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Mechanical Engineering Assistant

Location:
Springfield, IL
Posted:
November 06, 2012

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Seung Min Yeo

217-***-**** *****@********.***

http://mechse.illinois.edu/research/microtribodynamics/index.html

Home: Campus:

*** ******* ***** **** ***. B2 158 MEB, M/C 244

Savoy, IL 61874 1206 West Green Street

Urbana, IL 61801

EDUCATION: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, December 2012 (expected)

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, August 2009 (GPA: 3.8/4.0)

Thesis: Contact Surface Analysis of RF MEMS Switches to Investigate Performance

Deterioration and Adhesion Failure with Cycling

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) South Korea

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, February 2007 (GPA: 3.7/4.0)

EXPERIENCE: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center Graduate Research Assistant

August 2009

- present Tribology of advanced coating materials for oil-less compressor applications

Perform tribo-testing of hard and polymeric coatings under harsh compressor conditions

Chemical, nano-mechanical and morphological characterization of thin film coating surfaces

IMPACT Center for Advancement of MEMS/NEMS VLSI Graduate Research Assistant

August 2007

- August 2009 Tribological investigation of performance deterioration and failure of RF MEMS switches

Cycling test of RF MEMS switches and manipulation of MEMS devices for surface analysis

AFM, nano-indentation and TOF-SIMS measurements on MEMS device surfaces

Satellite Technology Research Center South Korea

Practical Training Student

June 2006

- August 2006 Assisted in assembling PFM (Proto Flight Model) of Korean Science and Technology

Satellite-2 (STSAT-2)

Conducted ultra-high-vacuum experiments simulating space environment

Practiced part modeling and FEM simulations using I-DEAS software

Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) South Korea

Human Resource Staff and Military Driver

June 2002

- July 2004 Performed personnel management of 31 officers and 160 privates

Drove sedans to 2.5-ton trucks

Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE)

ACTIVITIES:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

3rd Place Award in 2009 ASME/STLE International Joint Tribology Conference

HONORS:

(IJTC) Student Poster Competition, Memphis, TN

Title: Contact Surface Characterization of Capacitive RF MEMS Switches with Cycling

Academic Merit-based Scholarship, Freshman Senior (KAIST)

Techniques: AFM, TOF-SIMS

SKILLS:

Software: MATLAB, I-DEAS, AutoCAD and Origin

Languages: Korean (native)

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JOURNAL Seung Min Yeo, Andreas A. Polycarpou, Spyros I. Tseregounis, Negar Tavassolian and John

Papapolymerou, 2009, Characterization and Adhesion of Interacting Surfaces in Capacitive

PUBLICATIONS:

RF MEMS Switches Undergoing Cycling, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

(accepted)

CONFERENCE Seung Min Yeo, Spyros I. Tseregounis, Andreas A. Polycarpou, Dimitrios Peroulis and Adam

Fruehling, 2009, Analysis of Topographical Changes and Adhesion Failures in Gold-to-Gold

PROCEEDINGS:

Metal RF MEMS Switches With Cycling, in: Proceedings of 2009 ASME/STLE

International Joint Tribology Conference, IJTC2009-15120, Memphis, TN

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