Minkyun Noh
Affiliation
Assistant Professor (2022 - Present)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Joint-appointment Professor (2023 - Present)
Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility
KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Joint-appointment Professor (2022 - Present)
KAIST Institute for Robotics
KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Affilated Professor (2024 - Present)
KAIST Robotics Program
KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Affiliate Assistant Professor (2022 - Present)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Employment
Assistant Professor (2019 - 2022)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Postdoctoral Associate (2018 - 2019)
LIGO Laboratory
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Research Assistant (2012 - 2018)
Precision Motion Control Laboratory
Research Laboratory of Electronics
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Education
PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2018)
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Supervisor: David L. Trumper
Thesis: Homopolar bearingless slice motors with magnet-free rotors for extracorporeal life support
Major: Mechatronics | Minor: Signal processing
SM in Mechanical Engineering (2014)
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Supervisor: David L. Trumper
Thesis: Hydraulically controlled magnetic bougienage for correction of long-gap esophageal atresia
BS in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (2012)
SNU, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Supervisor: Kyu-jin Cho
Summa cum laude (rank: 1/176)
Honors and Award
유망과학기술자상 (2024)
대한기계학회 동역학·제어·로봇 부문
Impact Research Award (2023)
KAIST
우수신진연구자상 (2023)
제어·로봇·시스템학회
우수강의상 - ME361 시스템 모델링 및 제어 (2023)
KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering
Wunsch Foundation Silent Hoist and Crane Award (2018)
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sontheimer Travel Award in Mechanical Engineering (2018)
MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Research Winner – NI Engineering Impact Awards (2017)
National Instruments
ASML PhD Day Invitee (2017)
ASML Wilton R&D Center
First Place Winner – the 3rd ASPE Annual Student Challenge (2016)
American Society for Precision Engineering
NSF Grantee for the 31st ASPE Annual Meeting (2016)
National Science Foundation
Samsung Scholarship (2014 - 2018)
Samsung Foundation of Culture
Samsung Scholarship (2012 - 2014)
Samsung Foundation of Culture
Kwanjeong Scholarship (2006 - 2011)
Kwanjeong Educational Foundation
Academic Excellence Scholarship (2005 - 2006)
Seoul National University