포항공대 EESL Fearless challenge

 

I. Research interests

 

a) Long term: Novel devices and materials

• Low temperature integrable ultra-thin semiconductor materials and devices
• Graphene, ZnO, Te, TMDC devices and architectures for multi-value logic and heterogeneous integration
• Brain-morphic devices and architectures for extreme low power computing
• Noise-free electronics using mobility edge quantization
• High performance infrared photodetector using graphene and 2D materials

b) Near term: Silicon electronics

• Low temperature gate dielectric for monolithic 3D and heterogeneous integration
• Ferroelectric devices and characterization methods
• Advanced high speed electrical characterization methods (TDR, Pulse I-V)
• Reliability test methods for scaled devices and novel materials
• Radiation hard devices for space applications

 

II. Awards and recognitions

 

• 2021 과기부 장관 표창, 연구산업진흥
• 2016 정보재료상, 금속재료학회
• 2016 Education awards, GIST
• 2013 Best Paper Award, Korea Semiconductor Conference
• 2011 Best Poster Paper Award: Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics
• 2011 Research Innovation award, Nano Korea
• 2008 Best Paper Award; Symposium on Solid State Device and Materials

 

III. Journal Editorship

 

• 2021 – 2022 Nanomaterials, Editorial board member
• 2015 – 2022 Scientific Reports, Editorial board member
• 2012 - current  Electronic Materials Letters, Editorial committee
• 2013 - 2017  Nano convergence, Editorial board member
• 2012 – 2014 J. of Materials, Editorial committee
• 2013   Scientific World Journal, Editorial board member
• 2006 - 2011  Microelectronics Engineering, Managing guest editor
• 2008 - 2009  IEEE Trans. Device and Materials Reliability, Guest editor
• 2009  Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science, Editor

 

IV. Technical society membership

 

• IEEE and Electron Device Society, senior member (since 2005)

• 금속재료학회, member, 직선평의원 (2021-2023)
• 나노기술연구협의회, lifetime member, 이사 (2024- ), 학술위원장 (2022-2024)
• 한국반도체디스플레이기술학회, member, 재무부회장 (since 2024)
• 대한전자공학회 반도체소사이어티, member, 학술이사 (2022-)

 

V.  Technical community activity

 

• IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award committee, Chair/ Member,  2023 -
• Korea Semiconductor conference, member, Senior council committee, 2023 -
• 31^st Korea Semiconductor conference, General chair, 2024
• 7th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM), General chair, 2022-2023
• NanoKorea, Symposium chair, 2021-2024,
• Technical Committee, IEEE Silicon Nano Workshop, 2021-2022, 2023-2024
• Technical Committee, Symposium on VLSI Technology, 2008-2024
• ENGE, Program Chair/ Symposium/Session Organizer, 2013-2020
• IEEE Semiconductor Interface Specialist Conference SISC), Technical committee, 2005-2007. 2014-2016
• Nano Korea, Technical committee, 2015-2016
• VLSI-TSA, Program committee, 2006-2015
• IUMRS-ICAM,Session organizer, 2010, Symposium Organizer, 2015
• IWDTF, Technical committee, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
• Int. Conf. on Solid State Devices and Materials, Vice session chair, 2009-2012
• ISIF, Session Organizer, 2013
• Int. workshop on Process Failure Analysis (IPFA), Publication chair, 2011
• IUMRS, program chair IEEE Advanced Gate Stack Technology, 2004- 2009 – Tech. Chair (06,07)/General Chair(04,05,08)/Executive committee(09)
• Int. Reliability Physics Symposium, Sub-committee member, 2006-2007
   

VI. Publications

 

• H-index = 71, total cumulative citation > 21,744
  More than 325 journal and 516 conference publications during 1995-2024 in
  Graphene Processes and Device characterizations, Novel electronic devices (logic and memory devices, Ferroelectric switch, touch sensor)
  High performance logic devices and processes, Gate stack technology, Reliability and test methodology, Metrology, Memory (DRAM, Flash)

• Keynote talks /plenary talks at various conferences: 

반도체디스플레이기술학회('22), IU-MRS (’21)

• Invited talks at various conferences
  UKC('22), ISPSA('22), UKC('21), SISC(’19), Graphene 2018 (’18) TMS (’17), Korea-EU Nanoforum (’16), ESSDERC(’16),
  CSTIC(’15), IMRC(’15), IMRS(’14), CSTIC(’14), UKC (’13), SEMINAR (’12), US-KOR workshop(’12), ISIF (’12), CMOSET(’12)
  IECS (’10), AVS (’10), NGC(’11),
  ISTC (‘09), ECS-spring (‘09), ICICDT (‘09)
  IWDTF (‘08), IMRS (‘08), ISTC (‘07), ECS (‘06), NMDC(‘06), ICM(‘06),
  ECS (‘05), NATO workshop (‘05), ICICDT (’05), ISTC (‘05), IEDM (’04)
• Tutorials/ Short course
  MRS (2006), SSDM (2011)

 

VII. Career

 

 2020-present Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH

Head, Department of Semiconductor Engineering, POSTECH

Director, National Institute of Nanomaterials Technology

Director, Center for Semiconductor Technology Convergence

   Director, Next generation ICT Industry collaboration center

Director, Zetta-Green Electronics Research center

2008-2020 Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, GIST

Dean, Office of External and International Affairs, GIST

Chair, Faculty council (2020), GIST

2007-2008 Program manager, SEMATECH

2001-2007 IBM, Semiconductor R&D center, Senior Scientist

SRC, FEP Transition center, co-director

SEMATECH, Advanced gate stack program, program manager

SONY-Toshiba-IBM alliance, 65nm FEOL integration, Lead integrator

1991-2000  삼성전자 반도체 연구소

 

VIII. Education

 

1998-2000  University of Texas at Austin, Electrical and computer engineering (Ph.D)

1989-1992  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Physics (M.S.)

1986-1989  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Physics (B.S.)