성균관대학교
집적신경보철연구실
Integrated Neuro-Prosthesis Lab. at SKKU
Welcome
성균관대학교 집적신경보철연구실 방문을 환영합니다.
신경보철 및 신경조절 기술은 불완전한 신체의 운동기능을 보완하고 운동재활을 촉진하는 핵심 분야입니다. 최근에는 인간 증강과 고난이도 운동기능 습득을 돕는 기술 개발에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있습니다.
우리 연구실은 이러한 흐름에 발맞추어, 착용형 및 이식형 신경보철·신경조절 시스템을 구현하는 집적시스템과 전기적 뉴런을 기반으로 한 생체모방회로를 연구하고 있습니다.
Neuroprosthetics and neuromodulation technologies play a crucial role in compensating for impaired motor functions and promoting motor rehabilitation. Recently, there has been growing interest in developing technologies that enhance human capabilities and facilitate the acquisition of advanced motor skills.
Our laboratory is at the forefront of this field, conducting research on integrated systems for wearable and implantable neuroprosthetic and neuromodulation devices, as well as bio-mimetic circuits based on electrical neurons.
인간의 삶의 질을 향상시키는 연구에 열정을 갖고, 함께 큰 꿈을 향해 나아가고자 하는 대학원생, 박사후연구원, 그리고 학부생들을 모집하고 있습니다.
바이오메디컬, 전기전자컴퓨터공학, 신경과학, 혹은 관련 학사학위를 갖고 있거나 연구경험이 있는 분들을 환영합니다.
관심이 있는 학생분들께서는 박한규 교수에게 CV를 첨부하여 이메일로 연락주시기 바랍니다.
INPL welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers who have a real passion to improve the quality of human life, and are ready for the rough journey to achieve the goal.
Both electrical/biomedical engineering background and neuroscience background are welcome.
Please send your CV to Dr. Hangue Park if you are interested to join.
E-mail: hangue.park@skku.edu
Professor
Hangue Park, Ph.D.
박한규 교수는 성균관대학교 글로벌바이오메디컬공학과에 부교수로 재직하고 있으며, 미국 Texas A&M University 전기컴퓨터 공학과에 겸임교수로 재직하고 있습니다.
박한규 교수는 성균관대학교 글로벌바이오메디컬공학과 부교수로 INPL(Integrated Neuro-prosthesis Lab)을 이끌고 있습니다. 감각-운동계를 정밀하게 관찰하고 제어하는 공학적 방법에 집중하며, 폐루프 신경조절, 감각·운동 신경회로 모델링, 초저전력 착용형·이식형 시스템 설계를 주된 축으로 연구합니다.
Neuroprosthesis
Neuromodulation
Wearable Implantable
Bio‑inspired Circuits
Education
Career
Research Interests
People
Hamdi Qraiqea PhD
Sensory modulation for intuitive teleoperation
Admission: 2023.09.
Minju Oh · 오민주 MS
Multisensory processing and motion sickness
Admission: 2024.03.
Juneseung Lee · 이준승 MS
Multisensory integration and processing
Admission: 2024.03.
Eunsoo Yoo · 유은수 MS
Human digital twin for sensorimotor operation
Admission: 2024.09.
Myounghyun Kim · 김명현 PhD
Modeling of sensorimotor learning and rehabilitation
Admission: 2024.09.
Junhyuk Jung · 정준혁 MS/PhD
Multisensory integration and bayesian inference
Admission: 2025.03.
Hansung Bae · 배한성 MS
Neuromorphic memory and brain machine interface
Admission: 2025.09.
Sua Bae · 배수아 MS
Sensory augmentation and multisensory integration
Admission: 2025.09.
Jiseung Kang · 강지승 MS
Sensory augmentation and its impact on cognitive function
Admission: 2025.09.
Saemin Kim · 김세민 MS
Neural modulation for pain reduction and optimizing brain function through electrical stimulation
Admission: 2025.09.
Eunseo Lee · 이은서 Undergraduate
Sensory augmentation and multisensory integration
Current Research
Research Thema
We make integrated neuroprostheses to favorably intervene the nervous system, in any stage from the brain to the peripheral nervous system. The neuroprosthesis is designed to compensate for problems of nervous system and make good changes. For this to happen, the neuroprosthesis needs to communicate with the nervous system and environment. The ascending/descending maps work as a translator between the electrical system and the nervous system. Actuator/sensor also interacts with the surrounding environment. Additionally, the interested behavior is monitored in real time and the control parameters of the neuroprosthesis are updated wirelessly as a closed-loop optimization. Smart system integration techniques are used to implant neuroprosthesis inside/onto the body without issue of discomfort for natural body functions.
Ⅰ. Scientific study of nervous system and its problems
Ⅱ. Develop integrated neuroprosthesis
Ⅲ. Make good changes and rehabilitation
Publications
Journal
Ravichandran R, Patton J. L., and Park H, “Electrotactile proprioception training improves finger control accuracy and potential mechanism is proprioceptive recalibration,” Scientific Reports, Nov. 2024 — link (IF: 3.80).
