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PROF. Kwan-Woong Gwak

곽     관     웅

   The Controls & Mechatronics Laboratory was established to research and develop high performance control system based on system dynamics and various mechatronics technology the core of the manufacturing technology.

   Research theme of the laboratory, are robot control/design technology for enhanced safety, medical/rehabilitation robot, high-performance actuator design / control, artificial heart control system, Cardiovascular circulatory system simulator and automotive engine control.

OFFICE

 

 

Full Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Sejong University

 

Office. 충무관 1114호

Tel. 02. 3408. 3785

E-mail. kwgwak@sejong.ac.kr

RESEARCH INTERESTS

High Performance Control System

고성능 제어 시스템

Various Mechatronics Technology

각종 메카트로닉스 기술

Robot Control / Design Technology

로봇 제어 / 설계 기술

EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Austin

Mechanical Eng. Austin, TX, USA (Ph.D.)

Korea University

Mechanical Eng., Seoul, Korea (M.S.)

Cardiovascular Circulatory System Simulator

심혈관 순환계 시뮬레이터

Korea University

Mechanical Eng., Seoul, Korea (B.S.)

Medical / Rehabilitation Robot Technology 

의료 / 재활 로봇 기술

Automotive Engine Control

자동차 엔진 제어

EXPERIENCES

03. 2016 – PRESENT                 Full Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea

03. 2010 – 02. 2016                  Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea

03. 2006 – 02. 2010                  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea

08. 2013 – PRESENT                 Committee member, ISO / TC 184 / SC2 / WG3

04. 2013 – PRESENT                 기술표준원 KS 로봇 및 로봇 장치 (TC 184 SC 2) 분과 전문위원

09. 2011 – PRESENT                 의료로봇 평가방법 개발 전문가 협의회 전문위원

02. 2011 – PRESENT                 산업원천 기술개발 사업 기획전담위원

01. 2011 – PRESENT                 표준포럼 의료로봇 전문위원

05. 2010 – PRESENT                 행정안전부 5급 공업직 특채 서류 심사위원 / 지방직 9급 공무원 공채 국가고시 출제위원

09. 2010 – PRESENT                 지능형 로봇 표준포럼 member

06. 2009 – PRESENT                 Head of Korean delegation, ISO / TC 184 / SC2 / WG7 Personal care robot safety Committee member,

                                                국제표준기구(ISO) 로봇 분과 (TC184 / SC2 / WG 1, 7, 8 & JWG on Medical robots)

04. 2008 – PRESENT                 행정안전부 국가직 9급 공무원 공채 국가고시 출제위원

09. 2007 – PRESENT                 세종대학교 자작자동차 동아리 Autory 지도교수

12. 2012 – 10. 2013                  International Program Committee, ICCAS 2013

03. 2012 – 02. 2013                  Visiting Professor, Human Centered Robotics Lab., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

07. 2010 – 10. 2010                  중소기업진흥청 중소기업기술개발지원사업 친환경로봇과제 기획위원

09. 2009 – 11. 2009                  한국산업기술평가관리원 산업원천기술개발사업 최소침습 수술로봇 개발과제 기획전담위원

09. 2008 – 08. 2009                  Department Chair, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sejong University

04. 2007 – 2010                       서울시 산학연 협력사업 평가위원

11. 2004 – 02. 2006                  Senior Research Engineer, Production Engineering Research Laboratory, Samsung SDI, Suwon, Korea

09. 2003 – 09. 2004                  Post-Doctoral Fellow and Systems Engineer, LaunchPoint Technologies, Goleta, CA, USA

08. 1995 – 06. 1996                  Research Scientist, Robotics Lab., KIST, Seoul, Korea

RESEARCH PROJECTS ACCOMPLISHED

  • 동력이 제한된 환경에 적용 가능한 초고속 저 소비동력 서보 밸브 작동기(actuator)의 설계 및 제어 알고리즘 개발 (한국연구재단 일반연구자 사업, 2012.09~2015.08)

  • 생산공정 적용을 위한 안전 머니퓰레이터 기반 양팔로봇 작업 기술 개발 (지식경제부 산업원천기술개발사업, 2010.12.01~2016.11.30)

  • 산업노동지원을 위한 착용식 근력증강 로봇 기술 개발 (지식경제부 산업원천기술개발사업, 2010.04 – 2015.03)

  • 지능형 로봇 융복합 (convergene) 기술 표준기반 구축 (지식경제부 기술혁신사업 표준기술력향상사업, 2010.04-2015.03)

  • 2세대 인공심장 속도제어 시스템 개발 (학술진흥재단 신진교수 연구지원과제, 2008.06-2010.05)

  • 오일샌드(Oil Sand) 개발을 위한 지상설비기술 개발 (지식경제부 에너지 자원 기술개발 사업, 2007.10-2010.09)

  • 심혈관 순환계 임피던스 시뮬레이터 개발 (학술진흥재단 신진교수 연구지원과제, 2007.08-2008.07)

  • 지능형 모의 심혈관계 핵심 소자 개발 (보건복지부 보건의료기술진흥사업 위탁과제, 2006.11-2008.10)

