■ Honors & Awards
• May 22, 2025 | Inaugural Fellow, International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO)
• Sep. 20, 2024 | The 69th National Academy of Sciences Award (Applied Natural Sciences), National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea
• Nov. 2, 2023 | Rayleigh Lecture Award, Noise Control and Acoustics Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (first recipient from an Asian university since the award was established in 1985)
• Oct. 6, 2022 | Grand Prize Award, Japan Society for Computational Engineering and Science (JSCES) (first recipient from an Asian university since the award was established in 2007)
• June 23, 2022 | KSCM Medal, Korean Society for Computational Mechanics (KSCM)
• May 25, 2022 | Fellow Award, Asian Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ASSMO)
• Mar. 23, 2022 | Excellence in Teaching Award (Fall 2021), College of Engineering, Seoul National University
• Oct. 15, 2021 | 30-Year Long Service Award, Seoul National University
• Aug. 26, 2021 | CAE and Applied Mechanics Medal, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
• Apr. 21, 2021 | Order of Science and Technology Merit (Woongbi Medal), Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea
• Nov. 6, 2019 | Mechanical Engineer of the Year (Academia), Korea Machinery Day, Korea Association of Machinery Industry
• Feb. 28, 2019 | Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
• Jan. 16, 2019 | Queen Dido Award, Korean Society for Design Optimization (KSDO)
• Nov. 20, 2017 | Academic Research Award, Seoul National University
• Feb. 10, 2017 | Academic Award, Korean Society for Computational Mechanics (KSCM)
• July 25, 2016 | Computational Mechanics Award, Asian-Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics (APACM)
• May 25, 2016 | ASSMO Award, Asian Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ASSMO)
• Nov. 13, 2014 | CAE and Applied Mechanics Academic Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
• Dec. 19, 2013 | Meritorious Service Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
• May 2012 | Best Paper Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME), CAE and Applied Mechanics Division, 2011 KSME Fall Conference (Paper: "Automatic Synthesis of Rigid-Body Mechanisms Using Gradient-Based Multi-Objective Optimization")
• Mar. 10, 2010 | Excellence in Research Award, Seoul National University
• Dec. 10, 2008 | Prime Minister's Award, Korea Invention Patent Exhibition (Magnetostrictive transducer for generating and measuring elastic ultrasonic waves, and structural diagnosis device using it)
• Mar. 19, 2008 | Excellence in Research Award, Seoul National University
• Sep. 15, 2007 | Emerald-COMPEL Award for Best Paper, International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Electrical Engineering (ISEF 2007), Prague, Czech Republic (Paper: "Magnetostrictive Transducer Patch Shape Design by Topology Optimization")
• Nov. 2, 2006 | Academic Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
• Oct. 28, 2005 | Selected as one of the 50 Outstanding Research Achievements of 2005, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (Field: Knowledge Expansion; Achievement: Automatic optimal design technology for coils)
• Oct. 20, 2005 | Korea Technology Award, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Award (Pipe nondestructive diagnosis system using tail-patch magnetostrictive ultrasonic transducers)
• June 11, 2004 | Grand Prize, 12th MBC Creative Children's Story Award (Story: "The Secret of Umyeonsan")
• Nov. 2001 | Best Project Award, 2000 KEPCO-Supported Basic Research on Electric Power Technology (Project: Non-contact fault diagnosis of generator shafts using the magnetostrictive effect)
• Nov. 2001 | Academic Award, Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering (KSNVE)