Stony Brook University Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering Department, Mark Anthony Rotor's work was awarded as the best presentation in 2022 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Engineering (IEEE).  The conference was held by Tsinghua University and IEEE Power and Energy Society from September 28 to 30. Mark gave a talk about Shape Optimization of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine (HATT) Blade using Neural Networks for Response Surface Methodology.      Please join us in congratulating Mark!  

Speaker: Dr. Guilherme A. Lima da Silva Date & Time: Wednesday, October 26, 2022, 18:00-19:00 PM in KST We are pleased to announce that the online Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series will be held online on October 26th, 2022. Dr. Lima da Silva will give a talk about The Icing Engineering Process. Abstract This lecture shows the icing engineering process with atmospheric conditions, aircraft performance, ice protection systems, and thermal simulation. It offers the integration between aircraft performance simulation and icing simulation studies. The increased drag and decreased lift caused by ice affect the aircraft's performance. On the other hand, icing engineering needs the angle of attack versus calibrated airspeed curve to calculate the impingement and its limits. In addition, the icing needs the Altitude versus Calibrated Airspeed curve to find the most critical glaze icing condition. Regular icing courses rarely show this connection between flight mechanics and icing engineering. However, this interaction between different disciplines significantly affects the design and simulation of ice protection systems. Also, this course presents a brief introduction to icing atmospheric concepts and the icing simulation parameters. In the end, the lecture presents a thermal simulation implemented by the author and its main characteristics. The lecture does not focus on the current or future simulation tools but shows the icing engineering as a whole subject integrated into the airframe.   Please find the details below:  

    Prof. Gun Woong Bahng, a leading Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, will give a talk in Water Conference 2022 regarding "Biological effects of radical-free under-water plasma activated water". The Water Conference 2022 boasts several new features. First is the new venue: Bad Soden, Germany located near Frankfurt. The new location is easily accessible, will encourage more participation, and is in accord with the high-level, international nature of the conference. The conference will be held from Oct 13 to Oct 16.     

    ME Alumni Ms. Sooyon Chang has admitted to the M.S. Program in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Sooyon Chang entered SUNY Korea majoring in Mechanical Engineering in Spring 2018 as an undergraduate student. She has graduated from Mechanical Engineering Department at SUNY Korea in Fall 2021 as a valedictorian. Ranked 21 in the 2022 QS World Universities Rankings, Cornell University has one of the best programs in Engineering, which Ms. Sooyon Chang plans to pursue. Please join us in congratulating Sooyon Chang on the successful beginning of her M.S. program!    

  It has been said that "success is where preparation and opportunity meet". Namju was a senior year Mechanical Engineering undergraduate when she got an internship in the camera model department of Samsung Electro-Mechanics. Excelling in her works in the actuator group, Namju received a team award for her presentation on the  Aligned Camera Module. After her internship and graduation from SUNY Korea Mechanical Engineering Department in 2020 Fall, she is now employed in Samsung Electro-Mechanics. Namju's intelligence and hard work, combined with excellent academic preparation at SUNY Korea and the opportunity of doing an internship at Samsung have resulted in a great start to her career. We wish her the best. 

MEC graduate student Mr. Anh Nguyen has received the prestigious Walter P. Murphy Fellowship from the Northwestern University in the US to pursue his Ph.D. degree. Mr. Nguyen entered SUNY-Korea’s Mechanical Engineering program in 2016 as a recipient of a Shared Prosperity Scholarship. He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2020, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He continued his Master’s degree at SUNY Korea MEC department under the guidance of  Prof. Y. Eugene Pak.  Ranked 29 in the 2021 QS World Universities Rankings, Northwestern has one of the best programs in Computational Solid Mechanics, which Mr. Nguyen plans to pursue. The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern is ranked among the top six worldwide in mechanical engineering by the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and top five nationwide in the most recent ratings by the National Research Council (in 2010). Mr. Nguyen will start his Ph.D. program in Fall 2021.     

  Recently, Springe Verlag published the second edition of the “Springer Handbook of Mechanical Engineering”.  MEC professor Hamid Hefazi is one of the editors of this book and also authored the Chapter on Aerospace Engineering.  

