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Curriculum Vitae (May 12, 2015)
SEUNGHA SHIN, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
514 Dougherty Engineering Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-2210
Email: [email protected] URL: http://nanoheat.utk.edu Voice: 865-974-7886 Fax: 865-974-5274
RESEARCH INTEREST: Fundamentals and Innovative Applications of Energy Transport/Conversion
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Multiscale, multiphysics simulations (ab initio, molecular dynamics, and meso or Boltzmann)
Thermal energy transport across interfaces and molecular junctions.
Nonequilibrium phonon energy harvesting to electrical energy (phonoelectrics)
Thermal energy harvest/management in electric circuit, solar, chemical and nuclear energy conversion
Energy transport and conversion in graphene, Molecular gas laser cooling
EDUCATION:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sep.2008 – May 2013
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering. Advisor Professor Massoud Kaviany
Dissertation: “Fundamental Kinetics and Innovative Applications of Nonequilibrium Atomic
Vibration in Thermal Energy Transport and Conversion”
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Mar.2006 – Feb.2008
M.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Advisor Professor Mansoo Choi
Thesis: “Study on the Growth of Terrace Structure MgO Nanoparticles via Flame Metal
Combustion Method”
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Mar.1999 – Feb.2003
B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Summa cum Laude
Thesis: "Synthesis of Pt/TiO2 Nanoparticles by Flame Aerosol Process and Laser Irradiation"
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN, USA
Aug. 2014 - Present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Heat Transfer Physics Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
May 2013– Jun.2014
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Heat Transfer Physics Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Sep.2008 –Apr.2013
Graduate Student Instructor (MECHENG 335 Heat Transfer) Mechanical Engineering, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Fall2012/Winter2013
Graduate Student Research Assistant, National CRI Center for Nano Particle Control, Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Feb.2006 – Jul. 2008
Teaching Assistant (Heat Transfer 1, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Lab. 2, Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Spring 2006/Fall 2006
Assistant/Project Manager (Software Development for Auto-Manufacturing Machines), Seho Robot
Industries Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Jan.2003–Jan.2006
OTHER EXPERIENCES:
Guest lecturer, University of Michigan
Winter2012/Winter2013
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MECHENG 539 Heat Transfer Physics (Lectures on phonon boundary resistance, electron phonon
coupling and photon blackbody radiation/lasers)
Completion of the “Preparing Future Faculty” Seminar
May 2013–Jun. 2013
Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan (10 half-day seminars for
the advancement of teaching in higher education and academic professionalism)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Rackham Graduate School Travel Grant, University of Michigan
March 2012
Rackham Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan
Fall2011–Summer2012
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Membership, University of Michigan
2010 –2013
Department of Mechanical Engineering Fellowship, University of Michigan
Sep.2008–Dec.2008
Graduated Summa cum Laude, Seoul National University
2003
All-expenses-paid scholarship, Seoul National University
2002
Academic Scholarship, Seoul National University
1999–2002
Nominations:
Nominated by the Department of Mechanical Engineering for the university-wide Distinguished
Dissertation Award, University of Michigan
Nov. 2013
Nominated by the students and faculty for the 2013 and 2014 Towner Prize for Outstanding
Engineering Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan
Jan. 2013, Nov. 2013
Nominee for the Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Research, University of
Michigan
2011
PUBLICATION:
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
11. P. V. Pikhitsa, C. Kim, S. Chae, S. Shin, S. Jung, M. Kitaura, S. Kimura, K. Fukui, M. Choi, “Twoband luminescence from an intrinsic defect in spherical and terraced MgO nanoparticles”, Applied Physics
Letters, 106, 183106-1-5 (2015). (http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/106/18/10.1063/1.4918804 )
10. S. Shin, and M. Kaviany, “Optical phonon production by upconversion: Heterojunction-transmitted
versus native phonons”, Physical Review B, 91, 165301-1-9 (2015).
(http://journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.165310 )
9. S. Shin, and M. Kaviany. “Toward reversing joule heating with phonon-absorbing heterobarrier”,
Physical Review B, 91, 085301-1-9 (2015). (http://journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.085301)
8. S. Shin, C. Melnick, and M. Kaviany, “Phonon recycling”, JSME Mechanical Engineering Reviews,
1, TEP0002-1-10, (2014). (https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mer/1/1/1_2014tep0002/_pdf)
7. S. Shin and M. Kaviany, “Entropy production in hot-phonon energy conversion to electric potential”,
Journal of Applied Physics, 114, 083710-1-9 (2013). (http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v114/i8/p083710_s1)
6. S. Shin, C. Melnick, and M. Kaviany, “Heterobarrier for converting hot-phonon energy to electric
potential”, Physical Review B, 87, 075317-1-6 (2013). (http://prb.aps.org/pdf/PRB/v87/i7/e075317)
5. S. Shin and M. Kaviany, “Interflake thermal conductance of edge-passivated graphene”, Physical
Review B, 84, 235433-1-8 (2011). (http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v84/i23/e235433)
4. N. Sergueev, S. Shin, M. Kaviany, and B. Dunietz, “Efficiency of thermoelectric energy conversion in
biphenyl-dithiol junctions: effect of electron-phonon interactions”, Physical Review B, 83, 195415-1-12,
(2011). (http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v83/i19/e195415 )
3. S. Shin, and M. Kaviany, T. Desai and R. Bonner, “Roles of atomic restructuring in interfacial phonon
transport”, Physical Review B, 82, 081302-1-4 (2010). (http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v82/i8/e081302)
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2. S. Shin, and M. Kaviany, "Enhanced laser cooling of CO2-Xe gas using (0200) excitation", Journal of
Applied Physics, 106, 124910-1-6 (2009). (http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v106/i12/p124910_s1 )
1. C. Kim, C. Hwang, S. Shin, S. Yang, and M. Choi, “Synthesis of MgO Nanoparticle via Flame Metal
Combustion”, Particle and Aerosol Research (in Korean), 3, 105 (2007).
