Youngho Eun
younghoeun (at) yonsei.ac.kr
Education
- Ph.D., Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2018
- M.S., Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2011
- B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea, 2009
Professional Experiences
- Research Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2023–present
- Associate Lecturer, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2023
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2019–2023
- Research Engineer (Part-Time), Nara Space Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2018–2019
Research Interests
- Analytical and experimental research on spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control including
– Spacecraft attitude and orbit dynamics and control
– Spacecraft formation flying
– Space proximity operations (on-orbit servicing, autonomous rendezvous and docking, vision-based relative pose estimation)
– Nonlinear controllers (adaptive, robust, etc)
– Optimal controllers (state-dependent Riccati equation, successive approximation, etc) - Experimental verifications and validation
– Ground-based space environmental experiment and instrument development
– Hardware-in-the-Loop experiment - Satellite development
– CubeSat platform
– Spacecraft systems - and other emerging research fields such as
– Space situational awareness
– In-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM)
– Debris removal
Youngkwang Kim
ykkim88 (at) yonsei.ac.kr
I am an aerospace engineer specializing in astronautics, with a background spanning spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), trajectory optimization, and orbit determination. I earned my Ph.D. from Yonsei University, where I developed duality-based fuel-optimal impulsive trajectory algorithms for spacecraft rendezvous and formation flying, and contributed to NASA/GSFC’s GMAT and CSALT projects as well as the deep-space navigation software (DSODS) for Korea’s lunar mission. After several years developing real-time embedded control software for hydrogen and electric vehicles at Hyundai Motor Company, I returned to Yonsei University, where my current research focuses on AI-based space situational awareness (SSA), space-based space surveillance (SBSS), and intelligent onboard satellite control.
Education
- Ph.D., Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2018
- B.S., Astronomy and Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2010
Professional Experiences
- Research Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2026–present
- Senior Research Engineer, Hyundai Motor Company, Republic of Korea, 2018–2026
Research Interests
- Spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control (GNC)
– Astrodynamics and orbital mechanics
– Impulsive and continuous-thrust trajectory optimization
– Spacecraft rendezvous and formation flying
– Orbit determination and deep-space navigation - Space situational awareness (SSA) and space-based space surveillance (SBSS)
– AI-based detection and characterization of resident space objects (RSOs)
– Vision-based relative navigation and orbit estimation
– Multi-sensor data fusion for threat warning - Onboard flight SW and edge AI for satellites
– Embedded software and intelligent satellite control
– Model-based development and real-time state estimation and control
