Yoonjin Won
won@uci.edu
Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC Irvine.
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.B.A, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Research Interests
Dr. Won’s overarching research goal is to gain fundamental insights into nanoscale interfacial and transport physics, centering on keywords—data-driven approach, machine learning models, extreme computing, and materials design. The research efforts aim to bring transformational efficiency enhancements in energy, water, manufacturing processes, and electronics cooling by fundamentally manipulating liquid-solid-vapor interactions and transport phenomena across multiple length and time scales. Dr. Won is recognized with an NSF CAREER in 2018 and has also received several awards including the ASME EPPD Early Career Award 2018, The Emerging Innovation/Early Career Innovator of the Year 2020 from UCI Beall Innovation Center, ASME EPPD Women Engineer Award 2020, ASME ICNMM Outstanding Leadership Award 2019, UCI Samueli Career Development Fellowship, and numerous best paper and poster awards.
Featured Articles
Prof. Won’s ASME Women Researcher Award
Prof. Won’s Emerging Innovation/Early Career Innovator of the Year 2020 from UCI Beall Innovation Center
Prof. Won’s ASME Early Career Award
Prof. Won’s NSF CAREER award 2018
Inverse opals for thermofluidic applications
Carbon nanotubes for thermal interface materials