People

Career

• 2019 - present, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, KAIST

• 2017 - 2019, GNC Engineer, Planet Labs

• 2008 - 2014, Associate Research Engineer, AOCS Team, Satrec Initiative 

Education

2017, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ph.D.

• Thesis : Pointing and Tracking System Analysis and Design for Optical Intersatellite Communication Link 

2010, KAIST, Aerospace Engineering, M.S. 

• Thesis : Star Recognition Algorithm in Dynamic Environment

2008, KAIST, Aerospace Engineering, B.S.  

Research Experience

Planet Labs

• 2017-2019, GNC, star tracker, attitude calibration, SkySat LEOP, SkySat thruster operation

MIT STAR Lab

• 2015 - 2017, Project FLARE(Free-space LaserCom. and Radiation Experiment), Attitude Determination & Control

• 2015 - 2017, Project NODE(Nanosatellite Optical Downlink Experiment), Ground Station Development

• 2015 - 2016, A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By, funded by NASA , Prototype CubeSat

Satrec Initiative

• 2008 - 2014, Attitude Determination & control for DubaiSat-2 and Deimos-2

• 2008 - 2014, Satellite Orbit Determination Using GPS

• 2008 - 2014, System Engineering for Dubaisat-2 and Deimos-2

KAIST

• 2008 - 2010, Star Centroiding for Star Sensor in Dynamic Environment

• 2008 - 2010, CubeSat System design Project

• 2008, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)

백기욱  (Baeck, Kiwook)

2021.9 - present, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2021.8, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

• Thesis : Analytic Evaluation of Pointing Error on Free-space Optical Communication Satellite

2019.8, B.S., Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea

Research Topic:

•  Intersatellite Communication

•  Laser Pointing System

•  Satellite jitter control

파울로 (Paulo Kemper)

2021.9 - present, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2014.3, M.S., Green Transportation, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

• Thesis : Lithium-ion battery electrochemical model for high-current control applications: Extended Single Particle Model

2012.2, B.S., Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2008.3, Associates in Electronic Engineering, Nippon Engineering College, Tokyo, Japan

Research Topic:

•   CubeSat navigation systems

•   Star Tracking algorithms

위준성  (Wi, Junsung)

2022.3 - present, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2022.2, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

• Thesis : Colored Noise Kalman Filter with Star Tracker Calibration Parameter for Satellite Attitude Estimation

2020.2, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Inha Univ., Incheon, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   Satellite Attitude Determination

•   Deorbit Guidance & Control

박용준 (Park, Yongjun)

2022.9 - present, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2022.8, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

• Thesis : Fast Search Method to Determine a Maximum Torque for General Configuration RWA using DCM

2020.8, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   Satellite Attitude Determination

•   Satellite Optimum Navigation

한효근 (Han, Hyogeun)

2023.3 - present, Ph.D Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2023.2, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

• Thesis : Optimal Calibration of Optical Parameters of CubeSat's Star Tracker using Earth's Rotation

2021.3 - 2021.8, Contract Researcher, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2021.2, B.S., Physics & Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   Attitude Determination Sensor Calibration

•   Sun Sensor with Diffraction Optics

김시현 (Kim, Sihyun)

2023.3 - present, Ph.D Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2021.5, M.S., Astronautical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2011.3, B.S., Astronautical Engineering, Republic of Korea Air Force Academy, Cheongju, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   Satellite Constellation

윤정인 (Yun, Jeongin)

2021.3 - present, Integrated master's and doctoral course, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2021.2, B.S., Physics and Mathematics, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   Space Manipulator Control

•   Inter-satellite Laser Link Simulation

김형철 (Kim, Hyeongcheol)

2024.03. - present, Ph.D Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2022.3 - 2024.02., M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2022.2, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Research Topic : 

•  Control Moment Gyroscope

오유나 (Oh, Yuna)

2023.3 - present, M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2023.2, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   Spacecraft Robust Attitude Control

장재훈 (Jang, Jaehun)

2023.3 - present, M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2022.3 - 2023.2, Contract Researcher, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2022.2, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   Magnetometer Calibration

안정우 (Ahn, Jeongwoo)

2023.09. - present, M.S. Student, Space Exploration Engineering Program, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

2023.08, B.S., Physics & Statistics, Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   Star Tracker Baffle Design

문동민 (Moon, Dongmin)

2024.03. - present, M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2024.02, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Inha Univ., Incheon, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   TBD

김승환 (Kim, Seunghwan)

2024.9 - present, Contract Researcher, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

2022.3 - 2024.8, M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

(Thesis: Development of a GNSS Radio Occultation Software-Defined Receiver Prototype for CubeSats)

2023.8 - 2024.1, Visiting Scholar, Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CU Boulder, Boulder, CO

2022.2, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Inha Univ., Incheon, Korea

Research Topic : 

•   GNSS software-defined receiver

•   Development of Sun Sensor (Image processing, Hardware design and fabrication)

M.S. Alumni

이윤후 (Lee, Yoonhoo)

2024.03 - present, Flight Control Software Engineer, Satrec Initiative, Daejeon, Korea

2022.03. - 2024.02., M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

(Thesis: Robust 𝐻∞ sub-optimal controller design for satellite attitude control under actuator saturation and uncertainties)

2021.08., B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Korea Aerospace Univ., Gyeonggi-do, Korea