Faculty
Bongtae Han, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of LOMSS
Profile
3147 Martin Hall | 301.405.5255 | bthan@umd.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Sukrut Phansalkar
Postdoctoral Researcher (Aug. 2024 -)
M.Tech (2018), Mechanical Engineering (Thermal), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Ph.D. (2024), Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Research Interests: Electronics reliability, Thermal and mechanical characterization of polymers focused on cure shrinkage and nonlinear viscoelasticity
E-mail: sukrutp@umd.edu
Graduate Students
Jack Yu-Hsiang Yang
Ph.D. Candidate
B.S. (2011), Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
M.S. (2013), Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Research Interests: Electronic packaging and reliability
E-mail: yhyangv@umd.edu
MD Asif Faisal Beg
Ph.D. Student
B.Sc. (2022), Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Research Interests: Design and reliability of microelectronic devices, Thermal and mechanical characterization of polymers
E-mail: masifb@umd.edu
Seongyo (Sean) Kim
Ph.D. Student
B.S.(2018), Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
Research Interests: Semiconductor Packaging
E-mail: seongyo@umd.edu
Sadib Fardin
Ph.D. Student
B.Sc. (2023), Mechanical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Research Interests: Thermal management in electronic packaging, Thermal and mechanical characterization of electronic materials, Electronics reliability
E-mail: sadibf@umd.edu
Sander Schulman
B.S./M.S. Student
B.S. (2025), Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Research Interests: Digital Image Correlation, Optics, Semiconductor packaging
E-mail: sschulm2@terpmail.umd.edu
Former LOMSS Members
- Yongrae Jang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher Dec’24 (SK Hynix, South Korea)
- Taehwa Kim, Visiting Scholar August ’24 (Senior research engineer of Power module engineering design team, Hyundai Motors)
- Gun Lee, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar Mar ’24 (Principal Engineer, Samsung Electronics)
- Changsu Ryan Kim, Ph.D. July ’23 (KC Group, South Korea)
- Hyunhee Choi, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate ’23 (Ph.D. Candidate, Seoul National University)
- Keshav Chandran, Intern Summer ’22 (Undergraduate Student, Virginia Tech)
- Hyun-Seop Lee, Ph.D. July ’21 (Intel)
- Young-Kun Jee, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar Jan ’21 (Principal Engineer, Samsung Electronics)
- Artur Roman, M.S. Dec ’19 (Microsoft)
- JongKeun Moon, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar Dec ’18 (Principal Engineer, Samsung Electronics)
- Bulong Wu, Ph.D. May ’18 (Apple)
- Hsiu-Ping Wei, Ph.D. May ’18 (Apple)
- Byung Kim, M.S. May ’18 (Northrop Grumman)
- Dae-Suk Kim, Ph.D. May ’16 (Qualcomm)
- Pu Zhang, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar ’17 (Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, China)
- Sung Cheul Jeong, Visiting Scholar ’17 (Senior Research Engineer, Hyundai Motors)
- Yong Sun, Ph.D. May ’16 (Intel), Jan ’18 (Apple)
- Kenny Mahan, Ph.D. April ’16 (Apple)
- Stephen Kang, M.S. July ’14 (Raytheon)
- David Rosen, M.S. May ’14 (Microsoft), Jan ’18 (Google)
- Hyunseok Oh, Ph.D. Research Associate, May ’14 (Research Professor, Seoul National University, Korea), Sept ’16 (Assistant Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea)
- Yejin Kim, M.S. Dec ’12 (Dae-Duk Electronics), Dec ’18 (Samsung Electronics), July ’19 (Qualcomm)
- Haw Soo Shin, Visiting Scholar ’12 (Principal Engineer, Samsung Electronics)
- Bongmin Song, Ph.D. Dec ’12 (Samsung Electronics)
- Youn-Jea Kim, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Aug ’12 (Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
- Brian Kwong, M.S. Aug ’12 (Ph.D. Student, Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Hyung Suk Mun, Ph. D. Visiting Scholar, March ’12 (Principal Engineer, Korea Railroad Research Institute)
- Yuri Lee, M.S. Dec ’10
- Changsoo Jang, Ph.D. Research Associate, Sept ’10 (Apple), May ’16 (Google)
- Laura (Woodworth) Ramu, M.S. May ’10 (USG), May ’17 (Fourth Dimension Engineering)
- Yong Wang, Ph.D. May ’10 (Microsoft)
- Suk-Jin Ham, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar ’09 (Principal Engineer, Samsung Electro-Mechanics)
- Arindam Goswami, Ph.D. Sept ’08 (Apple)
- Hongbo Bi Ph.D. Dec ’08 (CGGVeritas)
- Ho-Jeoung Moon, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar ’08 (Principal Engineer, Samsung Electronics)
- Mr. Gil-Beag Kim, Visiting Scholar ’09 (Principal Engineer, Samsung Electronics)
- Young-Rae Cho, Ph.D. Visiting Professor ’08 (Professor, Pusan National University, Korea)
- Chris Hartsough, M.S. July ’07 (NJ Technologies)
- Nathan Vickey, M.S. Oct ’07 (NYT)
- Dae-Whan Kim, Ph.D. Sept ’07 (Samsung Electronics)
- Kyung-Joon Kim, Ph.D. March ’06 (Assistant Professor, Pukyung National University, Korea)
- Austin Cox, M.S. Aug. ’06 (JHU/APL)
- Samson Yoon, Ph.D. Research Associate, March ’06 (Samsung Techwin)
- John Dugan, Undergraduate Researcher, Aug. ’05 (Triad Speakers)
- Seungmin Cho, Ph.D. March ’05 (Samsung Techwin)
- Chang Woon Han, Ph.D. Jan ’05 (Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
- Zhaoyang Wang, Ph.D. Nov ’03 (Associate Professor, Catholic University of America)
- Eric Stellrecht, M.S. June ’03 (Cobham Mission Systems – Orchard Park, NY)
- Deborah Pollack, M.S. July ’03 (US Naval Research Laboratory)
- Anita Currano, B.S. May ’03 (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
- Steve Cho, M.S. Jan. ’02 (Intel Corporation)
- Jin-Won Joo, Ph.D. Visiting Professor ’00 (Professor, Chung-Buk National University, Korea)
- Kaushal Verma, Ph.D. June ’00 (Abbott)
- Wade Ackerman, M.S. June ’00 (Intel Corporation)
- Prabuh Pharathan, M.S. Aug ’99 (I2 Technologies)
- Derek Columbus, B.S. Dec ’98 (General Electric)