Hwan Kim
Personal Information
- NameHwan Kim (김환)
- Current positionAssistant Professor, Department of Service and Design Engineering, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, South Korea
- Research areasVR/AR interface design, multi-modal interaction, and haptic-based interaction design
- Emailhwan.kim@sungshin.ac.kr
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Biography
Hwan Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Service and Design Engineering at Sungshin Women's University. Kim's research focuses on VR/AR and haptic interaction. Kim designs wearable haptic devices, VR/AR controllers, and physical user interfaces to explore rich haptic feedback for natural interaction. Sungshin official profile; personal website
Work Experience
- September 2023–Present·Sungshin Women's University·Assistant Professor, Department of Service and Design Engineering
- September 2021–August 2023·Hanyang University·Research Assistant Professor, Department of Interior Architecture Design
- March 2019–August 2021·Samsung Electronics·Senior Designer, Wearable UX
- June–July 2008·LG Electronics·Intern
The timeline follows the person's public résumé and is cross-checked against the Hanyang University research-group profile. Personal website; Hanyang Design AI Lab
Education
- March 2013–February 2019·Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)·Ph.D. in Industrial Design
- March 2011–February 2013·Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)·M.S. in Industrial Design
- March 2006–February 2011·Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)·B.S. in Industrial Design
The KAIST Wonder Lab alumni page also lists Hwan Kim as a 2019 Ph.D. alumnus who went on to Sungshin Women's University. Wonder Lab alumni
Honors
- 2018 | ACM SIGCHI Honorable Mention Award for HapCube
- 2013 | ACM SIGCHI Honorable Mention Award for TapBoard
The award type is retained as “Honorable Mention” as stated on the personal profile. Personal website
Selected Research
- HAPshop: How Haptic Information Affects Consumers’ Purchase Intentions toward Online Products (2025, Computers in Human Behavior) — studies haptic information and consumer responses in digital shopping. Sungshin Repository
- AirPush: A Pneumatic Wearable Haptic Device Providing Multi-Dimensional Force Feedback on a Fingertip (2024, CHI)
- BIGaze: An Eye-Gaze Action-Guided Bayesian Information Gain Framework for Information Exploration (2023, Advanced Engineering Informatics)
- HAPmini: 2D Haptic Feedback Generation Using Single Actuator Device (2023, PLOS ONE)
- HapThimble: A Wearable Haptic Device towards Usable Virtual Touch Screen (2016, CHI) — the KAIST research record lists Hwan Kim as an author. KAIST PURE
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