TaeWon Seo (Ph.D.) - NanoRobotics Lab - Carnegie Mellon University

TaeWon Seo (Ph.D.)▶ Personal DataAddress:Hamerschlag Hall D308, Carnegie-Mellon Univ., 5000 Forbes, Pittsburgh, PA15213, USAE-mail:taewon.seo1@gmail.comDate of Birth: Dec., 23, 1980Nationality:Republic of KoreaMarital Status: SingleGender:Male▶ EducationPh. D. Aug. 2008School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul Nat’l Univ., Korea“Positioning Control of a 3-DOF Micro Parallel Positioning Platform Using aDual Stage Servo System” (Advisor: Dr. Jongwon Kim)GPA: 3.97 / 4.3B. S. Feb. 2003 School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul Nat’l Univ., KoreaGPA: 3.57 / 4.3 (Advisor: Dr. Woo-il Lee)▶ Working ExperienceAug. 2009 – Present Post-doctoral research associate, Nanorobotics lab., Department ofMechanical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USASep. 2008 – Jul. 2009Sep. 2006 – Jan. 2007Researcher, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Institute of AdvancedMachinery Design, Seoul Nat’l Univ., KoreaPost-doctoral researcher, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,Seoul Nat’l Univ., KoreaVisiting scholar, S. M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center, Department ofMechanical Engineering, University of Michigan▶ Research Experience(1) Kinematic analysis and experimental validation on the locomotion of gecko (Sep. 2008 – Jul. 2009)- Advise to write a research paper which regards the kinematic analysis based on theexperimentally measured joint data- Advise to write a research paper which regards the kinematic-based gait-planning of a geckolikemodel with redundancy(2) Design and control of intelligent welding robot for ship-building industry (Dec. 2008 – Jul. 2009)- Conceptual/detail design and manufacturing the moving platform for intelligent welding robotinside the double-hull structured block(3) Design of multi-functional machine tool based on parallel mechanism (Sep. 2008 – Dec. 2008)

- Design and analyze a novel structure which can realize the 6-DOF motion with high stiffness(4) Developing dual servo control algorithm for micro parallel platform (Sep. 2006 – Aug. 2008)- Design a dual servo controller based on the master-slave decoupling structure for the 3-DOFmicro parallel platform- Conduct positioning and tracking experiments with sub-micron accuracies- Physics-based system modeling and parameter estimation by the system identificationexperiment(5) Calibrating the micro parallel platform using Taguchi methodology (Sep. 2005 – Aug. 2006)- Design and conduct the experiment for calibration and verification- Support the develop the kinematic calibration algorithm(6) Design and assemble the micro parallel platform (Mar. 2004 – Aug. 2005)- Conceptual and detail design of the measuring system- Re-design the micro parallel platform for robustness- Micro assemble the manufactured micro parallel platform to achieve the required function- Measure the backlash and stiffness of the assembled platform(7) Development of a micro cooling system (Mar. 2003 – Feb. 2004, and Mar. 2007 – Aug. 2007)- Develop production technology for metal-based high aspect ratio 3D micro part- Conduct experiment to optimize the geometric parameters of micro evaporator for maximizingthe heat transfer efficiency▶ Recent Work(1) Development of novel miniaturized climbing robots using a gecko-inspired adhesive▶ Teaching ExperienceMar. 2009 – Jul. 2009 Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dankook Univ., Korea- Machine element design- 3D modeling (Pro/Engineer)Mar. 2003 – Feb. 2004 Teaching Assistance of design, manufacturing process and laboratory, SeoulNat’l Univ., Korea- Assist students to design and to manufacture the prototype- Construct the infra for the final contest▶ ReferencesName: Professor Dr. Jongwon KimInstitution: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National UniversityTelephone: +82-2-880-7138E-mail: jongkim@snu.ac.krName:Professor Dr. Metin Sitti

