{"413291":{"#nid":"413291","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nak-Seung Hyun Wins Georgia Tech DCL Honor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENak-Seung Hyun won the Best Contribution Award at the Georgia Tech Decision and Control Laboratory Graduate Student Symposium, held on April 24 at the Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom. Hyun is a Ph.D. student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and is advised by Erik Verriest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe title of Hyun\u2019s award winning presentation\u0026nbsp;was \u201cOptimal Obstacle Avoiding Trajectory Generation Using Root Locus Principles.\u201d Hyun works on a project focused on biomimetic locomotion, and one of the problems that he addresses is how to search for an optimal path while clearing some obstacles.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOptimality can mean \u0022minimum time,\u0022 \u0022maximal safety,\u0022 or \u0022minimal energy,\u201d and it is of interest to determine such a path with minimal computational effort. One method to exploit is to adapt a well-known standard graphical technique from control theory (that was developed for entirely different purposes and is known as the Root Locus) and use it in this new problem setting. It brings together beautiful mathematics, physical insight, and sound engineering. Path planning is a central task in mobile robotics, with applications extending to search and rescue, monitoring, self-driving machinery or cars, or entertainment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE Ph.D. student Nak-Seung Hyun won the Best Contribution Award at the Georgia Tech Decision and Control Laboratory Graduate Student Symposium, held on April 24 at the Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"ECE Ph.D. student Nak-Seung Hyun won the Best Contribution Award at the Georgia Tech Decision and Control Laboratory Graduate Student Symposium, held on April 24 at the Georgia Tech Student Center Ballroom."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2015-06-11 08:25:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:33","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"413281":{"id":"413281","type":"image","title":"Nak-Seung Hyun","body":null,"created":"1449254222","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:02","changed":"1475895145","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:25","alt":"Nak-Seung Hyun","file":{"fid":"202382","name":"140905br439.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140905br439_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140905br439_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6402938,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/140905br439_0.jpg?itok=UK-cppbx"}}},"media_ids":["413281"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.dcl.gatech.edu\/","title":"Decision and Control Laboratory"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"128601","name":"Decision and Control Laboratory"},{"id":"15217","name":"Erik Verriest"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"128611","name":"Nak-Seung Hyun"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}