PEOPLE

ILKWON OH
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  • Director, National Creative Research Initiative for Functionally Antagonistic Nano-Engineering
  • Director, Soft Robotics & Intelligent Materials Lab.
  • Full Professor, Ph.D.
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

  • EDUCATION

    • Ph.D. KAIST, Mechanical Engineering, Aug. 2001
    • M.S. KAIST, Aerospace Engineering, Feb. 1997
    • B.S. Inha University, Aerospace Engineering, Feb. 1995

  • WORK EXPERIENCE

    • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
      • Full Professor (March. 2015 ~ Present)
      • Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
      • Associate Professor (Aug. 2010 ~ Feb. 2015)
      • Graduate School of Ocean Systems Engineering, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Systems Engineering
    • Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
      • Assistant Professor (Feb. 2004 – Mar. 2008)
      • Associate Professor (Apr. 2008 – Aug. 2010)
      • School of Mechanical Systems Engineering
    • LG Electronics Co.,LTD., Seoul, Republic of Korea
      • Senior Researcher(Aug. 2001 – Feb. 2004)
      • LG Digital Appliance Research Laboratory
    • Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
      • Visiting Scholar(Dec. 2006 – Dec. 2007), Department of Aerospace Engineering
  • PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & DIRECTORSHIP
    • Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    • Member of International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
    • Member of Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
    • Member of Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering (KSNVE)
    • Member of Korea Nano Technology Research Society (KoNTRS)
    • Member of Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM)
    • Member of The Polymer Society of Korea (PSK)
    • General Director of Dynamics & Control Section in Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME), 2019.01.01~ Present
    • Finance Director, Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM), 2019.01.01~Present
    • Editorial Director, Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2013.03.01~2015.12.31
    • Academic Director, Dynamics & Control Section in Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME), 2013~ Present
    • Editorial Director, Dynamics & Control Section in Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME), 2015.01.01~ 2018.12.31
    • General Director, Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2015.01.01~2016.12.31
    • Editorial Director, Korean Society for Composite Materials, 2014.01.01~2018.12.31
  • JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD
    • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Materials, Smart Materials Section, 2014~Present
    • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Biomimetics and Bionics Section, 2019~Present
    • Associate Editor, International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials, 2017~Present
    • Editor, Functional Composites and Structures (IOP), 2019~Present
    • Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Nature), 2016.10.1 ~ Present
    • Editorial Board, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019~Present
    • Editorial Board, Actuators, 2012.01.01 ~ Present
    • Editorial Board, Advances in Nano Research, 2013~Present
    • Editorial Board, GRAPHENE (ASP, ISSN: 2167-275X), 2013~Present
    • Editorial Board, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology (IJPEM-GT), 2017.1.1~2019.12.31
    • Editorial Board, Korean Society for Composite Materials, 2010.03.01~2018.12.31
    • Editor, Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, 2015.01.01~2016.12.31
  • AWARDS AND HONORS
    • 2021 KAIST Impact Research Award (KAIST), 2021.02.15
    • 2020 KSCM Academic Award (Korean Society of Composite Materials), 2020.11.5
    • 2020 Innovation Award for Basic Science, Minister Award of MSIT, 2020.12.31
    • 2018 KAIST Academic Award (KAIST), 2018.02.12.
    • 2018 Technology Innovation Award (KAIST Engineering), 2018.12.26.
    • 2018 Academic Contribution Award (KSCM), 2018.11.22.
    • 2018 Young Scientist Award (Inha University), 2018.12.20.
    • 2014 TOP50 Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Basic Research, Development of biomimetic 3D motion actuators based on multi-dimensional smart carbon-nanostructures , Minister of Education, Science and Technology (MEST)-National Research Foundation of Korea
    • 2014 Innovation Award in Energy Technology (에너지기술혁신대상, KETEP), 28 August 2014.
    • Selected as 2014’ TOP 15 Fusion Technology (KIST Convergence Research Policy Center)
    • 2012 TOP50 Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Basic Research, Development of Bio-mimetic Artificial muscle Actuators based on Smart Carbon Nano- Material, September 13, 2012 Minister of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Republic of Korea
    • 2010 TOP100 Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Basic Research, Development of Bio-mimetic and Bio-compatible Electro-Mechanical Polymer Actuators, October 26, 2010 Minister of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Republic of Korea
    • 2010 TOP100 National Excellent Research & Development Achievement Award, December 6, 2010 Minister of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Republic of Korea
    • Best Paper Award, Study on Water Floatable Artificial Muscles with Hydrophobic and Liquid-impermeable Garphene Paper Electrodes, BAMN2013 The 7th World Congress on Biomimetics, Artifical Muscles and Nano-Bio, Jeju Island, Korea, 2013.08.26-30.
    • Best Paper Award, Bio-inspired Three Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures for High Performance Lithium Ion Battery, BAMN2013 The 7th World Congress on Biomimetics, Artifical Muscles and Nano-Bio, Jeju Island, Korea, 2013.08.26-30.
    • Best Paper Award (First Ranked), The Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM), (Helical stents based on shape memory polymer with ferromagnetic nanoparticle-decorated graphene flakes), Fall 2012
    • Best Presentation Award, Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering (KSNVE), (Characteristics of Wave Propagations through Phononic Structure Having Cloaking Zone), Fall 2012
    • Best Presentation Award, Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering (KSNVE), (Development of Bacterial Cellulose Actuators), Fall 2009
    • Best Presentation Award, Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering (KSNVE), (Fullerene-based Ionic Polymer Transducers), Spring 2009
    • Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 2006
    • Marquis Who's Who in the world, 2007
    • Award of Excellence in Research, Chonnam National University, 2006
    • TL2005 Gold Medal, LG Electronics Inc., March 2002
    • Scholarship Award of LG Electronics Company, May 2000~Aug. 2001
    • Best Paper Award in M.S. thesis, Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, March 1997