Institution: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon UniversityTelephone: +1-412-268-3632E-mail: sitti@cmu.eduName: Professor Dr. Joon Sik LeeInstitution: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National UniversityTelephone: +82-2-880-7117E-mail: jslee123@snu.ac.krName: Professor Dr. Kyu-Jin ChoInstitution: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National UniversityTelephone: +82-2-880-1703E-mail: kjcho@snu.ac.kr▶ PublicationsInternational Journal Papers(SCI, SCIE)[1] TaeWon Seo * , Woosung In, and Jongwon Kim, “A New Planar 3-DOF Parallel Mechanism withContinuous 360-degree Rotational Capability,” Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology,Accepted, Jul., 2009.[2] TaeWon Seo, Deuk Soo Kang, Hwa Soo Kim, and Jongwon Kim * , “Dual Servo Control of a Hightilt3-DOF Micro Parallel Positioning Platform,” IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, Accepted,Dec., 2008.[3] Taijong Sung, Daesik Oh, Sangrok Jin, TaeWon Seo * , and Jongwon Kim, “Optimal Design of theMicro Evaporator with Lateral Gaps,” Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 18, no. 10, 2009.[4] TaeWon Seo, Hwa Soo Kim, Deuk Soo Kang, and Jongwon Kim * , “Gain-scheduled RobustControl of a Novel 3-DOF Micro Parallel Positioning Platform via a Dual Stage Servo System,”Mechatronics, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 495-505, 2008.[5] Deuk Soo Kang, TaeWon Seo, and Jongwon Kim * , “Development and Kinematic Calibration forMeasurement Structure of a Micro Parallel Mechanism Platform,” Journal of Mechanical Science andTechnology, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 746-754, 2008.[6] Changsun Ahn, TaeWon Seo, Jongwon Kim, and Tae-wan Kim * , "High-tilt Parallel PositioningMechanism Development and Cutter Path Simulation for Laser Micro-machining," Computer-AidedDesign, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 218-228, 2007.[7] D.S. Kang, T.W. Seo, Y.H. Yoon, B.S. Shin, X-J Liu, and J. Kim * , "A Micro-positioning ParallelMechanism Platform with 100-degree Tilting Capability," CIRP Annals, vol. 55, pp. 377-380, 2006.Submitted International Journal Papers(SCI, SCIE)[1] Donghun Lee, TaeWon Seo*, and Jongwon Kim, “Optimal Design and Workspace Analysis ofSerial 3P3R Mobile Welding Robot,” submitted to Journal of Mechanical Design, Transaction ofASME (In 1st review), July, 2009.[2] Donghoon Son, Dongsu Jeon, Woo Chul Nam, Doyoung Chang, TaeWon Seo*, and Jongwon Kim,“Gait-Planning based on Kinematics for Quadruped Gecko Model with Redundancy,” submitted toRobotics and Autonomous Systems (In 1st review), July, 2009.

[3] Woochul Nam, TaeWon Seo*, Byungwook Kim, Dongsu Jeon, Kyu-Jin Cho, and Jongwon Kim,“Kinematic Analysis and Experimental Verification on the Locomotion of Gecko,” submitted to Journalof Bionic Engineering (In 1st review), May, 2009.International Conference Papers[1] Doyoung Chang, Donghun Son, TaeWon Seo, Dongsu Jeon, Woochul Nam, and Jongwon Kim,“Kinematics-based Gait Planning of a Quadruped Gecko-like Model,” IEEE International Conferenceon Robotics and Biomimetics, Dec. 18-22, 2009, Guilin, Guangxi, China.[2] TaeWon Seo, Woosung In, and Jongwon Kim, “A New Planar 3-DOF Parallel Mechanism withContinuous 360-degree Rotational Capability,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congreeand Exposition, Nov. 13 – 19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, USA.[3] Woochul Nam, TaeWon Seo, Byungwook Kim, Dongsu Jeon, Kyu-Jin Cho, and Jongwon Kim,“Kinematic Analysis and Experimental Verification on the Locomotion of Gecko,” InternationalSymposium on Nature-Inspired Technology, June 17 – 19, 2009, Jeju, Korea.[4] TaeWon Seo, Deuksoo Kang and Jongwon Kim, “Synthesis and Comparison of Fine ActuatorControllers for a 3-DOF Micro Parallel Positioning Platform,” International Conference on Control,Automation, Robotics and Vision, 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam.[5] TaeWon Seo, Deuksoo Kang and Jongwon Kim, “Gain-scheduled Robust Control for a FineActuation System of a 3-DOF Micro Parallel Positioning Platform,” International Symposium onRobotics, 2008, Seoul, Korea.[6] Taijong Sung, Daesik Oh, TaeWon Seo and Jongwon Kim, “Optimal Design of a Micro Evaporatorto Maximize Heat Transfer Coefficient,” Asian Symposium for Precision Engineering andNanotechnology, pp. 63-66, Nov. 6-9, 2007, Kwangju, Korea.[7] TaeWon Seo, Yongha Yoon, Hwasoo Kim, Deuksoo Kang and Jongwon Kim, “A Fine ActuationSystem Control for the Micro Positioning Parallel Mechanism Platform,” Asian Symposium forPrecision Engineering and Nanotechnology, pp. 589-592, Nov. 6-9, 2007, Kwangju, Korea.[8] Deuk Soo Kang, TaeWon Seo, Yong Ha Yoon and Jongwon Kim, “A Micro-positioning Platformwith High Tilting Capability and its Kinematic Calibration,” International Conference on PositioningTechnology, Oct. 12-13, 2006, Jeju, Korea.[9] D.S. Kang, T.W. Seo, J. Kim, X-J Liu, C.S. Ahn and Y.J. Kang, “A Parallel Mechanism Micro-Positioning Platform with a 100-degree Tilting Capability,” International Conference on PrecisionEngineering and Micro/Nano Technology in Asia, Nov. 12-14, 2005, Shenzhen, China.▶ Patents[1] Jongwon Kim, Hyunse Kim, Kibaek Kwon, TaeWon Seo, and Chan Yoon, Mass ProductionMethod for Three-Dimensional MicroStructure having High Aspect Ratio, Korean Domestic Patent,Registration number: 10-0575901-0000, Registration date: 2006.04.25.