- Best Robotics Paper Award, 19th Conference on Robots and Vision (CRV), 2022 [for this paper]
- KOFST Engineer of the Year Award, 2022
- A Keynote Talk, "Making Better Sense out of Mechanical Contacts," IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced and Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2020 [slides]
- NSERC DAS (Discovery Accelerator Supplement) Award, 2015 [news release: faculty,university]
- One of 20 Finalists for 2012 DSCC semi-plenary papers [for this paper]
- Top 10 Conference Paper, 2010 8th IFToMM Rotordynamics, Soeul, Korea [for this paper: invited to Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing]
- Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award, 2010, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD) [for this paper]
- Best Student Paper Award, 2007, ASME IMECE, DSCD [for this paper]
- Outstanding Conference Paper, 2005 3rd IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, Sydney, Australia [for this paper: invited to Control Engineering Practice]
- The Korean Government Scholarship Program for Study Overseas (KGSPSO), 2000
- Human-Tech Thesis Prize, 1999, Samsung Electronics, Korea [for this paper]
