Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association

Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, and
Manufacturing Technology (MRM)
Topics
Discussion topics for MRM symposium include Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, and
Manufacturing Technology. Mechanical Engineering can be subdivided into Thermodynamics,
Fluids Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Structural Analysis, Combustion, etc.
Chair
Hee-Koo Moon (Solar Turbines Inc./Caterpillar)
Co-Chairs
Jongwon Kim (Seoul National Univ.), Tong Seop Kim (Inha Univ. ), Howard Ho Chung (MITEC
International Inc.), Kwang J. Kim (U of Nevada, Reno), Dongjun Lee (Univ. of of Tennessee-
Knoxville), Jungho Kim (Univ. of Maryland), Woosoon Yim (U of Nevada, Las Vegas)
MRM Advisory Committee
Jung-Chan Bae (KITECH), Tae-Young Chung (KIMM), H. Thomas Hahn (UCLA), Yoon-Soo Park
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and Kyung-Suk Kim (Brown Univ.)
Friday (8/15/2008) Morning Session
Session Chairs: Hee-Koo Moon (Solar Turbines), Kwang J. Kim (Univ. of Nevada, Reno)
8:00am MRM-1.1 Energy Harvesting and Storage Structures (Keynote Paper); H. Thomas Hahn*, J.
Sugar, T. Pereira, and J. Maung;Univ. of California, LA
8:30am MRM-1.2 Fabrication of Self-healing Composite Using a Thermally Mendable Polymer and a
Carbon Fabric; Jong Se Park* and H. Thomas Hahn; Univ. of California, Los Angeles
8:50am MRM-1.3 A Visually Aided Parylene Balloon-Based Micromanipulator; Wook Choi*, Minoo
Akbarian, Vladimir Rubtsov, Chang-jin ("CJ") Kim; Univ. of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
9:10am MRM-1.4 Low Velocity Blunt Impacts on Composite Panels; Daniel Whisler*, Hyonny Kim;
UCSD Structural Engineering
9:30am
9:45am MRM-1.5 On the Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Composite Laminates with CNT-
Enhanced Nonwoven Carbon Tissue; Seung-Hwan Lee, Samson Hang, 2 Hyonny Kim*, and
Seong Kyun Cheong; UC San Diego
10:05am MRM-1.6 FEA-VCCT Simulation of Bucking and Disbond Growth of Partially Disbonded
Composite Flanges; Hyukbong Kwon, Hyonny Kim*; Dept. Structural Engineering, UCSD
10:25am MRM-1.7 A New Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite; Il-Seok Park* and Kwang J. Kim; Univ. of
Nevada, Reno
10:45am MRM-1.8 Development of Advanced Damping Composite Materials Utilizing Nanomaterials;
Jonghwan Suhr*; Univ. of Nevada, Reno
11:30am
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