The IJPEM (Int. J. Precision Engineering and Manufacturing) published by both the KSPE and Springer of Netherlands gives the award “IJPEM Most Cited Article Award, 2012 to 2013” to the IJPEM journal that has been cited the most in the last two years. The journal titled “Review of Biomimetic Underwater Robots Using Smart Actuators” by Innovative Design and Integrated Manufacturing Lab and the Biorobotics lab was selected for this award.<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The paper reviewed the usage of smart actuators on robots that mimic underwater creatures instead of the conventional motors and the authors of this journal are Innovative Design and Integrated Manufacturing Lab’s Professor Won-Shik Chu, Doctor Kyung-Tae Lee, Ph.D. Students Sung-Hyuk Song, Min-Woo Han, Jang-Yeob Lee, Hyung-Soo Kim, Min-Soo Kim, the Biorobotics Lab’s Doctor Young-Jai Park, Professor Kyu-Jin Cho and the co-author Professor Sung Hoon Ahn.