People Professor 최형식 (崔炯植, Hyeung Sik Choi) Professor/Director of Unmanned Ocean Vehicle Center Division of Mechanical EngineeringCollege of Ocean and EngineeringKorea Maritime and Ocean University Education B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Korea Univ.M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of South CarolinaPh.D. Robotics and Automatic Control, North Carolina State Univ Experience 1993-1993 Postdoctoral fellow, KIMM(Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)1993- Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KMOU Research areas Humanoid robotCooperating robot armUnderwater robotsRobust control algorithms(sliding mode, fuzzy, robust control, adaptive control, genetic control…)Sensor fusionIn-pipe robotExoskeletal systemFault diagnosis Publications More than 180 international domestic papers including the following paper:“Development of a New Buffing Robot Manipulator for Shoes, Hyeung-Sik Choi, Gyu-Deuk Hwang, Sam-Sang You, Robotica, Cambridge Press, 2008.1 ISSN: 0263-5747 .pp 56~62” Patent More than 50 patents including following one:“Device for motor which compensates for torque due to gravity, No. 11/997,542”“플라스틱 디스플레이 보드의 반사홈 형성 장치, No.2008-0095879” Research reports About 70 research reports including following one:“Research on Simulator for Navigation Control of a Underwater Cleaning Robot, 2009, 8” Address E415, Engineering #3. Korea Maritime & Ocean University, 1 Dongsam-dong, Yeongdo-gu, Busan, 606-791, South KoreaTel : 82-51-410-4297E-mail : hchoi@kmou.ac.kr Korea Maritime & Ocean University (KMOU) Taejong-ro 727, Yeongdo-gu Busan (49112), Korea / Office: The Engineering Building No.2 (A1) 313 / TEL : 051 – 410 – 4969 / EMAIL : skrgus3020@naver.com