Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Office: Mechanical Laboratory, Room 203
Email: wdshin@postech.ac.kr
Tel.: +82-54-279-2168
Educations
Ph.D.
in Robotics, Control, and Intelligent Systems, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, 2025
M.S.
in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA, 2018
B.S.
in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA, 2016
Experiences
Assistant Professor
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea, 2025 - Present
Postdoctoral Researcher
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, 2025
Awards & Honors
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics Best Paper Award Finalist (2025)
Gilbert Hausmann Award nominee (2024)
Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction nominee (2024)
Senior Design Outstanding Achievement Award (2015)
Embassy of South Korea Scholarship for excellence in academics (2014)