Young-Eun Shin, PhD
ABOUT
I am a research fellow at NUS, Singapore. I currently work at the department of Materials and Science Engineering with Prof. Benjamin Tee. My research focuses on the field of micro-/nano engineering of soft materials for wearable electronics.
EDUCATION
Ph.D in Energy Engineering August 2020
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Republic of Korea
Thesis Title: Engineering of Hybrid Materials for Self-Powered Flexible Sensors
Advisor: Prof. Hyunhyub Ko
M.S in Chemical Engineering August 2013
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Republic of Korea
Thesis Title: Chemically Engineered 3D Graphene Nanostructures
Advisor: Prof. Hyunhyub Ko
B.S in Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering February 2011
Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
AWARDS & HONORS
2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea
2020 Best Poster Presentation Award in The 12th A-COE, Asian Conference on Organic Electronics
2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
Research Fellow 2021 - Present
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Design of Sustainable Soft Electronics
Postdoctoral Researcher 2020 - 2021
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Republic of Korea
Design of Ultrasensitive Multifunctional Sensors for Wearable Electronics
Research Engineer
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Republic of Korea 2013-2014
Hierarchically Porous Micro/Nano structures Based on Graphene Oxide
Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), Republic of Korea 2014-2015
Nanocarbon Based Wearable Device
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Synthesis
‒ Graphene oxide (Hummers method)
‒ Dispersant-free & highly concentrated conducting paste
‒ Ag nanoparticles/nanocarbon composite
Fabrication
‒ Flexible & printable electrode; spray coating, screen-printing, photolithography
‒ Wearable devices; energy harvester, sensor, heater, transistor, etc.
‒ Textile electronics based on various wet-spun fibers
‒ Micro/nano structure of organic/inorganic hybrid materials
Characterization
‒ Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM)
‒ Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
‒ X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
‒ Raman Microscopy