  MEC professor Seungbok Choi wrote an Opinion Piece in Kihoilbo about the present and future of Incheon Industrial Complex Corporation. Read it here:  https://www.kihoilbo.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=932123  

A team of undergraduate MEC students consisting of team leader Jee Won Lee  and team members Prince-David Malendele, Hyunseung Cha and  Sooyon Chang, under supervision of graduate student Jonathan Boyack and MEC professor Jongseong Brad Choi, have created a  virtual model of SUNY Korea campus using a rover and Lidar sensing system. The project  is performed in the Mechanical Systems with Intelligence and Computer Vision (MEIC) Laboratory. This video shows a real-time virtual model  of SUNY Korea campus that can be used as an Augmented Reality and  Metabus environment. The overall goal of the project is to develop autonomous robots using navigation with GPS information.  This novel technology will also be developed further for smart city applications such as remote assessment of falling hazards of high-rise buildings in cities. More information about this project can be obtained from Prof. Jongseong Brad Choi .    

ME professor  Bruce Jo, received a grant  from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) . The project entitled "Magnetic and Inertial Sensor Fusion Research for Precision Position Recognition and Driving" will receive a total of $100,000 in research funding over two years  from the Space Division of the U.S. Air Force Research Institute. For more details please see below. https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25020969#home https://www.dnews.co.kr/uhtml/view.jsp?idxno=202111041015054900454 http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=80349 https://blog.naver.com/ifezsns/222558138094  

ME professor Changwoon Han was the recipient of the 2021 Academic Award from the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society.  The prestigious award, which includes a monetary reward, was presented to Prof. Han during the Asia Pacific Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society 2021 , held form  September 8-11 in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Congratulations to Prof. Han!  

Mechanical Engineering graduate student, Tuba Majid (picture attached) , was selected to conduct research at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Okinawa, Japan. Tuba’s research interest is in the area of  Computational Aerodynamics and she hopes to study more about turbulent flows and fluid-solid interaction at the Complex Fluids and Flows Unit in OIST starting December 2021 . We wish her all the best!  

The Mechanical Engineering Department at SUNY Korea hosted a Collaborating Seminar with the Biomedical Engineering Department of Purdue University. Participants discussed and planned future collaboration in research and student exchanges.       On Friday, June 24, SUNY Korea’s Mechanical Engineering department and Purdue University’s Biomedical Engineering department initiated a collaborating seminara research partnership at SUNY Korea Academic Building C103. Professor Brad Choiovost and Senior Vice President Dr. Hamid Hefazi of SUNY Korea led the seminar along with prestigious scholars from Purdue University. The topics spanned from research collaboration bio-mechanical engineering to student exchange programs. We look forward to collaborating with the Biomedical Engineering department of Purdue University with broader topics in the future. SUNY Korea is the first American university established in South Korea and has grown to provide eight programs of Stony Brook University and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Stony Brook University offers prestigious programs in STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Fashion Institute of Technology, one of the first-rate fashion schools worldwide, focuses on providing practical and hands-on education to its students.  

  We are pleased to announce that Dr. HYUN SOON LEE, Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Doosan, was recognized as one of the “Persons of Distinguished Service to Science and Technology (과학기술유공자)” by the Center for the Support of Science and Technology Honorees. Dr. Lee received both a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stony Brook University. He began his career at the General Motors Research Institute before joining Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) in 1984. Dr. Lee, who led the independent development of automotive engines and transmissions, was instrumental in developing the first engine (α-Engine) produced by HMC and the development of the β-Engine. During his time at HMC, his responsibilities included the Ulsan Vehicle R&D center along with being the Senior Executive Vice President of the Hyundai and Kia Powertrain Division.    Dr. Lee has received many awards for his contributions to the automotive industry including the IR52 Jang Young Shil Award (1991) from the Minister of Science and Technology, and the Gold Medal for Anti-Pollution Technology Development from the Chosun Daily Newspaper. The Federation of Korean Industries presented Dr. Lee with a Gold Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit. For his leadership, he was awarded the International Management Institute CEO award in 2006, and the Best CTO award from the Korea Industrial technology association in 2008. Dr. Lee left Hyundai Motors after 27 years and moved to Doosan to become the Vice Chairman of the Management Innovation Division.  Dr. Lee serves as the Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Mechanical Engineering Department at SUNY Korea.

Prof. Changwoon Han, Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the State University of New York, Korea, was awarded the “KSME Research Excellence Award on Experimental Mechanics in Materials and Fracture Engineering and Reliability Engineering in 2022” from the Society of KSME. The award is given to a member of society who has made significant contributions to the development of experimental mechanics in the fields of materials and fracture and reliability. Seungil, Suyeon, and Prof. Han were awarded “Best Paper Award in 2021 Annual Spring Conference” from the Reliability Division of KSME. The award is presented to one of the best papers among 2021 Annual Spring Conference of the Reliability Division of KSME. The title of the paper is “Failure Analysis of Si Solar Module under Thermal Cycling Using Electroluminescence Method”.