Principal Investigator

Jae-Sung Kwon, ph.d.

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea

E-mail: jsungkwon@inu.ac.kr Phone number: +82-32-835-8097​

Education

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 02/2016-Present Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea
  • Post-Doc., Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA 12/2013-02/2016 Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael T. Bowser, Professor
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 08/2008-12/2013
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea 03/2004-02/2006
  • B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea 03/1997-02/2001 Cum Laude, Honors Scholar

PROFESSIONAL & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota 12/2013-02/2016 Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Microfluidics Laboratory, Purdue University, 08/2008-12/2013 West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 08/2011-12/2013 West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea 09/2007-08/2008
  • Researcher, Mechanical Engineering and Technology Research Institute (METRI), Seoul 03/2006-06/2007 South Korea
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Hanyang 03/2004-02/2006 University, Seoul, South Korea

professional Society Activities

  • Member of the Korean BioChip Society, South Korea 02/2016-Present
  • Member of the Korean Society for computational Fluids engineering, South Korea 02/2016-Present
  • Member of the Korean Society of Visualization, South Korea 02/2016-Present
  • Member of the Korean Nuclear Society, South Korea 02/2016-Present
  • Member of the American Physics Society, USA 01/2010-Present
  • Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, USA 01/2009-Present
  • Member of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, South Korea 01/2005-Present


AWARDs

  • Best paper award at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International 11/2010 Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (ASME-IMECE) conference, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • 3rd prize award at best poster competition at the American Society of Mechanical 11/2009 Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (ASMEIMECE) conference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
  • Honor Prize (Cum Laude), Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea 02/2001

FELLOWSHIP, SCHOLARSHIP, & TRAVEL GRANT

  • NSF Travel Grant, National Science Foundation (NSF) 10/2012
  • Mechanical Engineering Summer Fellowship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 06/2012
  • Ross Fellowship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 08/2008
  • Study Abroad Scholarship, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea 08/2008
  • LG Electronics Scholarship, LG Corporation, Seoul, South Korea 09/2004
  • Science and Technology Scholarship, Hanyang University, South Korea 03/2004
  • Top Honor Scholarship, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea 09/1997