title: Dennis Hong
text: # Dennis Hong
  
  Dennis Hong is a Korean American mechanical engineer and roboticist.
  
  ## Career
  
  Hong is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Hong is also founder of RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory).
  
  ## Awards and nominations
  
  * 2007 NSF (National Science Foundation) CAREER Award
  * 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, 3rd Place
  * 2009 Popular Science Brilliant 10
  * 2009 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
  * 2009 Forward Under 40 honoree by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Alumni Association
  * 2011 “Louis Vuitton Cup” Best Humanoid Award
  * 2015 Gilbreth Lectureship, NAE (National Academy of Engineering)
  * 2015 Hyupsung Social Contribution Award
  