EDUCATION

• Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Ph. D., Dept. of Industrial Engineering

  • Mar. 2005 ~ Aug. 2010, Master/Ph.D. Joint Course

• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea, B.S., Dept. of Industrial Engineering

  • Mar. 2000 ~ Feb. 2005

• Kyeongbuk Science High School, Pohang, Korea. 

  • Mar. 1998 ~ Feb. 2000

 

 

EXPERTISE and RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Usability, User Interface Design & Evaluation, Patient Safety

• Cognitive, Behavioral, and Physiological Modeling of Users

• Affective Response Analysis, Affective Modeling, Sleep Quality Analysis

 

 

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• Vide Dean, College of Engineering, Kyunghee University, Yongin, Korea (Jul. 2025 ~ )

• Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Kyunghee University, Yongin, Korea (Mar. 2023 ~ )

• Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Kyunghee University, Yongin, Korea (Mar. 2018 ~ Feb. 2023)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Kyunghee University, Yongin, Korea (Mar. 2017 ~ Feb. 2018)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin, Korea (Sept. 2013 ~ Feb. 2017)

• Research Scholar, Human Computer Interaction Lab., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA (Oct. 2011 ~ July 2013)

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Engineering Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Sep. 2010 ~ Aug. 2011)

 

 

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Advisory Professor (2025~), LG Electronics

• Advisory Professor (2025~), Hyundai Motors Company

• Technical Committee Member (2024~), International Ergonomics Association

• UI/UX Advisory Professor (2023 ~ 2024), Hana Bank

• Track Editor (2024 ~ Present), Journal of Ergonomics Society of Korea

• Director (2016 ~ Present), Ergonomic Society of Korea

• Director (2016 ~ Present), Korea Safety Management and Science

• Board Member (2015~), Ergonomic Design Award Review Board (Ergonomics Society of Korea)

• Organizing Committee Member (2024), International Conference of International Ergonomics Association

• Organizing Committee Member (2015 ~ 2017), Conference of Ergonomic Society of Korea

• Committee Member (2015 ~ 2019), Development of Korean Standards for accessibility of home appliances

• Scientific Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design

• Organizing Committee Member & Session Chair, The 1st Asian Conference on Ergonomics and Design 2014

• Guest Editor (2013 ~ 2014), Special Issue of International Journal of Human Computer Interaction (SSCI), “Does touch matter?: The effects of haptic visualization on human performance, behavior and perception.”  

• Ad-hoc Reviewer: 

  • Applied ergonomics

  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

  • Ergonomics

  • Computers in Human Behavior

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries

  • International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice

  • Journal of Manufacturing Systems

  • Industrial Engineering & Management Systems

  • 대한인간공학회지

  • 대한산업공학회지

  • 한국 CAD/CAM 학회지

  • 군사과학학회지

  • 한국전자거래학회지, 등

 

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

• Post-doctoral Research Funding, National Research Foundation of Korea (2011~2012)

• 1st place in the Wearable Computer Competition, Daegu Metropolitan City Government, Korea (11/21/2008)

• Award of Excellence, Master's Thesis Competition, Korea Institute of Industrial Engineering, Korea (11/03/2007)

• Brain Korea 21 Scholarships, Korean Ministry of Science and Technology (2006~2009)

• Research and Teaching Assistantships, Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University (2006 ~ 2008)

 

 

MEMBERSHIPS

• A member of the Korean Institute of Industrial Engineering (2005 ~ Present)

• A member of the Ergonomics Society of Korea (2005 ~ Present)