Simon (Hwanwoong) Kang

I am a second-year MS student in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Robotics at Columbia University. As a member of the Creative Machines Lab, I work under the guidance of Professor Hod Lipson and Philippe Wyder in the Robot Metabolism Group. Before joining Columbia, I gained valuable industry experience at Hyundai Motor Group, where I was a safety analysis engineer and collaboration lead for ML based data analytics project for the brands Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis.

My work is dedicated to understanding the control, planning, and learning mechanisms of multi-agent systems, with the aim of developing robotic algorithms and mechatronics solutions that serve society and assist individuals.

Research Areas: Modular & Bio-inspired Robotics · Multi-Agent Control and Planning · SLAM · Robot Learning