Principal investigator
Jihwan An, Ph.D.
Education
2009-2013 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Ph. D. major in Mechanical Engineering (minor in Materials Science and Engineering)
- Academic advisor: Prof. Fritz B. Prinz (former ME chair) / co-advisor: Prof. Turgut. M. Gur (former ECS president)
2007-2009 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- MS in Mechanical Engineering
2007 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Global Leadership Program (GLP) scholar in Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
2001-2007 Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, Korea
- BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Summa Cum Laude)
Professional Career
2023-now Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea
2024-now Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Semiconductor Technology, POSTECH, Korea
2023-now Adjunct Professor, Institute for Convergence Research and Education in Advanced Technology, Yonsei Univ., Korea
2021-now Founder/Advisor, S4Lab, Inc.
2020-now Founder/Advisor, Elohim, Inc.
2022 Vice Dean of Graduate Studies Innovation, SeoulTech, Korea
2021-2022 Visiting Professor, UC Irvine, CA, USA
2014-2022 Assistant/Associate Professor, Dept. of Manufacturing Systems and Design Engineering(MSDE), SeoulTech, Korea
2014 Research Associate/Lecturer, Stanford University, CA, USA
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Scholar (PI: Prof. Fritz B. Prinz), Stanford University, CA, USA
2008-2013 Research Assistant (Advisor: Prof. Fritz B. Prinz), Stanford University, CA, USA
Awards/Highlights
2023 Selected as 'Top 10 Nanotechnologies in 2023', KoNTRS supported by MoST/MoTIE
2023 Bronze Award, KSME-SEMES Open Innovation Challenge
2022 Best Thesis Award, KSME (PhD student: D. Go)
2022 Best Poster Award, 22nd International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD 2022), Ghent, Belgium
2022 Best Paper Award, 24th Korean MEMS Conference
2022 Featured in JSPS Annual Brochure as a successful bilateral collaboration (w/ Nagoya Univ.) (KNRF/JSPS)
2022 Featured as successful project by I-CORPS Korea (MoST)
2021 Best Paper Award of 2021, Journal of Korean Society for Precision Engineering (SCOPUS)
2021 Best Paper Award, Korean Society for Precision Engineering Fall Meeting, Jeju, Korea
2020 Best Researcher Award, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
2019 Best Thesis Award, KSME (MS student: B.C. Yang)
2019 Best Poster Award, MCARE 2019, Jeju, Korea
2019 Best of Energy Technology 2019 ("Direct Alcohol-Fueled Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A review"), Energy Technology (Elsevier)
2018 Young Engineer Award, 2018 fall meeting, Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology and Engineering
2018 Bronze Award, New Makers Challenge, KSMTE Spring Meeting
2017 Best Poster Award, ITS-IFToMM 2017, Jeju, Korea
2016 Best Teaching Award, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
2016 KSMTE Young Engineer Award, Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology and Engineering
2016 ECS Early Career Travel Grant, ECS Fall Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA
2015 KSPE Young Engineer, Korean Society for Precision Engineering
2013 Best Poster Award, The 19th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, Kyoto, Japan
2013 Young Researcher Award, International Symposium on Green Manufacturing and Applications (ISGMA), Honolulu, HI, USA
2013 Science Magazine: Editor`s Choice (Materials Science: 3D Lowers T) (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/15.1.short)
Community Activities
2023-now Editor, Inter. J. Prec. Eng. Man. - Green Technology (IJPEM-GT) (Springer, SCIE, JCR top 10%(2024))
2024-now Associate editor, J. Mech. Sci. Technol.(Springer, SCIE)
2024-now Guest editor, Surf. Coat. Technol. (Elsevier, SCIE, JCR top 20%(2024))
2018-now Editor, J. Kor. Soc. Prec. Eng. (Scopus, KCI)
2023-now General affairs secretary, Fuel cell division, Korean electrochemical society (KECS)
2023-now Advisor, ECS POSTECH student chapter, Electrochemical Society (Int'l)
2022-now Executive Board Member, High-Temperature Materials Division, Electrochemical Society
2017-2022 Editorial board member, Inter. J. Prec. Eng. Man. - Green Technology (IJPEM-GT) (Springer, SCIE)
2017-now Board Member, Thermal Engineering Section, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
2016 Associate Fellow, Korean Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE)
2015-now Editorial Board Member, Korean Society for Precision Engineers (KSPE)