Education

• Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University (August 99 ~ December 03)

Thesis: "Modeling the Dynamics of Fabric in a Rotating Horizontal Drum"

Advisor: Prof. Carl Wassgren

• M. S. in Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Korea (March 96 ~ February 98)

Thesis: “Quasi-molecular Dynamics Analysis for Bending Deformation and Fractures of solid material”

Advisor: Prof. Young-Suk Kim

• B. S. in Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Korea (March 89 ~ February 96, including military service)

Work Experience

Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology in Korea

(March 08 ~ Present; worked at Department of Mechanical Design Engineering)

Dean of the International Programs & Language Education Center, Kumoh National Institute of Technology in Korea

(February 16 ~ October 16; responsible for international affairs and education of foreign languages)

Dean of the International Programs & Language Education Center, Kumoh National Institute of Technology in Korea

(February 13 ~ December 14; responsible for international affairs and education of foreign languages)

Visiting Scholar in Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State University in US

(January 15 ~ January 16; worked with Prof. Yang in Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology)

Senior Researcher in Technical Research Laboratories, POSCO in Korea

(March 07 ~ February 08; worked at stainless steel research group - Project: Material Properties Prediction of STS304 on Continuous Annealing and Pickling Process) Leader: Dr. Yoonyoung Lee

-    Prediction of materials properties such as yield strength, tensile strength, elongation and hardness for STS304 on Continuous Annealing and Pickling process

Post-Doctoral Researcher in Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University in Japan

(September 04 ~ February 07; supported by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - Project: Computational Modeling and Prediction of Material Properties of Metallic Glasses) Advisor: Prof. Yoji Shibutani

-    Prediction and evaluation on glass-forming ability, thermodynamic and mechanical stability of phase and nano-crystallization process of the metallic glasses.