Professor

• 2022–Present, Dean of Administration, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Korea

• 2019–Present, Teaching Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Korea

• 2019-Present, Partner/Startup Mentor, S Cubic Angels

• 2009–2018, Director, Institute of Nano Convergence, Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University

• 2005–2009, Vice President, CTO Office, Samsung Electronics

• 2001–2004, BioMEMS Technology Leader, Biotechnology Team, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology

• 1996–2001, Director, Micro Systems Lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology

• 1994–1995, Research Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University

• 1985–1994, Senior Researcher, Applied Mechanics Group, Grumman Aerospace Corporate Research Center

• MEC 101: Freshman Design Innovation

• MEC 260: Engineering Statics

• MEC 262: Engineering Dynamics

• MEC 410: Design of Machine Elements

• MEC 440: Mechanical Engineering Design I

• MEC 441: Mechanical Engineering Design II

• MEC 455: Applied Stress Analysis

• MEC 536: Mechanics of Solids

• MEC 541: Elasticity

• MEC 539: Introduction to Finite Element Method

Dr. Y. Eugene Pak has been very active in both industrial and academic research in various nano and biotechnology areas including MEMS sensors & actuators, AFM-based nano-storage, micro fluidicscooling devices, bioMEMS lab-on-a-chip, nanoporeDNA sequencing, and bio implant mechanics to name a few. For the past several years, however, he hasbeen concentrating on the fundamental theoretical & computational mechanics research. The current research topic is on the multiscale nanomechanics of defects inflexoelectric materials which involves couple-stress and electric field calculations around defects such as inclusions, dislocations and cracks. To have a better understanding of how these defects are formed and how they affect the electro-elastic properties, continuum level modeling and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed. Prompted by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, a novel research is being initiated in the nanomechanical modeling of viruses wherein the methodologies of nonlinear continuum mechanics and thin-shell mechanics are applied to study the behavior of virus capsid formation and its quantitative strength. A new elasticity model for the corona virus is being developed which will be useful in understanding the mechanical aspect of the infection process that can lead to developing vaccines

• NRF of Korea: “Prediction of Defects and Performance in Electronic Materials by Cosmic Radiation,” Participating Researcher, KW 220,000,000, 2017.04.01~2020.03.31 (36 months).

• NRF of Korea: “Prediction of Defects and Performance in Electronic Materials by Cosmic Radiation,” Participating Researcher, KW 220,000,000, 2017.04.01~2020.03.31 (36 months).

• NRF of Korea: “The development of defect mechanics-based multi-scale simulation techniques for reliability of high performance electronic devices in extreme environments,” Principal Investigator, KW 500,000,000, 2014.7.1~ 2019.06.30 (60 months).

• NRF of Korea: “The Development of Mechanics Analysis Models and Quantitative Estimation of Optoelectronic Performance for Improvement of Quantum Dot LED,” Principal Investigator, KW 150,000,000, 2016.11.01~ 2019.10.31 (36 months).

• NRF of Korea: “Korea-India Joint Network Center for Computational Material Science,” Participating Researcher, KW 60,000,000, 2017.12.15~2018.12.14 (12 Months).

• NRF of Korea: “Mechanics of Multi Quantum Well Thin Films: Prediction Models for Mechanical Strain and Piezoelectric Fields for GaN-based Devices under Different Growth Orientations,” Principal Investigator, KW 150,000,000, 2013.11.1~2016.10.31 (36 months).

• Samsung Electronics, "GaN Device Modeling Methodologies for TCAD Implementation," Principal Investigator, KW 100,000,000, 2013.08.01~2014.07.31 (12 months).

• Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy: “Development of the Next Generation DNA Sequencer: Nanopore Device for Electrical Sensing of Single Molecules,” Sub-Principal Investigator, KW 1,880,000,000, 2010.6.1~2013.6.31 (36 months).

• Nguyen, A. T. et al., ''Quantification of the effects of misfit strain on the energy states of zinc-blende spherical core/shell quantum dots,"Journal of the Korean Physical Society, Vol. 79, pp. 87-94, 2021.

• Seo, Y., Jung, G.-J., Kim, I.-H., Pak, Y. E., “Configurational Forces on Elastic Line Singularities,” Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 85, 2018.

• Mishra, D., Lee, S. H., Seo, Y., Pak, Y. E., “Modeling of stresses and electric fields in piezoelectric multilayer: Application to multi quantum wells,” AIP Advances, Vol. 7, p. 075306, 2017.

• Seo, S. Y., Yoo, S. S., Mishra, D., Park, S.-H., Pak, Y. E., “Exact piezoelectric solution for misfitted inclusion in finite spherical matrix: Applications to quantum dot core/shell crystals,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 94-95, pp. 158~169, May 10, 2016.