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Teaching Assistant

[EGN4932] Global Design Thinking in Engineering TA (University of Florida)

Assisted in teaching 'Global Design Thinking in Engineering' course under the guidance of Professor Andrea Goncher and Gloria Kim from University of Florida.

High School Instructor

Pohang Youngshin High School

As an external guest teacher, I teach 'Advanced Life Science' and 'Life Science Laboratory' courses as part of a advanced class program in science at the high school.

Research Assistant Intern, Strategy & Finance Team

Bagelcode Inc.

Assisted in preliminary listing review requests, introduced Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP), and participated in the development of a new business strategy and building investor relations.

President

POSTECH Graduate Student Association

Serving as President of the POSTECH Graduate Student Association for the 2026 academic year, representing graduate students and coordinating initiatives related to student communication, engagement, and welfare.

• Led student council initiatives related to communication, community building, and graduate student support.

Student Representative

CiTE Department

Modified curriculum for freshmen, organized and conducted departmental events, and successfully reorganized student activities after COVID-19 as the department's student council president.

Residential College Advisor

Residential College

Planned and managed residential college activities, dormitory management, and mentoring students.

• Awarded as Best Advisor at Residential College Advisor Awards(RCAA).

Mentor of Basic Programming

Student Mentorship Program

Provided mentorship in Programming & Problem solving(CSED101).

• Awarded Best Mentor Award.

Ph.D. Student

POSTECH, Pohang University of Science and Technology

Major in Medical Science and Engineering

Exchange Program

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Life Sciences(SV)

Exchange Program

Seoul National University

Computer Science & Engineering

Bachelor's Degree (Summa Cum Laude, GPA: 4.03/4.3)

POSTECH, Pohang University of Science and Technology

Convergence IT Engineering

Outstanding Poster Award

KOSOMBE 2025 Fall Conference

Awarded the Outstanding Poster Award at the KOSOMBE 2025 Fall Conference in recognition of two poster presentations: “Spinal Cord Neural Signals as Digital Biomarkers for Chronic Pain Detection in Contusive Spinal Cord Injury of Rats” and “Glucose aware Large Language Model for Intelligent Nutrition Tailoring (GLINT) in Diabetes Self care.”

ASAN Foundation Scholarship in Biomedical Engineering (For Graduates)

ASAN Foundation

The scholarship is awareded to top-tier students in Biomedical Engineering field in Korea. An honor comes with an annual grant of 20m KRW up to 4 years.

1st Place in University Venture Investment Competition Korea (UVICK)

Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Korea

POSTECH secured first place in the University Venture Investment Competition Korea (UVICK), organized by the Korea Venture Capital Association. As a result, POSTECH will represent Korea at the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) Global Finals in April 2025. The UVICK competition aims to cultivate future venture capitalists by providing graduate students with hands-on experience in venture investment.

Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Graduate Scholarship

Kwanjeong Educational Foundation

Awarded to exceptional graduate students in science and engineering fields across Korea. The scholarship provides up to 12 million KRW annually for a maximum of 2 years to support tuition and living expenses. Declined due to duplication with other funding sources.

PROUD POSTECHIAN Award, Highest Honor

President of POSTECH

The Proud POSTECHIAN Award is presented to individuals who, during their studies, have developed the university's desired competencies and values through active participation in extracurricular activities, focusing on essential skills that are challenging to cultivate solely through academic coursework.

Next Generation Leader Scholarship(KFAS Fellowship)

Korea Foundation For Advanced Studies

Awarded a merit-based scholarship given to 20 top national youths for academic excellence and leadership potential from the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (7.5m KRW)

National Scholarship of Excellence (Science Eng.)

Korea Scholarship Foundation

A government-funded scholarship designed to foster outstanding talents in science and engineering and to strengthen national competitiveness by nurturing future key professionals in the field of science and technology.

Scholarship of ICT Creative Consilience Program

Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea

Aims to foster creative and convergent talents equipped with both technological expertise and a foundation in the humanities. 12m KRW of full funding undergraduate student

Unidirectional dynamic stiffness modulation enables easily insertable and conformally attachable spinal bioelectronic device

npj Flexible Electronics

Presents an implantable spinal bioelectronic interface that is stiff enough for easy and minimally invasive insertion, then rapidly becomes flexible in a humid environment to conform to the spinal cord while maintaining long-term electrical stability through a liquid-metal conductor.

Automated Arrhythmia Classification System: Proof-of-Concept With Lightweight Model on an Ultra-Edge Device

IEEE Access

Developed an automated arrhythmia classification system using a lightweight model on ultra-edge devices, showcasing advancements in edge computing and model compression techniques.

Shuffled ECA-Net for stress detection from multimodal wearable sensor data

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Introduced a novel Shuffled ECA-Net model for detecting stress using multimodal wearable sensor data, integrating attention mechanisms and sensor fusion techniques.

Pain Related Spinal Cord Neuron Activity Decoding using Deep Learning

Developing deep learning model for decoding pain related spinal cord neuron activity.

• Extracting and characterizing pain-related features from spinal cord local field potentials and spiking activity.
• Analyzing neural responses associated with acute nociceptive stimulation and chronic pain following spinal cord injury.
• Investigating relationships between brain and spinal cord activity to understand pain processing across the central nervous system.
• Developing deep learning models to decode pain-related neural states and inform closed-loop neuromodulation.

Neuro-Detox AI

Multimodal biosignal analysis for objective addiction assessment

• Secured KRW 20 million through the 2026 TeX-Corps program, supported by Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT, to explore commercialization opportunities.
• Developing an AI framework combining EEG, heart rate variability, and eye-tracking data to investigate biomarkers of addiction severity and craving.
• Exploring animal-to-human transfer learning to translate insights from controlled preclinical recordings into human applications, alongside customer discovery and business model development for addiction care.

Personalized PPGR dection algorithm and LLM-based Nutrient Management System

Developing personalized PPGR dection algorithm and LLM-based nutrient management system.

VCIC Global Finals

Represented POSTECH at the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) Global Finals in April 2025.

• Served as a team leader at the VCIC in Korea, led the process of building investment strategies and assessing the commercial potential and societal impact of high-tech based start-ups.
• Won first place in University Venture Investment Competition Korea (UVICK)
• Advancing to Global Finals at VCIC (April, North Carolina)

Apple Developer Academy @ POSTECH - 1st Foundation Program

Foundation Member | Challenge-based App Development Program

• Participated in Apple’s first foundation cohort, focused on challenge-based, team-driven app development using Swift, SwiftUI, and Xcode
• Applied Apple Human Interface Guidelines to create user-centered, accessible UI/UX
• Collaborated in cross-functional teams to ideate, prototype, and present solutions to real-world problems

Real-Time Arrhythmia Classification System

Developed lightweight model on ultra-edge sensors for real-time arrhythmia classification.

• Edge-device development using NRF52840 chip
• Quantization and lightweight Wavelet-CNN model development

BRIDGE: A vocational training program connecting local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with Koryoin (ethnic Korean diaspora).

Designed a vocational education program for Koryeo immigrants in Jeon-buk Province, providing a platform for tripartite engagement amongst local companies, regional government, and immigration centers

• Conducted in-depth analysis of Korea's foreign labor market, immigrant support policy and Koryeo communities securing 10m KRW in funding
• Collaborated with professionals from the OECD and the Ministry of Employment and Labor

FPGA-based Edge Computing System

Designed FPGA-based edge computing system for arrhythmia detection.

• Developed simple CNN on PYNQ-Z2 board
• Modified DNN to BNN using Xilinx's FINN framework