Woosoon Yim

Affiliation

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Biography

Dr. Woosoon Yim received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang University in Korea in 1981, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984 and 1987, respectively. Since 1987, he has been with the Mechanical Engineering Department in UNLV, and was a department chairman from 2008 to 2014. Dr. Yim's research has been focused in the area of robotics, smart material, and their dynamics and control. Dr. Yim is an ASME Fellow and a recipient of 2011 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award..