Open Positions
Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to contact Prof. Chung for
ongoing research projects.
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Soon-Jo Chung, Sc.D.
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (courtesy)
Faculty Affiliate, Virtual Reality Application Center (VRAC)
Director, Aerospace Robotics Laboratory (ARL)
Research Focus
1) Cooperative control and synchronization of multi-agent systems including formation flying UAVs and spacecraft, CPG-based flapping flight, robot locomotion, and multi-robot coordination, 2) Space systems, 3) Control experimentation and instrumentation, 4) Nonlinear control theory (contraction analysis), 5) Sensor-based path planning and vision-based SLAM
AFOSR Young Investigator Award, "Bio-Inspired Integrated Sensing and Control of Flapping Flight for Micro Aerial Vehicles."
Synchronization of Multi-Agent Systems (Presentation) , Paper
Education
- Sc.D., 2007, MIT (Major: Estimation and Control, Minor: Optics)
- S.M., 2002, MIT (Major: Aeronautics and Astronautics)
- B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1998, KAIST (Major: Aerospace Engineering, Rank: 1/120)
Doctoral Dissertation
Soon-Jo Chung, Nonlinear Control and Synchronization of Multiple Lagrangian Systems with Application to Tethered Formation Flight Spacecraft, Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) Thesis, MIT, June 2007. PDF Download
Thesis superviser: Prof. David W. Miller, co-advisor: Prof. Jean-Jacques E. Slotine
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Iowa State University since July 2007
- Member, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technical Committee
- Member, AIAA, IEEE, IEEE CSS, IEEE RAS
- Graduate Research Assistant, MIT Space Systems Lab (Prof. David W. Miller), 2000-2002,2003-2007
- Consultant, Nightsky Systems, Inc., Raleigh, NC, 2007
- Consultant, Mide Technology Corporation, Medford, MA, 2004
- Research Associate, New Initiative Office, National Optical Astronomical Observatories (NOAO), Tucson, AZ, 2002-2003
- Reviewer, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, SPIE Optical Engineering, and International Conferences (AIAA GNC, IEEE CDC, ACC, IEEE ICRA, IEEE IROS, AIAA Infotech)
- NSF Review Panelist in the area of Bio-inspired Engineering for NSF-CDI
- Invited Session Organizer, Bio-inspired Control and Navigation for MAVs, AIAA Infotech and UU Conf.
Honors/Awards
- AFOSR Young Investigator Award (2008)
- Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (2008)
- Best Student Paper Finalist, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Conference (2006)
- Outstanding Reviewer, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (2006)
- KAIST Action Committee Presidential Award - fourth highest honor graduate, out of 600 (1998)
- Ranked 1/120 Mechanical/Aerospace/Nuclear engineering graduates, KAIST, class of 1998
- Summa Cum Laude, Highest Distinction (KAIST, 1998)
- AT&T Asia/Pacific Leadership Award (2000)
- Rotary International Scholarship (1997)
- Awards and Scholarships at KAIST including full-support scholarships for four years,
dean's list, and highest GPA honors (term GPA 4.3/4.3) (1994-1997)
- KAIST Studying Abroad Scholarship (to RMIT in Australia)(1996)
Other Experience
- Head Teaching Assistant, MIT Aero/Astro Space Systems Product Development (3 semesters)
- Active/Passive Optics Subsystem Lead, MIT Aero/Astro, ARGOS Project
- KATUSA, Translation/Adminstration specialist, 2nd Infantry Division, 8th US Army, South Korea
- Exchange student, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia, 1996.
Aerospace Robotics Laboratory (ARL)
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