Dr. Je-Hyeong Bahk is currently an associate professor jointly at the Dept. of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. Dr. Bahk has worked in the field of thermoelectrics for more than 10 years since his Ph.D study at University of California, Santa Barbara. He has participated in numerous research projects on design and fabrication of efficient nanotechnology-based thermoelectric materials and devices, and also developed several online simulation tools at nanoHUB.org that are capable of thermoelectric devices and materials simulation for research and education.
• Human body-heat energy harvesting
• Wearable/flexible electronics, medical sensors
• Additive manufacturing of functional materials and nanoscale devices
• Nano-scale electron/thermal transport physics
• Nano- and micro-scale device fabrication and characterization
• 2010, Ph.D Electrical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Advisor: Prof. John E. Bowers
Thesis: Electron transport in ErAs:InGa(Al)As metal/semiconductor nanocomposites for thermoelectric power generation
• 2000, M.S. Electrical Engineering
Seoul National University, Korea
Advisor: Prof. Wook Hyun Kwon
• 1998, B.S. Electrical Engineering
Seoul National University, Korea
Graduate with honors, Scholarship of partial tuition (undergraduate entrance)
• Aug. 2023 - present, Associate Professor
• Jan. 2016 - Jul. 2023, Assistant Professor
Depts. Mechanical and Materials Eng. / Electrical Eng. and Computer Science,
University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
• 2012 - 2015, Postdoctoral research associate
Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Advisor: Prof. Ali Shakouri
• 2010 - 2012, Postdoctoral research associate
Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Advisor: Prof. Ali Shakouri
• 2005 - 2010, Graduate Research Assistant
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Advisor: Prof. John E. Bowers
• 2003 - 2004, Commissioned research scientist
Photonics Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea