Prof. Bongtae Han

E-Mail: bthan@calce.umd.edu
Office: (301) 405-5255

Prof. Bongtae Han received his BS and MS degrees from Seoul National University in 1981 and 1983, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech in 1991. He is currently a Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Maryland at College Park and one of Research Directors at the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), directing Laboratory for Opto-Mechanics and Multi-layer Systems. His research interest is centered on design/process optimization of microelectronics devices for optimum mechanical reliability. His previous professional career includes Advisory Engineer at IBM Microelectronics.

Dr. Han is responsible for development of Portable Engineering Moiré Interferometer, and holds a related patent. He has co-authored a text book entitled "High Sensitivity Moiré: Experimental Analysis for Mechanics and Materials", Springer-Verlag, 1994. He edited two books and has published over 120 journal and conference papers in the field of microelectronics and experimental mechanics.

He served as an Executive Board Member and the Chairman of the Electronic Packaging Division of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM). He served as an Associate Technical Editor for the international journal, Experimental Mechanics, from 1999 to 2001 and is currently serving as an Associate Technical Editor for Journal of Electronic Packaging, Transaction of the ASME. He made a Keynote Lecture at the 5th International Congress on Thermal Stresses and Related Topics, held at Blacksburg, VA in June 2003, and served as a general chair for numerous internal symposiums on Microelectronics Packaging.

He received the IBM Excellence Award for Outstanding Technical Achievements in 1994. He was a recipient of the 2001 Brewer Award, presented at the Annual Conference of the SEM in Emerging Technologies, for his contributions to experimental characterization of microelectronics devices. His publication awards include the Year 2004 Best Paper Award of the IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, and the Gold Award (best paper in the Analysis and Simulation session) at the 1st Samsung Technical Conference in 2004.

Dr. Han is a Fellow of SEM and holds a membership of IEEE, ASME and SPIE.

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