(http://www.kapar.or.kr/journal/iframe_article_view.php?art_id=40&jrn_id=1&vol_id=11&p=&key=&keyfield=)
Conference (speaker in bold)
9. S. Shin, and M. Kaviany, “Optical phonon production by phonon upconversion in heterostructure”,
ICHMT International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, Rutgers University,
Piscataway, New Jersey, May 25-29, 2015.
8. S. Shin, and M. Kaviany, “Optical phonon production by phonon upconversion in heterojunction
transport”, 2015 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 6-10, 2015.
7. S. Shin, and M. Kaviany, “Hot phonon-Electron Energy Conversion and Efficiency”, ASME 2013
Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 14-19, 2013.
6. S. Shin, and M. Kaviany, “Hot-phonon Energy Conversion and Efficiency”, 2013 MRS Spring
Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 1-5, 2013
5. A. Fan, G. Troszak, T. Desai, T. Palacios, M. Kaviany, and S. Shin, “Preliminary first principle based
electro-thermal coupled solver for silicon carbide power devices”, SEMI-THERM, 29th IEEE, pp.189 193, San Jose, California, March 17-21, 2013. (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6526827 )
4. S. Shin, C. Melnick and M. Kaviany, “Hot Phonon Energy Conversion to Electric Energy”, XIV
International Conference on Phonon Scattering in Condensed Matter (PHONONS 2012), July 8-12, 2012.
3. S. Shin and M. Kaviany, “Thermal Energy Transport in Edge-Passivated Graphene Junctions”, ASME
3rd Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference, March 3-6, 2012.
2. R.W. Bonner, T. Desai, F. Gao, X. Tang, T. Palacios, S. Shin and M. Kaviany, “Die level thermal
storage for improved cooling of pulsed devices”, SEMI-THERM, 27th Annual IEEE, pp.193-197, San
Jose, California, March 20-24, 2011. (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5767199)
1. S. Shin, P. V. Pikhitsa, C. Kim and M. Choi, “Synthesis and growth of Magnesia particles via metal
combustion method”, the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp, 232-235, April 23-25, 2008.
(http://www.dbpia.co.kr/view/ar_view.asp?arid=1239291)
Other Presentation
Nonequilibrium Phonon Energy Conversion - Fundamental kinetics and applications
Seoul National University, South Korea
July 10, 2014
KIST, Seoul, South Korea
July 11, 2014
Multiscale Computation in Innovative Direct Conversion of Phonon Energy”
University of North Texas
February 12, 2014
New Jersey Institute of Technology
February 18, 2014
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
February 25, 2014
Nonequilibrium Atomic Motion Energy Conversion and Transport across Junctions, Wichita State
University, July 10, 2013
Moving up! Converting Phonon Energy to Electric Potential, All Hands Meeting, Center for Solar and
Thermal Energy Conversion (CSTEC), University of Michigan, April 25, 2013
PROPOSAL:
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Interfacial Atomic Structure and Kinetics in Heterostructure Thermal Transport, Thermal Transport
Processes, National Science Foundation (NSF), PI: Seungha Shin, Nov. 2014 (Pending)
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Tuning of Graphene Thermal and Electrical Properties by Dopant and Geometry, to use High
Performance Computing at National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS), PI: Seungha Shin,
Co-PI: Kenneth D. Kihm, Nov. 2014 (Approved, 200K CPU hours)
First-Principles, Phonon-based Energy Material Design, to use NERSC (National Energy Research
Scientific Computing Center) resources, PI: Professor Massoud Kaviany, Feb. 2014 (Funded, 2M CPU
hours)
Integrated Hot-Phonon Harvesting Barriers in High-Power Circuit Devices, Thermal Transport
Processes, National Science Foundation (NSF), PI: Professor Massoud Kaviany, Feb. 2013 (Funded)
Solar-Cell Power Enhancement using Hot Phonon Absorbing Heterobarrier Structure, Samsung
Global Research Outreach (GRO), PI: Professor Massoud Kaviany, Jun. 2012
PATENTS:
<US: 20080309238 Korea: 2007-59077, Japan: 2007-200534> Plasma Producing Device Comprising
Magnesium Oxide Microparticles Having Specific Cathodoluminescence Characteristics, Assignee:
Seoul National University Industry Foundation, Inventor: Mansoo Choi, Changhyuk Kim, and Seungha
Shin (http://patent.ipexl.com/U2S/20080309238.html)
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES:
Authored Wikipedia article “Heat transfer physics,” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_transfer_physics).
Journal reviewer for Physical Review B (American Physical Society), AIP Advances (American Institute
of Physics), Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering (Taylor & Francis)
Conference Proceeding Reviewer for Heat Transfer 2013, ASME, IMECE 2014, IMECE 2015
Member, ASME (2011– Present) and MRS (2013–Present)
STUDENTS AND RESEARCH FELLOWS SUPERVISED
PhD students supervised:
1. Ali Yousefzadi Nobakht (January 2015 - present)
2. Jiaqi Wang (will join in August 2015)
3. Mohammad Jane Alam Khan (will join in August 2015)
Committee member service - Graduate Thesis, Qualifying exam
1. Seyyed Ali Davari (Mechanical Engineering, PhD Qualifying exam, November 2014)
TEACHING
ME344 Heat Transfer (Spring 2015, Fall 2015)
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