Sehyun Park
builds machines
that bend.
Undergraduate researcher in mechanical engineering, exploring soft robotics — compliant actuators, bio-inspired mechanisms, and the space where materials meet motion.
About
[BIO_LEAD — 한두 문장의 핵심 자기소개]
[BIO_BODY_1 — 상세 소개 첫 문단]
[BIO_BODY_2 — 상세 소개 둘째 문단 (없으면 삭제)]
[학위 · 학교명]
[전공, GPA, 비고 등]
[직책 · 소속]
[한 줄 설명]
[직책 · 소속]
[한 줄 설명]
[수상명]
[수여 기관]
[SolidWorks, Fusion 360 …]
[Python, MATLAB …]
Publications
Introduction to Soft Robotics for Beginners
A primer on compliant mechanisms and soft actuation written for engineering students — covering pneumatic actuators, soft grippers, and fabrication techniques you can try in a student lab.
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Hands-on Mechanical Design Notes
Compiled design notes and worked examples from coursework and projects — from four-bar linkages to FEA sanity checks. Written to be the book I wished I had as a sophomore.
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Learning to Build: A Maker's Journal
An essay collection on learning engineering by building things — documenting failures, iterations, and what a workshop teaches that a lecture can't.
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Research Projects
Pneumatic Soft Actuator Design for Adaptive Grippers
Designing and characterizing pneumatic network (PneuNet) actuators for a soft gripper capable of handling irregular, fragile objects. Includes silicone casting, FEM simulation, and force testing.
Bio-inspired Crawling Robot with Shape Memory Alloy
Built an inchworm-inspired crawling robot actuated by SMA springs. Investigated gait patterns and thermal cycling limits; presented at an undergraduate research symposium.
Material Characterization of Ecoflex Composites
Tensile testing of Ecoflex/fiber composite samples to map stiffness tuning ranges for soft robotic skins. Produced a small internal dataset used by the lab.
Undergraduate Lab Internship — Soft Robotics Lab
First research experience: literature review on soft actuation methods, lab fabrication training, and assisting graduate experiments on pneumatic control.
Learning Projects
Robot Simulation with MuJoCo
Learning physics simulation for soft-body dynamics; reproducing published soft gripper experiments in simulation.
Control Theory Self-Study
Worked through classical and modern control (PID → state-space) with MATLAB projects on actuator control.
3D Printing & Mold Design
Self-taught mold design for silicone casting; iterated 10+ mold generations for actuator fabrication.
Python for Engineers
Data analysis pipeline for experimental data — NumPy, pandas, matplotlib — now used in all my lab work.
CAD Mastery — SolidWorks & Fusion 360
From coursework basics to certification-level proficiency; designed all research hardware in-house since.
Let's build
something soft.
Open to research collaborations, lab opportunities, and conversations about soft robotics.