PNU Movement Solutions

To apply engineering principles to sporting situations to understand and improve the interaction between the athlete and equipment. Through this understanding we hope to improve the quality of movement and thus athlete’s health and wellness.

Principal Investigator 2019 -2020 (September to August)
Concussion and the severity of head impacts in mixed martial arts
Funding: Total 12,000,000 Won / Approx. $15,000 (Funded)

Principal Investigator 2019 (March to August)
Foundation study on the locomotion characteristics of the Korean population
Funding: Total 46,750,000 Won / Approx. $35,000 (Funded)

Principal Investigator 2016-2019
Research Exchange for Development of Service Platform Using Non-verbal Communication Interface
– Focusing on HCI based on Movement and Gesture
National Research Foundation (Korea)
Funding: Total 240,000,000 Won / Approx. $ 217,735, 80,000,000 won per year (Funded)

Principal Investigator 2015 October 1st to March 31st, 2016 (6 months)
Effects of a 'Good Posture Cushion' on the kinematics of sitting trunk posture
Korean Telecom (KT) Communications and Pusan National University Hospital
Funding: 30,000,000 won (approx. $29,000 USD) (Funded)

Collaborator 2015 - 2018
Business Model Development for Children's Physical Activity Convergence Contents and Health Care Service Platform Using Gesture Recognition-based Immersive Interactive Technology
Korean Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology
Funding: 14 billion won (approx. $1,400,000 USD) (Funded)

Principal Investigator 2014-2015
In-vivo head impact analysis during taekwondo competition
National Research Foundation (Korea)
Funding: 20,000,000 Won / Approx. $18,820 (Funded)

Principal Investigator 2013-2014
Evaluation of Taekwondo and Boxing Headgear Impact Attenuation Performance
National Research Foundation (Korea)
Funding: 20,000,000 Won / Approx. $18,820 (Funded)

Research Assistant 2008-2009
Development of Virtual Reality Sporting Environment - Snowboarding and Golf
Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation (Korea)
Funded by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea.
Funding: Approx. 50,000,000 Won / $47,050 (Funded)

Research Assistant 2008-2009
Biomechanical Investigation of Taekwondo Techniques
Kukkiwon - Headquarters of World Taekwondo Federation
Funded by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea.
Funding: 4,000,000 Won / Approx $37,640 (Funded)