Professor

Associate Proffessor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
KAIST(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Research Interest :

• Vehicle Dynamics and Control
• Fuel Saving Technology

Contact Information
Office: +82-42-350- 4120
Fax: +82-42-350-4110
E-Mail: sbchoi@kaist.ac.kr

• Education
  Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1990~1993
  M.S. Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 1985~1987
  B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 1981~1985

• Career
  2009 ~ , Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
  2006 ~ 2008, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Automobile Technology, KAIST
  1997 ~ 2006, Principal Engineer, TRW Automotive
  1993 ~ 1997, Assistant Research Engineer, Institute of Transportation Studies, U.C. Berkeley
  1987 ~ 1990, Researcher, Agency for Defense Development

• Work Experience
  
  - TRW Automotive:
  • Digital valve control logic development, 2005 ~ 2006
  • ROM control logic development, 2004 ~ 2005
  • ESP logic proactive development, 2002 ~ 2003
  • Two-wheel and four-wheel TC Control logic development, 2001 ~ 2002
  • Advanced ABS control logic proactive development, 1997 ~ 2000

  
  
  - U.C. Berkeley:

  • Automated highway system autonomous highway vehicles control logic development, 1993 ~ 1997
  • Engine fuel injection and torque control algorithm development, 1990 ~ 1993

• Activity
  • 1993 ~ current ASME member
  • 1997 ~ current SAE member
  • 2006 ~ current KSAE member

• Awards
  • Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies, 'Sci. & Tech. Excellent Paper Award' for the research paper "Engine Net Torque Compensation Through Driveline Torque Estimation in a Parallel Hybrid Vehicle", 2020
  • Institute of Mechanical Engineers, U.K. 'Award for Risk Reduction in Mechanical Engineering' for the research papers including "Integrated Vehicle Mass Estimation for Vehicle Safety Control using the Recursive Least-Squares Method and Adaptation Laws", 2016
  • 16th Asia Design Engineering Workshop, ' Innovative Design Contest Award' for "Safe Attachable Wheelchair Assistive Device in Capstone Design", 2016
  • The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers, 'Academic Award' for paper the research papers including  "Pressure Model Based Coordinated  Control of VGT and Dual-loop EGR in a Diesel Engine Air-path System", 2016
  • IEEE Control Systems Society, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award for “Air-to-Fuel Control of Spark Ignition Engines using Gaussian Network Sliding Control”, 1999
  • University of California, 'Distinguished Service Team Award' for the development of automated vehicle control systems and the successful demonstration in 1997 at San Diego, 1998