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Yoon, Hyosang
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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)
Ph.D. Candidates
Ph.D. Candidates
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
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
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 Satellite Guidance & Control
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
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
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
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
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
2025. 2. - present, Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
2024. 8. M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, U.S.
2015. 3, B.S., Oceanography, Naval Academy, Changwon, Korea
Research Topic :
TBD
M.S. Candidates
M.S. Candidates
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
Star Tracker Identification Algorithm Development
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 :
GEO Satellite Attitude Simulation
Attitude Determination and Sensor Calibration
박정호 (Park, Jeongho)
2025.03. - present, M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
2025.02, B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Inha Univ., Incheon, Korea
Research Topic :
TBD
김형준
2025.03. - present, M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
2019.02., B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Korea Aerospace Univ., Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Research Topic :
TBD
김성열
2025.03. - present, M.S. Student, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
2018.02, B.S., Weapon and Mechanical Engineering, KMA (Korea Military Academy), Seoul, Korea
Research Topic :
TBD
Contract Researcher
Contract Researcher
2024.9 - present, Contract Researcher, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
2024.8, M.S., 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)
2025.3 - present, Contract Researcher, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
2025.2, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Thesis : Parameter Estimation Technique for Attitude Control of Flexible Spacecraft
2023.2, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea
Research Topic :
Spacecraft Robust Attitude Control
Alumni
Alumni
M.S. Alumni
이윤후 (Lee, Yoonhoo)
2024.03 - present, Flight Control Software Engineer, Satrec Initiative, Daejeon, Korea
2024.02., M.S., Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Thesis : 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
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