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Seok Chang Ryu Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering / Graduate Program in System Health and Engineering

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Seok Chang Ryu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. Prof. Ryu earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. His current research interests include medical robotics, haptics, telerobotics, and human augmentation. His research papers have received nominations for the Best Paper Awards at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) and the IEEE International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR). He has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) and IEEE conferences such as ICRA and BioRob, as well as Co-Vice Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Technical Committee on Telerobotics.
  • scryu@ewha.ac.kr
  • Research Cooperation Building #357
  • 02-3277-3558
  • Research Interests
    • Medical Robotics, Telerobotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Human Augmentation, Medical Devices
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Research Record
  • Hybrid Tendon-Actuated and Soft Magnetic Robotic Platform for Pancreatic Applications IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS, 2025, v.10 no.2, 1784-1791
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Clinical Efficacy of Application-Linked Stretching Ball as Digital Therapeutics in Plantar Fasciitis Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024, v.13 no.9, 2722
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • FEA Modeling of Soft Tissue Interaction for Active Needles With a Rotational Tip Joint IEEE ACCESS, 2022, v.10, 46291-46301
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Geometry evolution prediction and process settings influence in profiled ring rolling International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2022, v.122 no.2, 799-819
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Notch effect in 20% short carbon fibre-PA reinforced composites under quasi-static tensile loads Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2022, v.122, 103649
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Pinching Force Changes by Modulating the Interaction Gain Over the Fingertip IEEE Access, 2022, v.10, 9744-9749
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Quasi-ductile to brittle transitional behavior and material properties gradient for additively manufactured SLA acrylate Materials Letters, 2022, v.329, 133121
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • 포스트 코로나 시대 수술 로봇의 역할 및 발전 방향에 관한 전망 로봇학회 논문지, 2021, v.16 no.2, 172-178
    KCI dColl.
  • Electrically-Evoked Proximity Sensation Can Enhance Fine Finger Control in Telerobotic Pinch Scientific Reports, 2020, v.10 no.1, 163
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • An intraoperative test device for aortic valve repair JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2019, v.157 no.1, 126-132
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Design of a Soft Composite Finger with Adjustable Joint Stiffness SOFT ROBOTICS, 2019, v.6 no.6, 722-732
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Neural Efficiency of Human-Robotic Feedback Modalities Under Stress Differs With Gender FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 2019, v.13, 287
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Performance Evaluation of Optically Sensorized Tendons for Articulate Surgical Instruments JOURNAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 2019, v.13 no.4, 44504
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • Towards the design of mechanically superior tubular structures for microcatheters SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 2019, v.28 no.3, 35032
    SCIE Scopus dColl.
  • [학술지논문] On the Systematic Design Framework for Intuitive Interfaces in Telerobotic Operations: A Case Study in Surgical Robotics IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON HAPTICS, 2026, v.1 no.1 , 1-16
    SCIE
  • [학술지논문] Design and Mechanics of Active Needles: A Review IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2025, v.7 no.1 , 189-199
    Scopus
  • [학술지논문] Hybrid Tendon-Actuated and Soft Magnetic Robotic Platform for Pancreatic Applications IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS, 2025, v.10 no.2 , 1784-1791
    SCIE
  • [학술지논문] FEA Modeling of Soft Tissue Interaction for Active Needles With a Rotational Tip Joint IEEE ACCESS, 2022, v.10 no.0 , 46291-46301
    SCIE
  • [학술지논문] Pinching Force Changes by Modulating the Interaction Gain Over the Fingertip IEEE ACCESS, 2022, v.10 no.0 , 9744-9749
    SCIE
  • [학술지논문] Quasi-ductile to brittle transitional behavior and material properties gradient for additively manufactured SLA acrylate MATERIALS LETTERS, 2022, v.329 no.0 , 0-0
    SCI
  • [학술지논문] 포스트 코로나 시대 수술 로봇의 역할 및 발전 방향에 관한 전망 로봇학회 논문지, 2021, v.16 no.2 , 172-178
    KCI
  • [학술지논문] Electrically-Evoked Proximity Sensation Can Enhance Fine Finger Control in Telerobotic Pinch SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2020, v.10 no.1 , 163-163
