Kyeongjae (KJ) Cho

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Mechanics and Computation Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Courtesy Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Degrees

B.S. Seoul National University, Korea - Physics (1986)
M.S. Seoul National University, Korea - Physics (1988)
Ph.D. M.I.T. - Physics (1994)

Research interests

Multiscale Simulations and Computational Nanotechnology

 

 

KJ's research interests are focused on accurate investigations of diverse small scale complex material systems using rigorous computational methods. The computational research tools range from the ab initio method to the atomistic molecular dynamics and to the continuum finite element method. For more details, check his group home page.

Awards/Honors

Fredrich E. Terman Fellowship (1997)
Veridian Outstanding Technical Authors Award (2000)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2002)

Recent Publications

N.M. Ghoniem and K. Cho, "The Emerging Role of Multiscale Modeling in Nano- and Micro-mechanics of Materials," Comp. Modeling in Engr. & Sci. 3, 147 (2002).

M. Haverty, A. Kawamoto, K. Cho, and R. Dutton, "First Principles Modeling of Aluminate High-k Gate Dielectric Materials," Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2669 (2002).

J. O'Keeffe, C. Wei, and K. Cho, "Band-structure modulation for carbon nanotubes in a uniform electric field," Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 676-678 (2002).

S. Peng and K. Cho, "Nano electro mechanics of semiconducting carbon nanotube,"
JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 69, 451 (2002).

D. Srivastava, M. Menon, and K. Cho, "Computational Nanotechnology with Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes," Computing in Science & Engineering 3, 42 (July/August 2001).

S. Park, D. Srivastava, and K. Cho, "Model Qubits for Solid-State Quantum Computers: Endo-fullerene and Doped Diamond Nanocrystallite," J. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 1, 75 (2001).

Projects

"Nano-Electronics" - NSF Network for Computational Nanotechnology
"Deformed Nanotube Devices" - NSF NIRT
"Computational Nano-Engineering of Nanostructure Patterning" - NSF
"Atomic Scale Studies of High-k Gate Dielectrics: Interfaces, Phase Changes and Dielectric Properties" - SRC
"First-Principles Study of High-k Dielectric Mateirals" - SRC
"Multiscale Modeling of SiGe Multilayer Systems" - DOE
"Multiscale Coupling of Continuum and Atomistics" - DOE Sandia National Lab
"Ferroelectric Materials and Strong Electron Correlation Effects" -NSF
"Multiscale Modeling of Macromolecule Patterning on Solid Surfaces" - NSF MRSEC
"Multiscale Modeling for Nanoscale Engineering and Manufacturing" - International Collaboration with KAIST and SNU, Korea

 

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