Principal Investigator (PI)
Dr. ChaBum Lee CV
Associate Professor and Morris E. Foster Faculty Fellow II
J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University.
Email: cblee@tamu.edu
Office: MEOB 320 / Lab: JCain 313 / 441
Phone: (979) 458-8121
Fax: (979) 458-3081 (Department)
Address: 3123 TAMU , 202 Spence St, College Station, TX 77843-3123, United States
PhD of Mechatronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
MS of Mechatronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
BS of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
2013~Present Associate Professor, J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
2018~2013 Assistant Professor, J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
2019 Visiting Researcher, Intelligent Systems Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD, United States
2015~2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, United States
2013~2015 Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States
2012~2013 Senior Researcher
LG Display, Paju, Korea
Honors & Awards
Emerging Leaders 2022 (Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, Institute of Physics, 2022).
Alumni Award (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2019)
Research and Economic Development Award 2017
Kinslow Research (Honorable Mention) Award 2017
National Instruments Research Award 2017
Journal Peer-Review
Associate Editor: International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
Topic Board: Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
Optics Letters; Optics Express; Applied Optics; Sensors and Actuators A
Materials Design; Review of Scientific Instruments; Measurement Science and Technology; Journal of Manufacturing Processes
Sensors; Precision Engineering; International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
IEEE Transaction on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, ASME
Postdoc
Dr. Heebum Chun (Since Fall 2019), hchun@tamu.edu
Ph.D. Students
Mr. Pengfei Lin (Since Fall 2021), pengfeilin@tamu.edu
Mr. Hyunjae Lee (Since Fall 2022), jaelee@tamu.edu
Mr. Kuan Lu (Since Fall 2022), lukuan@tamu.edu
Mr. Tanbir Sarowar (Since Spring 2025), tanbirsarowar@tamu.edu
Ms. Yeaeun Yim (Since Spring 2025), yeaeunlim@tamu.edu
MS Students
Mr. Sean Kim (Since Fall 2023), ckim17@tamu.edu
Undergraduate Students
Visiting Scholars
Alumni
Dr. Woochul Nam [2023-2024 Sabbatical] associate professor at Chung-Ang University), wcnam@cau.ac.kr
Mr. William Park (2023 BS]
Mr. Yinhe Wang [2023 MS Degree]: A Single Camera Unit-Based Three-Dimensional Surface Imaging Technique
Ms. Jingyan Wang [2023 MS Degree]: Glass Wafer Edge Metrology and Inspection
Mr. Phuc Nguyen [2023 MS Degree]: Iterative Learning Control and Extremum Seeking Control in Developing Tool Path for Minimal Cosine Error of 2D Surface
Dr. Jungsub Kim [2020-2022, Postdoc]
Dr. Zhikun Wang [2022 Ph.D.]: Photomask LER Inspection and Metrology System Based on the Enhanced Knife-Edge Interferometry
Dr. Xiangyu Guo [2022 Ph.D.]: Advanced Stereoscopy towards On-Machine Surface Metrology and Inspection, Assistant professor at ASU xiangy19@asu.edu
Mr. Himanshu Hegde [2021 MS Degree]: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer - Metal Self-Piercing Rivet Joining Process Modeling
Mr. Gokul Suresh [2021 MS Degree]: Non-thesis
Mr. Sebastian Vazquez [2021 Summer, from UC Merced]
Mr. Jay Shah [2021 MS Degree]: Non-thesis
Mr. Omprakash Das [2021 MS Degree]: Manufacturability and Bending Performance of Graded Steel Structures Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting.
Mr. Heebum Chun [2020 MS Degree]: Dynamics and Controls of Fluidic Pressure-Fed Mechanism.
Ms. Rui Zhao [2016 MS Degree]: In-situ Health Monitoring of a Precision Spindle System.
Mr. Seongkyul Jeon [2017 MS Degree]: Edge Diffraction-Utilized Sensing Method for Cutting Tool Wear Monitoring.