Lee Kunwoo (Korean: 이건우; born December 11, 1955) is the 5th President[2] of DGIST and is a scientist and professor in the field of engineering.

He received BS in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University in 1978, MS in 1981 and PhD in 1984 from MIT.

[5] He has been the founding president of Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology of Seoul National University from 2004 to 2009,[6] the Dean of the College of Engineering of Seoul National University from 2013 to 2017, the founding Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering Practice of Seoul National University from 2016 to 2017, and a Vice President of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea from 2015 to 2020.

Currently, he is a member of The Korean Academy of Science and Technology and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

He is the author of the book, “Principles of CAD/CAM/CAE Systems”, published by Addison-Wesley in 1999.