[Principal Investigator] Professor Inkyu Park

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering / School of Mechanical, Aerospace & Systems Engineering

KAIST Institute for Design of Complex Systems (KIDCS)

KAIST Institute for the NanoCentury

KAIST Institute for the Eco-Energy Systems

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),

335 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejon 305-701, Republic of Korea

E-mail: inkyu@kaist.ac.kr ; Phone: +82-42-350-3240 (Office), +82-10-2786-7337 (Mobile)

Education

• Ph.D. (mechanical engineering) : University of California at Berkeley (2003-2007)
• M.S. (mechanical engineering) : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001-2003)
• B.S. (mechanical engineering) : KAIST (1994-1998)

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Assistant Professor : Department of Mechanical Engineering & KIDCS, KINC, KI-EcoEnergy (Jan 2009-Present)
• Chief Technology Officer (CTO) & Co-Founder : nPrintSolutions, Inc. (Jan 2008-Jan 2009)
• Research Specialist : Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC) (Dec 2007-Nov 2008)
• Internship Researcher : Quantum Science Research Group, Hewlett Packard (HP) Lab, Palo Alto (May-Dec 2005)

Awards & Honors

• Best Paper Award, IEEE Nano 2010 Conference, Aug 2010
• HP Open Innovation Research Award, Hewlett Packard (HP) Company (US), Aug 2009 & 2010
• Best Poster Presentation Award, ASME MICRO/NANO Forum, ASME IMECE 2007, Nov 2007
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Award, UC Berkeley Graduate Division, Spring 2006
• Grant-In-Aid Fellowship, UC Berkeley, Fall 2005-Spring 2006
• Best Performance in Doctoral Preliminary Examination, UC Berkeley, Spring 2004
• Best Graduate Award, Mechanical Engineering Department, KAIST, Spring 1998
• Summa Cum Laude (1st of Graduates in Mechanical Engineering Department), KAIST, Spring 1998
• Korean Governmental Scholarship, KAIST, 1994-1998
• Travel and Tuition Grant for Exchange Student Program to RMIT, KAIST, Spring 1996

Research Interest

• High performance bio/chemical & physical sensors based on functional nanostructures and nanomaterials

  • Nanowire-based bio & chemical sensors
  • Hybrid nanomaterials for flexible optical & mechanical sensors
  • Low-cost, energy-efficient sensor network
  • Nanophotonic sensors

  Multiscale manufacturing processes and systems for electronics and energy applications

  • Novel micro/nano-manufacturing process
  • Top-down/bottom-up hybrid nanofabrication method
  • Nanoimprinting and soft-lithography
  • Template-based nanofabrication

  Mechanics & reliability of micro/nanoscale structures and systems

  • Mechanical and electrical characterization of nanomaterial-based structures
  • Surface adhesion
  • Macro-micro-nanoscale joining and contact
  • Failure analysis of micro/nano-electronic devices and systems

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