Jun 2018
Mar 2018

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