About

Professor

Prof. Namhoon Cho / 조남훈

Namhoon Cho / 조남훈

  • Assistant Professor, Aerospace Autonomy and Intelligence Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University
  • Affiliation: Artificial Intelligence Institute; Institute of Advanced Aerospace Technology

Namhoon Cho is Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea since September 2025. He received his BSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Seoul National University, South Korea, in August 2012 and February 2017, respectively. Previously, he was Lecturer in Control and Optimisation in the Centre for Assured and Connected Autonomy at Cranfield University, United Kingdom from November 2024 to August 2025. He was a research fellow at Cranfield University from January 2021 to November 2024 with the award of a Cranfield 75th Anniversary Fellowship to pursue research on AI for Exploitation of Data-Driven Approach in Control for Aerospace Systems. He was a senior researcher in the 1st R&D Institute, Agency for Defense Development, South Korea, from March 2019 to December 2020, where he was involved in research and development of guidance and control systems for missiles and developed design tools based on optimisation techniques. He was a research fellow in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea, from March 2017 to February 2019. He develops constructive methodologies to design control algorithms for aerospace and robotic systems.

Research Interests

Control-theoretic design of optimisation algorithms, robust adaptive control with online model learning, data-driven safe control frameworks, learning-enabled control with safety assurance, and automated control engineering.

  • (2012.9 ~ 2017.2) PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
    Dissertation: Nonlinear Guidance Law for Three-Dimensional Path-Following Using Differential Geometry
    Supervisor: Prof Youdan Kim
  • (2009.3 ~ 2012.8) BSc in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
    Thesis: Dynamic Modeling, Vertical Flight Controller Design, and Attitude Control Experiment of Quad-Tilt-Ducted Fan UAV (in Korean)
    Supervisor: Prof Youdan Kim
  • (2007.3 ~ 2009.2) Seoul Science High School
  • (2025.12) Excellent Reviewer for JGCD in 2025
  • (2025.5) Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA)
  • (2024.11) Associate Fellow of Advance HE (AFHEA)
  • (2022.11) Recognised C-DICE Fellowship, Centre for Postdoctoral Development in Infrastructure Cities and Energy (C-DICE)
  • (2021.1) Cranfield 75th Anniversary Fellowship, Cranfield University
  • (2017.2) Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
  • (2012.8) Summa Cum Laude Graduate, Seoul National University
  • (2011.3 ~ Present) Member of STEM (Honor Society of College of Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • (2009.9 ~ 2012.8) Academic Excellence Scholarship from Seoul National University