Name:
Daniel Yoon, Ph.D.
Contact Information
Title:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
Email Address:
Phone:
Office:
Clement Hall (CLEM) 302
RESEARCH AREAS AND INTERESTS
- Integration of Machine Learning and Control
- Aerial Robotics
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Mechatronics
- Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
- Sampling-based Optional Control
Visit Learning and Control for Autonomous Systems Laboratory (LCASL) for more information about Dr. Yoon's research.
Dr. Daniel Yoon joined Tennessee Tech University in Fall 2023. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada at Reno. He received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang University, South Korea, in 2006, and a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 2019. He was a Simulation and Test Engineer at Hyundai Motor Company from 2006 to 2013. Dr. Yoon’s current research interests include estimation, decision-making, and cyberphysical systems (CPS). He is particularly interested in decision-making under uncertainties to consider the trade-off between exploration and exploitation.
Educational Background
- Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Applied Mathematics M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign