Current Members
Quick Links
Principal Investigators
Kyunghwan Choi, Ph.D.
최경환
Principal Investigator
kh.choi@kaist.ac.kr
0000-0002-4832-1597 
Google Scholar 
ResearchGate 
GitHub Kyunghwan Choi is an Assistant Professor at the Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility at the KAIST and Director of the Mobility Intelligence and Control Laboratory (MIC Lab).
His research focuses on optimal and learning-based control for connected, automated, and electrified vehicles (CAEVs).
He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from KAIST. He held positions at KAIST and GIST before rejoining KAIST in 2025 as an Assistant Professor.
Curriculum Vitae (CV) can be found here.Further details are available here.
Ph.D. Students
Seunghun Jang received the B.S. degree in the Department of Bio-Industrial Machinery Engineering from Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea, in 2021, and the M.S. degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea, in 2024. He is currently pursuing a Part time Contract Research Scientist in the Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility at the KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, where he is a member of the MIC Lab.
His current research interests include state estimation of Synchronous Machines (SMs), physics-informed online learning of SMs, optimal control of electric drives.
Further details are available here.
Myeongseok Ryu / 유명석
Ph.D. Student
dding_98@kaist.ac.kr
0009-0004-3279-5765
Google Scholar
ResearchGate
GitHub Myeongseok Ryu received the B.S. degree in Department of Mechanical Engineering from Incheon National University, South Korea, in 2023, and the M.S. degree in Department of Mechanical Engineering from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea, in 2025. He is currently working as a Part time Contract Research Scientist in the Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility at the KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, and a member of the MIC Lab.
His research interests include adaptive control, neural-networks, and constrained optimization.
Further details are available here.
Hyochan Lee received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in the Department of Creative Convergence Engineering from Hanbat National University, Daejeon, South Korea, in 2023 and 2024, respectively. He is currently pursuing a Part time Contract Research Scientist in the Graduate School of Mobility at the KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea.
His current research interests include intelligent control of mobility systems using reinforcement learning and deep learning, tracking control of electromechanical systems, and the development of advanced control theories such as nonlinear adaptive control, optimal control, and learning-based control.
Further details are available here.Master Students
Minseok Seo received his B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Hanbat National University and is currently pursuing an M.S. degree at the AI Graduate School of the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST).
His research interests include Constrained Reinforcement Learning (CRL), especially in guaranteeing state-wise safety.
Further details are available here.
Yeongho Jeong received the B.S. degree in Department of Electronic Engineering from Kumoh National Institute of Tecnology and is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea.
His research interests are neural networks and robust control.
Further details are available here.
Donghwa Hong / 홍동화
Master Student
fairytalef00@gm.gist.ac.kr
0009-0001-2462-6249
Google Scholar
GitHub Donghwa Hong received the B.S. degree in physics and Engineering physics from Yonsei University, South Korea, in 2023. He is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea.
His research interests include robot control, neural-networks, and model identification.
Further details are available here.
Jiyun Kim received the B.S. degree in Department of Robot Engineering from Keimyung Universitiy, South Korea, in 2024, and is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Artificial Intelligence Graduate School from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea.
Her research interest is solving various mobility optimization problems by neural networks
Further details are available here.Interns
We currently have no Interns in the lab.