teaching & service
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) roles, mentoring, professional service, and community outreach.
Graduate Student Instructor (GSI)
University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2021
Mechatronics Design (ME 102B)
- Instructor: Prof. Hannah Stuart
- Laboratory: mechatronics, ESP32, Arduino, mechanical design, project management
Fall 2020
Advanced Engineering Graphical Communication (E 128 / ME 292C)
- Instructor: Prof. Dennis K. Lieu
- Laboratory: Creo, 3ds Max, project management
Visualization for Design (E 25)
- Instructor: Prof. Dennis K. Lieu
- Laboratory: 2D engineering drawing, AutoCAD, GD&T
Spring 2020
Visualization for Design (E 25)
- Instructor: Prof. Dennis K. Lieu
- Laboratory: 2D engineering drawing, AutoCAD, GD&T
Mentoring
Current graduate students
- Jadesola AderibigbeUC Berkeley
- Ben DavisUC Berkeley
- Gia JeongUC Berkeley
- Isabel MoralesUC Berkeley
- Sun ZhengCUHK
Current undergraduate students
- Alahe AkhavanUC Berkeley
- Jeongbin SohnGIST
Current Berkeley MEng
AI-driven design optimization for personalized assistive robots
Open hardware for robotic trash sorting — next-generation smart suction cup
Past Berkeley MEng
Next-generation assistive wearable for everyday grasping with spinal cord injury
Fung Institute Capstone Technical Leadership AwardPast undergraduate students
- Licheng Yu — Product & Process Development Engineer, Foxconn
- Haoxiang (Lucas) Hung — Recycling Program Manager, Triple L Global
- Derrick Ma — PhD student, Caltech
Professional service
Reviewer activities
Professional societies
Member since 2020; active member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association — member since 2024
Community outreach
Educational
2026
- Guided undergraduate students at Korea Nazarene University through a robotics lab tour and discussed research on wearable assistive devices.
- Mentored high school students in the Lee Do Leader Program (Sejong, Korea) in robotics, led campus and lab tours during their U.S. visit, and continue to provide academic and career guidance.
2025
- Robotics demonstration at Rosa Parks Elementary School (Berkeley, CA) during Robotics & Engineering Demo Day.
- Guided undergraduate students at Seoul National University through a robotics lab tour and shared career advice during a panel session (SNU at Silicon Valley program).
- Led a hands-on session with young DaVinci scholars (DaVinci Camp Summer Institute); students tried the Dorsal Grasper system.
- Guest presentation at EnableTech, a student organization that designs and builds assistive technology for people with disabilities.
Publicity
Interview, Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics (HKCLR): “A robotics journey inspired by brain research”
Featured article in Berkeley Engineering news