Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2010.1.7

         Thesis: Fracture and Diffusion in Nanoporous Thin Films
         Advisor: Prof. Reinhold H. Dauskardt

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2006.6.18

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 2001.2.26

Professional Experience

Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2022.3.1 ~ present

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2015.3.1 ~ 2022.2.28

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2010.12.1 ~ 2015.2.28

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2010.1.7 ~ 2010.11.19

Awards & Honors

제13회 해동젊은공학인상, 2022.11.10.

Science and Technology Excellent Paper Award, the Korean Federation of Science and Technologies Societies (제31회 한국과학기술단체총연합회 과학기술우수논문상), 2021.9.10.

2020 IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Best Paper Award, IEEE Electronic Packaging Society, 2021. 6.

The 2020 Technology Innovation Award (Outstanding Prize, 2020년 KAIST 공과대학 기술혁신상 우수상), KAIST College of Engineering, 2020.12.29.

KAIST Outstanding Faculty Award for Academic Excellence (KAIST 우수교원 학술상), 2020.7.30.

Member of the Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (한국차세대과학기술한림원 회원), 2020.1.

Excellent Paper Award from the Korean Microelectronics and Packaging Society (한국 마이크로전자 및 패키징 학회 우수논문상), 2019.12.13.

Research Excellence Award on Experimental Mechanics from the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (대한기계학회 실험역학학술상), 2018.6.29.

The Outstanding Lecture Award (ME574 Joining Engineering), KAIST ME, 2018.2.22.

2015 KINC Fusion Research Award, KAIST KINC, 2016.3.8.

The 2013 Technology Innovation Award (Outstanding Prize, 기술혁신우수상), KAIST, 2013.12.

The Outstanding Lecture Award (MAE231 Solid Mechanics), KAIST ME, 2011.9.29.