Honors and Awards

2026.07 RSS 2026 Workshop Best Contribution Award, Mapping the Reef: Underwater 3D Reconstruction for Coral Ecosystems, $5,000.

2024.10 IROS 2024 Workshop Best Paper Award, Autonomous Robotic Systems in Aquaculture, $2,125.

2023.05 ICRA Robotics and Automation Society Travel Grant, $1,300.

2021.11 Received 2nd place award at the 21st Korean Computer Scientists and Engineers Association in America (KOCSEA) Technical Symposium, $500. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

2019 UMII MnDRIVE Graduate Fellowship, University of Minnesota MnDrive, $50,000. Awarded in recognition of academic record and potential for future research productivity in Robotics.

2015 Summa Cum Laude, South Dakota State University (GPA: 3.96/4.0) (Top in the EE program), Dept. of EE.

2015 Power System Protection Scholarship, Schweitzer Engineering Lab. (SEL), $4,000. Awarded in recognition of outstanding academic and personal achievements.

2014 BENNETT Fellowship, South Dakota State University, $3,000. First international student recipient. Awarded to one student annually in recognition of outstanding academic and personal achievements.

2007 Samsung Full (4-year) Scholarship, Sung Kyun Kwan University, $40,000. Awarded in recognition of outstanding Korean SAT score and high school GPA.