December 2009, Workshop at Muju

Our lab members and members of ISVC went to Muju for skiing and snow boarding. We had great fun together. We hope for even more productive and successful year 2010. Happy New Year!!!

November 2009, KSAS Fall Conference

Three members from our lab presented their research on KSAS(The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences) fall conference held in Kolon Hotel, Gyeong Ju City on Nov. 12~13, 2009.

Lae Hyong Kang presenting his research on “Development of a Micro Flapping Device Using PUMPS”

Jun Seong Lee’s presentation on “Experimental Validation of Flapping-wing Aerodynamic Model: Large Amplitude Pluging Motion at Low Reynolds Number Regime.”

Joong Kwan Kim presenting his work entitled “Simulation of Ornithopter Longitudinal Flight Stability via Flexible Tail Wing.”

November 2009, APISAT2009

2009 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT) was held on Nagaragawa Convention Center. Gifu, Japan on Nov. 4~6, 2009. Two members from our lab., Dae Oen Lee and Dong Hun Lee participated the symposium and presented respectively on “Shock Response Prediction of Low Altitude Earth Observation Satellite During Launch Vehicle Separation Using an Empirical Model” and “Precision Measurement of the Dimensional Change of the Composite Materials in Space Applications.”

Dae Oen Lee giving his presentation

Dong Hun Lee presenting his work

October 2009, KSCM Fall Conference

The Korean Society of Composite Materials (KSCM) held fall conference on October 23, 2009. Undergraduate students doing Undergraduate Research Program (URP) in our lab. , Hee-Suk Jang and Ju-Young Leem, attended the conference and presented on the research entitled “Fabrication of Composite Hinge Mechanism for Flapping-Wing Motion of Micro Air Vehicle.” The conference paper authored by Lae-Hyong Kang, Hee-Suk Jang, Ju-Young Leem and Jae-Hung Han was awared “Excellent Paper Award.”

September 2009, ASME SMASIS 2009

ASME 2009 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems was held in Oxnard, California, USA on September 21~ 23, 2009. From SSS Lab., Prof Han and Hong Il Kim attended the conference. Prof. Han presented on “Prediction of Actuation Displacement and Force of a Pre-Stressed Piezoelectric Unimorph, Pumps Considering Internal Stress Effects,” and Hong Il Kim presented on “Real-time Structure Shape Estimation Using Distributed Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors.”

August 2009, Lab workshop at Muju

On August 20~21, SSS lab and ISVC lab went to Muju for workshop. We had great time together having a lot of delicious food and lots of fun. It was refreshing time for us all.

August 2009, Party for Simon and Sammi

On 14th of August, our lab held an welcoming party for Sammi Lee who is going to be staying in our lab for 6 months. She is an undergraduate student majoring in aerospace engineering. The topic of Sammi’s study is yet to be decided. We warmly welcome Sammi and hope for a good enriching time in our lab. The party was not just for welcoming Sammi, but it was also a farewell party for Simon Gabor, an exchange student from Technical University of Munich (TUM), who will be returning to his country on September. We thank Simon for his contributions and hope for the best end to his visit to Korea

August 2009, First Half Workshop

On 14th of August, our lab held workshop for the first half of year 2009. Every member of the lab presented on the works they have been doing as well as their plans. We hope for productive 2nd half, and best wishes in all the lab’s works.

June 2009, BBQ Party

On 7th of June our lab had a special BBQ party. It was special because the families of lab members and Prof. Han also joined the occasion. We had great time together playing football and baseball, as well as having water gun fights and some delicious foods. It was fun and refreshing day for all of us.

June 2009, KIDCS Project Kick-off Meeting

One year taskforce of KAIST institute for Design of Complex Systems (KIDCS) includes six young professors in mechanical eng., aerospace eng., and computer science, including Prof. Han as a principal investigator. The objective of this research project is emerging the technologies related to the development of bio-inspired flying robots for surveillance, reconnaissance, and defense applications. Prof. Han has been focused on the key technologies of bio-inspired flying robots, especially unsteady aerodynamic modeling, flexible multibody dynamics, and flight dynamics and control considering the fluid-structure interaction. Based on these platform development tools, we are trying to integrate various sensors, actuators, and control schemes from the collaborative research teams. (This research grant is supported by KAIST Institute for Design of Complex Systems (KIDCS)).

Apr. 2009 KIDCS Invitation for undergraduate research

On April 15, 2009 KAIST Institute for Design of Complex Systems (KIDCS) held an invitation seminar for undergraduate students who are interested in participating in a research. Prof. Han presented on researches related to Bio-inspired Flying Robot. We hope many undergraduate students will join us in our researches.

Apr. 2009 KSAS spring conference

Professor Han and four students from our lab attended spring conference of Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS). Ph.D student Lae-Hyong Kang and M.S. student Dae Oen Lee presented their researches on “Flap Actuation Mechanism Design Using PUMPS” and “Vibro-Acoustic Analysis of KOMPSAT-5 Using Statistical Energy Analysis,” respectively.

Apr. 2009 Friendly Football Match

Our lab members participated in a friendly football match against BME lab members. The result? It’s not really important, right?

Mar. 2009 Farewell Party for Mr. Pfeiffer

Our lab’s German exchange student Mr. Andreas Pfeiffer’s stay in Korea is coming to an end. During his six months stay in KAIST, he has researched on flexible multi-body dynamics of an ornithopter flight simulation. We thank Mr. Pfeiffer for his time with us and send him with our best wishes.

Feb. 2009 Commencement Ceremony

There was commencement ceremony on Feb. 27, 2009. Ki-Yeon Park received Ph.D, and Jun-Seong Lee and Jin-Young Lee received master’s degree.

Feb. 2009 Welcome Party for New Members

Department of Aerospace held welcome party for new comers for graduate school on Feb. 11th. There are two new SSS lab members: Joong-Kwan Kim and Jae-San Yoon. Welcome!!!