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 and actuators, AFM-based nano-storage, microfluidics IC chip cooling, bioMEMS lab-on-a-chip, nanopore DNA sequencing, and implant biomechanics, just to name a few. For the past several years, he has been concentrating on the theoretical and computational mechanics research. This includes the multiscale nanomechanics of defects in flexoelectric materials which involves couple-stress, strain gradient 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 electroelastic properties, continuum level modeling and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed. Prompted by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, novel research is being initiated in the nanomechanical modeling of viruses wherein the methodologies of nonlinear continuum mechanics and elastic shell mechanics are applied to study the mechanical behavior of the virus capsid formation and its quantitative strength. A new elasticity model for virus capsid is being developed which will be useful in understanding the mechanical aspect of the infection processes that can lead to developing vaccines. This research will also enable nanomechanical engineering of artificial viruses that can be used in drug delivery for cancer treatment.

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:

• 2023–Present, Dean, Academic Affairs, SUNY Korea
• 2019–Present, Teaching Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY Korea
• 2019-Present, Partner/Startup Mentor, S Cubic Angels
• 2022–2023, Dean, Administration, SUNY Korea
• 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 455/530: Applied Stress Analysis
• MEC 536: Mechanics of Solids
• MEC 539: Introduction to Finite Element Method
• MEC 541: Elasticity