Visiting Scholars
Professor Young Chul Bae
Office: SMBB 3735 A
Professor
Electrical Engineering, Chonnam University, Korea
Ph.D. Kwangwoon University, Korea, 1997
Email: ycbae@chonnam.ac.kr
Professor Young Min Kim
Office: SMBB 3735 B
Professor
Electrical Engineering, Chonnam University, Korea
Ph.D. Chonnam University, Korea.
Email: ymkim@chonnam.ac.kr
Professor Yunseok Koh
Office: SMBB 3735 C
Associate Professor
Electronics Engineering, Namseoul University, Korea
Ph.D. Kwangwoon University, Korea.
Email: ymkim@chonnam.ac.kr
Ph.D. Students
Ross Booth 
Bioengineering
M.S. Biological Engineering, Utah State University, 2009
B.S. Biological Engineering, Utah State University, 2007
Email: ross.booth@utah.edu
"Micro Systems for Neural Interface"
Started his Ph.D. Program in January 2010
Expecting Graduation in Spring 2014
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein
- R. Booth and H. Kim, “A parallel array microfluidic blood-brain barrier model for high-throughput quantitation of shear stress effects,” µTAS ’12.
- R. Booth and H. Kim, “Characterization of a microfluidic in vitro model of the blood brain barrier (uBBB),” Lab-on-Chips, 2011.
- R. Booth and H. Kim, “A multi-layered microfluidic device for in vitro blood brain barrier permeability studies,” µTAS ’11.
Md. Mahbubur Rahman
Electrical Engineering
B.S. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2009
Email: mahbubur.rahman@utah.edu
"MEMS/Microsystems"
Started his Ph.D. Program in August 2011
Expecting Graduation in August 2016
"Whatever you do, do it seriously and sincerely"
- H.-C. Hsieh, M.M. Rahman, T.C. Shen, and H. Kim,"Growth of carbon nanotubes directly from natural proteins," Hilton Head '12.
- A. Bramhanand, M.M. Rahman, Y.C. Bae, and H. Kim, "Hybrid energy harvesting system based on microfluidics with interface circuitry for shoe-embedded applications,” Hilton Head '12.
Jiyoung Son
Electrical Engineering
M.S. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Korea University, Korea, 2011
B.S. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, BYU, 2009
Email: jiyoung.son@utah.edu
"Micro Gas Chromatography System"
Stared his Ph.D. Program in January 2012
Expecting Graduation in January 2017
- J. Son, H.T. Kim, and H. Kim, “Pneumatic-less high-speed vacuum meso-pump driven by programmable hydraulics,” MEMS '13.
- J. Son, A. Bramhanand, Y.C. Bae, Y.M. Kim, and H. Kim, "Maximized Fluidic Circulation Based Micro Energy Harvesting Device,” PowerMEMS ’12.
- H.T. Kim, J. Son, and H. Kim, “Deformable-channel closed-loop microfluidic platform for continous and constant-pressure fluid circulation,” µTAS ’12.
Hao-Chieh Hsieh
Electrical Engineering
M.S. Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taiwan, 2009
B.S. Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taiwan, 2005
Email: haochieh.hsieh@utah.edu
"Biologically-Inspired Controlled Nano Manufacturing"
Started his Ph.D. Program in January 2012
Expecting Graduation in January 2017
"Death is very likely the single best invention of life " - Steve Jobs
- H.-C. Hsieh, M.M. Rahman, T.C. Shen, and H. Kim,"Growth of carbon nanotubes directly from natural proteins," Hilton Head '12.
- Y. Xie, H.-C. Hsieh, P. Pradeep, H. Kim, M. Tabib-Azar, and C. H. Mastrangelo, "Precision curved micro hemispherical resonator shells fabricated by poached-egg micro-molding," Sensors '12.
Mahatasin Azad
Electrical Engineering
B.S. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2008
Email: mahatasin@gmail.com
"Radioisotope MEMS"
Started his Ph.D. Program in March 2012
Expecting Graduation in Spring 2017
"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work" -Emile Zola
- M. Azad, D.O. Choi, and H. Kim, “Miniature X-ray imaging based on safely shielded pure beta radioisotopes,” MEMS '13.
Moses (Seungbeom) Noh
Electrical Engineering
SINDOH Co. Ltd., 2010
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, 2006
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, 2003
Email: Moses.Noh@utah.edu
"Biological mimic system with MEMS technology"
Started his Ph.D Program in August 2012
Expecting Graduation in Spring 2017
"If you can't explain it simply,
you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein
Ashraf Bulbul
Electrical Engineering
M.S. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2011
B.S. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2009
Email: ashrafuzzaman.bulbul@utah.edu
"Miniature GC/LC system"
Started his Ph.D Program in August 2012
Expecting Graduation in Spring 2017
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination" - Albert Einstein
MS Student
Arhatha Bramhanand B.S. Visvesvaraya Technological University (India), Electrical Engineering, 2010
Email: arhatha.bramhanand@utah.edu
"Micro Energy Harvesting Systems"
Started in September, 2010
"The greatest failure is not to try" -Debbie Fields
- A. Bramhanand and H. Kim, "Microfluidic energy harvesting system for high force and large deflection accommodation,” PowerMEMS ’11, 2011.
- A. Bramhanand, M.M. Rahman, Y.C. Bae, and H. Kim, "Hybrid energy harvesting system based on microfluidics with interface circuitry for shoe-embedded applications,” Hilton Head '12.
Undergraduate Students
Yena Bae B.S. University of Utah, Biology, 2013 (expected)
Email: u0649765@utah.edu
"Bio MicroSystems"
Started in February, 2012
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Hyun-Jin (JIN) Cho
Email: ipdiss@naver.com
"Hardware/Software Interface"
Started in January, 2012
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Alumni
Jung Hoon Yang (Postdoc: 2010), Senior Research Engineer at LG Chemicals, Korea.Sang Hoon Yoon (Postdoc: 2009-2010), Postdoc at University of Texas-Austin.
Arhatha Bramhanand (MS: 2010-2012), Micron Technology, Idaho.
Hyuntae Kim (MS: 2010-2012)
Jung Woo Park (MS: 2009-2011)