Eui-Hyeok Yang
Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Biography
Dr. E. H. Yang is a full professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received Ph.D. degrees from Ajou University, Korea. After his postdoctoral training at University of Tokyo and at California Institute of Technology, he joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he became a Senior Member of the Engineering Staff. At JPL, he received a number of awards, including NASA ICB Space Act Awards, Bonus (Level B and C) Awards and a number of Class 1 NASA Tech Brief Awards. In recognition of his excellence in advancing the use of MEMS-based actuators for NASA's space applications, he received the prestigious Lew Allen Award for Excellence at JPL in 2003. His scholarly leadership has been recognized by peers. Examples of these efforts include being appointed as an Associate Editor and/or Editorial Board of several journals including Nature’s Scientific Reports, and being elected as the Division Chair of the ASME MEMS Division. Since joining Stevens in 2006, he has been responsible for obtaining competitive research funding from several federal agencies including NSF, AFOSR, US Army, NRO, NASA and DARPA (including 6 NSF and 3 AFOSR grants, and 5 NASA and 3 NRO contracts). Dr. Yang holds over 12 patents issued or pending. Dr. Yang is the director of the Micro Device Laboratory, a Stevens's multi-user microfabrication facility.
Abstract
Abstract : Synthesis of 2D flatlands beyond graphene