Professors

Dr. Ra and Dr. Whang are dedicated professors with extensive experiences in information-driven control research working in the School of Mechanical and Control Engineering at Handong Global University, South Korea. Their special expertise lies in guidance, control, navigation, target tracking/recognition and heterogeneous sensor fusion associated with precision guided missiles, intelligent surveillance/reconnaissance UAVs, and smart cars. Before joining the university as faculty members, they have worked with the Agency of Defense Development (ADD) where they have carried out many R&D projects associated with missile guidance and control.

In particular, during their term of office at ADD, they developed the homing guidance law, target tracking filter, and modeling & simulation softwares of Korean medium-range surface-to-air missile and supersonic anti-ship cruise missile as well. Based on these work experiences in ADD, they are endeavoring to devise technical solutions to the problems of multi-source/multi-sensor data fusion and AI based target tracking. These technologies are going to play an important role in providing the theoretical foundation for the Korean ballistic missile defense system. 

Recently, they also have tried to broaden their research area to future mobility by spinning off their professional knowledge. In particular, they have actively collaborated with Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) which is one of the largest global car makers for developing the next generation perception systems for L3/L4 driverless car. 


Research Area


Dr.  Won-Sang Ra

Professor, 

School of Mechanical and Control Engineering, 

Handong University 


Office NTH 106

Phone +82 54 260 1368

E-mail wonsang@handong.edu

Education

Work Experience

Professor,  School of Mechanical and Control Engineering,  Handong University, KOR 

Senior Researcher, Guidance and Control Department, Agency for  Defense Development, KOR

Visiting Professor, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, UK

Head Professor, Automotive Mechatronics Education Program, Granted by Hyundai Motor Group

Head of LINC Plus Project, Granted by Education Ministry, KOR 

Visiting Scholar, Centre for Autonomous and Cyberphysical Systems, Cranfield University, UK

Dean, School of Mechanical and Control Engineering, Handong University, KOR

Honors and Awards

Academic Activities

Dr.  Ick-Ho Whang

Research Professor, 

School of Mechanical and Control Engineering, 

Handong University 


Office NTH 108

Phone +82 54 260 1354

E-mail ickho@handong.edu

Education

Work Experience

Visiting Professor,  School of Mechanical and Control Engineering,  Handong University, KOR 

Principal Researcher, Guidance and Control Department, Agency for  Defense Development, KOR

Visiting Scholar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST, KOR

Visiting Scientist, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, US

Honors and Awards

Academic Activities