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Keonwook Kang
Postdoctoral Researcher at Los Alamos National Lab
Education
- 07/2004 - 01/2011: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
- Dissertation Title:
- ATOMISTIC MODELLING OF FRACTURE MECHANISMS IN SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES UNDER TENSION
- Dissertation Title:
- 09/2002 - 06/2004: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
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
Publications
- S. Ryu, K. Kang and Wei Cai, "Entropic Effect on the Rate of Dislocation Nucleation", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., in press (2011)
- S. Aubry, S. Ryu, K. Kang and Wei Cai, "Energy Barrier for Homogeneous Dislocation Nucleation: Comparing Atomistic and Continuum Models", Scripta Materialia, in press (2011)
- K. Kang, Wei Cai, "Size and Temperature Effects on Brittle and Ductile Fracture of Silicon Nanowires", International Journal of Plasticity, 26, 1387 (2010)
- K. Kang, 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)
Contact Information
- Office: TA03 MSL bldg. Rm. A207, LANL, Los Alamos, NM 87545
- Work: (505)665-2380
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