Resume

Education

Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (Jun. 1997)
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia (Sep. 1993)
B.S. in Electronics Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Feb. 1986)

Work Experience

Professor, Dept. of EE, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (September 2010 - present)
Associate Professor, Dept. of EE, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (September 2005 - August 2010)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (May 2001 - August 2005)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (May 2001 - Dec. 2002)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Jan. 1999 - May 2001)
Research Engineer II, School of ECE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Oct. 1997 - Dec. 1998)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of ECE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Jun. 1997 - Oct. 1997)
Graduate Research Assistant, School of ECE, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia (Apr. 1992 - Jun. 1997)
Analog Circuit Engineer, Computer R&D Center, Daewoo Electronics Co. Seoul, Korea (Jan. 1986 - Jun. 1991),

Honors and Awards

Outstanding leadership award, Korean-American Engineers and Scientists Association (KSEA) North Texas Chapter, 2009
The Best Student Paper Award at the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, September, 2006
College of Engineering Best Ph.D. dissertation award (Dr. Kabseog Kim, advisor: J-B. Lee), The Univ. of Texas at Dallas, 2004
National Science Foundation's CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (a total of $ 375,000 award) (2001)

Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Education (SCEEE) Junior Faculty Development Award (2000)
Donald Cecil & Elaine T. Delaune Endowed Professorship, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (1999)
The 2nd Samsung Humantech Thesis Prize, Seoul, Korea, Gold Prize, (a total of $21,000 prize award) (1996)
International Symposium on Advanced Packaging Materials, Atlanta, Georgia, Best Poster Paper Award (1995)
Korean Scholarship Foundation for Future Leaders, Seoul, Korea, Full scholarship for 6 semesters (1983-1985)
Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, Highest Honor (4 semesters), Honor (3 semesters)

Professional Services

Served as an executive program sub-committee member for Transducers 2011 Conference
Served as a member of the editorial board of "Micromachines Journal". (2010 - present)
Served as an external review panel member for the Microsystems Science, Technology and Components division of the Sandia National Laboratories, 2007
Served as a technical program committee member for International Meeting on Information Display, International Display Manufacturing Conference (2008 - present)
Served as a technical program committee member for IEEE Sensors Conference (2007 - 2009)
Served as a technical program committee member for SPIE's International Symposium on Microtechnologies for the New Millennium Conferences (2003 - present)
Served as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
Served as a member of the international editorial board of "Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials" (2000 - 2005).
Served as a session chair for SPIE's 8th International Symposium on Smart Electronics and MEMS (2001).
Appointed as a program committee member for SPIE's 9th International Symposium on Smart Electronics and MEMS (2001).
Served as a session chair for ICMAT Symposium J (2001).
Served as a session chair for Tex MEMS III (2001).
Served as a review panel member for NSF SBIR/STTR program (2001).