Principal investigator

Jihwan An, Ph.D.

 

Education

 2009-2013   Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

        - Ph. D. major in Mechanical Engineering (minor in Materials Science and Engineering)

        -  Academic advisor: Prof. Fritz B. Prinz (former ME chair) / co-advisor: Prof. Turgut. M. Gur (former ECS president)

 2007-2009   Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

        - MS in Mechanical Engineering

 2007     Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

 - Global Leadership Program (GLP) scholar in Dept. of Mechanical Engineering 

 2001-2007   Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, Korea

           - BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Summa Cum Laude)


Professional Career

  2023-now   Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea

    Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Semiconductor Technology, POSTECH, Korea

    Adjunct Professor, Department of Battery Engineering, POSTECH, Korea

  2023-now Adjunct Professor, Institute for Convergence Research and Education in Advanced Technology, Yonsei Univ., Korea 

  2021-now  Founder/Advisor, S4Lab, Inc. 

  2020-now  Founder/Advisor, Elohim, Inc. 

  2022      Vice Dean of Graduate Studies Innovation, SeoulTech, Korea  

  2021-2022   Visiting Professor, UC Irvine, CA, USA  

  2014-2022  Assistant/Associate Professor, Dept. of Manufacturing Systems and Design Engineering(MSDE), SeoulTech, Korea 

  2014           Research Associate/Lecturer, Stanford University, CA, USA 

  2013-2014 Postdoctoral Scholar (PI: Prof. Fritz B. Prinz), Stanford University, CA, USA 

  2008-2013  Research Assistant (Advisor: Prof. Fritz B. Prinz), Stanford University, CA, USA 


Awards/Highlights

  2023          Selected as 'Top 10 Nanotechnologies in 2023', KoNTRS supported by MoST/MoTIE

  2023          Bronze Award, KSME-SEMES Open Innovation Challenge

  2022         Best Thesis Award, KSME (PhD student: D. Go)

  2022          Best Poster Award, 22nd International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD 2022), Ghent, Belgium

  2022          Best Paper Award, 24th Korean MEMS Conference

  2022         Featured in JSPS Annual Brochure as a successful bilateral collaboration (w/ Nagoya Univ.) (KNRF/JSPS)

  2022         Featured as successful project by I-CORPS Korea (MoST)

  2021          Best Paper Award of 2021, Journal of Korean Society for Precision Engineering (SCOPUS) 

  2021          Best Paper Award, Korean Society for Precision Engineering Fall Meeting, Jeju, Korea

  2020          Best Researcher Award, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

  2019         Best Thesis Award, KSME (MS student: B.C. Yang)

  2019         Best Poster Award, MCARE 2019, Jeju, Korea

  2019         Best of Energy Technology 2019 ("Direct Alcohol-Fueled Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A review"), Energy Technology (Elsevier)

  2018          Young Engineer Award, 2018 Fall meeting, Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology and Engineering

  2018          Bronze Award, New Makers Challenge, KSMTE Spring Meeting

  2017          Best Poster Award, ITS-IFToMM 2017, Jeju, Korea

  2016          Best Teaching Award, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

  2016          KSMTE Young Engineer Award, Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology and Engineering

  2016          ECS Early Career Travel Grant, ECS Fall Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA

  2015          KSPE Young Engineer, Korean Society for Precision Engineering

  2013          Best Poster Award, The 19th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, Kyoto, Japan

  2013          Young Researcher Award, International Symposium on Green Manufacturing and Applications (ISGMA), Honolulu, HI, USA

  2013          Science Magazine: Editor`s Choice (Materials Science: 3D Lowers T) (http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/15.1.short)


Community Activities

 2023-now       Editor, Inter. J. Prec. Eng. Man. - Green Technology (IJPEM-GT) (Springer, SCIE, JCR top 10%(2024))

 2024-now Associate Editor, J. Mech. Sci. Technol.(Springer, SCIE)

 2024-now Guest Editor, Surf. Coat. Technol. (Elsevier, SCIE, JCR top 20%(2024))

 2018-now        Editor, J. Kor. Soc. Prec. Eng. (Scopus, KCI) 

 2023-now General affairs secretary, Hydrogen division, Korean Electrochemical Society (KECS)

 2023-now        Advisor, ECS POSTECH student chapter, Electrochemical Society (Int'l)

 2022-now        Executive Board Member, High-Temperature Materials Division, Electrochemical Society

 2017-2022        Editorial board member, Inter. J. Prec. Eng. Man. - Green Technology (IJPEM-GT) (Springer, SCIE)

 2017-now        Board Member, Thermal Engineering Section, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME) 

 2016          Associate Fellow, Korean Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE) 

 2015-now        Editorial Board Member, Korean Society for Precision Engineers (KSPE)