Hojeong Lee

Education

College of Engineering, Robotics Program, KAIST (PhD Candidate in Human-Centered Interactive Technologies Laboratory) (2025.8~)
Advisor : Professor Sang Ho Yoon
Wearable Haptic Technology, Soft Actuator, HRI

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Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST (Master of Science, Human-Centered Interactive Technologies Laboratory) (2023.8 ~ 2025.8)
Advisor : Professor Sang Ho Yoon
Wearable Haptic Technology, Soft Actuator, Ergonomics in XR

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College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design) (2018.3 ~ 2023.8)
Industrial Design, Media Art

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Frankfurt University of Applied Science (Summer Exchange Student Program) (2019.7 ~ 2019.8)
Urban Design and Architecture

Publications

Journals

EStatiG: Wearable Haptic Feedback with Multi-Phalanx Electrostatic Brake for Enhanced Object Perception in VR
Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. (IMWUT), Vol. 8, No. 3, Article 131. (2024.9)
Nicha Vanichvoranun*, Hojeong Lee*, Seoyeon Kim, Sang Ho Yoon (First Co-author)

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Letters

Exoskeleton for 2-DoF kinesthetic feedback (Under Review)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
Daegeun Park, Hojeong Lee, Sang Ho Yoon, Sung-uk Jung

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Conferences

3D Shape Perception through Spatiotemporal Vibrotactile Patterns with Kinesthetic Feedback
Proc. IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC, 2025.7)
Hojeong Lee, Eunho Kim, Sang Ho Yoon

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Optimizing Button Size to Enhance User Experience for Augmented Reality Interactions in Mobile Scenarios
22nd Triennial Congress of International Ergonomics Association (IEA) 2024
Hojeong Lee, Yeahyoung Jeon, Keisuke Kudo, Paul Ssemakula, Seonghyeok Park and Shuping Xiong

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ThermicVib: Enabling Dynamic Thermal Sensation with Multimodal Haptic Glove for Thermal-Responsive Interaction
Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR, 2024.12)
Hyungil Yi, Hojeong Lee, Sang Ho Yoon

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Posters and Demo

Effect of Movement Velocity and Flexion Angle on Realistic Haptic Reproduction
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR Adjunct)
Dongkyu Kwak*, Hojeong Lee*, Sang Ho Yoon (First Co-author)

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Adaptive and Immersive XR Interactions with Wearable Interfaces (Demo of KAIST HCI Tech Lab)
proc. 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI, 2024.5)

Research Projects

A wearable multimodal sensing framework for adaptive interaction in extended reality (NRF)
(2023.8 ~ 2025.8)

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Development of a multimodal haptic rendering technology based on atypical objects (ETRI)
(2024.1 ~)

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Development of a generalized research framework and advanced modeling techniques for safety and comfort assessment of industrial exoskeletons (NRF)
Human Factors and Ergonomics Lab (Professor Shuping Xiong, KAIST)
Research project participation (2024.06.01 ~ 2024.08.31)

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Developing the model and criteria of evaluating motion sickness in automobile driving scenarios (Hyundai NGV)
Human Interface System Lab (Professor Myung Hwan Yun, Seoul National University)
Research Assistant (2023.1 ~ 2023.6)

Honors and Awards

Dean's Award : Research Award 2024, LACS KAIST

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CHI 2024: Popular Choice Winner (HCI Tech Lab)

Activities

Student President of the Department of Design
(Seoul National University, 2019.12 - 2020.12)

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Urban redesign project for Frankfurt Neue Strasse and Offenbach station
(Frankfurt University of Applied Science, 2019.7)
Suggested the Design for the public space in Frankfurt Neue Strasse and Offenbach station, UX scenario

Academic Services

Review
CHI LBW 24', Augmented Humans 25', WHC 25', ISMAR 25', UIST 25', ISMAR Poster 25'

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Student Volunteer
UbiComp/ ISWC 2024

Exhibitions

Seoul Design 2022 (2022, Granted by Seoul Design Foundation)
매몽매몽 Dream Trade (Haeun Ki, Yuri Kim, Heejung Yu, Hojeong Lee, Seyun Jun, Sungyun Jang)
Designer (Directing, 3D design, Mock-up, Web Design)

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SNU DESIGN WEEK (2022, College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University)
HETERHOM (Hojeong Lee)
Designer (3D design, Mock-up)

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ZER01NE DAY 2021 (2021, Hyundai Motors Group)
headspace (Keunwook Kim)

Design Assistant ( 3D design, Exhibition Design, Prototyping)

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Artspace@snu (2021, Seoul National University)
원 Wishes (Hojeong Lee)
Designer (Directing, Interaction Design, Visual Design)

Work Experience

GLoim (2020.6 ~ 2022.8)
Virtual Exhibition Designer (3D design, Virtual Exhibition Design)
Designed Korea Women Inventors Association Expo 2021 (Virtual Exhibition)