Park is advised by assistant professor Austin Angulo, who is also director of UB’s Transportation Research and Visualization Laboratory. Park’s master’s thesis focused on pedestrian perception and emotional responses to autonomous vehicles. It was an integrated approach with virtual reality, computer vision and vital signs analysis. Recently, Park has been working with vision-language models for scene understanding, behavioral analysis and intent interference.

Park’s long-term goal is to grow into a researcher whose work benefits society. Originally from South Korea, Park earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from Chung-Ang University in Seoul. Before joining UB, he worked at national and municipal government-funded research institutions in Korea, including the Architecture and Urban Research Institute and the Seoul Institute. 

Outside of research, he enjoys discovering new scenery and exploring unfamiliar places. One of his goals during his PhD study is to travel to different cities across the United States.