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Kang Nam Kyu

Kyung Hee University · Psychology

About the Lab

Professor Kang Nam Kyu's research lab focuses on human-centered design, cognitive science, and data-driven methodologies in engineering and design innovation. The lab explores the integration of sensory and cultural factors—particularly Kansei (sensibility and emotional response) and physical perception—into design processes using advanced modeling techniques such as the ADT model. It also investigates the application of machine learning and AI in solving complex engineering problems, including physics-informed neural networks and PDE solvers, while emphasizing collaborative, intercultural design education through international workshops and digital tools.

Kansei engineeringdesign collaborationphysics-informed learningintercultural designdata-driven design

Research Overview

Papers
74
Total Citations
99
Papers (5y)
32
Primary Field
Psychology

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
32total
2021
2022
2023
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2025
Citations per year (5y)
43total
20212022202320242025

Selected Papers

15
1
Article|9 citations·2023
PIXEL: Physics-Informed Cell Representations for Fast and Accurate PDE Solvers
Namgyu Kang, Byeonghyeon Lee, Youngjoon Hong, Seok-Bae Yun, Eunbyung Park
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial IntelligenceOA

With the increases in computational power and advances in machine learning, data-driven learning-based methods have gained significant attention in solving PDEs. Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have recently emerged and succeeded in various forward and inverse PDE problems thanks to their excellent properties, such as flexibility, mesh-free solutions, and unsupervised training. However, their slower convergence speed and relatively inaccurate solutions often limit their broader applicab

Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy
2
Article|7 citations·2014
Role of Design Process Based on Expended ADT Model and TTS Method - Focused on International Design Workshop as Case Studies -
Namgyu Kang, Patchanee Patitad, Hidetsugu Suto
Journal of Integrated Design ResearchOA

Nowadays, many observing works with regard to their circumstance has become preeminent in design field. From the background, there are many researches about the role and value of observing in design process. However, almost of the research concentrate on only observing the users’ behaviors. Therefore, in this research we discuss how to observe, share with other design team member and apply the observed results to design process more effectively. The purpose of this research is to clarify the fol

Social PsychologyPsychology
3
Book Chapter|2 citations·2013
How to Observe, Share and Apply in Design Process?
Namgyu Kang, Hidetsugu Suto
SJR Q2Lecture notes in computer science
Social PsychologyPsychology
4
Book Chapter|2 citations·2011
Design approach to improve Kansei Quality based on Kansei Engineering
Namgyu Kang
InTech eBooksOA

According to the Japanese dictionary, origin of Kansei is a German philosopher "Sinnlichkeit" of Kant. Elsewhere Kansei is interpreted as "the ability of sense", "the power of intuition" and "Sensibility".

Social PsychologyPsychology
5
Article|2 citations·2023
Analysis on Remote Global Co-Creative Design Process with Evaluation Grid Method
Namgyu Kang, Rui Sakaida, Andrew Johnson

The International Summer Design Workshop (ISDW) is an annual workshop aiming to increase intercultural awareness and promote design skills. In it, participants from South-East Asia gather and, working in intercultural groups using English as a lingua franca, participate in a co-creative design process to develop a product proposal. In 2020, due to international travel issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers utilized online communication and design tools (Zoom, Miro, LINE and

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyPsychology
6
Article|2 citations·2015
Proposal and Evaluation of Design Support Tools for Logical Collaborative Design Process
Namgyu Kang
SJR Q1Archives of Design ResearchOA

Background : In the design field, collaboration is a key method that can widen the conceptual design horizon beyond an individual’s boundaries. Collaboration helps to share knowledge and develop ideas jointly in the design process. It also helps to communicate diverse viewpoints. The ADT model is a representational model for conceptual design. It is used to grasp artifacts as a communication medium between designers and users. During the observation process, three influential factors-physical, e

Social PsychologyPsychology
7
Book Chapter|2 citations·2018
Proposal for an Affective Skateboard Using Various Lighting Patterns
Namgyu Kang, Sato Ryosuke
SJR Q4Communications in computer and information science
Social PsychologyPsychology
8
Article|1 citations·2021
Designing a Platform Model for Building MyData Ecosystem
Namgyu Kang, Heeseok Choi, Hyejin Lee, Sang‐Jun Han, Seok-Hyoung Lee
Journal of Internet Computing and services
Management Information SystemsBusiness, Management and Accounting
9
Article|1 citations·2022
Kansei Analysis of Liquid Laundry Detergent Bottle's Shape and Packages Design
Namgyu Kang, Nishiya Kaito
AHFE international

Nowadays, there are various bottles and packages of liquid laundry detergents in Japan. Many companies have tried to create not only more powerful detergency of the products but also the new value of design in the laundry detergent bottle and package. And our lifestyle is changing like an increasing nuclear family and single life and enjoying a shopping using the internet in recent. Since selecting a detergent might be linked depending on such lifestyle, we need to survey the relationship betwee

Social PsychologyPsychology
10
Article|1 citations·2015
Potential of Visualizing Preference as Internal Factor for the Creative Process
Namgyu Kang
SJR Q1Archives of Design ResearchOA

Background Nowadays, many researches on the objective and logical evaluations of created (=designed) objects are conducted in design engineering and the Kansei design field. However, there are not many studies on the relationship between a creator’s creativity and the evaluation of the created artwork in the fine art field. Many students in the fine art field conduct creative work with their limited favorite styles although they have not yet developed their own expressive characteristics. This s

Social PsychologyPsychology
11
Article|1 citations·2008
A Relation Analysis between NDSL User Queries and Technical Terms
Namgyu Kang, Minhee Cho, Oh-Seok Kwon
Journal of Information Management

In this paper, we analyzed the relationship between user query keywords that is used to search NDSL and technical terms extracted from NDSL journals. For the analysis, we extracted about 833,000 query keywords from NDSL search logs during nearly 17 months and approximately 41,000,000 technical terms from NDSL, INSPEC, FSTA journals. And we used only the English noun phrase in extracted those and then we did an experiment on analysis of equality, relationship analysis and frequency analysis.

Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science
13
Book Chapter|1 citations·2016
Proposal for a Remote Communications System Based on Proxemics Theory
Namgyu Kang, Kensaku Ito
SJR Q4Communications in computer and information science
Information SystemsComputer Science
14
Book Chapter|1 citations·2020
Kansei Evaluation Based on Quantifying the Identity of Smartphone Shape
Koki Chiba, Namgyu Kang, Jiuqiang Fu, Dongjin Seo, Khongthat Thongphun, Liu Jiehong, Mohd Khairul Hussin
Advances in intelligent systems and computing
Social PsychologyPsychology
15
other|0 citations·2007
On the quantitative boundary behavior of SLE
Namgyu Kang
Computational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science

Research Areas

Social PsychologyInformation SystemsHuman-Computer InteractionStatistics and ProbabilityStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsNature and Landscape Conservation

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