EDUCATION

• Sep 2015 – Sep 2019: Ph.D., Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

(Advisor: Drs. Richard A. Wysk and Ling Rothrock)

• Mar 2009 – Feb 2011: M.S., Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, S. Korea (Advisor: Dr. Yushin Hong)

• Mar 2005 – Feb 2009: B.S., Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, S. Korea

EMPLOYMENT

• Mar 2023 – Present: Assistant Professor, Industrial and Management Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA, South Korea

• Mar 2021 – Feb 2023: Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Kyonggi University, South Korea

• Sep 2019 – Feb 2021: Guest Researcher, Systems Integration Division, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD, USA

• Sep 2019 – Feb 2021: Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

• Nov 2010 – Jun 2015: Researcher, IT Converged Process Research Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Ansan, Korea

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2020: Best Paper Award, KSME Fall/Spring Online Conference, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers

• 2016: DFMLC Scholarship in Scholar Development Program, Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle (DFMLC), The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

• 2015: The Dean's Scholarship, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo

• 2010: Best Paper Award, Paper Competition for Telecommunication Standardization, Telecommunications Technology Association

• 2009: Best Paper Award (Grand Prize), Master Thesis Competition, Korean Institute of Industrial Engineering

• 2009 – 2010: Science and Technology Scholarship for Graduate Students, Hanyang University

• 2009: Graduated Cum Laude, Hanyang University

• 2005 – 2006: Merit-based scholarships, Hanyang University

• 2005: Entrance Scholarship, Hanyang University

INVITED TALKS

• May 31st, 2011: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Talk Title: "Brain Computer Interface: Toward Context-aware UI"

• May 13th, 2009: Small Business Training Institute, Talk Title: "The World is Flat"

• April 17th, May 14th, Aug. 20th, Oct. 22nd, 2008: Small Business Training Institute, Talk Title: "RTE: Real Time Enterprise"

• Sept. 11th, Oct. 3rd, 2007: Small Business Training Institute, Talk Title: "Information Technologies and Development Strategies for Enterprises"

• May 14th, 2007, and July 2nd, 2007: Small Business Training Institute, Talk Title: "Development Strategies for Small Business Industry for Developing Countries"

• Ajou University: Talk Title: "New Roles of Industrial Engineering for Information Technology"

• Miracom Solution Fair 2006: Talk Title: "Executable RTE (Real Time Enterprise): Challenges and Opportunities"

• National Computerization Agency: Talk Title: "Ubiquitous Computing with Web-service Technologies"

ACTIVITIES

• Associate Editor - Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries

• Program Chair - The 18th International Conference on Industrial Engineering (IJIE2016)

• Editor - ISO16300/Industrial automation systems and integration (TC184)/Architecture, communication, and integration frameworks (SC5)/WG4, Rosslyn, USA, Aug. 2009.

• Deputy in Charge - ISO16100/Industrial automation systems and integration (TC184)/Architecture, communication, and integration frameworks (SC5)/WG4, Saint Denis, France, April 2009.

• International Committee Member - AICIT's International Conference 2009 (AICIT2009)

• Panel Member - The Second Symposium on Manufacturing Software Environment supported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan.

• Session Chair - The International Conference on Information Networking 2008 (ICOIN 2008)

• Session Organizer - IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2008 (IERC 2008)

• Session Chair - International Conference on Convergence Information Technology (ICCIT'07)

• Reviewer - Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications (CERA)

• Reviewer - Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries

• Committee Member - CIM lab., Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Penn. State University.

• Reviewer - Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

• Publicity Chair - The Int'l Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2006), IEEE

• Reviewer - Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC 2006)

• Reviewer - International Conference on Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms (ICANNGA07)

• Reviewer - IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans

AFFILIATIONS:

• Technical Committee Member (Korean) - ISO JTC 1/SC 38, Distributed application platforms and services (DAPS)

• Board Member - Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE)

• Member - Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)

• Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Member - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

• Member - The Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society (KORMS)

• Editorial Board Member - The Korea Institute of Maritime Information & Communication Science (KIMICS)

• Board Member - Society of Korea Industrial and Systems Engineering (KSIE)

MISCELLANEOUS:

• 2008-2009, 2011-2012: Featured in "Who's Who in Science and Engineering"

• Recognized as one of the "Top 100 Scientists 2008" by the International Biographical Centre (IBC) in Cambridge, England.