Sungwook Cho

Ph.D Candidate

Flight Dynamics and Control Laboratory, FDCL

Division of Aerospace Engineering

School of Mechanical Aerospace & Systems Engineering

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST

Office: #4315, Aerospace Engineering Bldg, (N7-2)

E-mail: swcho84@kaist.ac.kr

Fax: +82-42-350-3710

Education

Mar. 2001 ~ Feb. 2003
Osan High School, Seoul
Mar. 2003 ~ Feb. 2010
B.S., Major : Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Koyang, Gyeonggi-do
- B.S. Research : Design, Build and Flight Test of the BWB-type UAV Wing (Advisor: H.G Sung) - B.S., Minor : Dept. of Aircraft System Engineering
Feb. 2010 ~ Feb. 2012
M.S., Division of Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon
Feb. 2012 ~
Ph.D, Division of Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon

Work Experiences

Mar. 2005 ~ Jun. 2007
Republic Of Korea Air Force, 20th Fighter Wing, Seosan, Chungnam
Jun. 2007 ~ Feb. 2008
Int. Phone Counselling, BC card international center, Seoul
Feb. 2010 ~
Research Assistant, Division of Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, with Prof. David Hyun-chul Shim

Research Topics

A Study on Vision-based Collision Avoidance ( KARI )

A Study on Aerodynamic characteristics and Control Techniques of Tail sitter type UAV ( UTRC )

A Study on Vision-based Autonomous Landing on Runway ( KKI research center )

Research on Integrated Autonomous Navigation Technology using Camera and LIDAR for Proximity Operation of Satellites ( NRF of Korea )

Feasibility Study of Electro-mechanical Actuators for Thrust Vectoring Control of Space Launch Vehicles ( KARI )

Development of Smart Ground Control System ( Korea Aerospace Industry Association )

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (H/W, S/W and System integration)

Vision-based UAS

Publication

Master`s Thesis
  • "Research on the Vision-based Sense-and-Avoid of Fixed-wing UAVs - 고정익 무인항공기의 영상기반 충돌회피 연구", KAIST, Jan. 2, 2012
International Journal
  1. S.Cho, S.Huh, D.H.Shim and Hyoung Sik Choi, "Vision-based Detection and Tracking of Airborne Obstacles in a Cluttered Environment", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (IF: 0.829), Accepted, Aug. 2012
International Conference
  1. D.I, You, Y.D, Jung, S.Cho, H.M, Shin, S.H, Lee and D.H Shim, "A Guidance and Control Law Design for Precision Automatic Take-off and Landing of Fixed-Wing UAVs", AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Aug. 15, 2012
  2. S.Huh, S.Cho, Hyoung Sik Choi and D.H Shim, "Particle Filter-based Visual Detection of Approaching Aircraft in Complex Background Images", AIAA Infotech@Aerospace, Garden Grove, California, USA, Jun. 20, 2012
  3. S.Cho, S.Huh, Hyoung Sik Choi and D.H Shim, "Vision-based Detection and Tracking of Airborne Obstacles in Cluttered Environment", 12th Int` Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems(ICUAS), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Jun. 12, 2012
  4. S.Cho, S.Huh, Hyoung Sik Choi and D.H Shim, "An Image Processing Algorithm for Detection and Tracking of Aerial Vehicles", 50th Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, Florida, USA, Dec. 15, 2011
International Workshop
  1. S.Cho, Y.D. Jung and D.H Shim, "Research and Development of Variable Pitch Quadrotor and Attitude Flight Control", 3rd NUAA-KAIST Joint Workshop, Nanjing, China, Oct. 25, 2010
Domestic Journal
  1. S.Cho, S.Huh, Hyoung Sik Choi and D.H Shim, "무인항공기의 근거리 비행체 탐지 및 추적을 위한 영상처리 알고리듬", 한국항공우주학회지, Vol.39, Issue.12, pp.1115-1123, Dec. 2011
Domestic Conference
  1. S.Cho, S.Huh, D.H Shim and Hyoung Sik Choi, "무인기의 영상기반 저고도/근접 비행체 탐지, 추적 및 충돌회피", 한국항공우주학회 춘계학술대회, Apr. 12, 2012
  2. S.Huh, S.Cho and D.H Shim, "무인항공기의 실내 항법을 위한 3차원 공간지도작성 및 몬테카를로 위치추정기법", 한국항공우주학회 춘계학술대회, Apr. 13, 2012
  3. D.I, You, Y.D, Jung, S.Cho, H.M, Shin, S.H, Lee, D.H Shim, Hyoung Sik Choi and Sang Jong Lee, "무인항공기 자동 이착륙 시스템 설계 및 구현에 관한 연구", 한국항공우주학회 추계학술대회, Nov. 13, 2011
  4. S.Cho, S.Huh, D.I, You, D.H Shim and Hyoung Sik Choi, "무인항공기의 근거리 비행체 탐지 및 추적을 위한 영상처리 알고리듬", 한국항공우주학회 춘계학술대회, Apr. 13, 2011
  5. Y.D, Jung, S.Cho and D.H Shim, "모델 변화에 강건한 테일 시터 무인기의 천이 비행 연구", 한국항공우주학회 춘계학술대회, Apr. 13, 2011
  6. Y.D, Jung, S.Cho, E.M Oh and D.H Shim, "고정익 비행체의 호버링 비행제어기 설계 및 비행실험", 한국항공우주학회 추계학술대회, Nov. 12, 2010
  7. D.I, You, Hyoung Sik Choi, S.Cho, D.H Shim and Sang Jong Lee, "Time Delay Control을 이용한 무인항공기 자세안정화 제어기 설계 및 비행시험 결과", 한국항공우주학회 추계학술대회, Nov. 12, 2010
  8. D.I, You, U.H. Lee, Y.D, Jung, S.Cho and D.H Shim, "무인항공기 자동이착륙 제어 시스템 설계에 관한 연구", 제어자동화시스템학회 춘계학술대회, May. 28, 2010
  9. Y.J. Na, S.W. Choi, Y.D. Jung, S.Cho and D.H Shim, "가변피치 프로펠러 쿼드로터의 연구, 개발 및 자세제어비행", 한국항공우주학회 춘계학술대회, Apr. 15, 2010
  10. S.Cho, J.S. Hong, M.W. Kwon and H.G. Sung, "Lab-scale 무인기의 날개 설계, 제작 및 시험", 항공우주시스템학회 추계학술대회, Nov. 15, 2009