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Jong-Hwan Lim is a robotics and sensing systems researcher whose career has been defined by pioneering contributions to autonomous mobile robot navigation, sonar-based mapping, and localization. His foundational work in the 1990s established probabilistic frameworks for interpreting ultrasonic sensor data, most notably through the development of the specular reflection probability method, which enabled robots to construct reliable probability maps in acoustically challenging environments composed of specular surfaces — a longstanding obstacle in the field. His 2000 paper on mobile robot relocation from echolocation constraints, garnering 53 citations, remains his most influential contribution, elegantly recasting the global localization problem as a constraint-search process using sonar data alone. Across works on certainty grids, feature-based map building, data association filters, and extended Kalman filter localization, Lim systematically advanced the reliability and efficiency of sonar-based robot navigation. His cumulative citation record, spanning over 260 citations across a decade-long body of core robotics research, reflects sustained influence in the autonomous systems community. More recently, Lim has expanded into flexible electronics, contributing to textile-based temperature sensors for wearable and sports applications, demonstrating a remarkable breadth that bridges classical robotics with emerging human-centered sensing technologies.