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▶학력 - 아주대학교 공학박사 (졸업 ‘25.08) 

          - 아주대학교 공학석사 (졸업 ‘21.08)

          - 아주대학교 공학사 (졸업 ‘19.08) 

▶경력 - 2025.09-2026.01, 아주대학교 박사후연구원 

▶연구분야 - 생체모방로봇 (Biologically inspired robot) - 인공근육구동기 (Artificial muscle actuator) - 착용형 햅틱 인터페이스 (Wearable haptic interface) 

▶연구업적 

 Recent publication: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8yL1L_sAAAAJ&hl=ko 

[Journal Papers]

■ Kim, B.*, Lee, H*, Lee, S, Huh, S, Ryu, J, & Koh, J.-S. Insect-Scale Terrestrial Robot Capable of Untethered Environmental Monitoring With Multisensors. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2025). 

■ Koh, J.-S.*, Baek, S.-M.*, Kim, B.*, Cho, K.-J., & Kim, H.-Y. Comparison of water and terrestrial jumping in natural and robotic insects. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. (2024). [Review paper] 

■ Roh, Y., Lee, S., Won, S. M., Hwang, S., Gong, D., Kim, C., Hong, I., Lim, D., Kim, H., Kim, M., Kim, B., Kim, T., Im, S., Shin, D., Kim, U., Choi, J., Koh, J.-S., Kang, D. & Han, S. Crumple-recoverable electronics based on plastic to elastic deformation transitions. Nature Electronics (2023)

■ Ortega-Jimenez, V. M., Jusufi, A., Brown, C. E., Zeng, Y., Kumar, S., Siddall, R., Kim, B., Challita, E. J., Pavlik, Z., Priess, M., Umhofer, T., Koh, J.-S., Socha, J. J., Dudley, R. & Bhamla, M. S. Air-to-land transitions: from wingless animals and plant seeds to shuttlecocks and bio-inspired robots. Bioinspir. Biomim. 18, 051001 (2023). [Review paper] 

■ Gwon, M., Kim, D., Kim, B., Han, S., Kang, D. & Koh, J.-S. Scale dependence in hydrodynamic regime for jumping on water. Nature Communications 14, (2023). 

■ Kim, M., Kim, B., Koh, J. & Yi, H. Flexural biomimetic responsive building façade using a hybrid soft robot actuator and fabric membrane. Automation in Construction 145, 104660 (2023). 

■ Ortega-Jimenez V. M., Challita E. J.*, Kim B.*, Ko H.*, Gwon M., Koh J-S., Bhamla S, Directional Takeoff, Aerial Righting and Adhesion Landing of Semiaquatic Springtails, PNAS 119 (46) e22112831, (2022). 

■ Yoo, H., Kwon, O., Kim, J., Cha, H., Kim, H., Choi, H., Jeong, S., Lee, Y. J., Kim, B., Jang, G. E., Koh, J.-S., Cho, G. Y. & Park, T. 3D-printed flexible flow-field plates for bendable polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources 532, 231273 (2022). 

■ Kim, D., Gwon, M., Kim, B., Ortega-Jimenez, V. M., Han, S., Kang, D., Bhamla, M. S. & Koh, J.-S. Design of a Biologically Inspired Water-Walking Robot Powered by Artificial Muscle. Micromachines 13, 627 (2022).

■ Kim, D.*, Kim, B.*, Shin, B.*, Shin, D., Lee, C.-K., Chung, J.-S., Seo, J., Kim, Y.-T., Sung, G., Seo, W., Kim, S., Hong, S., Hwang, S., Han, S., Kang, D., Lee, H.-S. & Koh, J.-S. Actuating compact wearable augmented reality devices by multifunctional artificial muscle. Nature Communications 13, (2022). 

■ Min, T., Cheong, E., Lee, C., Park, D., Kim, B., Rodrigue, H., Koh, J.-S. & Lee, D. Print-and-Spray Electromechanical Metamaterials. Soft Robotics 9, 882-888 (2022). 

■ Roh, Y., Kim, M., Won, S. M., Lim, D., Hong, I., Lee, S., Kim, T., Kim, C., Lee, D., Im, S., Lee, G., Kim, D., Shin, D., Gong, D., Kim, B., Kim, S., Kim, S., Kim, H. K., Koo, B.-K., Seo, S., Koh, J.-S., Kang, D. & Han, S. Vital signal sensing and manipulation of a microscale organ with a multifunctional soft gripper. Science Robotics 6, (2021). [Conference Papers] 

■ Kim, B., Ortega-Jimenez, V. M., Bhamla, M. S., Koh, J.-S. Passive Aerial Righting and Safe Landing of a Small Bio-inspired Jumping Robot. IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (ROBOSOFT), (2024). 

■ Kim, B., Lee, D., Kim, D,., Han, S., Kang, D., Kim, U., Koh, J.-S. Control of Shape Memory Alloy Actuator via Electrostatic Capacitive Sensor for Meso-scale Mirror Tilting System. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), (2023). 

[Honor & Awards] 

■ 2023-2025 Ph.D fellowship (National Research Foundation of Korea) 

■ 2025 Best Student Innovation Challenge Awards Winner, IEEE World Haptics Conference 2025 

■ 2024 Award of Excellence, Student Idea Contest (Future User Experience), 2nd Korea Haptics Conference 

■ 2024 Best Poster Award, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (ROBOSOFT 2024) 

■ 2024 Best Paper Finalist, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (ROBOSOFT 2024) 

■ 2023 Outstanding Paper Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University 

■ 2022 Outstanding Paper Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University