Dr. Biplab K. Deka
Postdoctoral Fellow
Office: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 601-12
Lab: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 608
Phone: +82-10-5910-9407
Email: bkdeka@unist.ac.kr and bkdeka@gmail.com
Research Areas
– Carbon nanomaterials and metal oxide based hybrid nanocomposites
– Wood polymer nanocomposite
– Biopolymers
Education
B.S. in Chemistry, Gauhati University, India, 2005
M.S. in Polymer Science, Tezpur University, India, 2007
Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Technology, Tezpur University, India, 2012
Award
Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) sponsored by CSIR-India, 2012
Experience
2012 Assistant Professor, GIMT-Tezpur, India
2007-2008 Project Assistant-II, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
Technical Skills
Acquainted with commonly used techniques like extruder, TGA, DSC, DMA, SEM, Instron, GPC etc. Well familiar with materials characterization techniques like rheometer, TGA, DSC, FTIR, SEM, Impact tester. Well known with softwares like Chem draw, Sci-Finder and MS-Office.
Dr. Ankita Hazarika
Postdoctoral Fellow
Office: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 601-12
Lab: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 608
Phone: +82-10-5610-9407
Email: ankita@unist.ac.kr and ahazarika125@gmail.com
Research Areas
– Fiber reinforced polymer composite
– Carbon nanomaterials
– Metal oxide based composites
– Wood polymer nanocomposite
Education
B.S. in Chemistry, Gauhati University, India, 2008
M.S. in Applied Chemistry, Tezpur University, India, 2010
Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Technology, Tezpur University, India, 2014
Technical Skills
Familiar with materials characterization techniques like rheometer, TGA, DSC, FTIR, SEM, Impact tester. Well known with softwares like Chem draw, Sci-Finder and MS-Office.
Dr. Gu-Hyeok Kang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Office: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 605
Lab: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 606
Phone: +82-52-217-2389
Cell Phone: +82 10 4577 6150
Email: souego@naver.com
Research Areas
– Extrude thin film with carbon materials; polymer extruding, coagulation, CNT dispersion, surface treatment, manufacturing process.
– Thermo-electric material with CNT; CNT segregated network, mechanical manufacturing, glass-bubble.
– Smart sensing; self-powered, self-sensing, piezoresistivity, thermoelectric.
– Sandwich composite recycling; heat press method, holed mold, PET-all sandwich composite.
Education
B.S. in mechanics and electronics, UNIST
M.S. – Ph.D Combined program currently, UNIST, since 2013
Award
Best Oral Presentation Award, Korean Society for Composites Materials Fall meeting, Dec 5, 2019
Best Poster Award, Korean Carbon Society Spring Meeting, May 19, 2017
Experience
2015-2016 Visiting researcher in General motors(GM), Warren R&D center, USA.
2010-2012 Undergraduate internship program, FIM Lab (Prof. Young-Bin Park), UNIST
2010 Visiting researcher in Composite manufacturing laboratory (Prof. Jonathan S. Colton), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
Technical Skills
Manufacturing : VARTM, RTM, RIM, Polymer-melt processing (Extrusion), Compression molding, FDM, Lathe & milling, Coagulation, Electrospinning
Material characterization: UTM (Instron), Resistance measurement (Keithley), SEM, OM, DSC, Laser flash analysis (LFA)
Design and simulation: CATIA, SolidWorks, Orcad, ABAQUS, COMSOL, LabVIEW
Data analysis: Origin, MATLAB, OrCAD, Minitab
Personal Interests
Basketball, American drama, Music, Electric bass guitar
Dr. Chanwoo Joung
Postdoctoral Fellow
Office: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 605
Lab: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 606
Phone: +82-52-217-2389
Phone: +82-10-2648-5034
Email: uni0511@unist.ac.kr
Research Areas
Composite structure design
Education
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UNIST, 2016
M.S. – Ph.D Combined program currently, UNIST, since 2016
Technical Skills
Manufacturing: Compression molding, Extrusion
Material characterization: UTM (instron)
Design and simulation: Solid work Minitab, CATIA, ANSYS, ABAQUS, Altair/Optistruct
Data analysis: MS Office, MATLAB
Personal Interests
Gym, Climbing
Dr. Seonghwan Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow
Office: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 605
Lab: EB5(Bldg 112) Room 606
Phone: +82-52-217-2389
Cell Phone: +82-10-4843-7162
Email: lswh7161@unist.ac.kr
Research Areas
– Structural composites based energy harvesting; Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG)
– Smart sensing; Triboelectric mechanical sensor (TMS)
– Hybrid composites
Education
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, UNIST, 2017
M.S. – Ph.D Combined program currently, UNIST, since 2017
Award
Best Oral Presentation Award, Korea Society for Composites Materials Fall Meeting, 2020
Best Oral Presentation Award, Korea Society for Composites Materials Fall Meeting, 2019
Best Poster Award Nominee, Materials Research Society (MRS), 2018
Experience
2020 Visiting researcher in Polymer Engineering (Dr. Frank Henning), Fraunhofer ICT, Germany
2016 Undergraduate internship program, FIM Lab (Prof. Young-Bin Park), UNIST
Technical Skills
Manufacturing: VARTM, Compression molding, Solution Casting
Material characterization: Drop weight machine (Instron), UTM (Instron), Piezoelectric measurement system, Bending system, Electrical performance measurement (Keithley, Oscilloscope), DMA, SEM
Experimental equipment: Atmospheric plasma irradiation, Bath type sonication, Horn type sonication
Design and simulation: COMSOL, ABAQUS, CATIA, SolidWorks, Keyshot, Adobe illustrator
Data analysis: Origin, MATLAB, MS Office
Personal Interests
Fitness training, Photo, Movie, Music, Dance