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Hoon Cheol Park

Hoon Cheol Park

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
6202
World Ranking
1846
National Ranking
42

Overview

Hoon Cheol Park is affiliated with Konkuk University in South Korea and specializes in engineering research, with a strong focus on aerospace engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including aerospace engineering, computational mechanics, condensed matter physics, biomedical engineering, and ocean engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas in engineering, prominently featuring biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms. Other significant themes in their work include aerospace engineering and energy systems, micro and nano robotics, robotic locomotion and control, underwater vehicles and communication systems, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, and astronomy and astrophysical research.

Park has contributed to various peer-reviewed journals. The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Aerospace Science and Technology
  • Applied Sciences
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Biomimetics

Their recent scholarly output features the following papers:

  • "Mechanisms of collision recovery in flying beetles and flapping-wing robots," 2020, Science
  • "Towards the Long-Endurance Flight of an Insect-Inspired, Tailless, Two-Winged, Flapping-Wing Flying Robot," 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Effects of wing kinematics, corrugation, and clap-and-fling on aerodynamic efficiency of a hovering insect-inspired flapping-wing micro air vehicle," 2021, Aerospace Science and Technology
  • "Mimicking nature's flyers: a review of insect-inspired flying robots," 2020, Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • "Passive wing deployment and retraction in beetles and flapping microrobots," 2024, Nature

Frequent coauthors in Park's work include:

  • Hoang Vu Phan
  • Taesam Kang
  • Khanh Nguyen
  • Loan Thi Kim Au
  • Giheon Ha

The body of work demonstrates a focus on advancing the understanding and development of flying robots and biomimetic systems. Collaborative efforts with experts in robotics and aerodynamics further reflect their interdisciplinary approach to engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Wetting Characteristics of Insect Wing Surfaces

    Doyoung Byun;Jongin Hong;Saputra;Jin Hwan Ko

  • Design and stable flight of a 21 g insect-like tailless flapping wing micro air vehicle with angular rates feedback control

    Hoang Vu Phan;Taesam Kang;Hoon Cheol Park

  • Insect-inspired, tailless, hover-capable flapping-wing robots: Recent progress, challenges, and future directions

    Hoang Vu Phan;Hoon Cheol Park

  • Analytical design model for a piezo-composite unimorph actuator and its verification using lightweight piezo-composite curved actuators

    K J Yoon;K H Park;S K Lee;N S Goo

  • Design and manufacture of a lightweight piezo-composite curved actuator

    K Joon Yoon;Seokjun Shin;Hoon C Park;Nam Seo Goo

  • Direct measurement of slip flows in superhydrophobic microchannels with transverse grooves

    Doyoung Byun;Jihoon Kim;Han Seo Ko;Hoon Cheol Park

  • Effect of an Artificial Caudal Fin on the Performance of a Biomimetic Fish Robot Propelled by Piezoelectric Actuators

    Seok Heo;Tedy Wiguna;Hoon Cheol Park;Nam Seo Goo

  • Mechanisms of collision recovery in flying beetles and flapping-wing robots.

    Hoang Vu Phan;Hoon Cheol Park

  • An efficient assumed strain element model with six DOF per node for geometrically non‐linear shells

    Hoon C. Park;Chahngmin Cho;Sung W. Lee

  • Characteristics of a Beetle's Free Flight and a Flapping-Wing System that Mimics Beetle Flight

    Quoc Viet Nguyen;Hoon Cheol Park;Nam Seo Goo;Doyoung Byun

  • Equivalent modeling for ionic polymer–metal composite actuators based on beam theories

    Sangki Lee;Sangki Lee;Hoon Cheol Park;Kwang Jin Kim

  • Performance Improvement of IPMC (Ionic Polymer Metal Composites) for a Flapping Actuator

    Soon-Gie Lee;Hoon-Cheol Park;Surya D. Pandita;Youngtai Yoo

  • A modified blade element theory for estimation of forces generated by a beetle-mimicking flapping wing system

    Q T Truong;Q V Nguyen;V T Truong;H C Park

  • Relationship between wingbeat frequency and resonant frequency of the wing in insects.

    Ngoc San Ha;Quang Tri Truong;Nam Seo Goo;Hoon Cheol Park

  • Effects of corrugation of the dragonfly wing on gliding performance.

    Won-Kap Kim;Jin Hwan Ko;Hoon Cheol Park;Doyoung Byun

  • Towards the Long-Endurance Flight of an Insect-Inspired, Tailless, Two-Winged, Flapping-Wing Flying Robot

    Hoang Vu Phan;Steven Aurecianus;Thi Kim Loan Au;Taesam Kang

  • KUBeetle-S: An insect-like, tailless, hover-capable robot that can fly with a low-torque control mechanism:

    Hoang Vu Phan;Steven Aurecianus;Taesam Kang;Hoon Cheol Park

  • Design and Demonstration of a Locust-Like Jumping Mechanism for Small-Scale Robots

    Quoc-Viet Nguyen;Hoon Cheol Park

  • Three-dimensional cure simulation of composite structures by the finite element method

    Hoon Cheol Park;Nam Seo Goo;Kyung Jae Min;Kwang Joon Yoon

  • Stable Vertical Takeoff of an Insect-Mimicking Flapping-Wing System Without Guide Implementing Inherent Pitching Stability

    Hoang Vu Phan;Quoc Viet Nguyen;Quang Tri Truong;Tien Van Truong

  • Cure Simulation of Thick Composite Structures Using the Finite Element Method

    Hoon Cheol Park;Sung W Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Nam Seo Goo
Nam Seo Goo Konkuk University
Doyoung Byun
Doyoung Byun Sungkyunkwan University
Young Soo Yoon
Young Soo Yoon Korea University
Kwang J. Kim
Kwang J. Kim University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jong-In Hong
Jong-In Hong Seoul National University
Douglas J. Emlen
Douglas J. Emlen University of Montana
Wenjing Tian
Wenjing Tian Jilin University
Jae Whan Cho
Jae Whan Cho Konkuk University

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