CV

Contact Information

Name Seo Wook Han ยท ํ•œ์„œ์šฑ
Professional Title Ph.D Candidate
Email seowook.han@kaist.ac.kr

Education

  • 2024.03 - Present
    Ph.D Candidate
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon, Korea
    Electrical Engineering
    • Advisor: Prof. Min Jun Kim
    • Focus: Robot Learning, Robotic Manipulation, State Estimation, Optimization-based Control
  • 2022.03 - 2024.02
    M.S
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon, Korea
    Electrical Engineering
    • Advisor: Prof. Min Jun Kim
    • Thesis: Real-time Multi-Contact Estimation Algorithm and its Application to Multi-Contact feedback Model Predictive Control for Interactive Robotic Tasks
  • 2016.03 - 2022.02
    B.S
    Korea University Seoul, Korea
    Mechanical Engineering

Experience

  • 2022.03 - Present
    Graduate Researcher
    Intelligent Robotic Systems Lab (KAIST) Daejeon, Korea
    Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST.
  • 2023.06 - 2023.09
    Guest Researcher
    German Aerospace Center (DLR) Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC), Germany
    Research on multi-contact aware model predictive controller.
  • 2020.04 - 2020.12
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Structural Integrity and Reliability Lab (Korea University) Seoul, Korea
    Development of advanced technology for structural condition and monitoring prediction.

Publications

Awards

  • 2024
    ICROS Daejeon-Chungcheong Branch Academic Conference Outstanding Paper Award
    Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS)
  • 2021
    Semester High Honors, 2nd Semester
    Korea University
  • 2021
    KU Alumni Scholarships (Academic Scholarship) 1st Semester
    Korea University
  • 2021
    Study Scholarships 1st Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    Semester High Honors, 2nd Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    International Capstone Design Fair 2020 (Korea, China) (Best Achievement)
    Korea University
  • 2020
    KU Alumni Scholarships (Academic Scholarship) 2nd Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    KU Alumni Scholarships (Academic Scholarship) 1st Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    Semester High Honors, 1st Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    Capstone Design Fair 2020 (bronze prize)
    Korea University
  • 2017
    Semester High Honors, 1st Semester
    Korea University

Interests

Robot Learning
Robotic Manipulation
State Estimation
Optimization-based Control

Skills

Programming: C/C++, Python, Matlab
Robotics: ROS/ROS2, JAX/FLAX, Mujoco/Pinocchio
Design: Fusion360

Extra-curricular Activities

  • Reviewer
  • 2026

    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

  • 2026

    International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)

  • 2026

    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

  • 2026

    IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)

  • 2026

    IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS)

  • 2025

    IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)

  • 2024

    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

  • 2024

    IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS)

  • Teaching
  • 2025

    Electronics Design Lab <AI for Robot Intelligence: Perception, Planning and Control> (Undergrad.), Teaching Assistant

  • 2024

    Electronics Design Lab <Robotic Manipulator> (Undergrad.), Teaching Assistant

  • 2024

    Control system engineering (Undergrad.), Teaching Assistant

  • 2023

    Electronics Design Lab <Robotic Manipulator> (Undergrad.), Teaching Assistant, Course Development TA

  • Military Service
  • 2017-19

    Auxiliary police, Honorable Discharge