Seung Ho Yang

• Working experience for more than 5 years in both an industry and government institutes
• Academic background in material science, mechanical engineering and applied physics
• Author of 32 scientific papers, 40 conference proceedings and 6 patents
• Specialized in MEMS design/FEM modeling/fabrication testing (5 years):
• • MEMS actuators, sensors and multi degree-of-freedom MEMS stages/nanopositioners
  • Authorized user of NIST NanoFab
    
• Specialized in nanotechnology (5 years) using AFM: 
• • Nanomechanics: Intermolecular forces and nano-scale material property measurements
    
  • Nanotribology: Adhesion/friction/lubrication/wear at sub-nanometer scale
    
• Specialized in tribology (friction, wear and lubrication) research (5 years)
• Specialized in bio-mimetics: surface modification for ultrahydrophobicity & self-cleaning ability
• Specialized in AFM measurements with custom-made AFM probes and colloidal probes
• Specialized in fabricating flexible electro-capacitive topographic sensors with commercial printer & etching
  

• 1995 - Winner of the "Excellent Korean Technology (KT Mark) award"
• 1996 - Bronze medal winner of new technology award, SAMSUNG
• 1999 - Winner of the “Excellent scientific and technology paper award”, KOFST/ Ministry of Science and Technology, south Korea
• 2002 - Gold medal winner of KIST’s best student researcher award, KIST
• 2002 - Post-doctorial fellowship, Korean Government, KOSEF

S.H. Yang, H. Zhang, M. Nosonovsky and K.-H. Chung, "Effects of contact geometry on pull-off force measurements with a colloidal probe", Langmuir, 24, No.3 (2008) 743-748.

S.H. Yang, H. Zhang, M. Nosonovsky and K.-H. Chung, "Nanoscale water capillary bridges under deeply negative pressure", Chemical Physics Letters, 451, Issue 1-3, (2008) 88-92.

S.H. Yang, Y. Kim, K.P. Purushothamb, J.-M. Yoo, Y. Choi and N. Dagalakis, “AFM characterization of nanopositioner in-plane stiffnesses”, Sensors and Actuators A, in press, 2010.

S.H. Yang, Y. Kim, J.-M. Yoo and N. Dagalakis, "microelectromechanical system based Steward platform with sub-nano resolution," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 101 061909 (2012).

Dr. Seung Ho Yang was elected as a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in the year 2008. He currently serves as reviewers of many journals; "Nanotechnology", "Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering", "Measurement Science and Technology", "Journal of Physics D", "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A" and "Sensors and Actuators A."