Saekwang Nam is a Ph.D. student in Haptic Intelligence department of Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. His main interests are to understand fingerpad-surface interaction, to explore the principle of human finger perception. He is also interested in developing tactile sensors to understand finger-contact mechanisms.

Before joining this department, he had worked in Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejeon, South Korea. He developed diverse applications using electroactive polymers.

A brief history of his career and education is as follows:
- Researcher, ETRI (2013 - 2017)
- M.S., Computer Science, University of California, San Diego (2011 - 2013)
- B.E., Human & Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kanazawa University (2007 - 2011)

finger pad haptics soft actuators sensors human computer interactions soft robotics