Jung-Hwan Youn

Area of Study / Keywords

Robotics Haptics Robot Hands Dexterous Teleoperation Soft Robotics

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About

Dr. Youn joined the University of Alberta after completing postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

His research focuses on wearable haptic devices, soft robotic systems, and dexterous human–robot interaction. His work explores novel sensing and actuation technologies for bidirectional haptic teleoperation, robotic manipulation, and human augmentation.

Jung-Hwan Youn, Yanjun Chen, Ali Israr, Craig Shultz

IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 2026 April; 10.1109/TOH.2026.3681229

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Jung-Hwan Youn, Seung Heon Lee, Craig Shultz

ACM TEI. 2026 March; 10.1145/3731459.3773337

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Jung-Hwan Youn, Ki-Uk Kyung

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 2026 February; 10.1109/LRA.2026.3662636

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Jung-Hwan Youn, Seung Heon Lee, Craig Shultz

ACM CHI. 2025 April; 10.1145/3706598.3713175

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Jung-Hwan Youn, Seung-Yeon Jang, Inwook Hwang, Qibing Pei, Sungryul Yun, Ki-Uk Kyung

Science Advances. 2025 March; 10.1126/sciadv.adt4839

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Seung-Yeon Jang, Minjae Cho, Hyunwoo Kim, Meejeong Choi, Seongcheol Mun, Jung-Hwan Youn, Jihwan Park, Geonwoo Hwang, Inwook Hwang, Sungryul Yun, Ki-Uk Kyung

Science Advances. 2024 September; 10.1126/sciadv.adq2024

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Jung-Hwan Youn, Je-Sung Koh, Ki-Uk Kyung

Soft Robotics. 2024 August; 10.1089/soro.2023.0027

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Inwook Hwang, Seongcheol Mun, Jung-Hwan Youn, Hyeong Jun Kim, Seung Koo Park, Meejeong Choi, Tae June Kang, Qibing Pei, Sungryul Yun

Nature Communications. 2024 March; 10.1038/s41467-024-46709-7

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Jung-Hwan Youn, Je-sung Koh, Ki-Uk Kyung

2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2023 May; 10.1109/icra48891.2023.10160797

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