Draft:Lee Kunwoo

Lee Kunwoo (born December 11, 1955) is the 5th President of DGIST and is a scientist and professor in the field of engineering.

Education
He received BS in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University in 1978, MS in 1981 and PhD in 1984 from MIT.

Career
He has been the co-editor-in-chief of computer-aided design of Elsevier from 2004 to 2014, and an editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computational Design and Engineering of Oxford Press since 2014. He has been the founding president of Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology of Seoul National University from 2004 to 2009, the Dean of the College of Engineering of Seoul National University from 2013 to 2017, the founding Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering Practice of Seoul National University from 2016 to 2017, and a Vice President of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea from 2015 to 2020. Currently, he is a member of The Korean Academy of Science and Technology and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was the president of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013 and the Korean Society for Engineering Education from 2017 to 2018.

Research interests
His research interests include CAD system supporting multi-resolution modeling, custom tailoring systems for shoes and wigs, dental CAD system, 3D printers, and integrated framework called human-centered CAD system in which products can be designed based on simultaneous simulation of products and human operator. He established two start-ups, one in Korea and the other in the US.

He is the author of the book, “Principles of CAD/CAM/CAE Systems”, published by Addison-Wesley in 1999. More than 10,000 copies have been sold. His papers and patents were cited 7,354 times.