Principal Investigator

JAESUNG JANG PH.D.

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Civil, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering (by Courtesy)

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

UNIST-gil 50, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea

Tel: +82-52-217-2323, Email: jjang@unist.ac.kr

Research Interests

• • Clean Air Technology: Environmental Sensors & Environmental Flow Systems

  • Bio-Aerosol and Aerosol Technology

  • Fundamental Gas and Liquid Flows in Microchannels

• • Electrical Particle & Fluid Manipulation

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, 08/2000 – 08/2004

Advisor: Prof. Steven T. Wereley

Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Dissertation title: Gas Flows in Rectangular Microchannels and a Capacitive Micro Flow Sensor Using Differential Pressure

Master of Science, 03/1997 – 02/1999

Advisor: Prof. Seung S. Lee

Mechanical Engineering, Pohang Univ. of Sci. & Tech. (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea

Thesis title: Fabrication and Experimental Study of MHD (Magnetohydrodynamic) Micropump

Bachelor of Science, 03/1990 – 02/1997

Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Minor: Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Experiences

Head, 06/2020 – Present

Center for Autonomous unmanned Monitoring Systems (CAMS; a Key University Research Center supported by the Ministry of Education) - Aerosol/Bioaerosol Monitoring Group, UNIST, Ulsan

Group Leader, 03/2015 – 12/2019

Development of Advanced Mechanical Systems for Monitoring and Handling Chemical/Biological Disasters, UNIST, Ulsan

Head (Founding), 08/2014 – 08/2016

CAMS, UNIST, Ulsan

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, 01/2010 – Present

Department of Mechanical Engineering, UNIST, Ulsan

Assistant Professor, 09/2007 – 01/2010 

School of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University (CAU), Seoul

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 09/2004 – 07/2007

Laboratory of Integrated Bio Medical Micro/Nanotechnology & Application (Director: Prof. Rashid Bashir)

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Assistant Researcher, 03/1999 – 12/1999

Two-Phase Flow Lab. (Director: Prof. Moo Hwan Kim)

POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Selected Publications

• • D. Lee^, J. Jang^, J. Jang*, 2023 (Sep. 15). “Sensitive and highly rapid electrochemical measurement of airborne coronaviruses through condensation-based direct impaction onto carbon nanotube-coated porous paper working electrodes.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 458, 131972. (^: equal contribution)

  • J. Bhardwaj^, N. D. Ngo^, J. Lee, J. Jang*, 2023 (Jan. 15). “High enrichment and near real-time quantification of airborne viruses using a wet-paper-based electrochemical immunosensor under an electrostatic field.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 442, 130006. (^: equal contribution)

  • J. Jang, J. Bhardwaj, J. Jang*, 2022 (Jul. 15). “Efficient measurement of airborne viable viruses using the growth-based virus aerosol concentrator with high flow velocities.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 434, 128873.

  • J. Bhardwaj, S. Hong, J. Jang, C.-H. Han, J. Lee, J. Jang*, 2021 (Oct. 15). “Recent advancements in the measurement of pathogenic airborne viruses.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 420, 126574. (Review article)

  • C.-H. Han, J. Jang*, 2021 (Jan. 7). “Integrated microfluidic platform with electrohydrodynamic focusing and a carbon-nanotube-based field-effect transistor immunosensor for continuous, selective, and label-free quantification of bacteria.” Lab on a Chip, 21 (1), pp. 184–195.

  • J. Bhardwaj, M.-W. Kim, J. Jang*, 2020 (Sep. 1). “Rapid airborne influenza virus quantification using an antibody-based electrochemical paper sensor and electrostatic particle concentrator.” Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (17), pp. 10700–10712.

  • C.-H. Han, H. W. Ha, J. Jang*, 2019 (May 21). “Two-dimensional computational method for generating planar electrode patterns with enhanced volumetric electric fields and its application to continuous dielectrophoretic bacterial capture.” Lab on a Chip, 19 (10), pp. 1772–1782. (Back cover article)

  • J. Bhardwaj, A. Sharma, J. Jang*, 2019 (Feb. 1). “Vertical flow-based paper immunosensor for rapid electrochemical and colorimetric detection of influenza virus using a different pore size sample pad.” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 126, pp. 36–43.

  • J. Kim, J. Jang*, 2018 (May 1). “Inactivation of airborne viruses using vacuum ultraviolet photocatalysis for a flow-through indoor air purifier with short irradiation time.” Aerosol Science and Technology, 52 (5), pp. 557–566.

  • S. Hong, J. Bhardwaj, C.-H. Han, J. Jang*, 2016 (Nov. 15). “Gentle sampling of submicrometer airborne virus particles using a personal electrostatic particle concentrator.” Environmental Science and Technology, 50 (22), pp. 12365–12372. 

  • A. Sharma, C.-H. Han, J. Jang*, 2016 (Aug. 15). “Rapid electrical immunoassay of the cardiac biomarker troponin I through dielectrophoretic concentration using imbedded electrodes.” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 82, pp.  78–84. 

  • M.-Y. Kang, H.-W. Jeong, J. Kim, J.-W. Lee*, J. Jang*, 2010 (Nov. 1). “Removal of biofilms using carbon dioxide aerosols.” Journal of Aerosol Science, 41 (11), pp. 1044–1051.

  • J. Jang, S. T. Wereley*, 2004 (Nov. 1). “Pressure distributions of gaseous slip flow in straight and uniform rectangular microchannels.” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 1 (1), pp. 41–51. 

  • J. Jang, S. S. Lee*, 2000 (Mar. 1). “Theoretical and experimental study of MHD (Magnetohydrodynamic) micropump.” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 80 (1), pp. 84–89. (Highly cited paper) 

Journal Reviewers and Courses

• • Journal Reviewers: 

    • MEMS: Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems.

    • Fluids: Journal of Fluids Engineering - ASME, Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

    • Bioaerosols and Public Health: Journal of Aerosol Science, Aerosol Science and Technology, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, Scientific Reports, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Science and Technology, American Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of Virological Methods, Communications Engineering.

    • Biosensors: Lab on a Chip, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, ACS Sensors, Analyst, Scientific Reports, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Journal, Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 

  • Courses: 

    • (Graduate-level) Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Aerosol Technology, Mechanical Engineering Analysis, Bioaerosol Technology. 

    • (Undergraduate-level) Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Introduction to Electric-Electronic Engineering, Introduction to Aerosol Technology.

Academic Services

• Scientific Reports: Editorial board member (2017–present)

• Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology: Associate editor (2023–present)

• The Korean Association for Particle and Aerosol Research (KAPAR): Chair of the bioaerosol division (2017–2019), Vice president (2019–2021), Chair of the organizing committee of the annual conference (2020), Prize committee member (2021–present), Editor-in-chief of the KAPAR journal (Particle and Aerosol Research) (2021–present)