Stony Brook University Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Y. Eugene Pak has been very active in both industrial and academic research in various nano and biotechnology areas including MEMS sensors & actuators, AFM-based nano-storage, micro fluidicscooling devices, bioMEMS lab-on-a-chip, nanoporeDNA sequencing, and bio implant mechanics to name a few. For the past several years, however, he hasbeen concentrating on the fundamental theoretical & computational mechanics research. The current research topic is on the multiscale nanomechanics of defects inflexoelectric materials which involves couple-stress and electric field calculations around defects such as inclusions, dislocations and cracks. To have a better understanding of how these defects are formed and how they affect the electro-elastic properties, continuum level modeling and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed. Prompted by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, a novel research is being initiated in the nanomechanical modeling of viruses wherein the methodologies of nonlinear continuum mechanics and thin-shell mechanics are applied to study the behavior of virus capsid formation and its quantitative strength. A new elasticity model for the corona virus is being developed which will be useful in understanding the mechanical aspect of the infection process that can lead to developing vaccines.

Education:

•  1985, Ph.D., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering

•  1982, M.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering

•  1980, B.S., State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Mechanical Engineering

Experience:

• 2022–Present, Dean of Administration, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Korea

• 2019–Present, Teaching Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Korea

• 2019-Present, Partner/Startup Mentor, S Cubic Angels

• 2009–2018, Director, Institute of Nano Convergence, Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University

• 2005–2009, Vice President, CTO Office, Samsung Electronics

• 2001–2004, BioMEMS Technology Leader, Biotechnology Team, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology

• 1996–2001, Director, Micro Systems Lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology

• 1994–1995, Research Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University

• 1985–1994, Senior Researcher, Applied Mechanics Group, Grumman Aerospace Corporate Research Center

Courses Taught:

• MEC 101: Freshman Design Innovation

• MEC 260: Engineering Statics

• MEC 262: Engineering Dynamics

• MEC 410: Design of Machine Elements

• MEC 440: Mechanical Engineering Design I

• MEC 441: Mechanical Engineering Design II

• MEC 455: Applied Stress Analysis

• MEC 536: Mechanics of Solids

• MEC 541: Elasticity

• MEC 539: Introduction to Finite Element Method