Outstanding Associate Editor, 2024
Asian Journal of Control (ACA)
Gold Medal, 2024
Cybathlon Powered Exoskeleton Race (Pilot: Mr. Seung Hwan Kim, Team KAIST)
Outstanding Service Award of Special Issue, 2023
Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Top 10 Representative Achievements, 2023
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea
Korea R&D’s Top 100 Research Achievements, 2022
Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea
Commendation by Minister, 2022
Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea
7th KOREA AWARDS, 2022
World Press Association(WPA)
Social DNA Innovation Award, 2021
Korea Intelligent Information Society Promotion Agency President
31st Science and Technology Excellence Paper Award, 2021
Korean Science and Technology Annual Conference
Commendation by Minister, 2021
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea
Recognized for contributing to the healthcare industry with wearable robotics
KAIST’s Top 10 Research Achievements of 2020, 2021
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Outstanding Paper Award, 2021
The 16th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference
Commendation by Minister, 2021
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea
“Breakthroughs” Readers Choice Award, 2021
College of Engineering, KAIST
Gold Medal (Pilot’s name: Mr. Byeong Uk Kim), Cybathlon 2020
Powered Exoskeleton Race
Role: team leader (Team Angel Robotics)
Bronze Medal (Pilot’s name: Ms. Ju Hyun Lee), Cybathlon 2020
Powered Exoskeleton Race
Role: team leader (Team Angel Robotics)
The Best Lecturer Award, 2020
Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
Commendation by Prime Minister, 2019
Prime Minister of Korea
Recognized for contributing to the organization of PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games
Young Researcher Award, 2018
Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
Commendation by Minister, 2017
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, Korea
Recognized for contributing to the robot industry with wearable robotics
Young Researcher Award, 2017
Korea Robotics Society
President’s Award for the Best Innovation, 2017
Korea Invention Patent Exhibition
Role: principal inventor of the awarded invention
Core Engineer for Future Technology, 2017
The National Academy of Engineering of Korea
Best Poster Paper Award, 2017
The 8th Annual Conference of Korean Society of Medical Robotics
Best Start-up Pitch in Healthcare Robotics, 2017
International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2009
University of California, Berkeley
Best Student Paper Award, 2008
The IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
Best Poster Finalist, 2008
The 17th International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) World Congress
Best Student Paper Finalist, 2005
The IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
Best Paper Award, 2005
The Division of Dynamics and Control Systems, KSME Spring Conference
Best Poster Award, 2005
The 3rd CIR (Center of Intelligent Robot) Workshop
Top Graduation Award, 2004
with Honors in the College of Engineering, Sogang University