Academic Advisor

Ph.D.

Prof. Aditi Chattopadhyay, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

M.S.

Prof. Maenghyo Cho, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Academic Experience

August 2004-current

Research Professor, study on vibration/noise reduction in smart panel, performance optimization of smart structures, active and passive control, optimal design of composite laminates, material and piezoelectric characterization of Electro-active paper, biomimetic actuators, MEMS and NEMS device and teach graduate and undergraduate class, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.

January 2004-July 2004

Research Scientist, performed research on fretting fatigue of dovetail joint in gas turbine engine, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, US Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

August 2002-December 2003

Teaching Associate, Aerospace Structures, Structural Optimization, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

August 2000-August 2002

Research Associate; conducting analytical, numerical and experimental research in the field of composites, smart structures, damage modeling, characterization and detection; Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

August 1999-July 2000

Part-time Lecturer, Structural Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Junior College of Inchon, Inchon, Korea

February 1997-July 1999

Research Assistant; performed research in the field of analysis of composite structures; Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Inha University, Inchon, Korea

Teaching Experience

Inha University

1. Special Topic of Mechanical Design (Mechanics of Smart Structures and Materials) , Fall 2004

2. Mechanical Element Design, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007

3. Machine Design, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Fall 2007

Junior College of Incheon

1. Strength of Material I, Fall 1999

2. Strength of Material II, Spring 2000

3.  CAD Programming, Spring 2000

Research Area

Biomimetic Actuator

Material and piezoelectric characterization of Electro-active paper, MEMS & NEMS device, bacteria cellulose characterization

Structural Analysis

Static and dynamic analysis of composite and smart composite structures, rotating machines and turbomachinery, dovetail joint in gas turbine engine

Structural Optimization

Strength and layup optimization of composite laminates, optimal design of smart panel, performance optimization of smart structures

Adaptive Structures

Thermo-electro-mechanical multidisciplinary analysis, vibration/noise suppression and active control, piezoelectric shunting, damage modeling,structural health monitoring, integrated smart structures and distributed sensors, ultrasonic applications

Numerical Analysis

Computational analysis using commercial FEM packages (ABAQUS, NASTRAN, ANSYS), geometric modeling in finite element analysis, numerical algorithms used in large scale structural analysis and nonlinear analysis

Composite Materials

High fidelity analysis of composite plates and shells, nonlinear response of composite structures (aerospace applications), damage modeling and characterization, adaptive composites

Experiments

Fretting fatigue using MTS, vibration measurement using laser vibrometry, damage characterization, manufacturing composite specimens (including delamination) and smart composite specimens using hot press, material characterization of EAPap, modal test