Prof. Byoung-Kwan Cho

Dr. Byoung-Kwan Cho is a professor of Department of Biosystems Machinery Engineering & Department of Smart Agricultural Systems in Chungnam National University (CNU), South Korea. He is leading a Nondestructive Biosensing Group at CNU working in the area of non-destructive measurement for quality and safety of food and agricultural materials. Prof. Cho received his B.S., and M.S. degrees in Department of Agricultural Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 1993 and 1998, respectively, and received Ph.D. in Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA in 2003. He joined Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA in 2003 and, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, USA in 2005 as a post-doctoral researcher. Since 2006, he has been a professor in the Department of Biosystems Machinery Engineering at CNU. His current research focuses on the application of spectroscopic and hyperspectral imaging techniques for the system development of real-time quality and safety inspection for food and agricultural materials. He served as a Vice Dean of College and Headquarter of CNU from March 2012 to February 2016. Now he is serving as an Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Biosystems Engineering, and is (co-)author of 150+ peer reviewed journal articles and 5 book chapters. His research efforts in the fields of spectroscopic analysis, hyperspectral imaging and agricultural sorting system have resulted in 20+ patent registration so far.

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RESEARCH AREA

• Machine Vision and Hyperspectral Imaging for Foods and Agricultural Materials

• Spectral Analysis and Chemometrics for Quality and Safety Measurement of Biochemical Materials

• Phenomics (Abiotic/Biotic Stress Monitoring Technology for Plants & Animals)

• Smart Farm Sensing Technology (UAV sensing, Intelligent Livestock Monitoring, etc)

• Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning, Deep Learning) for Image Analysis

• Biosensors for Food Safety

• Postharvest Technology (Storage, Packaging and Logistics)

 
EDUCATION 

• Ph.D. Agricultural & Biological Engineering (May 2003),  The Pennsylvania State University, UP, USA

• M.S. Agricultural Machinery Engineering (February 1998),  Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• B.S. Agricultural Machinery Engineering (February 1993),  Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea 

EMPLOYMENT 

• [04/2016 - Present]  Professor, Department of Biosystems Machinery Engineering, CNU, Daejeon, Korea

• [04/2012 - 03/2016]  Associate Professor, Department of Biosystems Machinery Engineering, CNU

• [04/2006 - 03/2012]  Assistant Professor, Department of Biosystems Machinery Engineering, CNU

• [03/2005 - 03/2006]  Post Doctoral Researcher, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA 

• [06/2003 - 02/2005]  Post Doctoral Researcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

• [08/1998 - 05/2003]  Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering,

                                        The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA 

• [03/1998 - 07/1998]  Research Assistant, Korean Food Research Institute, Songnam, Korea 

• [07/1995 - 02/1998]  Research Assistant, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

• [03/1993 - 06/1995]  First Lieutenant (ROTC), Republic of Korea Army

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HONORS & AWARDS

• Minister Award of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs, The Korean Government, 2022

• Commissioner Award of Korea Disease Control & Prevention Agency (KDCA), 2022

• Excellence Research Award, Chungnam National University, 2022

• Hwanong Award, The Hwanong Foundation, 2020

• Excellence Research Award, Chungnam National University, 2020

• Internationalization Service Award, Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery, 2020

• Excellence Research Award, Chungnam National University, 2019

• Academic Excellence Award, Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery, 2018

• Internationalization Service Award, Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery, 2018

• Best Paper Award, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Defense+Commercial Sensing, 2016

• Internationalization Service Award, Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery, 2016

• Ten Years of Continuous Service Citation, Chungnam National University, 2016

• Superior Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), 2015

• President Achievement Award, Chungnam National University, 2015

• Internationalization Service Award, Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery, 2015

• Excellence Research Award, Chungnam National University, 2014

• Best Teacher Award, Chungnam National University, 2013

• Superior Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), 2012

• Superior Paper Award, The Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies, 2012

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