Soo Jeon

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 Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (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, and IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.

• Automation
• Robotics
• Control
• Intelligent Systems

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

• MTE 322 - Electromechanical Machine Design
  • Taught in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
• ME 360 - Introduction to Control Systems
  • Taught in 2015
• ME 649 - Control of Machines and Processes
  • Taught in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
• ME 262 - Introduction to Microprocessors and Digital Logic
  • Taught in 2016, 2018, 2019
• MTE 380 - Mechatronics Engineering Design Workshop
  • Taught in 2018

• Moslem Sadeghi-Goughari, Soo Jeon and Hyock-Ju Kwon, Enhancing Thermal Effect of Focused Ultrasound Therapy Using Gold Nanoparticles, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, 18(4), 2019, 661 - 668
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• Shiyi Yang and Soo Jeon, Recursive Path Planning and Wind Estimation for Precision Airdrop, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 42(6), 2019, 1429 - 1437
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• 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, 93(1), 2020, 140 - 155
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• Mansour Ataei, Amir Khajepour and Soo Jeon, Model Predictive Control for Integrated Lateral Stability, Traction/Braking Control, and Rollover Prevention of Electric Vehicles, Vehicle System Dynamics, 58(1), 2020, 49 - 73
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• Mansour Ataei, Amir Khajepour and Soo Jeon, Reconfigurable Integrated Stability Control for Four- and Three-wheeled Urban Vehicles with Flexible Combinations of Actuation Systems, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 23(5), 2018, 2031 - 2041
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• Mansour Ataei, Amir Khajepour and Soo Jeon, A Novel Reconfigurable Integrated Vehicle Stability Control with Omni Actuation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 67(4), 2018, 2945 - 2957
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• Mehdi Jalalmaab, Mohammad Pirani, Baris Fidan and Soo Jeon, Cooperative Estimation of Road Condition Based on Dynamic Consensus and Vehicular Communication, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 4(1), 2019, 90 - 100
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• Atsushi Kakogawa, Soo Jeon and Shugen Ma, Stiffness Design of a Resonance-based Planar Snake Robot with Parallel Elastic Actuators, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(2), 2018, 1284 - 1291
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• Moslem Sadeghi-Goughari, Yanjun Qian, Soo Jeon, Sohrab Sadeghi and Hyock-Ju Kwon, An Experimental and Numerical Study on Tactile Neuroimaging: A Novel Minimally Invasive Technique for Intraoperative Brain Imaging, The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 14(2), 2018
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• Mansour Ataei, Amir Khajepour and Soo Jeon, A General Rollover Index for Tripped and Un-tripped Rollovers on Flat and Sloped Roads, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 233(2), 2019, 304 - 316
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• Bonghun Shin, Soo Jeon, Jeongwon Ryu and Hyock Ju Kwon, Elastography for Portable Ultrasound, Biomedical Engineering Letters, 8(1), 2018, 101 - 116
• Moslem Sadeghi-Goughari, Soo Jeon and Hyock-Ju Kwon, Effects of Magnetic-Fluid Flow on Structural Instability of a Carbon Nanotube Conveying Nanoflow under a Longitudinal Magnetic Field, Physics Letters A, 381(35), 2018, 2898 - 2905
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• Laaleh Durali, Amir Khajepour and Soo Jeon, Design and optimization of a cam-actuated electro-hydraulic brake system, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 232(7), 2018, 909 - 920
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• Bonghun Shin, Soo Jeon, Jeongwon Ryu and Hyock-Ju Kwon, Compressed Sensing for Elastography in Portable Ultrasound, Ultrasonic Imaging, 39(6), 2017, 393 - 413
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• Mansour Ataei, Amir Khajepour and Soo Jeon, Rollover Stabilities of Three-Wheeled Vehicles Including Road Configuration Effects, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: J. of Automobile Engineering, 231(7), 2017, 859 - 871
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• Ryan McMillan, Soo Jeon and Vahid Babakeshizadeh, Low Power Magnetic Lock Assembly, (Patented in 2019)
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