Faculty

MI Lab aims to develop intelligent robotic matter, device & object capable of programming morphologies, physical properties, interfaces and functions. By innovating material, component, architecture, manufacturing and operation, we try to blur the boundary between the virtual and physical world.

– Curriculum Vitae

• 2021 – Present: Associate Professor, MSE, UNIST, Korea
• 2016 – 2021: Assistant Professor, MSE, UNIST, Korea
• 2014 – 2016: Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health (NIH), USA
• 2013 – 2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, Seoul National University, Korea

 

– Academic Credential

• 2010 – 2013: Integrated M.S. & Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
• 2006 – 2010: B.S., Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea

 

– Research  Keywords and Topics

Programmable matter, Metamaterial, Robotics, 3D/4D printing, Human-machine interface, AI, etc.

 

– Publications (selected)

• “Direct 2D-to-3D transformation of pen drawings” 

Seowoo Song+, Sumin Lee+, Jun Kyu Choe, Na-Hyang Kim, Junwon Kang, Amos Lee, Yeongjae Choi, Ahyoun Choi, Yunjin Jeong, Ju-Young Kim, Sunghoon Kwon*, Jiyun Kim*, Science Advances. 2021, 7, 13

• “3D printed programmable tensegrity for soft robotics” 

Hajun Lee, Yeonwoo Jang, Jun Kyu Choe, Suwoo Lee, Hyeonseo Song, Jin Pyo Lee, Nasreena Lone, Jiyun Kim*, Science Robotics. 2020, 5, 45

• “Reprogrammable ferromagnetic domains for reconfigurable soft magnetic actuators” 

Hyeonseo Song, Hajun Lee, Jaebyeong Lee, Jun Kyu Choe, Suwoo Lee, Jee Yoon Yi, Sunghoon Park, Jung-Woo Yoo, Min Sang Kwon*, Jiyun Kim*, Nano Letters. 2020, 20(7), 5185-5192

 

– Awards/Honors/Memberships

• 2014 – 2016, Korean Visiting Scientist Training Award
• 2015, Outstanding Poster Award, Inaugural Symposium on US-Korea Biomedical Research