Education

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA - June 2011 (Expected)

     - Ph.D. Candidate, Mechanical Engineering

     - Advisor : Thomas W. Kenny

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA - June 2007

     - M.S., Mechanical Engineering

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea - Aug. 2005

     - B.S., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, summa cum laude

Research Experience

Research Assistant, Microstructures and Sensors Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA - Apr. 2007 - Present

    - Designed/fabricated encapsulated MEMS resonators

    - Developed temperature compensation techniques for MEMS resonator-based oscillators

    - Developed an efficient characterization methods for MEMS oscillators

    - Demonstrated stable operation of MEMS oscillators in the nonlinear regime

    - Investigated the nonlinear phase noise model of MEMS oscillators

    - Developed a fully-analytical model of MEMS oscillators, including nonlinear dynamics

Work Experience

Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea - Summer 2009

    - Summer intern at Fabrication Technology Development Team

National Instruments Korea, Seoul, Korea - Winter 2005

    - Winter intern at LabVIEW Development Team

Honors & Awards

Samsung Scholarship (former Samsung Lee Kun Hee fellowship) - Apr. 2007 - Present

Merit-based scholarship, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea - 2001 - 2005