Biography

Education

 

• Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (Jun. 1997)
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (Sep. 1993)
• B.S. in Electronics Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Feb. 1986)

Work Experience

 

• Professor, Dept. of EE, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (September 2010 – present)
• Associate Professor, Dept. of EE, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (September 2005 – August 2010)
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (May 2001 – August 2005)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (May 2001 – Dec. 2002)
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Jan. 1999 – May 2001)
• Research Engineer II, School of ECE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Oct. 1997 – Dec. 1998)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of ECE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Jun. 1997 – Oct. 1997)
• Graduate Research Assistant, School of ECE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Apr. 1992 – Jun. 1997)
• Analog Circuit Engineer, Computer R&D Center, Daewoo Electronics Co. Seoul, Korea (Jan. 1986 – Jun. 1991),

 

Honors and Awards

 

• Outstanding leadership award, Korean-American Engineers and Scientists Association (KSEA) North Texas Chapter, 2009
• The Best Student Paper Award at the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, September, 2006
• College of Engineering Best Ph.D. dissertation award (Dr. Kabseog Kim, advisor: J-B. Lee), The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, 2004
• National Science Foundation‘s CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (a total of $ 375,000 award) (2001)
• Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Education (SCEEE) Junior Faculty Development Award (2000)
• Donald Cecil & Elaine T. Delaune Endowed Professorship, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (1999)
• The 2nd Samsung Humantech Thesis Prize, Seoul, Korea, Gold Prize, (a total of $21,000 prize award) (1996)
• International Symposium on Advanced Packaging Materials, Atlanta, Georgia, Best Poster Paper Award (1995)
• Korean Scholarship Foundation for Future Leaders, Seoul, Korea, Full scholarship for 6 semesters (1983-1985)
• Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, Highest Honor (4 semesters), Honor (3 semesters)

Professional Services

• Served as an executive program sub-committee member for Transducers 2011 Conference
• Served as a member of the editorial board of “Micromachines Journal”. (2010 – present)
• Served as an external review panel member for the Microsystems Science, Technology and Components division of the Sandia National Laboratories, 2007
• Served as a technical program committee member for International Meeting on Information Display, International Display Manufacturing Conference (2008 – present)
• Served as a technical program committee member for IEEE Sensors Conference (2007 – 2009)
• Served as a technical program committee member for SPIE’s International Symposium on Microtechnologies for the New Millennium Conferences (2003 – present)
• Served as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
• Served as a member of the international editorial board of “Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials” (2000 – 2005).
• Served as a session chair for SPIE’s 8th International Symposium on Smart Electronics and MEMS (2001).
• Appointed as a program committee member for SPIE’s 9th International Symposium on Smart Electronics and MEMS (2001).
• Served as a session chair for ICMAT Symposium J (2001).
• Served as a session chair for Tex MEMS III (2001).
• Served as a review panel member for NSF SBIR/STTR program (2001).