    SCI
  • [학술지논문] An intraoperative test device for aortic valve repair JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2019, v.157 no.1 , 126-132
    SCI
  • [학술지논문] Design of a Soft Composite Finger with Adjustable Joint Stiffness SOFT ROBOTICS, 2019, v.6 no.6 , 722-732
    SCIE
  • [학술지논문] Neural Efficiency of Human-Robotic Feedback Modalities Under Stress Differs With Gender FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE, 2019, v.13 no.0 , 287-287
    SCIE
  • [학술지논문] Performance Evaluation of Optically Sensorized Tendons for Articulate Surgical Instruments JOURNAL OF MEDICAL DEVICES-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 2019, v.13 no.4 , 044504-044504
    SCIE
  • [학술지논문] Towards the design of mechanically superior tubular structures for microcatheters SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 2019, v.28 no.3 , 035032-035032
    SCI
  • [학술지논문] Design and Fabrication of Laser-Machined Hinge Joints on Miniature Tubes for Steerable Medical Devices JOURNAL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 2018, v.10 no.1 , 011002-011002
    SCIE
  • [학술지논문] Design and characterization of rounded reentrant honeycomb patterns for lightweight and rigid auxetic structures SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, 2017, v.26 no.11 , 115026-115026
    SCI
  • [학술지논문] Design of an optically controlled MR-compatible active needle IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS, 2014, v.31 no.1 , 1-11
    SCI
  • [저역서] Handbook of Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery Elsevier, 2026, 1064
  • [학술발표] Auto-Manual Hybrid Mode for Teleoperation of Active Needles in Tissue Phantoms IEEE Conference on Telepresence, 네델란드, Leiden, 2025-09-09 Telepresence 2025: Conference program and proceedings, 2025
  • [학술발표] Feasibility Study of Finger Interface for Miniature Surgical Instruments 2024 IEEE Conference on Telepresence, 미국, Pasadena, 2024-11-16 2024 IEEE Conference on Telepresence, 2024
  • [학술발표] Feasibility Study of a Teleoperation System With Haptics for Tip-Force Sensing Active Needles IEEE RAS EMBS 10th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 독일, Heidelberg, 2024-09-03 2024 10th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2024
  • [학술발표] Maximizing the resolution range of additive-manufactured miniature- scale force-sensing devices for biomedical applications 25th International Conference on Material Forming, 포르투갈, 2022-04-28 Key Engineering Materials, 2022, 159-167
  • [학술발표] A Computational Internal Model to Quantify the Effect of Sensorimotor Augmentation on Motor Output Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 캐나다, Montreal, 2020-07-20 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 2020
  • [학술발표] Design and Fabrication of Transformable Head Structures for Endoscopic Catheters IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 캐나다, 2019-05-20 Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019
  • [학술발표] Feasibility Study of In Vivo Robotic Plasma Medicine Devices IEEE Symposium on Medical Robotics, 미국, 2019-04-04 Proceedings of International Symposium on Medical Robotics, 2019
  • [학술발표] Feasibility Study of Robotic Needles with a Rotational Tip-Joint and Notch Patterns IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 캐나다, 2019-05-20 Proceedings of International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019
  • [학술발표] Miniature Robotic Tubes with Rotational Tip-Joints as a Medical Delivery Platform IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 캐나다, 2019-05-20 Proceedings of International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019
  • [학술발표] On the Kinematic Model of Continuum Robots with Spatially Varying Nonlinear Stiffness IEEE International Symposium on Medical Robotics, 미국, 2019-04-05 Proceedings of International Symposium on Medical Robotics, 2019
  • [학술발표] Real-time adaptive kinematic model estimation of concentric tube robots IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 독일, 2015-09-28 Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2015
  • [학술발표] FBG-based shape sensing tubes for continuum robots IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 싱가폴, 2014-06-02 Proceedings of International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014
  • [지적재산권] Steerable biopsy needle with fiber-activated shape memory alloy Overseas : Patent , Registration
  • [지적재산권] Shape sensing biopsy needle Overseas : Patent , Registration
  • [지적재산권] 와이어 기반 조향 바늘 구동 장치 Domestic : Patent , Registration , 10-2629040, 2024
  • [지적재산권] Methods and systems for controlling end effectors Overseas : Patent , Application
  • [지적재산권] Surgical cannulas and related methods Overseas : Patent , Registration
  • [지적재산권] Steerable biopsy needle with fiber-activated shape memory alloy Overseas : Patent , Registration
  • [지적재산권] 등록 가변 선단부 구조를 갖는 카테터 Domestic : Patent , Registration , 10-2235059, 2021
  • [지적재산권] Steerable biopsy needle Overseas : Patent , Registration
  • [지적재산권] 인대 고정용 골접합 나사 Domestic : Patent , Registration
  • [지적재산권] Surgical Cannulas and Related Methods Overseas : Patent , Application
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Courses

