• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, B.S.M.E., 1980. 12.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, S.M., 1984. 5.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, Ph. D., 1987. 12.
Career
- Experiences
• Princeton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Assistant Professor, 1987. 9 - 1993. 8.
(Joint Appointment with the Materials Institute, 1990. 9 - 1993. 8.)
• Seoul National University, School of Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering, Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor, 1993. 8 - present. (Joint Appointment with Techno-Economics & Policy Program, 2000. 11 - 2002. 11, Joint Appointment with Seoul National University Interdisciplinary Nanoscience and Technology Program, 2002. 3 - 2009. 2, Joint Appointment with the Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengineering, 2007. 3 - present.)
• Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Guest Professor, 1999. 7 - 8.
• University of California, Berkeley, USA, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and PATH (Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways), Visiting Professor, 2000. 1 - 2001. 1.
• Korean MEMS Research Association, President, 2003. 8 - 2007. 6.
• SML Electronics, Inc., President and CEO, 2004. 1 - 2010. 2.
• Seoul National University, Biomimetic Robot Research Center, Director, 2013. 10 - present.
- Editorial Experiences
• Founding Editorial Board Member and Associate Editor, IOP Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 1991 - 1997.
• Founding Editorial Board Member, Associate Editor and Editor, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 1992 - 1994, 1995 - 1997.
• Associate Technical Editor (Acting), ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 1993 - 1994.
• Editor Emeritus, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 1998 - 2000.
• Founding Editorial Board Member and Associate Editor, Journal of Micro/Nano Mechatronics, 2000 - 2006.
• Editor, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2000 - 2012.
• Editorial Board Member, Sensors and Materials, 2003 - present.
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Advanced Robotics, 2003 - 2007.
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Micro-Nano Mechatronics, 2005 - 2012.
• Steering Committee Member, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2012 - present.
• Senior Editor, IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2012 - present.
• Editorial Board Member, Micro and Nano Systems Letters, 2014 - present.
• Senior Editor, Mechatronics, 2017 - present.
• Guest Editor, Elsevier Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2017 - 2019.
• Editorial Board Member, MDPI Actuators, 2018 – present.
• Editorial Board Member, MDPI Sensors, 2020 – present.
Research Interest
- MEMS Microfabrication Technologies
- Control Technology for Robots and Automation
- MEMS and Biomimetic Sensors
- Ion Traps for Quantum Technology