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David J. Hwang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Stony Brook University (SUNY Stony Brook) Advanced Energy Research & Technology Center 222 Heavy Engineering Building Department of Mechanical Engineering Stony Brook, NY 11794-2300 USA Phone: (631) 632-8346, Fax: (631) 632-8544 E-mail : [email protected] |
Research Focus
Our research interests are on micro/nanoscale heat transfer, and laser-assisted materials processing and diagnostics for wide range of applications. Examples include laser assisted energy manufacturing by hybrid additive processes, laser assisted display/semiconductor devices, laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition for passivation layer deposition and nanomaterials synthesis, laser assisted micro/nanoscale chemical species analysis by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, scalable nano-manufacturing, solar fuel production, three–dimensional hybrid opto–fluidic device fabrication for biological applications, optical near–field based nanoscale processing and diagnostics, time-resolved diagnostics by ultrafast lasers, and in–situ monitoring of light–matter interaction via light-coupled electron microscopes.
Current research is mainly focused on energy manufacturing field including,
Education
Professional Experience
Teaching
Our research interests are on micro/nanoscale heat transfer, and laser-assisted materials processing and diagnostics for wide range of applications. Examples include laser assisted energy manufacturing by hybrid additive processes, laser assisted display/semiconductor devices, laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition for passivation layer deposition and nanomaterials synthesis, laser assisted micro/nanoscale chemical species analysis by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, scalable nano-manufacturing, solar fuel production, three–dimensional hybrid opto–fluidic device fabrication for biological applications, optical near–field based nanoscale processing and diagnostics, time-resolved diagnostics by ultrafast lasers, and in–situ monitoring of light–matter interaction via light-coupled electron microscopes.
Current research is mainly focused on energy manufacturing field including,
- Hybrid additive fabrication of thermoelectric generator devices for waste heat recovery and nuclear fault tolerance
- Ultraviolet assisted efficient thermal device manufacturing
- Super-insulating composite fabrication to enable zero-energy buildings
- Cost-effective thin film CIGS solar photovoltaic manufacturing
- Organic device encapsulation by low temperature laser CVD
- Energy efficient and environmental friendly rare earth extraction process
Education
- University of California Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 2005
- Seoul National University, Mechanical Engineering, South Korea, M.S.E. 1997
- Seoul National University, Mechanical Engineering, South Korea, B.S.E. 1995
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2017- present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2011- 2016
- Research Associate Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2008-2010
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley, 2005-2008
- Guest Scientist, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2007-2010
- Researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, South Korea, 1997-2000
Teaching
- MEC 501 (Heat Convection)
- MEC 516 (Energy Technology Lab I)
- MEC 517 (Energy Technology Lab II)
- MEC 305 (Heat and Mass Transfer)
- MEC 316 (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I)
- MEC 317 (Thermal Sciences and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory)
- MEC 393 (Engineering Fluid Mechanics)
- MEC 214 (Probability and Statistics)