  • Fuel Cell Activation and Performance Test System (Samusung SDI, Production Engineering Research Center, 2004. 11 – 2006. 02)

  • Large Scale Flat Panel Coating System for PDP Production (Samusung SDI, Production Engineering Research Center, 2004. 11 – 2006. 02)

  • Physiological Control of Artificial Heart (LaunchPoint Technologies, Funded by NIH & NSF, 2003.09-2004.11)

  • In-vitro Evaluation Platform for Artificial Heart (LaunchPoint Technologies, Funded by NIH & NSF, 2003.09-2004.09)

  • High Speed Optical Filter Switching Mechanism for Satellite Imaging System (LaunchPoint Technologies, Funded by Raytheon, 2003.09-2004.09)

  • Temperature Control of Rapid Thermal Processing of Semiconductor Wafer (University of Texas at Austin, NSF, 1999.01- 2003.08)

  • Impact and Force Control of Dynamic System (University of Texas at Austin, NSF, 1998.03- 1999.03)

  • Robot System for Die Polishing Automation (KIST, 화천기계, 1995.08 – 1996.06)

  • Vehicle Traction Control System (고려대학교, 현대자동차, 1993.08 – 1995.02)

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak and Brad E. Paden, “Elastance-Based Mock Circulatory System Augmented with Gear Pump Controlled Preload”, Advanced Science Letters, Vol. 13, pp. 396-399, June 2012

  • Yongtae Jun, Kwon-Yong Lee, Kwan-Woong Gwak and Dohyung Lim, “Anatomic Basis 3-D Surgical Simulation System for Custom Fit Knee Replacement”, IJPEM Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 709-715, May 2012

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, James F. Antaki, Brad E. Paden, ByoungHun Kang, “Safety-Enhanced Optimal Control of Turbodynamic Blood Pumps”, Artificial Organs, Vol. 35, n.7, pp.725-732, 2011

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, Wisup Bae, “ A Review of Steam Generation for In-Situ Oil Sands Projects”, Geosystems Engineering, vol. 13, n.3, pp.83-90, 2010

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, Brad E. Paden, James F. Antaki, Ihn-Seok Ahn, “Experimental Verification of the Feasibility of the Cardiovascular Impedance Simulator”, IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 57, no. 5, pp.1176-1183, 2010

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, Glenn Y. Masada, “Design of a Constrained Nonlinear Optimal Controller using Linear Algebraic Equivalence of a Nonlinear Controller”, Int'l J. Control, Automation and Systems, vol. 6, n.2, 2008

  • 곽관웅, “기계적 한계를 고려한 심혈관 순환계 임피던스 시뮬레이터 설계 및 평가”, 한국정밀공학회지, Vol. 25, no.1, pp.151-159, 2008.

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, “Application of Extremum Seeking Control to Turbodynamic Blood Pumps”, American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Journal, Vol.53, no. 4, pp. 403-409, 2007

  • Byungwhan Kim, Hyung Soo Uh, Kwan-Woong Gwak, "Genetic Control of Learning and Prediction: Application to Modeling of Plasma Etch Process Data," Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems Engineering, vol. 13, n.4, pp.315-319, 2007

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, Brad E. Paden, Myounggyu D. Noh, James F. Antaki, “Programmable Fluidic Op-Amp using High-Gain Feedback Controlled Gear Pumps”, IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 14, n.4. pp. 602-612, 2006

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, Michael Ricci, Shaun Snyder, Bradley E. Paden, J Robert Boston, Marwan A. Simaan, and James F. Antaki, “In-Vitro Evaluation of Multi-Objective Hemodynamic Control of Heart-Assist Pump” American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Journal, Vol. 51(4), pp329-335. 2005

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, Glenn Y. Masada, “Structural Analysis and Optimization of Nonlinear Control Systems using Singular Value Decomposition”, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Control, Vol. 127, no 1, pp. 105-113, 2005

  • Kwan-Woong Gwak, Glenn Y. Masada, “Regularization Embedded Nonlinear Control Designs for Input-Constrained and Ill-Conditioned Thermal System”, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Control, Vol. 126, no 3, pp. 574-582, 2004

BOOK CHAPTERS

“동적시스템 자동제어”, (Franklin, Powell 공저), 6판, Prentice Hall, 2010

한도영, 곽관웅, 박민기, 서보혁, 이재원

HONORS

Professional Development Funds Award

The University of Texas at Austin(2003)

“지능형 로봇 공학 Intelligent Robotics”, 사이텍미디어, 2010

문승빈, 고경철, 곽관웅, 강병훈, 이순걸, 김종형

University of Texas Continuing Fellowship

The University of Texas at Austin (2002 – 2003)

“로봇 표준의 이해”, 성진미디어, 2011

문승빈, 김규로, 곽관웅, 임성수, 박광호

The Korean Honor Scholarship

Consulate General of the Republic of Korea (2001)

Korean Student Assistant Award Program Scholarship

NAFSA (2001 – 2002)

Academic Competitive Scholarship

The University of Texas at Austin (1998)

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