People
We are hiring M.S., Ph.D., and Postdoctoral researchers. If you have a strong interest and passion in one or more of the following areas : mathematics, electromagnetics, optics, bio-sensing, imaging, electronic circuit designs, and radar technologies, please contact the principal investigator via e-mail address (sanghoek at khu dot ac dot kr).
Principal investigator
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Dr. Sanghoek Kim (IEEE Senior Member) received the B.S. degree with a double major in Electrical Engineering and Mathematical Science from Seoul National University, Korea, in 2007, and the M.S./Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA, in 2013. He was the recipient of Stanford Fellowship and Kwanjeong Scholarship during the study. After the graduation, he has worked as a signal/power integrity engineer at Qualcomm and as a mmWave system engineer at SiBeam. In 2016, he joined the EE department of Kyung Hee University, where he is now an associate professor. In 2021, he received the Young Researcher Award from the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science.
Currently, his research focuses on applications of radio-frequency technology and electromagnetics theory in wireless interface with bio-implantable devices, wireless power transfer, and radar technologies.
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Researchers
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- Dr. Kyungrok Lee received his B.S. degree with a double major in Education and Mathematics from Kookmin University, Korea, in 2017, his M.S. degree in Mathematics from Yonsei University, Korea, in 2019, and his Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from Yonsei University, Korea, in 2024. He was a recipient of the BK21 PLUS Scholarship during his doctoral studies. After graduation, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Ewha Womans University. Currently, he is interested in statistical electromagnetic problems and their applications.
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- Taein Kim received B.S. degree majoring Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2022. Currently, he is interested in radar signal processing. Other than the radar signal processing, he is also interested in the antenna design and the embedded system development.
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M.S. candidates
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- Jihoon Seo received B.S. degree majoring Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2023. Currently, he is interested in a parity-time symmetric resonator design for quantum computer.
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- Taewon Seo received B.S. degree majoring Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2023. Currently, he is interested in robust wireless power transfer system with a fixed operating frequency.
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- Jonggwon Kim received a B.S. degree majoring Space Astronomy and Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2024. He received the President's Award for Academic Excellence (for being the highest-ranked graduate in the College of Applied Science). Currently, he is interested in ultrasound miniaturized devices and ultrasound imaging.
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- Yoonhee Son received the B.S. degree majoring Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2024. Currently, she is interested in beam forming system and optimizing it with quantum annealing and AI technologies.
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- Doyeon Won received the B.S. degree majoring Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2024. Currently, he is interested in a quantum computer using a transmon qubit and a parametric amplifier for quantum state measurement.
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- Hyeongjun Cho received the B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2025. He is interested in simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) systems based on PTâsymmetry.
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- Jaehyun Kim received the B.S.degree in Electronic Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2025. He is researching the wireless power delivery with minimal exposure to electromagnetic fields.
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Undergraduate students
Sungdae Kim
Jinyoung Yang
Alumni
Theses of the alumni can be downloaded from this link.
| Name | Degree | Year | Thesis title | Current position |
| Sangbin Lee | MS | 2025 | The Optimization of Electric Field Focusing in Cylindrical Media and the Applicationof Quantum Annealing in Microwave Engineering | PhD candidate, Zhen Peng's lab, UIUC |
| Taein Kim | MS | 2024 | Implantable ECG monitoring system using EP-encircling SWIPT | AELab |
| Ashwini K. Arya | Reserach Professor | 2023 | Not Applicable | Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Soyul Han | MS | 2023 | Reconfigurable Metasurface Using Liquid Crystal | Hanhwa Systems |
| Hyunwoo Kim | BS | 2022 | Wide-range wireless powering with neutrals in PT symmetry | MS candidate, KAIST |
| Honghyeon Park | MS | 2022 | Design of wireless implantable device with ultra-compact and low power detecting bio-signal using multiple sensors | Silicon Mitus, Digital design group |
| Hyeonkeon Lee | MS | 2021 | Study on implantable chip for bio-signal measurement and communication using wireless power transfer | LIG Nex1, RF seeker R&D |
| Junghoon Park | MS | 2021 | Study on clutter generation method of land, sea, and volume | PhD candidate, Anthony Grbic's lab, UMich, Ann Arbor |
| Sungik Park | MS | 2021 | Robust wireless power transfer with minimal electromagnetic field exposure using microwave cavity resonators in nonlinear feedback circuit | Hyundai Motors, Electronic Reliability Test Team |
| Jongheon Lee | MS | 2021 | Wireless power transfer using multiple coil in parity-time symmetry | PhD candidate, Khajavikhan Optics and Photonics Group, USC |
| Donghoon Kim | MS | 2021 | Land and sea clutter signal generation for radar signal processing and detection algorithms on airborne AESA radar | PhD candidate, Seoul National University |
| Rehab S. Hassan | PhD | 2020 | Battery-free, wireless passive LC resonator for continuous monitoring wide-range of biosignals | Post-Doc in Yonsei University
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