JONG-SUK RO received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Han-Yang University, Seoul, Korea, in 2001 and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, Korea, in 2008. He conducted research at the R&D center of Samsung Electronics as a Senior Engineer from 2008 to 2012. From 2012 to 2013, he worked with Brain Korea 21 Information Technology of SNU as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. He conducted research at the Electrical Energy Conversion System Research Division of the Korea Electrical Engineering & Science Research Institute as a Researcher in 2013. From 2013 to 2016, he worked with the Brain Korea 21 Plus, SNU, as a BK Assistant Professor. In 2014, he worked with the University of BATH, Bath, UK. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. His research interests include the analysis and optimal design of next-generation electrical machines using smart materials such as electromagnets, piezoelectrics, magnetic shape memory alloy, et al.