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[edit] Keonwook Kang

03/01/2013 - Current: Assistant Professor at Dept. of Mech. Engr., Yonsei Univ.
03/07/2011 - 01/10/2013: Postdoctoral Researcher at Los Alamos National Lab

[edit] Education

• 07/2004 - 01/2011: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
  

Dissertation Title:

ATOMISTIC MODELLING OF FRACTURE MECHANISMS IN SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES UNDER TENSION

• 09/2002 - 06/2004: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
  

[edit] Research Interests

• To understand material deformation mechanisms at atomic level
• To simulate material defects and study the effect of defects on the material properties.
• To predict mechanical/material properties of nano-structures

[edit] Publications

• K. Kang, V. Bulatov, and W. Cai, "Singular orientations and faceted motion of dislocations in body-centered cubic crystals", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 109 15174 (2012)
• T. Filleter, S. Ryu, K. Kang, J. Yin, R. Bernal, K. Sohn, S.-Y. Li, J. Huang, W. Cai, and H. Espinosa, "Nucleation-controlled distributed plasticity in penta-twinned silver nanowires", Small, 8 2986 (2012)
• K. Kang, J. Wang, and I. J. Beyerlein, "Atomistic structure variations of mechanically stable fcc-bcc interfaces", J. App. Phys., 111 053531 (2012)
• C. R. Weinberger, A. T. Jennings, K. Kang, and J. R. Greer, "Atomistic simulations and continuum modeling of dislocation nucleation and strength in gold nanowires", JMPS, 60 84 (2012)
• S. Ryu, K. Kang, and W. Cai, "Predicting the dislocation nucleation rate as a function of temperature and stress", J. Mater. Res., 26 2335 (2011)
• S. Ryu, K. Kang, and W. Cai, "Entropic Effect on the Rate of Dislocation Nucleation", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 108 5174 (2011)
• S. Aubry, S. Ryu, K. Kang and W. Cai, "Energy Barrier for Homogeneous Dislocation Nucleation: Comparing Atomistic and Continuum Models", Scripta Materialia, 64 1043 (2011)
• K. Kang and Wei Cai, "Size and Temperature Effects on Brittle and Ductile Fracture of Silicon Nanowires", International Journal of Plasticity, 26 1387 (2010)
• K. Kang and Wei Cai, "Brittle and Ductile Fracture of Semiconductor Nanowires – Molecular Dynamics Simulations", Philosophical Magazine, 87 2169 (2007)
• V. V. Bulatov, Wei Cai, R. Baran, and K. Kang, "Geometric aspects of the ideal shear resistance in simple crystal lattices", Philosophical Magazine, 86 3847 (2006)
• W. R. Hwang, K. W. Kang, and T. H. Kwon, "Dynamical Systems in Pin Mixers of Single-Screw Extruders", AiChE. J 50 1372-1385 (2004)

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[edit] Contact Information

Office: Engr. Bldg. 1 Rm. A582, Yonsei Univ., S. Korea
Work: 82-2-2123-2825
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