Journal
Choi K, Choe Y, and Park H, “Reinforcement learning may demystify the Limited Human Motor Learning Efficacy due to Visual-Proprioceptive Mismatch,” International Journal of Neural Systems, Apr. 2024 — link (IF: 8.00).
Journal
Krishna R, Kim J, Chang S-H, Choe Y, and Park H, “Proportional Sway-Based Electrotactile Feedback Improves Lateral Standing Balance,” Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18:1249783, Mar. 2024 — link (IF: 4.30).
Journal
Oh S, Yoon B, and Park H, “Location-based Electrotactile Feedback Localizes Hitting Point in Virtual-Reality Table Tennis Game,” Biomedical Engineering Letters, 1-2, Feb. 2024 — link (IF: 4.51).
Journal
Dollahon D and Park H, “Internal Model with Interaction Gain Explains Plantar Ground Reaction Force Changes According to the Plantar Surface Area,” IEEE Sensors Journal, 24(3):3888-3897, Feb. 2024 — link (IF: 4.33).
Journal
Manoharan S and Park H, “Characterization of perception by transcutaneous electrical stimulation in terms of tingling intensity and temporal dynamics,” Biomedical Engineering Letters, 14(1):35-44, Jan. 2024.
Conference
Cho M, Kang M, Um M, Park H, and Lee H-M, “CMOS Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Neurons with Local Dynamic Biasing and Inhibitory Self-Oscillation,” Proc. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), pp. 1-5, Oct. 2023.
Conference
Jiang B, Dollahon D, Manoharan S, Oh S, Park H, and Kim J, “Improving Tongue Command Accuracy: Unlocking the Power of Electrotactile Feedback Training,” Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Jul. 2023.
Conference
Shon A, Stefanov A, Hook M, and Park H, “Edge AI-Based Closed-Loop Peripheral Nerve Stimulation System for Gait Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury,” Proc. IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), Apr. 2023.
Journal
Lee H. S., Eom K, Park M, Ku S. B., Lee K, Kim T, Kim T, Shon Y-M, Park H, and Lee H.-M., “A Multi-Channel Neural Recording System With Neural Spike Scan and Adaptive Electrode Selection for High-Density Neural Interface,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, Apr. 2023.
Journal
Park H, Klishko A. N., Oh K, Zhang C, Grenga G, Herrin K. R., Dalton J. F. IV, Kistenberg R. S., Lemay M. A., Pitkin M., DeWeerth S. P., and Prilutsky B. I., “Electrical stimulation of distal tibial nerve during stance phase of walking may reverse effects of unilateral paw pad anesthesia in the cat,” Motor Control, 27(1):71-95, Oct. 2022.
Journal
Kim J, Ham Y, and Park H, “Underground Metal Pipeline Localization using Low-cost Wireless Magnetic Sensor Array Mounted on an Excavator,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Oct. 2022.
Journal
Das H and Park H, “MCU-less biphasic electrical stimulation circuit for miniaturized neuromodulator,” Biomedical Engineering Letters, Aug. 2022.
Conference
Manoharan S, Oh S, Jiang B, Patton J, and Park H, “Electro-prosthetic E-skin Successfully Delivers Finger Aperture Distance by Electro-Prosthetic Proprioception (EPP),” Proc. IEEE EMBS, Jul. 2022.
Conference
Oh S, Patton J, and Park H, “Electro-prosthetic E-skin Successfully Delivers Elbow Joint Angle Information by Electro-prosthestic Proprioception (EPP),” Proc. IEEE EMBS, Jul. 2022.
Conference
Liu D, Ham Y, Kim J, and Park H, “Towards a Collaborative Future in Construction Robotics: A Human-centered Study in a Multi-user Immersive Operation and Communication System for Excavation,” Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2022.
Journal
Jiang B, Kim J, and Park H, “Palatal Electrotactile Display Outperforms Visual Display in Tongue Motor learning,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Mar. 2022 — link (IF: 5.26).
Journal
Lee J, Ham Y, Park H, and Kim J, “Challenges, Tasks, and Opportunities in Teleoperation of Excavator towards Human-in-the-loop Construction Automation,” Automation in Construction, 135:104119, Mar. 2022.
Journal
Mooti R and Park H, “Contribution of Cervical Proprioception, Vision, and Vestibular Feedback on Reducing Dynamic Head-Trunk Orientation Error in the Yaw Direction,” Frontiers in Neuroscience, 1849, Jan. 2022 — link (IF: 4.68).
Journal
Dollahon D, Ryu S, and Park H, “Pinching Force Changes by Modulating the Interaction Gain over the Fingertip,” IEEE Access, Jan. 2022 — link (IF: 3.37).
Journal
Kim J, Knox D, and Park H, “Forehead Tactile Hallucination Is Augmented by the Perceived Risk and Accompanies Increase of Forehead Tactile Sensitivity,” Sensors, 21(24):8246, Dec. 2021.
Oral/Poster
Krishna R, Kim J, Choe Y, and Park H, “Proportional-mode Distance-Based Electrotactile Display Improved Lateral Balance,” The US-KOREA Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC), Dec. 2021.