  • 2026-2nd

    • Dynamics 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38572Class No 01
      • 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 3~3 (ESEA) , Thu 2~2 (CH)

    • System Analysis and Feedback Control

      • Subject No 38607Class No 01
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 7~7 (ESEA) , Thu 7~7 (CH)
        • 영문계획안

  • 2026-1st

    • Introduction to Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38559Class No 01
      • 1Year ( 2Credit , 2Hour) Mon 2~2 (ESEA) , Thu 3~3 (CH)
      • Exchange students are not allowed

    • Introduction to Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38559Class No 02
      • 1Year ( 2Credit , 2Hour) Mon 4~4 (EDU-A202) , Thu 5~5 (EDU-A202)
      • Exchange students are not allowed

    • Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Experiment Ⅰ 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38571Class No 01
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 4.5Hour) Tue 5~7 (ENG )

    • Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Experiment Ⅰ 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38571Class No 02
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 4.5Hour) Fri 5~7 (ENG )

    • System Control Design

      • Subject No 38607Class No 01
      • 4Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Wed 6~6 (ENG A101) , Fri 4~4 (ENG A101)
        • 영문계획안

    • Advanced Engineering Mathematics

      • Subject No G18550Class No 01
      • Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 6~7 (ENG )
        • 영문계획안

  • 2025-2nd

    • Dynamics 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38572Class No 01
      • 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 3~3 (ESEA) , Thu 2~2 (CH)

    • Bio-robotics

      • Subject No 38596Class No 01
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 2~2 (ESEA) , Fri 3~3 (CH)
        • 영문계획안

  • 2025-1st

    • Introduction to Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering

      • Subject No 38559Class No 01
      • 1Year ( 2Credit , 2Hour) Mon 4~4 (ESEA) , Thu 5~5 (CH)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Introduction to Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering

      • Subject No 38559Class No 02
      • 1Year ( 2Credit , 2Hour) Mon 2~2 (ENG ) , Thu 3~3 (161)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Experiment Ⅰ

      • Subject No 38571Class No 01
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 4.5Hour) Tue 5~7 (ENG )
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Experiment Ⅰ

      • Subject No 38571Class No 02
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 4.5Hour) Fri 5~7 (ENG )
        • Syllabus(File)

    • System Control Design

      • Subject No 38607Class No 01
      • 4Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 4~4 (ENG ) , Thu 5~5 (153)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Advanced Robotics

      • Subject No G18132Class No 01
      • Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Fri 4~5 (ENG )
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Smart Factory Capstone Design

  • 2024-2nd

    • Dynamics

      • Subject No 38572Class No 01
      • 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~6 (ESEA) , Thu 4~4 (CH)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Bio-robotics

      • Subject No 38596Class No 01
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 4~4 (ESEA) , Fri 5~5 (CH)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Smart Factory Capstone Design

  • 2024-1st

    • Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Experiment Ⅰ 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38571Class No 01
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 4.5Hour) Tue 5~7 (ENG )
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Experiment Ⅰ 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38571Class No 02
      • 3Year ( 3Credit , 4.5Hour) Fri 5~7 (ENG )
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Capstone Project in Content Convergence Ⅰ

      • Subject No 38588Class No 01
      • 4Year ( 3Credit , 4.5Hour) Tue 8~9 (ESEA) , Thu 3~3 (CH)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • System Control Design

      • Subject No 38607Class No 01
      • 4Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 6~6 (ENG ) , Wed 5~5 (151)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Smart Factory Capstone Design

    • Human-Robot Physical Interaction

      • Subject No G18166Class No 01
      • Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 4~5 (ENG )
        • Syllabus(File)

  • 2023-2nd

    • Dynamics 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38572Class No 01
      • 2Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Mon 3~3 (POSCO) , Wed 2~2 (152)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Bio-robotics

    • Capstone Project in Convergence 강의 계획서 상세보기

      • Subject No 38606Class No 01
      • 4Year ( 3Credit , 4.5Hour) Mon 5~5 (ESEA) , Wed 6~7 (CH)
        • Syllabus(File)

    • Mechanical&Biomedical Engineering Self-Designed ProjectⅠ

      • Subject No 39254Class No 01
      • 4Year ( 3Credit

    • Mechanical&Biomedical Engineering Self-Designed ProjectⅡ

      • Subject No 39255Class No 01
      • 4Year ( 3Credit

    • Smart Factory Capstone Design

  • 2023-1st

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Academic Background

Stanford University Ph.D.(기계공학과)

Stanford University M.S.(기계공학과)

Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology B.S.(기계공학과)

Work Experience

Texas A&M University 2015-08-31 ~ 2019-08-31

Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital 2013-02-15 ~ 2015-06-23

Division Chair, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering 2021-02-01 ~ 2023-01-31