JinHyuk Yoon
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about me
I'm an engineer interested in physical interaction and proficient in public speech. I'm skilled in system design, hardware prototyping, user experimental design, and presentation as a mechanical engineering professional. I value design of intuitive and immersive interaction which helps user to leverage technology. You can find my extended CV here.
experience
Research Assistant
Medical Assistant Robotics and Cognitive Haptics Laboratory

Designing intelligent assistant robots that extend human capability through intuitive and immersive human-robot interfaces. Advisor: Keehoon Kim.

Mar 2020 - Present
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Interaction Laboratory

Conducted hardware prototyping, sensing system calibration, and user experiment design for augmenting programmable feels of physical buttons with vibrotactile feedback. Advisor: Seungmoon Choi.

Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
Mechanical Design Intern
Samsung Electronics, Digital Appliances Division, Core Component R&D Lab

Simplified design process of creating an appliance and helped engineers to modify mechanical property through Interactive Torque Designer which interprets dynamics to an intuitive graphic.

Jan 2019 - Feb 2019
Student President
POSTECH, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Requested for improvement and opening of major classes based on the students' needs and directed departmental level of general meeting, student membership training, professor appreciation banquet, and the first inter-university association program with KAIST.

Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
Director
TEDxPOSTECH

Organized talk conference that sold out after 50 seconds of opening sign-ups through team building, speaker and sponsor contact, stage planning and facilitating on the event.

Nov 2014 - Nov 2015
Freelance Employment
Project Manager
Geekble

Leading an on-stage talk business for students that entertain science and hands-on activities based on YouTube videos and tangible art works.

Mar 2019 - Present
Science Communicator
Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity (KOFAC)

Succeeding effective understanding on the knowledge of mechanical engineering for elementary, middle school, high school students and adult through public speech and stage performance with participation of audience.

May 2016 - Present
education
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Research interests: Human-robot interaction, Haptics
Advisor: Keehoon Kim.

2020 - Present
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Minor in Industrial Management Engineering.
Honor graduation with Magna Cum Laude.
Bachelor Thesis Project : Book Borrowing Robot.

2014 - 2020
publications
Chaeyong Park, Jinhyuk Yoon, Seungjae Oh, and Seungmoon Choi. Augmenting Physical Buttons with Vibrotactile Feedback for Programmable Feels. ACM UIST 2020.
2020
Andrea Sohn and Jinhyuk Yoon. To My Students, To My Teachers. The Korea Fulbright Infusion, Vol 6. 2013.
2013
selected awards
Commission Letter - Science Communicator, Ministry of Science & ICT
2016
Finalist - FameLab Korea
2016
1st Prize - The 7th POSTECH Hackathon
2019
Runners up - Artience Creation Challenge 30x30
2017
Honorable Mention - Introducing My Research
2015
Student of the Year - POSTECH, Department of Mechanical Engineering
2015, 2016
patents
Seungmoon Choi, Chaeyong Park, and Jinhyuk Yoon. Apparatus and method for providing haptic feedback. (Filed No. 10-2020-0108441, Korea Patent), Patent Pending.
2020
selected talks
POSTECH Senior Conference for Freshman "About Exprience"
2018, 2019
The 5th Integrated Science Leading Teacher Training "Engineering and Science Communication"
2016
National Youth Science Exploration Competition "About Science Communication"
2016
Suseong-gu Gosan Library "Regain the lost life"
2018
KIST Science Station "Regain the lost life"
2017
The 13th Bohyeonsan Starlight Festival "Space food"
2016
Seongji High School "Science, Engineering and Me"
2017
Mulgeum High School "Communicate with Science"
2017
Samsung Girl's High School "Talk with Odd Engineering Student"
2017
skills and tools
Programming Language : C, C++, JAVA, Python, MATLAB, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Graphic Design : Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, InDesign
3D Design & Analysis : Solidworks, NX