Oral/Poster
Dollahon D and Park H, “Internal Model with Interaction Gain and Feedback Contribution Successfully Interprets Weight Distribution According to the Asymmetry in Plantar Pressure,” Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Annual Meeting, Nov. 2021.
Oral/Poster
Jiang B, Kim J, and Park H, “Both Tactile and Visual Feedback Improves Tongue Motor Ability in Pointing the Target on Palatal Surface, but Only Tactile Feedback Led to Stronger Retention,” SfN Annual Meeting, Nov. 2021.
Oral/Poster
Manoharan S and Park H, “Alternating Rhythmic Finger Tapping is Strongly Correlated with Rudimentary Grasping Pattern,” SfN Annual Meeting, Nov. 2021.
Oral/Poster
Ravichandran R, Patton J, and Park H, “A Novel Electro-prosthetic Proprioception Reduces Visual-Proprioceptive Matching Error for Finger Aperture Control,” SfN Annual Meeting, Nov. 2021.
Oral/Poster
Ravichandran R, Patton J, and Park H, “A Novel Electro-prosthetic Proprioception by Distance-based Electrical Stimulation for Finger Aperture Control,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Annual Meeting, Oct. 2021.
Oral/Poster
Zhao Z, Kim J, and Park H, “Individual Characterization of Drawing Pattern in a Pattern Lock Application of the Smartphone,” IEEE EMBS Annual Meeting, Oct. 2021.
Journal
Barreto L, Shon A, Knox D, Song H, Park H, and Kim J, “Motorized Treadmill and Optical Recording System for Gait Analysis of Grasshoppers,” Sensors, 21(17):5953, Sep. 2021.
Journal
Tang S, Yang X, Shajudeen P, Sears C, Taraballi F, Weiner B, Tasciotti E, Dollahon D, Park H, and Righetti R, “A CNN-based method to reconstruct 3-D spine surfaces from US images in vivo,” Medical Image Analysis, 102221, Sep. 2021.
Journal
Rangwani R and Park H, “A New Approach of Inducing Proprioceptive Illusion by Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation,” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, May 2021 — link (IF: 4.26).
Journal
Shon A, Brakel K, Hook M, and Park H, “Fully Implantable Plantar Cutaneous Augmentation System for Rats using Closed-loop Electrical Nerve Stimulation,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Apr. 2021 — link (IF: 4.29).
Journal
Park B, Biswas S, and Park H, “Electrical Characterization of the Tongue and the Soft Palate using Lumped-Element Model for Intraoral Neuromodulation,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Apr. 2021 — link (IF: 4.42).
Journal
Pitkin M, Cassidy C, Shevtsov M, Jarrell J, Park H, Farrell B, Dalton J, Childers W. L., Kistenberg R. S., Oh K, Klishko A. N., and Prilutsky B. I., “Recent Progress in Animal Studies of the Skin- and Bone-integrated Pylon With Deep Porosity for Bone-Anchored Limb Prosthetics With and Without Neural Interface,” Military Medicine, 186:688-695, Jan. 2021.
Journal
Shon A, Brakel K, Hook M, and Park H, “Closed-loop Plantar Cutaneous Augmentation by Electrical Nerve Stimulation could increase Ankle Plantarflexion at Treadmill Walking,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Jan. 2021 — link (IF: 4.42).
Journal
Azbell J, Park J. K., Deutz D. E., Cruthirds C. L., Kirschner S. K., Park H, Madigan M. L., and Engelen M. P., “Plantar or Palmar Tactile Augmentation Improves Lateral Postural Balance with Significant Influence from Cognitive Load,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Nov. 2020 — link (IF: 3.80).
Journal
Latash E. M., Barnett W. H., Park H, Rider J. M., Klishko A. N., Prilutsky B. I., and Molkov Y. I., “Frontal plane dynamics of the centre of mass during quadrupedal locomotion on a split-belt treadmill,” Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Sep. 2020.
Journal
Jiang B, Kim J, and Park H, “A New Approach of Minimizing Midas Touch Problem for a Tracer-Free Tongue-Controlled Assistive Technology,” IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(1), Aug. 2020 — link (IF: 3.08).
Conference
Dollahon D, Ryu S, and Park H, “A Computational Internal Model to Quantify the Effect of Sensorimotor Augmentation on Motor Output,” Proc. IEEE EMBS, Jul. 2020.
Conference
Lee H, Park H, and Lee H, “A Multi-Channel Neural Recording System with Adaptive Electrode Selection for High-Density Neural Interface,” Proc. IEEE EMBS, Jul. 2020.
Journal
Park J. K., Deutz D. E., Cruthirds C. L., Kirschner S. K., Park H, Madigan M. L., and Engelen M. P., “Risk Factors for Postural and Functional Balance Impairment in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,” Journal of Clinical Medicine, Feb. 2020.
Journal
Zhao A, Yeo M, Manoharan S, Ryu S, and Park H, “Electrically-Evoked Artificial Proximity Sensation Enhanced Fine Finger Control in Telerobotic Pinch,” Scientific Reports, Jan. 2020 — link (IF: 4.38).