Dr Jongrae Kim
- Position: Associate Professor
- Areas of expertise: control theory & engineering; aerospace vehicle dynamics & control; optimal estimation; mission planning for autonomous systems; dynamic modelling; systems/synthetic biology
- Email: menjkim@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2159
- Location: 4.31 School of Mechanical Engineering
- Website: My Personal Site | LinkedIn | Googlescholar
Profile
Experience
- Associate Professor, Aerospace Systems Engineering, Institute of Design, Robotics & Optimisation, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Since September 2014
- Lecturer (corresponding to assistant professor), Biomedical Engineering/Aerospace Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, October 2007 - August 2014
- Research Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, January 2004 - September 2007
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, August 2002 - December 2003
- Research Assistant, Texas A&M University at College Station, College Station, TX, USA, January 1999 - August 2002
- Aircraft Maintenance Officer, Republic Of Korea Air Force, Korea, August 1991 - July 1994
Education
- PhD, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, August 2002
- MEng, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Korea, August 1996
- BEng, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Korea, February 1991
Visiting
- Industrial Secondment, Clyde Space Ltd., Glasgow, UK, July - December 2012, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Visiting Scholar, Laboratory of Systems & Control, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, Summer (6 weeks) 2012 and June (4 weeks) 2011
- Regular Visiting Scholar, Laboratory of Systems Biology & Bio-Inspired Engineering, KAIST, Daejon, Korea, Since 2008
- Visiting Researcher, Systems Biology Lab, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, July - October 2006
Responsibilities
- Study Abroad Coordinator
- Deputy Diretor of Postgraduate Research Studies
Research interests
Details on each research topic in the following list can be found in: https://sites.google.com/site/robustlabjongrae/home/research
- Robustness Analysis for dynamical systems
- Uncertainty modelling & identification using machine learning
- Optimal mission planning for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle)
- Navigation error correction algorithm for UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle)
- Optimal estimation using parallel sensors & parallel algorithm
- Indoor navigation
- Human brain structure analysis using graph theory
- Human cognition dynamics modelling & analyiss
- Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion modelling & analysis
Qualifications
- PhD, Aerospace Engineering
Professional memberships
- IEEE Senior Member
Student education
Delivering modules in dynamics and control in aerospace and mechanical engineering.
Research groups and institutes
- Institute of Design, Robotics and Manufacturing