{"id":23,"date":"2021-09-06T15:36:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T06:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ie.unist.ac.kr\/new\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-03-28T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T06:21:19","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bme.unist.ac.kr\/eng\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row row_type=&#8221;section&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; video=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"page_heading\">\n<h2 class=\"tit ff_serif\">Focus Areas<\/h2>\n<p class=\"txt ff_serif\">UNIST Biomedical Engineering faculties, researchers, and students are engaged in cutting-edge research focused on these key areas of discipline<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<ul class=\"btn_list rsh_icons\">\n<li><a class=\"ico1\" href=\"#rsh_tabcont01\"><i><span class=\"blind\">Biomedical Imaging<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ico2\" href=\"#rsh_tabcont02\"><i><span class=\"blind\">Brain &amp; Cognitive Engineering<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ico3\" href=\"#rsh_tabcont03\"><i><span class=\"blind\">Rehabilitation &amp; Regenerative Engineering<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ico4\" href=\"#rsh_tabcont04\"><i><span class=\"blind\">Precision Nanomedicine<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ico5\" href=\"#rsh_tabcont05\"><i><span class=\"blind\">Genomics &amp; Bioinformatics<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ico6\" href=\"#rsh_tabcont06\"><i><span class=\"blind\">Digital Healthcare<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;section&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; video=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;70&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;rsh_tabcont01&#8243;]\n<div class=\"rsh_overview\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1264\" height=\"580\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview01_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rsh_cont\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<h3 class=\"tit_bar ff_serif\">Biomedical Imaging<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fw_700 ff_serif\">Do you want to light up the world?<br \/>\nStudy imaging technology and cutting-edge microscopy.<br \/>\nYou can be part of the development and delivery of novel methodologies enabling state-of-the-art biological systems studies and translational research.<\/p>\n<p>We develop cutting-edge microscopy and imaging techniques to deliver novel methodologies enabling state-of-the-art biological systems studies and translational research. Cross-disciplinary teams with backgrounds in physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, as well as biomedical engineering make efforts to extend the frontiers in imaging capabilities, from watching individual molecules to unveiling the structure of complex tissues to understand the fundamentals of life and disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"btm\">\n<p class=\"fw_700\">Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Sung Chul Bae<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">HyungJoon Cho<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Jinmyoung Joo<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Woonggyu Jung<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Hajin Kim<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Jung-Hoon Park<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Joon-Mo Yang<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;rsh_tabcont02&#8243;]\n<div class=\"rsh_overview\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1264\" height=\"580\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview02_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rsh_cont\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<h3 class=\"tit_bar ff_serif\">Brain &amp; Cognitive Engineering<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fw_700 ff_serif\">Do you want to understand how human brain works? Do you dream of building an artificial intelligence system that works like humans? You can get a chance to learn human information processing and apply the knowledge to solve engineering problems.<\/p>\n<p>Brain &#038; Cognitive Engineering is the scientific discipline of the human mind. It covers a wide range of research fields from perception and cognition to neuroprosthetics. Specific research focuses in the Brain &#038; Cognitive Engineering group at UNIST include visual perception and cognition, decision-making, social cognition, mental health, and brain-computer interface. We aim to deepen the understanding of human information processing, and to solve engineering problems by examining behavioral and neural data and using computational modeling approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"btm\">\n<p class=\"fw_700\">Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Dongil Chung<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Dooyoung Jung<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Sung-Phil Kim<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Youngshin Kwak<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Oh-Sang Kwon<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Kyungjae Myung<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;rsh_tabcont03&#8243;]\n<div class=\"rsh_overview\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1264\" height=\"580\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview03_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rsh_cont\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<h3 class=\"tit_ba ff_serifr\">Rehabilitation &amp; Regenerative Engineering<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fw_700 ff_serif\">Are you interested in medical technologies to restore and improve health? Lean how engineering tools can assist people with mobility, generate implantable tissue, and enhance the organ function.