Sungmoon Joo
Associate Professor
Daejeon, South Korea
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Top SchoolSungmoon Joo is an associate professor and principal researcher leading the Nuclear and Extreme Robotics Lab at KAERI, with 12 years of experience applying AI, planning, feedback control, and sensor fusion to robotic systems for nuclear decommissioning and reactor instrumentation. He earned a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford and has bridged academia and industry through roles at Georgia Tech and Samsung Heavy Industries. His recent projects include LiDAR-only SLAM, point-cloud object classification and pose estimation, and intelligent robotic cutting systems tailored to high-radiation environments. Known for translating advanced perception and machine learning methods into rugged, safety-critical robots, he also contributes to reactor control and simulation work that informs real-world emergency response. A former naval instructor and officer, he brings systems-level thinking and disciplined engineering to complex, multidisciplinary problems.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyKorea Navy Officer Candidate SchoolMaster of Science (M.S.), Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Seoul National UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aeronautics and Astronautics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University
Korean, English
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Github Skills (4)
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Github contributions (5)
joosm/joosm
Sep 2022 - Apr 2024
Contributions:53 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
joosm/DLI_ambassador
Aug 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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