{"id":51,"date":"2023-05-25T21:56:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/kang\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2023-12-04T20:45:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T20:45:18","slug":"more-news-and-highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.asu.edu\/kang\/more-news-and-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"More News and Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Chunghwan successfully completed his PhD! Congratulations!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Kang received the DURIP award ($516k) for Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Graphene-Metal Composite Structures for Smart Helmet Applications<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An ONR research proposal ($450k) to study reel-to-reel processed graphene-metal wires has been selected for funding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chunghwan’s paper has been selected for the UKC 2022 Paper Award. This is an excellent recognition for his research work. Congratulations!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chunghwan has been selected as the 2022 KSEA Fellow! Excellent!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chunghwan has been selected as the 2022 KSEA Fellow! Excellent!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Kang presented a seminar at the University of Alabama, Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar Series, February 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Kang presented an invited talk at the 2022 System Health Management (SHM\/NDE) and Multifunctional Materials (PMC\/CNT) meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chunghwan’s work on cavitation in tissue simulant has been published in Acta Biomaterialia<\/em>. Great accomplishment!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Kang attended the KSEA Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) Workshop as a mentor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Holiday party: 2021 has been a very successful, productive and fun year despite all the unexpected challenges due to COVID19. As a PI, I would like to thank our group members for their hard work and dedication. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our work published in Advanced Materials<\/em> has been highlighted in ASU news<\/a>, the graphene council<\/a>, etc. Please click the images for more details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our work led by Dr. Kashani has been published in the journal Advanced Materials <\/em>(within top 1% in the field) as a front cover article.  The title is An Axially Continuous Graphene-Copper Wire for High Power Transmission: Thermo-electrical characterization and mechanisms<\/em>. Huge congratulations on the accomplishment!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An ONR research proposal ($450k) to develop lightweight, high-strength materials for protective gears has been selected for funding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Jong Hyun Eun has joined our group to lead research efforts to develop carbon fiber based 3D structures. Welcome and we are looking forward to working with Dr. Eun. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yijae Choi, a visiting MS student, joined our group. She will continue working on her MS research. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Kang presented an invited talk “Exploring deformation mechanisms of Ti-6Al-4V under electric current”<\/em> at the US Air Force Research Lab<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Kang presented an invited talk “Cavitation damage to soft matter and cells: Can linear acceleration be ignored for TBI?”<\/em> at the ONR FY21 Naval Force Health Protection Annual Meeting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Choi has won the prestigious postdoctoral research fellowship from the National Research Foundation of South Korea (2021-2024). The fellowship will support his research efforts to develop innovative graphene-metal composite materials for high strength, high temperature, and high energy applications. Great recognition for his excellent research! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Max has joined our lab via the 2021 Air Force Research Lab Graduate Student Summer Fellowship Program. He is working on electrically assisted deformation of titanium alloys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yisha, our FURI student, has been awarded the 2021-2022 Blowers Engineering Scholarship. Great recognition for your excellence! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Yisha has recently presented her work at the FURI symposium<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sunwoo, our high school student, has won multiple awards including<\/p>\n\n\n\n