Alumni

Post doc., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2019 ~ 2024) 

M.S./Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2015 ~ 2019)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University (2009 ~ 2015)

M.S./Ph.D. Thesis: "Differential field approximation using the smoothed finite element method and its application to development of finite elements", advisor: Emeritus Prof. Byung-Chai Lee  

Currently an assistant professor at Jeonbuk National University

Homepage: Advanced Structural Mechanics Lab 

Email: jhon907@kaist.ac.kr 

Post doc., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2019) 

Currently at Samsung Electronics 

Email: sunshine15@kaist.ac.kr 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2022 ~ 2026)

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2020 ~ 2022)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2015 ~ 2020)

Ph.D. Thesis: "Creep Behavior of 316L Stainless Steel Fabricated by Electron Beam-Based Powder Bed Fusion", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim    

M.S. Thesis: "Multiscale mechanical characterization of additively manufactured Inconel 718", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim

Currently at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 

Email: imkh97@kaist.ac.kr  

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2021 ~ 2025)

Visiting Scholar, University of California, Irvine  Advisor: Prof. SungWoo Nam (2022 - 2023)

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2019 ~ 2021)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2014 ~ 2019)

Ph.D. Thesis: "Development of Nanoindenter-Based Methods for Evaluating Mechanical Properties of Thin Films", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

M.S. Thesis: "Mechanical behavior of freestanding and passivated Al thin films", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

Currently at Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) 

Email: khz5312@kaist.ac.kr 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2014 ~ 2025)

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2012 ~ 2014)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2008 ~ 2012)

Ph.D. Thesis: "Hybrid Displacement Field-Based Frame Method for Linear Static Finite Element Analysis of Nonmatching Meshes", co-advisors: Emeritus Prof. Byung-Chai Lee and Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

M.S. Thesis: "Iterative analysis of a mesh of quadratic finite elements using the results of the same mesh of linear elements", advisor: Emeritus Prof. Byung-Chai Lee 

Email: kim5495@kaist.ac.kr 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2019 ~ 2025)

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2015 ~ 2017)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Inha University (2011 ~ 2015)

Ph.D. Thesis:  "Experimental investigation on composition-dependent stress-induced martensitic transformation in NiTi shape memory alloy thin films", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

M.S. Thesis: "Mechanical/ electrical behavior of conductive textile based on polymer fibers", advisor: Emeritus Prof. Soon-Bok Lee 

Currently at Samsung Electronics  

Email: jyoung2k@kaist.ac.kr 

M.S./Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2018 ~ 2025)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2013 ~ 2018)

M.S./Ph.D. Thesis: "Understanding the Fatigue Behavior through Strain Analysis in Metal Thin Films", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

Currently at SK Hynix 

Email: tjsrms4236@kaist.ac.kr​ 

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2020 ~ 2024)

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2018 ~ 2020)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University (2011 ~ 2017)

Ph.D. Thesis:  "Mechanical behavior of Ni-Mo-W alloy thin films with planar defects", advisor Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

M.S. Thesis: "Mechanical behavior of nanotwinned metallic alloy thin films", advisor Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

Currently at Samsung Electronics  

Email: yuhyun.park@kaist.ac.kr   

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2020 ~ 2024)

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2013 ~ 2015)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University (2006 ~ 2013)

Ph.D. Thesis: "Mechanical behavior of additively manufactured fine-equiaxed 316L stainless steel", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

M.S. Thesis: "Fatigue behavior of semi-transparent silver-nanowire healable conductor and fabrication of healable touch panel", advisor: Emeritus Prof. Soon-Bok Lee

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Currently an assistant professor at Hanyang University ERICA  

Email: jongsoo.bae@kaist.ac.kr   

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2018 ~ 2023)

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2016 ~ 2018)

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea University (2012 ~ 2016)

Ph.D. Thesis: "Research on the physical properties of sputter deposited Al-C thin films discovered by combinatorial approaches", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

M.S. Thesis: "3D printed highly strechable devices based on silver nanowire", advisor: Prof. Seung Seob Lee and Dr. Phillip Lee

Currently at Samsung Electronics  

Email: oijcj3@kaist.ac.kr  

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2022 ~ 2024) 

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2017 ~ 2022)

M.S. Thesis: "Effect of boron addition on the mechanical properties of sputtered nickel thin film at high temperature", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

Currently at SK Hynix 

Email: 

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2019 ~ 2021) 

M.S. Thesis: "Mechanical characterization of NiTi and NiTiCu free-standing thin films", advisor: Prof. Gi-Dong Sim 

Currently at University of Twente 

Email: abdulrehman@kaist.ac.kr