Yong-Gyun Ghim is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Cincinnati. He holds an MDes in Human-Centered Product Design from the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago and an MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Seoul National University in Korea. He had previously worked as an industrial designer for LG Electronics and Midea for thirteen years. His current research interests are human-robot interaction, robot morphology, and a systematic design process for emerging technologies.