HOWON LEE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
98 BRETT RD. A-244A, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854
PHONE: 848-445-2213 | EMAIL: [email protected] | HOMEPAGE: http://hleelab.rutgers.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Digital 3D microfabrication techniques for soft functional materials
Mechanics of soft materials and bio-inspired soft robotics
Optofluidic synthesis and self-assembly of functional microparticles
Reconfigurable metamaterials
3D tissue engineering and bio-printing
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
M.S.
B.S.
Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
APPOINTMENTS
2014 – present
2011 – 2013
2006 – 2011
2004 –2006
Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Research Assistant, Seoul National University
HONORS / AWARDS
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Battelle/MIT Postdoctoral Associate Fellowship, 2012-2014 ($50,000/year for 2 years)
NSF fellowship for Summer Institute Short Course on Materiomics, Cambridge, MA, May 2012
Best Poster Award, MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr 2012
NSF Student Fellowship, CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, GA, Jan 2011
Schaller Fund Travel Award, UIUC, Apr 2010
Best Poster Award, ASME Micro/Nano Systems International Conference, Hong Kong, Jun 2008
The Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, UIUC, Spring 2007
Academic scholarships, Seoul National University: Spring 1997, Spring 1999, Fall 2002–Fall 2004
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
American Physics Society (APS)
Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM)
Laser Institute of America (LIA)
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PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. X. Zheng, Howon Lee, T. Weisgraber, M. Shusteff, J. Deotte, E. Duoss, J. Kuntz, M. Biener, Q. Ge, J.
Jackson, S. O. Kucheyev, N. X. Fang, and C. Spadaccini, Ultralight and Ultra-Stiff Mechanical
Metamaterials, Science 344, 1373 (2014) [link]
2. Howon Lee, J. Zhang, H. Jiang, and N. X. Fang, Prescribed Pattern Transformation in Swelling Gel Tube
by Elastic Instability, Physical Review Letters 108 (2012) 214304 [link]
3. Howon Lee and N. X. Fang, Micro 3D Printing using a Digital Projector and Its Application in the Study
of Soft Materials Mechanics, Journal of Visualized Experiments (69), e4457, doi:10.3791/4457 (2012)
[link]
4. X.R. Zheng, J. Deotte, M. Allonso, G. Farquar, T. Weisgraber, S. Gemberling, Howon Lee, N. Fang, and
C.M. Spadaccini, Design and Optimization of an LED Projection Micro-Stereolithography ThreeDimensional Manufacturing System, Review of Scientific Instruments, 83 125001 (2012) [link]
5. Howon Lee, C. Xia, and N. X. Fang, First Jump of Microgel; Actuation Speed Enhancement using
Elastic Instability, Soft Matter 6 (2010) 4342-4345 [link]
6. C. Xia, Howon Lee, and N. X. Fang, Solvent Driven Micro Polymeric Device, J. Micromech. Microeng.
20 (2010) 085030 [link]
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
1. Howon Lee and N. Fang, Biomimetic 3D Microactuators Driven by Polymer Swelling
2. Howon Lee, C. Xia, and N. X. Fang, Membrane-Pump Projection Micro-Stereolithography for MultiMaterial 3D Microfabrication
3. Howon Lee, J. Lu, J. Georgiadis, and N. X. Fang, Direct Measurement of Concentration-Dependent
Diffusivity of Solvent in Hydrogels using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
4. J. Zhang, Howon Lee, Jiaxi Lu, John Georgiadis, N. X. Fang, and H. Jiang, Coupled Large Deformation
and Case II Diffusion in Gels: A Viscoelastic Model and Experimental Characterizations
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS
1. Howon Lee, J. Zhang, J. Lu, J. Georgiadis, H. Jiang, and N. X. Fang, Coupled Non-Fickian Diffusion and
Large Deformation of Hydrogel, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional
and Multifunctional Materials 3 (2011) 25-28 [link]
2. Howon Lee, C. Xia, and N. X. Fang, Biomimetic Microactuator Powered by Polymer Swelling, ASME
Conference Proceedings (2008) 765-769 [link]
3. J. H. Kim, Howon Lee, J. M. Lee, and D. H. Yoo, Vibration Analysis of Steering System for Shimmy
Reduction, Proceedings of Korean Society of Automotive Engineering 2 (2005) 1108-1116
SELECTED INVITED SEMINARS
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Special Seminar, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, May 2014
Special Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Korea, Jul 2013
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Seminar, Rutgers University, Feb 2013
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department Seminar, University of Illinois at Chicago, Feb 2013
Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar, Clemson University, Jan 2013
Squishy Physics Seminar, Harvard University, Sep 2012
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Colloquium, Cornell University, May 2012
Micro/Nano Seminar, MIT, Apr 2011
Bio Interest Group Seminar, UIUC, Nov 2010
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10. Nano-Hour Seminar, UIUC, Sep 2010
TEACHING
Classes
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Introduction to Mechanics of Materials (650:291)
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