Blog & Updates
Longer articles on design research, human–AI interaction and robotics, alongside short news about publications, awards and projects.
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Publication
The Scenario-Oriented Specification (SOS) method at the core of my PhD is now published in Research in Engineering Design (volume 37, article 36), written with Prof. KwanMyung Kim.
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At DRS2026 in Edinburgh I led “Action Steps Sprint”, a 90-minute Explorations session in which three interdisciplinary teams turned an elder-care robot scenario into requirements, components and early specifications.
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Article with Sang-Ho Kim and Kyuho Maeng in Transportation Research Part F: a survey of 509 people in South Korea on what drives the acceptance of autonomous vehicles, and how this differs between groups of users.
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Two papers in the IASDR 2025 proceedings (Taipei): which parts of a user scenario matter to engineers, and how to design motion for a non-humanoid care robot. I also co-facilitated a workshop on robot personality.
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Two papers from the defense-equipment projects with NH Co., Ltd. appeared in the IEA 2024 congress proceedings (Springer): design guidelines for special-forces sleeping bags, and a device that measures how a military backpack distributes its load.
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Our ICED25 paper on generative AI in scenario-to-specification work, written with Prof. KwanMyung Kim, received the Reviewers' Choice Award.
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Lemmy, the companion-care robot I worked on at UNIST, was named a CES 2025 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Smart Home category (entry by Shinsung Delta Tech).
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Paper at DESIGN 2024 in Cavtat, Croatia, introducing “action steps”: an intermediate step that links user scenarios to functional requirements and engineering specifications.
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