<\/p>\n<p>Brain &#038; Cognitive Engineering is the scientific discipline of the human mind. It covers a wide range of research fields from perception and cognition to neuroprosthetics. Specific research focuses in the Brain &#038; Cognitive Engineering group at UNIST include visual perception and cognition, decision-making, social cognition, mental health, and brain-computer interface. We aim to deepen the understanding of human information processing, and to solve engineering problems by examining behavioral and neural data and using computational modeling approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"btm\">\n<p class=\"fw_700\">Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Hyun-Wook Kang<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Jeong-Beom Kim<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Tae-Eun Park<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Gwanseob Shin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;rsh_tabcont04&#8243;]\n<div class=\"rsh_overview\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1264\" height=\"580\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview04_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rsh_cont\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<h3 class=\"tit_bar ff_serif\">Precision Nanomedicine<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fw_700 ff_serif\">Micro and nanotechnolgies allow us to detect and treat various diseases more effectively. You will learn how to synthesize and characterize those materials\/ devices and deliver them to a site causing the diseases. You will also gain the most updated knowledge in recent applications of those technologies to see how we use them to improve human healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>We develop micro and nanotechnologies we can bring from bench to bedside. The unique capability we can gain in micro and nanoscale regimes provides us with unparalleled sensitivity and specificity in targeting diseases and addressing unmet needs in the diagnosis of various diseases. We are making efforts to commercialize the technologies we develop in BME at UNIST, which could benefit an enormous number of patients who are in desperate need of new therapeutic and diagnostic strategies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"btm\">\n<p class=\"fw_700\">Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Jong Hwa Bhak<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Yoon-Kyoung Cho<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Jinmyoung Joo<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Joo H. Kang<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Jeong-Beom Kim<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Kyungjae Myung<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Jongnam Park<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Tae-Eun Park<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;rsh_tabcont05&#8243;]\n<div class=\"rsh_overview\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1264\" height=\"580\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview05_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rsh_cont\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<h3 class=\"tit_bar ff_serif\">Genomics &amp; Bioinformatics<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fw_700 ff_serif\">Learn about the genome, a life\u2019s blueprint, and the way how to decode the secret messages in it, in many cases related to human diseases like cancer. One further step, learn how to engineer the genome, which can correct the disease-related errors for a cure.<\/p>\n<p>We have developed and utilized multiple OMICS technologies to understand our genome for biomedical perspectives. Together with the power of computational biology and genome engineering, we are pursuing the next generation genome- based biomedicine, such as precision medicine and molecular diagnostics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"btm\">\n<p class=\"fw_700\">Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Jong Hwa Bhak<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Seung Woo Cho<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Taejoon Kwon<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Semin Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"#\">Kyungjae Myung<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_id=&#8221;rsh_tabcont06&#8243;]\n<div class=\"rsh_overview\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1264\" height=\"580\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/img_overview06_s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rsh_cont\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<h3 class=\"tit_bar ff_serif\">Digital Healthcare<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fw_700 ff_serif\">Join the digital healthcare revolution! Digitization in healthcare is revolutionizing the way we prevent, treat and manage health conditions. Digital healthcare addresses critical issues for the remote delivery of medical care (hospital at home) and enables digital therapeutic driven by high quality software programs.<\/p>\n<p>We take multi-disciplinary approach to address various healthcare related issues. Digital healthcare that the Department of BME at UNIST covers is the convergence of broad range of research fields including, but not restricted to: digital technologies with health, the efficiency of healthcare delivery, biomedical imaging, brain-computer interface, OMICS technologies, cognitive and physical rehabilitation, regenerative medicine, human data science, translational nano &#038; micro technologies, and precision medicine. We aim to foster healthcare innovation and prepare the next generation\u2019s digital healthcare experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"btm\">\n<p class=\"fw_700\">Professor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Jong Hwa Bhak, <\/a><a href=\"#\">HyungJoon Cho<\/a><a href=\"#\">, <\/a><a href=\"#\">Yoon-Kyoung Cho<\/a><a href=\"#\">, <\/a><a href=\"#\">Dongil Chung<\/a><a href=\"#\">, <\/a><a href=\"#\">Jinmyoung Joo<\/a><a href=\"#\">, <\/a><a href=\"#\">Dooyoung Jung<\/a><a href=\"#\">, <\/a><a href=\"#\">Woonggyu Jung<\/a><a href=\"#\">, <\/a><a href=\"#\">Hyun-Wook Kang<\/a><a href=\"#\">, <\/a><a href=\"#\">Joo H. 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