KyihwanPark
Dr.KyihwanPark
Dr.KyihwanPark,wasborninJanuary1961inMokpo,Jeollanam-do,SouthKorea.HereceivedtheB.S.andM.S.degreesfromtheDepartmentofMechanicalDesignandProductionEngineering,SeoulNationalUniversityin1985and1987,respectively,andthePh.D.degreefromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin,USA,inAugust1993.HejoinedtheDepartmentofMechatronicsEngineering,GwangjuInstituteofScienceandTechnology(GIST)inSeptember1995andhasbeenaprofessorintheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringsincethen.SinceSeptember2004,hehasservedastheChairmanoftheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringfortwoyears,andsinceJune2012,hehasservedastheDirectoroftheIndustry-AcademiaCooperationcenter(GTI)forfouryears,andiscurrentlytheDirectorofAdvancedMilitaryScienceandTechnology(CAMST)CentersinceJuly2019.Hisresearchinterestsincludeopticalsensorsandactuators,electromagnetic-baseddynamicalsystemdesignandcontrol,signalprocessing,andvibrationcontrolofprecisionsystems.HiscurrentresearchfocusesonthedevelopmentandapplicationofvariousLIDAR(lightdetectionandranging)technologies.Inparticular,heiscommercializingandsellingnon-contactlaservibrometersforvibrationmeasurementandatomicforcemicroscopesthroughEM4SYS,whichhefoundedinJune2000.