His research interest is Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization with applications in automotive mechanical systems and bioengineering systems. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He worked as an instructor and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught undergraduate and graduate design courses. He received a number of awards including Educational Excellence and Innovation Grant at MIT and a silver medal in the Samsung Electronics Paper Competition. 2008/01/21