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Director
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John Sungbum Kang, Ph.D.
Director, Smart Sensors and Manufacturing Lab.
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
San Diego State Univesiry
Office: E-425A
Tel: (619) 594-1874
Fax: (619) 594-3599
Email: jkang4 at sdsu.edu
Biosketch
Dr. John S. Kang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at San Diego State University (SDSU) and the director of the Smart Manufacturing and Metrology Lab from Fall 2019. His research interests include the application of machine learning in manufacturing, cyber physical systems for additive manufacturing, machine vision, optical metrology, and materials characterization. He earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in management from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2015 and 2012, respectively. Before joining SDSU, Dr. Kang worked at Intel from 2015 to 2019. While he was working for Intel, he developed optical proximity correction techniques for Intel's current and next generation process technologies and was awarded the Division Recognition Award for his valuable contributions. He also worked for SNU Precision from 2005 to 2009 where he successfully developed and commercialized an optical inspection system for LCD manufacturing, which was sold to Samsung at approximately $1M.
Current Appointments
Education
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015
- M.S. in Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 2006
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Minor in EE), Kyungpook National University, 2004.
- Certificate in Management of Technology (MOT), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Work and Research Experiences
- RET Design Engineer (Data Scientist), Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR, 2015 - 2019
- Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2009 - 2015
- Research Engineer, Akrometrix, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 2013
- Associate Research Scientist, SNU Precision Co., Ltd., Korea, 2006 - 2009
- Commissioned Research Scientist, The Center for Robotics Research, KIST, Korea, 2006
- Graduate Research Assistant, Seoul National University, Korea, 2004 - 2006
Teaching
- ME 696 Smart Manufacturing
- ME 296 Basics of Mechatronics
- ME 202 Computer Programming Applications
Awards and Honors
- Division Recognition Award (In recognition of valuable contributions), Intel Corporation, 2016
- Winner, Best Poster Presentation Award, The 47th International Symposium on Microelectronics, 2014
- 1st Prize, Robotics Innovations Competition and Conference (RICC), 2011
- Honor of Seoul National University Sponsor, Seoul National University, 2008
- 1st Prize, FPD Inspection Programming Contest, Chungnam Display R&D Cluster and Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, 2007
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