INTRO

Education

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- Master Thesis, ETH Zurich

Environmental Robotics Lab -> LINK

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- Master of Sci., Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 

DREAM Lab -> LINK

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- Master of Com. and Information Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Ongoing

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- Master of Eng., Mechanical Eng., The University of Tokyo, 2018

Micro Energy System Laboratory -> LINK

-  Bachelor of Eng., Mechanical & Systems Eng., Okayama Univ., 2016
(Korea/Japan Joint Government Program)

Nontraditional Machining Laboratory -> LINK

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Career

- Professor Officer, Mechanical and Systems Eng., ROK NA (2021-)

ROK Naval Academy Faculty -> LINK

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- Interpretation Officer, ROK3RDFLT, ROK Navy (2020-2021)

- Engineering Officer, DDH-979, ROK Navy (2020)

- UDT/SEAL Candidate, ROK Navy (2019)

- Research Engineer, JLK inspection (2018)

- The Global Leader Program for Social Design and Management/GSDM,
The University of Tokyo (2016-2018)

 

Publications

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- L. Batista*, J. Ro*, A. Richard, P. Schroepfer, S. Hutchinson, C. Pradalier, “A Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework and Methodology for Energy-Efficient ASV Navigation,” Accepted to IROS 2024, to be published. *Equal Contribution

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- J. Ro, C. W. Hong, “Technology Trends of Virtual Augmented Reality and Application to Military Education and Training,” The Journal of Korean Institute of Information Technology, August 2022, 151-164.

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- J. Ro, Y. Fan, K. Morimoto, Y. Suzuki, “Reactivity Evaluation of Weak-Combustibility Fluids in Micro- Flow Reactor with Streamwise Temperature Gradient,” in The Ninth JSME-KSME Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC 2017), October 27-30, 2017, Okinawa, Japan, 6pp., Paper No. 1603

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- J. Ro, T. Shinonaga, and A. Okada, “A Study on the Control of Resolidified Layer Thickness in Large-area EB Irradiation Method,” in The Proceedings of Conference of Chugoku-Shikoku Branch, February 9, 2016, Shikoku, Japan, Paper No. 407. (In Japanese)

 

Experience

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- Team, Research & Business Development Foundation, ROK NA (2021-)

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- 45th President, Korean Student Association, The Univ. of Tokyo  (2017)

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Interest

- Robotics
- Control​

- Machine Learning

 

Honors & Awards

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- Mayor's Award, 2022

- Joint Cruise Training Task Group Commander's Commendation, 2021

- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Award, 2019
- Naval Education and Training Command Award, 2019
- The Global Leader Program for Social Design and Management, ~2018​

- Kokusyou Award (Bachelor) -> Description, 2016​

- Korea-Japan Joint Government Scholarship Program, ~2016