Professor

Education

• 2004.03 - 2008.02: B.S.,  Department of Mathematics, POSTECH, Cum laude

• 2008.03 - 2010.02: M.S., Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology , POSTECH (Advisor: Professor Frédéric Barlat)

• 2010.03 - 2014.02 :Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology , POSTECH

                           (Advisor: Professor Myoung-Gyu Lee (currently at SNU), co-advisor : Professor Frédéric Barlat)

Professional experiences

• 2023.03 ~ Present  Assistant Professor at School of Mechanical Engineering in University of Ulsan

• 2016.06 - 2023.02   Senior Researcher at Materials Deformation Department in KIMS

• 2014.03 - 2016.05  Post-doc. Researcher at Materials Deformation Department in KIMS

• 2008.03 - 2014.02   Research Assistant at Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology in POSTECH

Research Interest

• Finite element (FE) modeling for innovative sheet metal forming process

• Advanced constitutve modeling and forming process for future mobility-oriented materials

• Material characterization methods of anisotropic mechanical behaviors in heterogeneous materials

• Materials failure during manufacturing process

Professional societies

• Member of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (KIMM)

• Member of Korea Society for Technology of Plasticity (KSTP)

• Member of Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (KSAE)

• Journal review service :  Int J Plast, Int J Mech Sci, Eng Fract Mech, Eur J Mech A/Solids, Int J Solids Struct, Int J Auto Tech, Met Mater Int, Metals

Awards

• Outstanding researcher award (Excellent research paper), National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST), 2021 – 국가과학기술연구회 이사장 포상, 우수 논문 분야 우수상

• Emerging scholar award, Korean Society of Technology for Plasticity, May 2021 – 한국소성가공학회 신진학술상

• Outstanding performance award (Academic part), KIMS, April 2021 – 한국재료연구원 포상, 우수성과상 (학술 부문)

• Academic award (Group), KIMS, April 2020 – 한국기계연구원 부설 재료연구소 포상, 학술상 (단체)

• Jinhap Best Paper Award (진합학술상), with Dr. H.J. Bong and Prof. M.-G. Lee, In the KSTP Spring Conference, Korean Society of Technology for Plasticity, May 2019.

• Jinhap Best Paper Award (진합학술상), with Mr. Hong, Dr. J.H. Lee, Prof. Yoon of HYU, Mr. Kong and Dr. Lee of  Kiduck co., In the KSTP Spring Conference, Korean Society of Technology for Plasticity, May 2018.

• Best presentation award, Korean Society of Automotive Engineers, May 2015.

Lectures

2024 Spring

• Theory of Elasticity (English, Graduate)

• Materials  mechanics (Undergraduate course)

• Experiment in Mechanical and Automotive Eng.  I (Undergraduate course)

• Capstone design I (Undergraduate course)

2023 Fall

• Finite element method (English, Graduate)

• Introduction to numerical analysis (English, Undergraduate course)

• Capstone design II (Undergraduate course)

2023 Spring

• Materials  mechanics (Undergraduate course)

• Capstone design I (Undergraduate course)