Professor Jeha Ryu of GIST School of Mechatronics has been appointed a member of the technical editorial board of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. As a member of the board, Professor Ryu will be performing duties such as classifying submitted papers and assigning judges for three years.

Professor Ryu received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from University of Iowa in the United States in 1991 and has been on the faculty of GIST School of Mechatronics since 1994, where he currently leads the Human Robotics Laboratory.

Previouly, Professor Ryu also served as an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Haptics in 2007 – 2010. His research interests include human-machine-computer interface, parallel robot manipulators, automobiles, and haptic devices for virtual reality interface.