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

My current research interests include advanced fabrication and design of soft active materials, mechanics of soft materials, and unconventional soft robotics for biomedical applications. 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 [PDF]

​​​​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 Soft Active Materials 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
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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