Seokkyoon Hong

2025 - present Postdoctoral researcher, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

2020 - 2025 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

2018 - 2020 Researcher, Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University (Alternative Military service)

2017 - 2018 Senior staff, Electronic Devices R&D Division, nepes (Alternative Military service)

2015 - 2017 Research student, KRISS

2015 - 2017 M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST

2011 - 2015 B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University

I am postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University. I have published and submitted 23 papers/manuscripts with 10 first authors and 7 patents. I have been honored with 10 awards including KSEA–KUSCO Graduate Scholarship (2025), ASAN Graduate Scholarship (2025), Purdue College of Engineering Recognition Award (2024), Outstanding Graduate Research Award (2024), Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship (2024), Bottorff Graduate Fellowship (2021-2022), National Science and Engineering Scholarship (2013-2015), and many others. I have participated in 11 mentoring and teaching activities, including the Columbia–Purdue Partnership (2023-2024), Research/Summer Internship Program (2022-2024), Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Peer Mentor Program (2023-2025), and many others.

Awards

2025 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship, KSEA

2025 Asan Graduate Scholarship, Asan Foundation

2024 Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Purdue University

2024 Purdue College of Engineering Recognition Award, Purdue University

2024 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship, Purdue University

2024 People Who Brighten Korea, Biological Research Information Center

2021 Bottorff Graduate Fellowship, Purdue University

2015 KAIST Scholarship, KAIST

2013 National Science and Engineering Scholarship, Korea University

2013 Semester High Honors, Korea University

Mentoring

2025 Mentor [Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Peer Mentor Program]

2025 Judge [Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair]

2024 Mentor [Summer Internship Program]

2024 Mentor [Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Peer Mentor Program]

2024 Mentor [Columbia Purdue Partnership]

2024 Teaching Assistant [BME 206: Biomechanics and biomaterials laboratory]

2023 Mentor [Columbia Purdue Partnership]

2023 Mentor [Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Peer Mentor Program]

2023 Mentor [Research Internship Program]

2023 Teaching Assistant [BME 206: Biomechanics and biomaterials laboratory]

2022 Mentor [2022 - 2023 Research Internship Program]

Presentation

2025 KIT, Korea (Invited Seminar), Multiscale Materials Engineering for Wearable Health Monitoring

2025 Purdue University, Materials @ Purdue Symposium, USA (Oral), Next Generation Resilient Hydrogels for Wearable Health Monitoring

2025 MRS, USA (Oral), Self-Healing and Anti-Freezing Stretchable Hydrogels for Reliable Wearable Health Monitoring

2025 Purdue University, GIRS Research Symposium, USA (Poster), Spider-silk Inspired Hydrogel for Wearable and Impact Resistant Applications

2024 BRIC, Korea (Invited Seminar) Youtube, Self-Healing and Anti-Freezing Hydrogels for Reliable Wearable Health Monitoring

2024 Korea University, Korea (Invited Seminar), Pioneering Composites and Hydrogels for Reliable Wearables

2024 Purdue University, Materials @ Purdue Symposium, USA (Oral) Youtube, Spongy Ag foam for soft and stretchable strain gauges

2024 KIT, Korea (Invited Seminar), Reliable Wearables through Materials Engineering

2024 Purdue University, BME Research Symposium, USA (Poster), Rapid self-healing hydrogel with ultralow electrical hysteresis for wearable sensing

2023 POSTECH, Korea (Invited Seminar), Tough Conductive Organohydrogel for Wearable Sensing in Extreme Environmental Conditions

2019 The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, Korea (Oral), Thermoelectric Properties Modulation via Semimetal to Semiconductor Transition in Nanowires

2019 The Korean Ceramic Society, Korea (Poster), Thermoelectric Properties Modulation via Semimetal to Semiconductor Transition in Bi1-xSbx Nanowires