Design & Materials Mechanics
4 laboratories
Designs machine components and structures, analyzes and predicts their life, safety and reliability, and verifies them through experiment and computation. Four laboratories.
| Laboratory | Advisor | Office | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Mechanics & Design Laboratory | Namkeun Kim | Adam Schall Hall (AS) Room 611 | 02-705-8792 |
| Physics-AI Intelligent Design Laboratory | Namjung Kim | Choi Yangeop Hall (CY) Room 313 | 02-705-8633 |
| Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Laboratory | Choongsoo Shin | Adam Schall Hall (AS) Room 608B | 02-705-8825 |
| Automotive Mechatronics & Bio Mechanics Laboratory | Hyun-Yong Jeong | New Ricci Hall (R) Room 619 | 02-705-8640 |
Thermal, Fluids & Energy
5 laboratories
Studies how energy is converted, how fluids flow and how heat is transferred — from high-power batteries in EVs, drones and robots, to precision cleaning in semiconductor fabs and cooling for AI data centers. Increasingly uses CFD, computational heat transfer and AI-based design and process optimization to drive next-generation energy and thermal-management systems. Five laboratories spanning simulation and experiment.
| Laboratory | Advisor | Office | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid and Thermal Multiphysics Laboratory | Sungwon Kang | Adam Schall Hall (AS) Room 708 | 02-705-7972 |
| Energy Engineering (Sogang Energy-Water Nexus) Laboratory | Daejoong Kim | New Ricci Hall (R) Room 616 | 02-705-8644 |
| Multiphase Heat Transfer Laboratory | Gihun Son | New Ricci Hall (R) Room 621 | 02-705-8641 |
| Materials Design and Process Engineering Laboratory | Heonjae Jeong | Ricci Annex (RA) Room 403 | 02-705-8636 |
| Intelligent Biomedical Microfluidics Laboratory | Eunpyo Choi | Adam Schall Hall (AS) Room 605 | 02-705-8824 |
Control, Vibration & Robotics
3 laboratories
Analyzes robots, CNC machine tools and mechatronic systems; develops controllers for high-speed, high-precision motion; analyzes and actively suppresses vibration in vehicles, aircraft, robots and machinery. Also develops biomimetic robots, sensors and actuators, and biomedical manipulation systems.
| Laboratory | Advisor | Office | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| NanoBiosystems and Manipulation Laboratory | Jungyul Park | Adam Schall Hall (AS) Room 705 | 02-705-8642 |
| Biomimetics and Precision Device Laboratory | Seung-Yop Lee | New Ricci Hall (R) Room 615 | 02-705-8638 |
| Robotics and Intelligent Mechanisms Laboratory | Seokhwan Jeong | Kim Daegon Hall (K) Room 236 | 02-705-7886 |
Manufacturing Engineering
5 laboratories
The technologies and sciences of producing machines and products: processing and design of conventional and advanced materials, micro-mechanics, ultra-precision and laser machining, nano-processes and self-assembly of nanostructures, and AI and expert systems for production and assembly automation. Five laboratories.
| Laboratory | Advisor | Office | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiscale Convergence Technology Laboratory | Sungmin Kang | Adam Schall Hall (AS) Room 603 | 02-705-8632 |
| Multiphysics & Multiscale Systems Laboratory | Dongchoul Kim | Adam Schall Hall (AS) Room 703 | 02-705-8643 |
| Composite Intelligence Laboratory | Sang-Yup Kim | POSCO Francis Hall (F) Room 601 | 02-705-7967 |
| Intelligent & Convergent Design Laboratory | Jihwan Song | Adam Schall Hall (AS) Room 613 | 02-705-8639 |
| BioNano Technology Laboratory | Bong Geun Chung | New Ricci Hall (R) Room 617 | 02-705-8823 |