Education
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California (USC), 1999
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1998
M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1993
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1991
Experiences
Professor [13/03 – Present]: Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University
Associate Professor [08/03 – 13/02]: Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University
Assistant Professor [04/03-08/02]: Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University
Research Assistant Professor [02/07-04/02]: Dept. Biomedical Engineering, USC
Research Scientist [00/07-02/06]: Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at USC (AMI-USC)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate [00/07-00/06]: Dept. of Cognitive Sciences, UCI (Supervisor: Dr. George Sperling)
Research Associate: Geriatric Neurobehavior and Alzheimer Center, Dept. of Neurology, School of Medicine, USC
Research Assistant [93-99] : Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Military Service [02/95-02/97] : Korean Military Medical Academy
Teaching Assistant [92-99]: Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, USC
Honors and Memberships
Best Paper Award, Korea Information Processing Society (2020)
Excellent Oral Presentation Award, ICRCV, Thailand (2019)\
Best Conference Paper Award, IEEE ECBIOS, Japan (2019)
Best Presentation Award, ICRCV, Thailand (2019)
Best Paper Award, Korea Information Processing Society, Korea (2018)
Best Poster Award, KOSMBE, Korea (2016)
Best Paper Award, World Congress on Engineering (WCE), London, U.K., (2014)
Best Paper Award, Int. Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Tech., Nice, France (2013)
Best Paper Award, Int. Conf. On Smart Homes and Health Telematics (ICOST) (2011)
Outstanding Paper Award – ICBME 2008 (2008)
Best Paper Award – Korea Medical Physics Society (2008)
The KSEA Best Paper Award (2000)
Fred S. Grodins' Graduate Research Award (1999)
Outstanding American College Student (1988)
Who’s Who in the World (2009, 2010, 2011)
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (2011-12)
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
IBC Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (2009/2010)
LG Yonam Foundation International Research Scholar (2010)
IBC Top 100 Engineers (2009)
IBC Top 100 Educators (2009)
IBC International Educator of the Year (2009)
IEEE Society
Korea Human Brain Mapping