Feb 2024 - Now
PhD candidate | Casual tutoring at Griffith University, Australia
Developed monodisperse micro/nanoparticles for targeted deep-lung drug delivery using a bipolar electrospray configuration
Engineered multifunctional, interwoven piezoelectric fiber-particle membranes for accelerated wound-healing applications
Fabricated aligned nerve guidance conduit (NGC) scaffolds to promote peripheral nerve regeneration
Designed & built a custom Schlieren optical diagnostic system to image real-time open-air evaporation phenomena of different solvents in electrohydrodynamics system
Conducted comprehensive material & biological characterizations, including SEM, Confocal microscopy, piezoelectric response testing, and in vitro cell assays.
Tutoring: Kinetics & Dynamics, Engineering Thermal Dynamics, Industry Affiliates Program (IAP) capstone project
Bipolar electrospray for deep lung drug delivery
Fiebr-particle wound-dressing patch for wound healing
Nerve guidance conduit for nerve regeneration
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Master student at Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Engineered & prototyped a broadband, uniform Laser-Sustained Plasma (LSP) light source spanning Deep Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared (DUV–NIR) for semiconductor wafer defect inspection.
Led the end-to-end development lifecycle from optical ray-tracing (Zemax) and CAD opto-mechanical design to functional prototyping, characterization, and technology transfer to industry partners (Nepes, Cressem).
Mechanical design & alignment of a high-precision Radial Shearing Interferometer for aspheric surface measurement
Stabilized two mode-locked femtosecond laser-frequency comb systems for absolute distance measurement, integrating active environmental control to eliminate thermal phase drift.
Hyperspectral imaging system payload for small satellite in earth's surface observation missions.
Laser-Sustained Plasma light source for wafer defect inspection system
Radial Shearing Interferometer for aspheric surface measurement
Hyperspectral Imaging system for small satellite
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Technical internship at Samsung Display Vietnam (SDV, Bac Ninh, Vietnam)
Assisted in robot control systems such as PLC and 6-degree robot arms for high-tech display panel assembly, gaining early exposure to cleanroom protocols and industrial automation.