Professor E. H. Yang's Group

Dr. Yang is currently an Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering Department) and Director of Multi-User Micro Device Laboratory (MDL). He received his B.S., M.S., Ph.D. degrees at Ajou University, Korea. In 1996, he joined the Fujita MEMS research group at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan, as a Postdoctoral Scholar. Dr. Yang received a research fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science from 1996 to 1998. After a brief stay at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in 1998, he started his tenure at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where he initiated and led the development of MEMS actuator technology thrust. Dr. Yang was a Senior Member of the Engineering Staff and task manager for several technology development projects at JPL. He led the development of MEMS-based deformable mirrors and microactuators for future large aperture telescopes, and the development of MEMS-based piezoelectric valves for future microspacecraft applications. He was a technical monitor for a NASA SBIR project. Dr. Yang served as a Research Adviser for National Research Council (NRC) in the area of piezoelectric microactuators for active-mirror technologies. His current research interests include nanoscale structures and devices based on low dimensional materials including conducting polymer, metal nanowire, carbon nanotube and graphene for cross-disciplinary applications. Dr. Yang has published over 100 journal/conference papers in the field of MEMS and Nanotechnology, and has 11 provisional/non-provisional patents issued or pending. He is Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal. In addition, he is actively involved in the ASME MEMS Division as Chair of IMECE Technical Committee. He is Track Chair of Micro and Nano Systems Track of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 2009. He is currently an IEEE Senior Member and an ASME Member, and is also a member of the Technical Program Committee (TPC) for several international conferences. He received a number of awards at JPL, including NASA ICB Space Act Awards, Bonus (Level B and C) Awards and Class 1 NASA Tech Brief Awards. In recognition of his excellence in advancing the use of MEMS-based actuators for space applications, he received the prestigious Lew Allen Award for Excellence at JPL.

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