Appointment

2017 - Present                    Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

2013 - 2017                     Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

2013 - 2013                     Founder, FerroQuantum Technologies LLC, Auburn, AL, USA

2012 - 2013                     Patent Analyst, Cardinal Intellectual Property Inc, Evanston, IL, USA

2011 - 2013                     Co-founder, CardioCanary Inc, Union City, CA, USA

2006 - 2012                     Senior/Staff R&D Engineer, ArKal Medical Inc, Fremont, CA, USA

2006 - 2006                     Postdoctoral Fellow, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis, CA, USA

2005 - 2005                     Instructor, Electrical Engineering, UC Davis, CA, USA

2002 - 2005                     Member, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, UC Berkeley,USA

2002 - 2005                     Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering, UC Davis,USA

2000 - 2001                     Visiting Student, Cornell Nanofabrication Facility, Cornell University, USA

1999 - 2001                     Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore

1999 - 2001                     Researcher, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore

1998 - 1998                     Intern, Institute of Microelectronics (IME), Singapore

 

Education

 University of California, Davis, Electrical Engineering Ph.D. 2005

(Member of Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center)

Dissertation Title: Micro Corona Ionizer and Its Applications

 

National University of Singapore, Mechanical Engineering, M.Eng. 2001

(Visiting Student at Cornell University)

Thesis Title: Articulated Development Architecture and Its Application to Development of MEMS Devices

 

National University of Singapore, Mechanical Engineering, B.Eng. 1999

Thesis Title: Microresonator for Resonant Pressure Sensor

 

Research Grants

 

Principal Investigator

Korea National Research Foundation Individual Basic Science Award (2022 - 2024)

152,976,000 KRW (~134,000 USD) for 3 years

Project Field: Soft Candy Diagnostics

Status: Granted.

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Principal Investigator

Korea National Research Foundation Individual Basic Science Award (2019 - 2021)

152,976,000 KRW (~134,000 USD) for 3 years

Project Field: Wearable Insulin Pump

Status: Completed.

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Principal Investigator

Korea National Research Foundation Individual Basic Science Award (2015 - 2018)

152,976,000 KRW (~134,000 USD) for 3 years

Project Field: Micro Organisms Ionizing Respirator

마이크로 코로나 방전 및 망간산화물을 이용한 제로호흡저항 마스크 개발

Status: Completed.

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Academic Service Awards

2022    Outstanding Reviewer for 2021, RSC Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry

2021    Outstanding Reviewer for 2020, RSC Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry

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Teaching Awards

2023   Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 232 Engineering Mathematics II 2022 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2023   Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 212 Physical Electronics 2022 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2022   Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 231 Engineering Mathematics I 2022 학년도 1학기 우수강좌 선정

2022    Teaching Award (Seoktop, 5%) KECE 232 Engineering Mathematics II 2021 학년도 2학기 석탑강의상 수상

2022    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 438 Intro to Quantum Electronics 2021 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2022    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) SEMI 102 Engineering Mathematics II 2021 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2021    Teaching Award (Seoktop, 5%) SEMI 101 Engineering Mathematics I 2021 학년도 1학기 석탑강의상 수상

2021    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 438 Intro to Quantum Electronics 2020 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2021    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 232 Engineering Mathematics II 2020 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2020    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 438 Intro to Quantum Electronics 2019 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2019    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 231 Engineering Mathematics I 2019 학년도 1학기 우수강좌 선정

2019    Teaching Award (Seoktop, 5%) KECE 232 Engineering Mathematics II 2018 학년도 2학기 석탑강의상 수상

2018    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 231 Engineering Mathematics I 2018 학년도 1학기 우수강좌 선정

2018    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 212 Physical Electronics 2017 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2017    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 231 Engineering Mathematics I 2017 학년도 1학기 우수강좌 선정

2017    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 438 Intro to Quantum Electronics 2016 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2017    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 232 Engineering Mathematics II 2016 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2016    Teaching Award (Seoktop, 5%) KECE 231 Engineering Mathematics I 2016 학년도 1학기 석탑강의상 수상

2016    Teaching Award (Seoktop, 5%) KECE 202 Engineering Mathematics II 2015 학년도 2학기 석탑강의상 수상   

2016    Teaching Award (Excellence, 15%) KECE 212 Physical Electronics 2015학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2015    Teaching Award (Seoktop, 5%) KECE 201 Engineering Mathematics I 2015 학년도 1학기 석탑강의상 수상

2015    Teaching Award (Excellence,15%) KECE 202 Engineering Mathematics II 2014 학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

2015    Teaching Award (Excellence,15%) KECE 212 Physical Electronics 2014학년도 2학기 우수강좌 선정

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Fellowship and Prizes

2004    Fellowship, Electrical Engineering, UC Davis,USA

1999    Research Scholarship,Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore

1997    ASME Region XIII Design Competition 3rd Prize

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Professional License

Registered Engineer-in-Training E.I.T. 133325 California, 2008

License #7500ET-133325  Board For Prof Engineers, Land Surveyors, And Geologists, California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). The license issue date is January 16, 2009. The license expiration date is April 30, 2092. The license status is Active.

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Professional Identifiers

Web of Science ResearcherID: R-1167-2019

ORCID: 0000-0002-9153-0167

Scopus: 36973839300

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Metrics (Google Scholar)

Citations: 1107 

h-index: 15 

i10-index: 22 

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Technical Reviewer

AIP Advances (AIP) SCI 

Applied Physics Letters (AIP) SCI 

Biomedical Microdevices SCIE 

Biomedical Optics Express (OSA) SCI 

Biomicrofluidics (AIP) SCI 

Building and Environment (Elsevier) SCI 

Environmental Chemistry (CSIRO) SCIE 

Environmental Science and Technology Letters (ACS) SCI 

Electronic Letters (Wiley)

IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems SCI 

IEEE Electron Device Letter  SCI

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letter SCIE 

IEEE Sensors Journal SCIE 

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering SCI 

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems SCI 

Journal of Applied Physics (AIP) SCI 

Journal of Controlled Release (Elsevier) SCI 

Langmuir (ACS) SCI

Measurement (Elsevier) SCI 

RSC Advances (RSC) SCIE 

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (Elsevier) SCI

Sensors and Actuator B: Chemical (Elsevier) SCI

Talanta (Elsevier) SCI 

The Journal of Electrochemical Society (IOPScience) SCI 

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