Yoonjin Won
Yoonjin Won | |
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| Alma mater | Seoul National University (B.S., B.B.A) Stanford University (Master, Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, Irvine |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas W. Kenny and Kenneth E. Goodson |
Yoonjin Won was born in Seoul and developed a strong interest in mathematics and physics from an early age. She excelled in both fields, earning numerous medals at national and regional mathematics and physics Olympiads. She graduated in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Seoul National University, with a double major in Business, achieving a summa cum laude distinction. She came to the United States for her master’s and doctoral degrees at Stanford University. Her dissertation, titled Carbon Nanotube Films and Microjet Cooling Devices for Thermal Management, was jointly supervised by Thomas W. Kenny and Kenneth E. Goodson.
Career and research
In 2015, Won joined University of California, Irvine, as an assistant professor. Here she started working on thermal management solutions focusing on phase-change phenomena. In 2017, she was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to investigate two-phase phenomena using well-designed metals. She was made an Associate Professor with tenure at UC Irvine in 2021. At the time, the technology industry was at the beginning of the AI revolution. She contributed to the field of AI for thermal and energy science. She is specialized in scientific data collection and interference.
Diversity in technology
Won is committed to improving diversity in the technology sector.
Awards and honors
Won and her students won several awards and honors, including:
Professional Awards
- NSF CAREER 2018.
- Henry Samueli School of Engineering, Faculty Excellence in Research Awards, Mid-Career 2023.
- The Emerging Innovation/Early Career Innovator of the Year 2020.
- Samsung Global Research Outreach (GRO) program, 2023, 2016.
- ASME EPPD Women in Engineering Award 2020.
- ASME ICNMM Outstanding Leadership Award 2019.
- ASME EPPD Early Career Award 2018.
- Henry Samueli School of Engineering Career Development Chair 2015.
Academic Awards
- Student Keynote Award. micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena (µFIP), June 2022, 2021
- Student Keynote Award. micro Flow and Interfacial Phenomena (µFIP), June 2021.
- NSF-JST Joint Workshop Best Poster Award. April 2021.
- ASME InterPACK Nasser Grayeli Outstanding Poster Award. 2020, 2019.
- ASME ICNMM Best Poster Award. 2019.
- IEEE ITHERM Best Paper Award. 2018.
- IEEE ITHERM Art-in-Science Best Award. 2018.
- ASME InterPACK Outstanding Poster Award. 2017.
- SCSMM Best Poster Award. 2016.
- ASME InterPACK Best Paper Award. 2015.
- New Faculty Teaching Academy Excellence Certificate. 2015.
- Boiling and Condensation Conference Best Poster Award. 2015.
- TECHON Best in Session Award. 2012.
- ASME MNHMT Best Paper Award. 2012.
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