Jeonghan Yu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the State University of New York, Korea (SUNY Korea).
Her research focuses on human-
centered robotics, mechanism design and optimization, rehabilitation and assistive robotics, and biomechanical analysis of human movement. She is particularly interested in developing computational design and analysis methods for robotic mechanisms and human–robot systems, with applications to wearable and rehabilitation robotics. Before joining SUNY Korea, she was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, where she conducted research on rehabilitation robotics and human movement biomechanics.
Education:
2024, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University
2017, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University
Experience:
2026.08 – Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Korea, Incheon, South Korea
2024.04 – 2026.07, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Rehabilitation and Robotics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
2024.01 – 2024.04, Postdoctoral Researcher, Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
2017.09 – 2024.02, Research Assistant, Integrated Design and Analysis Laboratory for Multi-Physics Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Research Area:
Human-Robot Systems; Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics; Mechanism Design Optimization; Biomechanical Analysis
Publications:
Jeonghan Yu, Isirame Omofuma, Darren Biskup, Himanshu Pota, and Sunil K. Agrawal (2026), “Whole-Body Coordination and Spinopelvic Alignment during Yoga Standing Maneuvers: Comparing Practitioners with Non-Practitioners,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 34, pp. 2773-2785.
Jegyeong Ryu, Jongjun Lee, Jeonghan Yu, Seok Won Kang, and Yoon Young Kim (2025), “Virtual Framework Customizing Wearable Mechanisms: An Application to Gait-Assistive Mobile Hip Robots, Robotics and Autonomous Systems,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 192, p. 105052.
Jeonghan Yu, Seok Won Kang, and Yoon Young Kim (2025), “Autonomous Synthesis of Self-Aligning Knee Joint Exoskeleton Mechanisms,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol.41, pp. 2358-2373.
Jongjun Lee, Jegyeong Ryu, Gyuik Lee, Jeonghan Yu, Seok Won Kang, and Yoon Young Kim (2023), “Single-Actuator Hip Exoskeleton Mechanism Design with Actuation in Frontal and Sagittal Planes: Design Methodology and Experimental Validation,” IEEE Access, Vol. 11, pp. 136630-136642.
Jeonghan Yu, Sang Min Han, and Yoon Young Kim, “Simultaneous Shape and Topology Optimization of Planar Linkage Mechanisms Based on the Spring-Connected Rigid Block Model,” Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 142, No. 1, pp. 011404.
Patents:
Jeonghan Yu, Seok Won Kang, and Yoon Young Kim, “Knee Joint Guide Apparatus”, Korea No. 10-2638771, February 15, 2024; US No. 12,383,417, August 12, 2025