Prof. Ilkwon Oh (오일권)

Prof. Oh is the director of the Creative Research Initiative Center for Functionally Antagonistic Nano-Engineering, and the director of the Active Materials and Dynamic Systems Lab at KAIST.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Soft Robotics (Soft Actuators, Artificial Muscles & Electro-Active Polymers)
  • Graphene and 2D Nanomaterials (Vibration Damper, Sound Absorber, Energy Storage)
  • Structural Composite Battery and Supercapacitor (Robot Skin, Electric Vehicle, UAV)
  • Energy Harvesting and Triboelectricity (Flutter-Induced EH, Ocean EH, Bio-Materials)
  • Acoustic Metamaterials, Cellular Structures (Auxetics, TPMS, Topological Insulator)
  • Smart Materials and Adaptive Structures (Piezoelectric Shape and Vibration Control)

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
Ilkwon Oh
Role: 
Professor
Department: 
Mechanical Engineering