Alumni

Youngjun koo (구영준)

ETRI Government Research Center since July 2023
Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB. (https://robotics.hyundai.com/)
Postdoctoral Fellow from April 2020 to March 2023
PhD degree, 2016-2020
- PhD thesis: Development of physiological knee models and musculoskeletal simulation techniques for gait simulation with virtual knee osteotomy
MS degree, 2014-2016
- MS thesis: Quantification of kinematics and skin movements of the knee during treadmill walking
Bi-plane fluoroscopic analysis of knee movement
Musculoskeletal forward and inverse dynamics simulation

MS degree, 2020-2023
- Thesis: Performance of lower-extremity exercise-based muscle fatigue and recovery model
Neuromuscular physiology for walking
Numerical muscle model development

Samsung Electronics, MX Division since March 2023
MS Degree, 2021-2023
- Thesis: Osteotomy Simulation for Normal Gait Recovery of Flexible Flatfoot Patients and Comparison of Kinematics by Osteotomy techniques
Biomechanics of the foot with flatfoot

Intelligent Robotics Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) since August 2022
MS degree, 2020-2022
- Thesis: Generation of subject-specific motions at various walking speeds using meta reinforcement learning and generative adversarial networks
Reinforcement learning of human walking

Moved to Postech (South Korea) in 2021 for his PhD study
MS degree, 2019- 2021
- Thesis: Anomalous gait feature detection using three-dimensional walking data with dimension reduction
Musculoskeletal dynamics simulation
Neuronal control of gait

Research Manager, FPT Software, Vietnam
Postdoctoral Fellow, from March 2019 to June 2020
PhD degree, 2015-2019
- Thesis: Foot and ankle kinematics during walking using a bi-planar fluoroscopic system
MS degree, 2013-2015
- Thesis: Template-based prediction of anatomical skeletal landmarks and regions for biomechanical applications

LG Display CTO since 2021
MS degree, 2018 - 2020
- Thesis: CCTV internal and external parameter estimation using multiple view images for crime scene investigation
Three-dimensional scene reconstruction from multiple camera images
Three-dimensional human pose reconstruction from a single-camera video

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (https://www.samsungsem.com) since 2020
MS degree, 2018 - 2020
- Thesis: Estimation of ankle joint dynamics after flatfoot correction surgery using musculoskeletal simulation
Foot musculoskeletal simulation and virtual surgery
Quantifying diabetic plantar tissue properties and mechanical stresses

Agency for Defense Development (http://www.add.re.kr/) since 2019
PhD degree, 2014 - 2019
- Thesis: Foot joint kinetics estimation using musculoskeletal dynamics simulation
MS degree, 2012 - 2014
- Thesis: Development of a musculoskeletal model of the thoracic spine for human dynamics simulation

Agency for Defense Development (http://www.add.re.kr/) since 2018
PhD degree, 2014 - 2018
- Thesis: Knee kinetics estimation using musculoskeletal simulation
MS degree, 2012 - 2014
- Thesis: Ground reaction force estimation during walking using human multi-body dynamics simulation

Moved to University of Technology of Compiègne (France) in 2019 for his PhD study
MS degree, 2016 - 2018
- Thesis: Human motion prediction for walking with different weight conditions
Gait analysis using single camera image
Gait identification

Moved to Postech (South Korea) in 2019 for his PhD study
MS degree, 2016 - 2017
- Thesis: Three-dimensional human motion estimation with a single camera during walking
Three-dimensional reconstruction of walking motion from a single-camera video
Walking dynamics simulation and neuronal control of gait

Agency for Defense Development (http://www.add.re.kr/) since 2016
MS degree, 2014 - 2016
- Thesis: Estimating mechanical properties of hindfoot plantar tissue using multi-layer hyperelastic model
Bi-plane fluoroscopic imaging and analysis
Plantar tissue biomechanics