Jee-Hwan Ryu

Jee-Hwan Ryu

Professor

Education

  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, KAIST (2002)
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, KAIST (1997)
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Inha Univ. (1995)

Careers

2019~Present
Associate/Full Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST
2019~Present
CTO, Bio-Rob Inc.
2016~2019
CEO, Bio-Rob Inc.
2016~2017
Visiting Professor, Stanford, AI Lab
2005~2019
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, KOREATECH
2003~2005
Research Professor, KAIST
2002~2003
Visiting Professor, German Aerospace Center
2002~2003
Post-Doc, University of Washington

 

Research Interests

  • Construction robots
  • Haptics/Telerobotics
  • Soft continuum growing robot
  • Soft and flexible actuator and its application to soft exo-suit
  • Autonomous vehicle

Honors and Awards

  • 2022 KAIST special award for outstanding faculty in social service
  • 2021 IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Best Paper Award
  • 2020 IEEE ICRA Outstanding Reviewer Award
  • 2019 KROS Robotics Innovation Award
  • 2019 HYUNDAI Autonomous Vehicle Competition, 1st place
  • 2017 HYUNDAI Autonomous Vehicle Competition, 2nd place
  • 2015 IEEE, Most Active Technical Committee Award (TC-Haptics Co-chair)
  • 2010 IEEE Haptic Symposium, Best Poster Award

Professional Services

2022~Present 
Chair, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society MAB Distinguished Lecturer Program
2021~Present
Co-chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics
2021~Present
Vice-President, Korea Haptic Society
2020~Present
Senior Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
2020~Present
Associate Editor, Mechatronics
2020~Present
Excellence Committe member, UK Best PhD in Robotics Award
2018~2021
Editor-in-Chief, World Haptics Conference
2018~Present
Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
2019~2021
Steering Committee, World Haptic Society
2018
General Chair, 2018 AsiaHaptics
2016~2018
Associate Editor-in-chief, World Haptics Conference
2016~Present
Section Editor, Springer Encyclopedia of Robotics (Robotic Interfaces)
2014~2017
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
2014~2017
Expert External Reviewer, Robotics Program in European Commission
2014~Present
Associate Editor, Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems Engineering
2014~Present
Steering Committee, Asia Haptic Society
2023~present 
Director, Robotics Program, KAIST

 

Publications

See the full list of publications of Professor Jee-Hwan Ryu

E-mail: jhryu@kaist.ac.kr