Educations
· August 1975
B.S. in Department of Agricultural Engineering,
Seoul National University, Korea
· February 1978
M.S. in Department of Agricultural Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
· May 1981
Ph.D. in Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Academic Experiences at Seoul National University
· Jan. 2015 – Aug. 2016
Member of Board of Directors, R&DB Foundation Seoul National university
· Aug. 2009 – Jul.2011
Director, Agricultural Library, Seoul National University
· Nov. 2006 – Oct. 2008
Senator, Seoul National University Senat
· Aug. 1999 – Jul. 2001
Associate Dean for Academic affairs College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Seoul National University
· Nov. 1981 – Aug. 2016
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor Seoul National University
Experience and Services
· Jan. 2017 – Present
Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology
· Aug. 2017 – Present
Member, Technical Committee of Machine and Vehicle
· May. 2013 – Present
Member, Standard Committee for Industrial Machinery Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
· Aug. 2010 – Aug. 2012
Chairperson, Safety Committee for Agricultural Materials Foundation of Agricultural Technology Commercialization and Transfer
· Feb. 2007 – Jun. 2009
Member, Committee of Reliability Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
· Aug. 2003 – Aug. 2004
Visiting Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Tractor Test Lab
· Jul. 2002 – Jul. 2004
Member, Committee of Agricultural Science, Technology and Policy, Ministry of Agriculture
· Nov. 1998 -Dec. 2000
Advisor, Agricultural Research Promotion center Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
· Nov. 1998 – Aug. 2000
Director, Agricultural and Life Science Research Information Center Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
· Jul. 1996 – Aug. 1996
Visiting Professor, Auburn University, USA
· Jul. 1993 – Jun. 1997
Adjunct Senior Researcher National Institute of Agricultural Mechanization
· Dec. 1990 – Feb. 1991
Visiting Professor, Technical University of Munich, Germany
· Jan. 1986 – Jan. 1987
Visiting Professor, Cornell University, USA
· Oct. 1976 – Sep. 1977
Research Scholar, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
Research Interests - Technology & Application
· Design of Agricultural Machinery
· Powertrain of Vehicle
· Agricultural Mechanization
· Off-Road Vehicle Dynamics
· Soil-Machine Systems
· Reliability and Accelerated Life Test
Academic Societies
– Member of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery
– Member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
– Member of the Korean Society of Automobile Engineers
– Member of the International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems, National Secretary
– Member of the Club of Bologna
– 1994 – 1996 : Editor in Chief, Journal of Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery
– 2008 – 2014 : Editor, Journal of Terramechanics
– 2009 – Present : Member of Advisory Board, Journal of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture Ankara University, Turkey
– 2018 – Present : Fellow of International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems
Directory name is listed
– Included in Marquis Who’s Who in the World since 2003 Edition, 2003
– Included in Dictionary of International Biography 32nd Edition, 2005
– Included in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2006 – 2007
– Included in Marquis Who’s Who in Asia, 2006
International Conference
· October 20 – 22, 1998
Chairman : The 5th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, ISTVS, Convention Center Hoam Faculty House, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
· November 23-25, 2006
Chairman : The 3rd International Symposium on Machinery and Mechatronics for Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, KSAM, Coex, Seoul, Korea
· September 22-25, 2014
Chairman : The 18th International ISTVS Conference, Hoam Faculty House, Seoul, Korea