(English) Dennis Hong is a robotics engineer who transforms cold metal into  warm technology for this changing the world, which is why he is called the Leonardo da Vinci of robots, or a modern-day magician. He carries out his role as a researcher and teacher faithfully but believes his role as a husband and father is what’s most valuable. The aim of his life is to maximize his happiness. He feels the happiest when he’s making others happy. He loves cooking and slacking off and always pursues his dreams that have yet to come true with the slogan “positivity always finds a way.”

Dennis Hong, whose Korean name is Hong Won-Seo, is a world-renowned robotics engineer, a professor of the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department at the UCLA, and the founding director of RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory). He’s worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech.

Professor Hong is a scholar who won the National Science Foundation’s Young Scientist Award, GM Young Researcher Award, Best Invention Award by Time magazine, the RoboCup in 2011 to 2016, and the Louis Vuitton Cup Best Humanoid Award. He was also named “10 Young Genius Scientists” by Popular Science, a world-famous science magazine.

(Chinese) 作为一位用冰冷金属创造改变世界温暖技术的机器人工程师，人们称他为“机器人工学界的达芬奇”、“现代魔法师”；作为研究人员和教授学生的老师，他忠实地履行着自己的职责；但他最重视作为一个丈夫和父亲的宝贵人生。他的生活目标是把自己的幸福感最大化，让别人感到快乐的时候是最幸福的。他喜欢烹饪和做其他事情，并且坚信“积极的思维总是能找到出路”，每天都在追逐尚未实现的梦想。

他的韩文名字是洪元瑞（홍원서），是世界瞩目的顶尖机器人工程师，现任美国加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）机械航空工程系教授，RoMeLa（Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory）机器人机械研究所所长。曾任美国国家航空航天局（NASA）喷气推进实验室高级研究员、弗吉尼亚理工大学机械工程系教授等。曾获美国国家科学基金会和通用汽车公司的青年研究者奖、《Popular Science》评选的“震惊科学界的十大天才青年”、《Time》评选的最佳发明奖、2011年至2016年机器人世界杯冠军和路易威登杯人形机器人奖等众多国际学术会议的最佳论文奖和与机器人研究相关的奖项。