People
Ji-il Park, Ph.D.
박지일
Principal Investigator (PI)
Professor
Department of Mechanical Convergence Engineering
Kangwon National University
Research Interests
Physical AI for Defense Systems
Digital Twin for Defense Environments
Extreme-environment Autonomous Driving
Adverse-weather Perception
MUM-T Control
Multi-UAV Systems
CoA & IPB Automation
Education
- 2005 Korea Military Academy (KMA), B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- 2012 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, M.A. in Diplomacy & Security
- 2013 KAIST, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- 2022 KAIST, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Professional Experience
- 2013–2015 Instructor, Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC), ROK Army Training & Doctrine Command
- 2016–2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Korea Military Academy (KMA)
- 2021 Visiting Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- 2022–2023 Unmanned & AI Officer, Office of the Vice Minister & Defense Reform Office, ROK Ministry of National Defense (MND)
- 2024–2025 Ground AI Researcher, Defense AI Technology Research Institute, Agency for Defense Development (ADD)
- 2026–Present Chief Research Officer (CRO), Advisorlauren AI
Academic Service
Peer Reviewer
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (T-IV)
- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI)
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
- IEEE Sensors Journal
- IEEE Access
- Signal, Image and Video Processing
- International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications (IJIRA)
Contact
Email: tinz64@kangwon.ac.kr
Tel: 033-250-6311
Current Members
Woo Gyuhyeon
Undergraduate Student
Path Planning & Cooperative Control
Kim Yeongbi
Undergraduate Student
Fault-Tolerant UAV Control & Mechanical Design
Kim Seounghun
Undergraduate Student
GPS-Denied Multi-UAV SLAM
Kim Jeonghyun
Undergraduate Student
Extreme-Environment Military Vehicle Control
Song Gihyeok
Undergraduate Student
Digital Twin & Sensor Denoising
Han Dongseok
Undergraduate Student
Object Tracking & Weather Recognition
Lee Yewon
Undergraduate Student
CFD-Informed UAV Control
Alumni
Kim Jimin
Korea Aerospace University
RL-Based Robust UAV Control
Advisorlauren Co.
Kim Yunho
Korea Aerospace University
Multi-UAV Control & Mission Allocation
Advisorlauren Co.
Chung Jaemin
Korea Aerospace University
3D Point Cloud Reconstruction
Advisorlauren Co.