Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST 
(currently on sabbatical leave at UC Berkeley, from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025)
Email: ryush@kaist.ac.kr
Phone: +82-42-350-3019
Office: N7-3, Room 3205 (3rd floor)
[ link to full CV ]  

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Physics, Stanford University, 2004-2011 [academic tree]
M.S. Physics, Stanford University, 2004-2006
B.S. Physics, KAIST, 2000-2004

EMPLOYMENTS
Full Professor, Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Sep 2022 - present
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Mar 2017 - Aug 2022 (tenured in Mar 2020)
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Feb 2013 - Feb 2017
Adjunct Professor, KI for the NanoCentury, KAIST, Feb 2013 - present     
Visiting Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, Feb 2024 - Feb 2025 (on sabbatical)
Visiting Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Mar 2018 - Feb 2019 (on sabbatical)
Visiting Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, July 2013 & June-July 2014   
Postdoctoral Researcher, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Apr 2012-Jan 2013
Postdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

SERVICE
Chief Editor, Advances in Nano Research, Technopress, July 2022-present [link]
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Materials - Mechanics of Materials, Frontiers, July 2014-present [link]
Associate Editor, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Springer, Dec 2023-present [link]
Editorial Board, International Journal of AI for Materials and Design, ACCScience, Sep 2023-present [link]
Editorial Board, Scientific Reports, Springer Nature, Feb 2017-present [link]
Editorial Board, Material Design & Processing Communications, Wiley, May 2018-present [link]
Editorial Board, Multiscale Science and Engineering, Springer, Apr 2015-present [link]

Journal Reviewer for Nature Computational Science, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science,  Materials Today, PNAS, Matter, npj Computational Materials, Cell Reports  Physical Science, JMPS,  IJP, CMAME, Acta Materialia, Materials Horizons, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Composites Science and Technology, Composite Structures, Composites Part B, Carbon, Small, Extremem Mechanics Letters, Scientific Reports

Symposium Organizer, WCCM 2022, Yokohama, Japan, July 2022;  MRS 2021, Boston, USA, Dec 2021;  ASEM 2021, Seoul, Korea, Dec 2021; COMPSAFE 2020, Kobe, Japan, Dec 2020;  APCOM 2019, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 2019;  MRS 2019, Boston, USA, Dec 2019;  ENGE 2018, Jeju, Korea, Nov 2018;  Multiscale Materials Modeling 2018, Osaka, Japan, Oct 2018;  the World Congress of Computational Mechanics (WCCM) 2018, New York, USA,  July 2018;  Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2018, Boston, USA,  May 2018;  

Local Organizing Committee, the World Congress of Computational Mechanics (WCCM) 2016, Seoul, Korea, Oct 2014-July 2016

이사, 대한기계학회 인공지능머신연구회 [https://sites.google.com/view/aiksme]
이사, 대한기계학회 CAE부문 [https://sites.google.com/site/caeksme/]
이사, 한국멀티스케일역학회 KSMS
이사, 한국복합재료학회

평의원, KAIST 평의원회, Mar 2022-Feb 2024
총무, KAIST 교수협의회, Mar 2022-Feb 2024

AWARDS and HONORS
- 우수강사 표창장, 특허청 국제지식재산연수원, 2024
- Young Researcher Award, KMSM (Korea Multiscale Mechanics Society), 2023 (젊은연구자상)
- Trans-disciplinary Research Award, KAIST, 2023 (융합연구상)
- Outstanding Teaching Award for Spring 2022 Semester (ME231 Solid Mechanics), Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2022 (우수강의상)
- Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (Y-KAST) (한국 차세대 과학기술한림원) 선출, 2021.11.
- Outstanding Teaching Award for Fall 2020 Semester (ME330 Foundation of Stress Analysis), Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2021 (우수강의상)
- Outstanding Teaching Award for Spring 2020 Semester (ME500 Mathematical Methods in Mechanical Engineering), Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2020 (우수강의상)
- Impact Research Prize, College of Engineering, KAIST, 2019 (임팩트 리서치 포상)
- APACM Award for Young Investigators in Computational Mechanics, Asia-Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics, 2019 (아시아태평양 전산역학회 젊은 연구자상)
- Technology Innovation Award, College of Engineering, KAIST, 2018 (기술혁신상)
- Invited Professor Grant, University of Trento, Italy, 2013, 2014
- Stanford Graduate Fellowship (Weiland Family Fellow), Stanford University, USA 2006-2008
- Korea Science and Engineering Foundation Fellowship, Korea, 2004-2006
- Summa Cum Laude, Physics Department, KAIST, 2004