Principal Investigator
SUNMI SHIN, PH.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Contact Information:
Lab Location: TPL 1 (EA-05-50), NET (E6-02-04)
Office: EA 05-15
E-mail: mpeshin@nus.edu.sg
Education:
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2019)
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University (2014)
B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Major), Hanyang University (2011)
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (Minor), Hanyang University (2011)
Appointments:
2020/08 - Current Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore
2019/08 - 2020/07 Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore
Awards and Honors:
2023 Nanoscale Emerging Investigators, The Royal Society of Chemistry
2022 Engineer of the Year Award (KOFST President Award), Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
2022 Global Young Investigator Award, The American Ceramic Society
2021 MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific
2021 Women-in-Science & Technology Award, Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in Singapore
2020 Chancellor's Dissertation Medal, UC San Diego
2018 Selected Participant, Asian Dean's Forum 2018 - The Rising Stars Women in Engineeirng Worshop, HKUST
2014 Powell Fellowship, University of California, San Diego
2014 Best Poster Award, 2014 International Nanophotonics and Nanoenergy Conference
2011 Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Scholarships, NSF of Korea
2011 Award for Academic Excellence, Hanyang University
Selected Patents:
R. Chen, J. Wang, S. Shin, R. Kumar, and J. Roh, "Thermoelectric material ink, thermoelectric element and thermoelectric device manufactured using the thermoelectric material ink, and method of manufacturing the thermoelectric device", U.S. Patent Application No. 16/048, 686 (2019).
Selected Publications (*implies equal contribution):
S. Shin et al., "Far-Field Coherent Thermal Emission from Polaritonic Resonance in Individual Anisotropic Nanoribbons", Nature Communications, 10:1377 (2019) (LBNL News Release)
E. B. Rubin, S. Shin et al., "High-Temperature Stable Refractory Nanoneedle with over 99% Solar Absorptance", APL Materials, 7, 031101 (2019) (Selected as an Editor's Pick)
S. Shin et al., "High-Performance Screen-Printed Thermoelectric Films on Fabrics", Scientific Reports, 7, 7317 (2017) (Selected in the Top 100 Scientific Reports Physics papers in 2017)
K.-T. Park*, S. Shin* et al., "Lossless hybridization between photovoltaic and thermoelectric devices", Scientific Reports, 3, 1 (2013)
S. Shin et al., "A novel wrap-around metal contact optimized for radial p-n junction Si wire solar cells", Energy & Environ. Sci., 6 (6), 1756 (2013)
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