About Yoonho
I am a researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and currently ​working with Prof. Xuanhe Zhao in ​MIT Zhao Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

My current research interests include functional soft matter, soft robots for biomedical applications, and medical robotics. Through my research at the intersection of materials science, mechanics, robotics, and medicine, I wish to address unmet needs and challenges in healthcare.

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.

Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
  Thesis: Magnetic Soft Continuum Robots for Telerobotic Stroke 
                 Intervention [PDF]

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 
  Thesis: Printing Ferromagnetic Domains in Soft Materials: Mechanism,
                 Modeling, and Applications [PDF]

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

​​​​B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
​  Summa cum laude
Jun 2018 - May 2022




​Sep 2016 - May 2018




Sep 2016 - May 2018
(Left)

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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) 
  • Medical Robotics (Telerobotic Neurointerventional Platform) 
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 - May 2022
Sep 2011 - Aug 2013
May 2012 - Aug 2013
May 2012 - Feb 2013

Academic Honors & Awards
  • 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)
Nov 2022
Sep 2022
Jun 2022
May 2021
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
  • Sixth Annual SCRN (Society for Cardiac Robotic Navigation) Meeting  
    Invited Talk with Best Paper Award, Budapest, Hungary
  • Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory Group Seminar 
    School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University
  • Telerobotics and Control Laboratory Group Seminar
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
  • Bio and Neural Interfaces Laboratory Group Seminar
    Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
  • Wearable Electronics Laboratory Group Seminar
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • Yonsei University IBS Special Seminar
    Department of Nano Biomedical Engineering and IBS Center for Nano-Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
  • Mechanical Engineering Seminar
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
  • 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 Laboratory Group Seminar
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea​
Sep 2022
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