 Curriculum
Vitea
 Nanomaterials
and Device Laboratory
Wonbong Choi,
Ph.D., joined FIU as an Associate Professor
in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Dept. in June 2003 after spending 5 years
as a project manager and a senior research
scientist at SAMSUNG (SAIT). He was a
leading scientist in the “Carbon Nanotubes
for Tera-level Device” project with
more than $1.0 M/year support from SAMSUNG
and the Government of Korea. He was also
involved in the field emission display
project at SAMSUNG (SAIT), leading the
team investigating
the cold-cathodes (1998-2000).
Dr. Choi obtained his Ph.D in Materials
Science and Engineering from the North Carolina
State University (NCSU) in 1997. As a Post
Doctoral Researcher he worked with Prof.
J.J. Cuomo in the North Carolina State University
during 1997-1998. In period spanning from
1988 to 1993, he worked as a Research Scientist
at Agency Defense & Development, delving
in fine ceramic composites and allied materials.
One of the remarkable achievements in his
research career was the invention of “Carbon
Nanotube Field Emission Display”,
which was reported in Science and was covered
extensively by news media around the world.
His work has led to a recent demonstration
by SAMSUNG of over 40-inch field emission
flat panel display. In addition, Dr. Choi
is credited to developing the vertical CNT-Field
Effect Transistor and CNT based non-volatile
memory devices. He has been involved in
various cooperative projects such as fuel
cell and lab-on-a-chip to name a few. His
innovations, reported as news in the TRN
News (January 2002) and MIT’s Magazine
(June 2003), were the first to show some
practical ways of making carbon nanotube
based devices.
Over the years he has been exploring new
materials, novel fabrication techniques,
and novel device concepts for future nano-electronics
and nano-sensor systems. A motivated and
multidisciplinary skilled research team
at FIU, pioneered by Dr. Choi, is currently
focused on developing unique nanoscale devices
for real-field applications. He has successfully
conducted numerous granted projects in the
domain of nanotechnology funded by AFOSR,
SRC, DOE and Samsung. Dr. Choi is the author/co-author
of over 70 patents (granted or applied),
3 book chapters, over 65 journal papers
and over 45 conference proceedings. He has
been invited to share his technological
findings and knowhow at many international
conferences, MRS, TMS, IEEE, APS and so
on. He has served as a chair/committee member
for several international meetings including “US-Korea
Micro and Nano integrated Systems” (2005
NSF grant).
Education:
Ph.D 1997 Material Science and Engineering
North Carolina State University
M.S. 1988
Material Science and Engineering, Hanyang
University, Seoul, Korea
B.S. 1986 Department
of Metallurgical Engineering, Hanyang University,
Seoul, Korea
Professional Employment:
June 2003- now: Associate Professor, Florida
International University
1998- June 2003: Senior Researcher (Project
Manager) Samsung SAIT, Keehung, Korea
1997-1998: Post Doctoral Researcher (with
Prof. J.J. Cuomo), North Carolina State
University
1988 -1993: Researcher, Materials Lab.,
Agency for Defense Development, Korea
Research Area
Nanotube-based
single chip computer
Nano
e-beam source
Nano-bio
sensor
Nanotube
based nonvolatile memory device
Nanotemplate
films for nano application
Nano
filter for lab-on-a-chip
Major Professional Accomplishments:
Dr. Choi is an expert of Carbon Nanotube
and its application. He has served as the
Project Manager (2000-2003) for “Carbon
Nanotubes for Tera-level Device” project
with more than $1.0 M/year support from
SAMSUNG and the Government of Korea. He
has also been involved in the field emission
display project at SAMSUNG (SAIT), leading
the team investigating the cold-cathodes
(1998-2000). Choi has invented the CNT Field
Emission Display, reported in Science and
covered extensively by news media around
the world. His work has led to a recent
demonstration by SAMSUNG, of over 30-inch
field emission flat panel display. He has
also served as the leader of the “Carbon
Nanotubes for Microwave Generators” project
from 2000-2001, supported by the Government
of Korea (Ministry of Telecommunication
and Information). Choi is credited to developing
the vertical CNT-FET devices and CNT based
non-volatile memory devices.
Choi is an author/co-author of over 40
patents (granted or applied), 3 book chapters,
over 60 journal papers and over 40 conference
proceedings. He has been invited to speak
at many international conferences, e.g.,
a keynote presentation on “Trends
in Nanotechnology 2002,” at the American
Physical Society Meeting (2001), and a lecture
on “Carbon Nanotube” at the
Knowledge Foundation Conference (2001).
He has served as a committee member for
several international meetings such as “Nanotube
2003,” “IEEE-Nano 2004” and
US-Korea-Japan Molecular Electronics Conference.
Choi has received several prestigious awards
for his innovative research, e.g., the Gold
Award from SAMSUNG in 2000 (for carbon nanotube
field emission display development), Gold
Technology Award from the Agency for Defense
and Development, Korea Government in 1993
(for special ceramic composites development),
and Awards for Best Paper of the Year 2001
and Best Patent of the Year 2001 from SAMSUNG
(SAIT).
Selected Publications
Won bong Choi, Byoung-Ho Cheong, Ju jin
Kim, Jaeuk Ju, Eunju Bae, Gwangsuk Chung, “Selective
growth of carbon nanotube for nano-scale
transistor”, Advanced Functional Materials,
13, 80 (2003).
Won Bong Choi, Byung-Ho Cheong, Soodoo
Chae, Eunju Bae, and Jo-Won Lee, Jae-Ryoung
Kim , Ju-Jin Kim “Carbon nanotube
based non-volatile memory with oxide-nitride-oxide
film and nanoscale channel” Appl.
Phys. Lett. Jan. 13 2002.
W.B. Choi, Y.W. Jin, H.Y. Kim, S.J. Lee,
M.J. Yun, J.H. Kang, Y.S. Choi, N.S. Park,
N.S. Lee, and J.M. Kim, Electrophoresis
deposition of carbon nanotubes for triode-type
field emission display, Appl.Phys. Lett.
78, 1547 (2001).
Won Bong Choi, Ju-Jin Kim, Jae Uk Chu,
Kwang Seok Jeong, Eun Ju Bae, Jeong-O Lee,
Jo Won Lee, Ultrahigh-density nanotransistors
by using selective-grown vertical carbon
nanotubes, Appl. Phys. Lett. Nov. 19 79
(2001)
W.B. Choi, D. S. Chung, J.H. Kang, H.Y.
Kim, Y.W. Jin, I.T. Han, Y.H. Lee, J.E.
Jung, N.S. Lee, G. S. Park, and J.M. Kim, “Fully
sealed, high-brightness carbon nanotube
field emission display”, Appl. Phys.
Lett. 75 3129 Nov. (1999).
Eun Ju Bae, Kwang Seok Jeong, Jae Uk
Chu, In Kyeong Yoo† , and Won Bong
Choi, Gyeong-Su Park, and Seahn Song, “Selective
Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on Prepatterned
Porous Anodic Aluminum Oxide”, Advanced
Materials 14, 277 ( 2002).
|
