People

Prof. Wooseok Ji

Dr. Wooseok Ji is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology. He received his bachelor' degree from Seoul National University in 1999. After working as a tooling engineer for Korean Air Aerospace Division (currently Korean Air TechCenter) from 1999 to 2003, he pursued a postgraduate diploma and earned MS and PhD degrees in the major of Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 2005 and 2008, respectively. His research efforts are put into the promotion of advanced composites for practical applications based on the fundamental understanding of their mechanics. He is a member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and an associate editor of Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites and Functional Composites and Structures.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 2008
Advisor: Anthony M. Waas
Dissertation title: Static and dynamic response of a sandwich structure under axial compression

M.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 2005

B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, August 1999

Research Experiences

Assistant / Associate Professor (2013.11~Present)

Composite Materials and Structures Laboratory
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Research Fellow (2010.4~2013.10)

Composite Structures Laboratory
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2009.1~2009.10)

Computational Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Graduate Student Research Assistant (2003.9~2008.8)

Composite Structures Laboratory
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Industry Experiences

Technical Specialist (2010.6~2012.3)

Comet Technology Corporation
Responsible for the technical development and management of the AFOSR STTR Phase II joint program between Comet Technology Corporation, University of Michigan and Southwest Research Institute.

Research Scientist (2009.10~2010.4)

Illinois Rocstar LLC
Responsible for developing multi-physics materials modeling software, collaborating with experimentalists at UIUC, writing proposals for government and private foundations grants, and writing reports for ongoing research projects.

Tooling Engineer (1999.12~2003.6)

Korean Air Tech Center, Busan, Korea
Technical support of tooling engineering issues in various Boeing programs. Responsible for the final assembly shop and the composite part fabrication shop.

Teaching Experiences

Assistant/Associate Professor (2013.11~Present)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
SDM250/MEN250 Mechanical Drawing and Laboratory (기계제도및실습)
MTH201 Differential Equations (미분방정식)
MEN351 Machine Element Design (기계요소설계)
MEN530 Advanced Solid Mechanics (고체역학특론)
MEN432 Introduction to Mechanics of Composite Materials (복합재역학개론)
MEN532 Mechanics of Composite Materials (복합재역학특론)
MEN533 Analysis and Design of Structures (구조해석및설계)

Lecturer (2013.1~2013.4)

Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
AE518 Elastic Stability of Structures – Graduate level course on the concepts of stability and bifurcation of structures in the context of continuum, conservative elastic solids.

Graduate Student Instructor (2004~2007)