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Han, Bongtae

Han, Bongtae

Professor
Keystone Professor
Director, Laboratory for Optomechanics and Micro/nano Semiconductor/Photonics Systems
Mechanical Engineering
Brain and Behavior Institute
3147 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1991, Engineering Science and Mechanics
  • M.S., Seoul National University, 1983, Energy Resources Engineering
  • B.S., Seoul National University, 1981, Energy Resources Engineering

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • IBM Excellence Award for Outstanding Technical Achievements, 1994.
  • Brewer Award, Outstanding Experimental Stress Analyst, Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), 2001.
  • Gold Award (the best paper in the Analysis and Simulation session), The 1st Samsung Technical Conference, November 9 ~ 12, 2004.
  • Year 2004 Best Paper Award, “Characterization of Hygroscopic Swelling Behavior of Mold Compounds and Plastic Packages,” IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Transactions of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2005.
  • Fellow, Society for Experimental Mechanics, SEM, 2006.
  • Year 2004 Associate Editor of the Year Award, Journal of Electronic Packaging, Transactions of American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2006.
  • Fellow, American Society for Mechanical Engineers, ASME, 2007.
  • Press Release (Oct. 21, 2010, MarketWatch.com, The Wall Street Journal), Contributions to an innovative 1,500-face lumen LED luminaire, jointly developed with GE. 
  • Year 2015 Best Paper Award, “Prognostic Approaches for the Wirebond Failure Prediction in Power Semiconductors: A Case Study Using DPAK Package,” the 16th International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology (ICEPT 2015). 
  • Year 2016 Mechanics Award, the Electronics and Photonics Packaging Division of American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Year 2020 Plenary Presentation, “Quantitative Prediction of Warpage after Molding Processes: Is It a Myth?” ASME InterPACK: the flagship conference of the Electronics and Photonics Packaging Division of American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

EDITORSHIPS

  • Co-Editor-in-Chief, Packaging Reliability, Microelectronics Reliability, 2021 – Present
  • Associate Technical Editor, Microelectronics Reliability, 2018 – 2020
  • Associate Technical Editor, Journal of Electronic Packaging, Transaction of ASME, 2006 – 2013
  • Associate Technical Editor, Experimental Mechanics, SEM, 1998 – 2001.