Wan Kyun Chung

Also known as 정완균

Wan Kyun Chung is a robotics researcher whose work spans control systems, medical robots and robotic bioprinting. He earned mechanical engineering degrees at Seoul National University and KAIST, joined POSTECH as an assistant professor in 1987, and became a professor in 2000. He became president of the Korea Robotics Society in 2013 and an IEEE Fellow in 2016 for contributions to robust control theory. His team led a bioprinting project for personalized artificial organs in 2022 and developed a flexible actuator inspired by muscle proteins in 2025; he is a POSTECH professor and Robotics Laboratory director, with a lab paper listing him in 2026.

Now at: Pohang University of Science and Technology
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Timeline

1981–1987

Engineering degrees in Korea

He earns a B.Eng. in mechanical engineering at Seoul National University in 1981, then an M.Eng. in 1983 and a Ph.D. in 1987 at KAIST.
1987–1993

Assistant professor at POSTECH

He joins POSTECH as an assistant professor in 1987 and holds the post through 1993.
1993–2000

Promotion and a Berkeley visit

He becomes an associate professor at POSTECH in 1993 and a professor in 2000. He visits the University of California, Berkeley, in 1995–1996.
2013–2016

KROS president and IEEE Fellow

He becomes president of the Korea Robotics Society in 2013. IEEE names him a Fellow in 2016 for contributions to robust control theory for mechanical systems.
2020

Intelligent diagnostic robot technology

In 2020, POSTECH credits him with leading the development of intelligent robot technology for diagnostic tests using biotechnology.
2022

Bioprinting artificial organs

In 2022, he leads a POSTECH team selected for Korea's Alchemist Project to develop personalized artificial organs through bioprinting and a robot system that automates the process.
2025

A flexible robotic actuator

In 2025, he is part of a POSTECH team that develops a thin, flexible robotic actuator inspired by human muscle proteins. The sheet-like robot moves through tight spaces and manipulates objects.
As of October 2026

Robotics Laboratory director

He is a professor of mechanical engineering at POSTECH and directs its Robotics Laboratory. In 2026, the lab lists him as a coauthor of a journal paper on neural-network control for electro-hydraulic actuators.