Group Leader

Dr. Kyeongjae (KJ) Cho

Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Director, Multiscale Simulation Lab

CV Summary

Graduate Student

                      Yifan Nie                                                                    Yongping Zheng

                  Yeonghun Lee                                                             Patrick Conlin

               Nickolas Ashburn                                                             Chenxi Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher

              Jeongwoon Hwang                                                                Fantai Kong

Alumina

Dr. Roberto C. Longo

Dr. Chaoping Liang

Dr. Jiyoung Noh

Dr. Young Jun Oh

Dr. Qingbo Wang

Dr. Weihua Wang

Dr. KC Santosh

Dr. Hengji Zhang

Dr. Hanchul Kim

Dr. Cheng Gong

Dr. Ka Xiong

Dr. Weichao Wang

Supervised Students’ Theses

• 1. Atshushi Kawamoto (1997 – 2001; PhD in EE Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Atomic Scale Modeling of Silicate Interface Properties for High-k Gate Dielectric Applications” (Linear Technology, CA, USA)

  2. Shu Peng (1997 – 2003; PhD in ME Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Simulation & Modeling of Carbon Nanotube Devices” (Cypress Semiconductor, Shanghai, China)

  3. Seongjun Park (1997 – 2003; PhD in ChemE Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Multi-scale computational engineering of nanotechnology” (Samsung Electronics, Korea)

  4. P. Ramanarayanan (1998 – 2004; PhD in ME Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Hierarchical Multiscale Modeling of Solid State Diffusion” (Intel, Oregon)

  5. James O’Keeffe (1998 – 2004; PhD in EE Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Transport in Nanotube Electronics and Organic Nanopores” (NASA Ames)

  6. Byeongchan Lee (1999 – 2005; PhD in ME Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Multiscale Study of Metal Nanoparticles” (Associate Professor at Kyung Hee University, Korea)

  7. Ali Nojeh (2000 – 2006; PhD in EE Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Controlled electron emission from single-walled carbon nanotubes”           (Professor at University of British Columbia, Canada)

  8. Bin Shan (2001 – 2006; PhD in Appl. Phys. Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Computational Modeling of Nanotubes and Nanowires” (Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)

  9. Henry Liu (2001 – 2007; PhD in ME Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Computational Predictions for Mechanical/Electronic Properties and Applications of Unique Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Configurations” (startup in LV)

  10. Jeong-hee Ha (2002-2008; PhD in MSE Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Atomic Scale Experimental and Theoretical Studies of High-k Gate Dielectric Interfaces” (Samsung, Seoul, Korea)

  11. Paul Leu (2002-2008; PhD in ME Department, Stanford)

  Thesis title: “Semiconductor Nanowires: Modeling, Experiments, and Implications” (Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh, USA)

  12. Weichao Wang (2008-2011: MSE Department, UT Dallas)

  Thesis title: “First Principles Study of III-V Surfaces and III-V/high-k Oxide Interfaces” (Professor at Nankai University, China)

  13. Hengji Zhang (2008-2013: Physics Department, UT Dallas)

  Thesis Title: “Multiscale Modeling of Thermal Transport and Thermoelectric Properties of Defected Graphene” (Associate Faculty at Collin College)

  14. Cheng Gong (2008-2013: MSE Department, UT Dallas)

  Thesis Title: “Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Materials Synthesis and Electrical Contacts with 2D Materials: Graphene and Transition Metal Dichalcogenides” (Postdoc at BC Berkeley, CA)

  15. Santosh KC (2010-2014: MSE Department, UT Dallas)

  Thesis Title: “First-Principles Study of Novel Interfaces for Electronic Device and Energy Storage Application” (Postdoc at Oak Ridge National Lab)

  16. Fantai Kong (2012-2017; MSE Department, UT Dallas)

  Thesis Title: “Multi-scale Simulation and Experimental Study of High Voltage High Capacity Cathode Materials for Li Ion Battery” (Postdoc at UTD)