Soo Jeon, PEng

Soo Jeon is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
Professor Jeon’s expertise lies in the broad areas of mechatronics, dynamic systems, instrumentation and control. His research projects include Sensing-Rich Drive Trains, Multimodal Sensory Feedback for Dexterous Manipulation, Non-Linear Dynamics of Controlled Mechanical Systems, Autonomous and Self-Sustaining Systems.
Professor Jeon is the recipient of the 2022 AKCSE/KOFST Engineer of the Year Award, the Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award from ASME for the year 2010 and the Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award from the NSERC for the year 2015.
He is a member of ASME, IEEE and CSME. He serves as an associate editor for ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control (2015 ~ 2021), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (2015 ~ 2018), IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2020 ~ ) and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2022 ~ ).

• Keywords: Automation, Robotics, Control, Intelligent Systems

Sensing rich approaches to design and analysis of manufacturing machines Intelligent sensing and control for mechatronic systems with applications in precision motion control, industrial robots, and instrumented vehicles. Estimation with active sensing

• 2007, Doctorate Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA
• 2001, Master of Science Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
• 1998, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mechanical Design and Production Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea

• 2022 Best Paper Award in Robotics (w/ Xiuel Fan, an MASc student), 19th Conf. on Robots and Vision (CRV 2022)
• 2022 KOFST Engineer of The Year Award for 2022, AKCSE (The Association of Korean-Canadian Scientists & Engineers) & KOFST (Korean Federation of Science & Technology)
• 2015 Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) Award, NSERC
• 2012 A finalist for semi-planary papers, ASME DSCC
• 2001 Korean Ministry of Education Award
• 2010 ASME Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award
• 2010 One of Top 10 Conference Papers, 8th IFToMM International Conference on Rotor Dynamics, Seoul Korea 2010.
• 2007 ASME DSCD Best Student Paper Award
• 1999 Humantech Thesis Award

• ME 262 - Introduction to Microprocessors and Digital Logic
  • Taught in 2019, 2020
• ME 360 - Introduction to Control Systems
  • Taught in 2022
• ME 597 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• ME 649 - Control of Machines and Processes
  • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• MTE 322 - Electromechanical Machine Design
  • Taught in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• MTE 360 - Automatic Control Systems
  • Taught in 2024
• MTE 482 - Mechatronics Engineering Project
  • Taught in 2023

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Shiyi Yang, Soo Jeon, Jongeun Choi, Efficient Sampling for Rapid Estimation of 3D Stiffness Distribution via Active Tactile Exploration, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 1729, 2020
• Ayeda Sayeed, Soo Jeon, Theodore Prybitkov, In-Motion Weight Sensor Array for Dynamic Weighing of Non-Singulated Objects, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2075, 2020
• Moslem Sadeghi-Goughari, Soo Jeon, Hyock-Ju Kwon, Fluid Structure Interaction of Cantilever Micro and Nanotubes Conveying Magnetic Fluid with Small Size Effects Under a Transverse Magnetic Field, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 102951, 2020
• Moslem Sadeghi-Goughari, Soo Jeon, Hyock-Ju Kwon, Analytical and Numerical Model of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Enhanced with Nanoparticles, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 3083, 2020
• Moslem Sadeghi-Goughari, Soo Jeon, Hyock-Ju Kwon, Magnetic Nanoparticles-Enhanced Focused Ultrasound Heating: Size Effect, Mechanism, and Performance Analysis, Nanotechnology, , 2020
• Mohamed Mehrez, Karl Worthmann, Joseph Cenerini, Mostafa Osman, William Melek, Soo Jeon, Model Predictive Control without Terminal Constraints or Costs for Holonomic Mobile Robots, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, , 2020
• Shiyi Yang, Soo Jeon, Jongeun Choi, Multi-Fidelity Sampling for Fast Bayesian Shape Estimation with Tactile Exploration, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 4478, 2020
• Moslem Sadeghi-Goughari, Soo Jeon and Hyock-Ju Kwon, Enhancing Thermal Effect of Focused Ultrasound Therapy Using Gold Nanoparticles, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 661, 2019
• Shiyi Yang and Soo Jeon, Recursive Path Planning and Wind Estimation for Precision Airdrop, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 1429, 2019
• Mansour Ataei, Amir Khajepour and Soo Jeon, Model Predictive Rollover Prevention for Steer-by-wire Vehicles with a New Rollover Index, International Journal of Control, 140, 2020

• Low Power Magnetic Lock Assembly, US Patent 10450776, granted on 2019.
• Remote Plasma Source Seasoning, US Patent 7989365, granted on 2011.
• Displacement Sensor for Magnetic Bearing, Korean Patent No. 10-1999-0014902, granted on 1999.

• Seven researchers receive Graham Seed Fund awards