Academic Profile

• 1996~2002

  Ph.D. School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

• 1988~1990

  M.S. Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• 1984~1988

  B.S. Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Professional
Experience

• 2022.06~

  Dean, College of Engineering, Seoul National University

• 2003.12~

  Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University

• 2002.05~2003.12

  Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Toledo

• 1990.01~1996.06

  Daewoo Motor Co., Ltd. (Currently, GM Korea)
  Senior engineer, Information Systems & CAD/CAM Research Group;
  Manager, Prototyping Technology Group.

Key Activities

• Sep. 2019 – Aug. 2021

  Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the College of Engineering, Seoul National University

• 2018 – 2020

  Director of the Institute for Industrial Systems Innovation, Seoul National University

• Jul. 2017 – Aug. 2019

  Dean of the Department of Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University

• 2005 – 2010, 2012 – 2017

  Head of Technology Management Interdisciplinary Major, Seoul National University

• 2015 – 2017

  Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers

• 2012 – 2013

  Deputy Head of the Future Innovation Program, Seoul National University

• 2006 – 2009, 2016 – 2017

  Operating Committee Member of the Advanced Industrial Strategy Program, Seoul National University

• 2008 – 2016

  Consulting Professor at Samsung SDS

• 2011 – 2016

  Consulting Professor for the LG Technology Forum, LG Production Engineering Research Institute

Awards

• 2022

  Seoul National University College of Engineering Excellent Professor Award,
  Jeongheon Academic Award

• 2015

  Sinyang Engineering Academic Award (Sinyang Cultural Foundation)

• 2013

  Best Paper Award (Design Engineering Workshop in Fukuoka, Japan)

• 2011

  Best Paper Award (Design Engineering Workshop in Tosu, Japan)

• 2010

  Seoul National University College of Engineering Excellent Professor Award

• 2009

  Best Paper Award (Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Conference: APIEMS in Kitakyushu, Japan)

• 2005

  Seoul National University College of Engineering Excellent Professor Award

• 2003

  2nd place winner of the Best Dissertation Award (US Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers)

• 2001

  Excellence in Teaching Award (School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, US)

• 2000

  Excellence in Teaching Award (School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, US)