Ilsoon Lee, Ph. D.      

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Associate Professor                                                                                                                                                         

2527 Engineering Building

Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials science

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824                                                                                                                                                

TEL: (517) 355-9291

FAX: (517) 432-1105

Email: leeil@egr.msu.edu

Home Page: www.egr.msu.edu/~leeil

　

Brief               Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering 2000

Educational    University of Delaware, Department of Chemical Engineering, Newark, DE

Background    

M.S. in Chemical Engineering 1995

                                Seoul National University, Department of Chemical Engineering,                                                                   Seoul, Korea

                               

B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude, 1993)

                                Seoul National University, Department of Chemical Engineering,                                                                   Seoul, Korea

                                                                

Experience     Postdoctoral Associate 2002

                        Massachusetts Institute of Technology                                                                                                         Cambridge, MA

                                Chemical Engineering / Materials Science / The Microphotonics Center

                                with: Profs. Paula.T. Hammond and Michael.F. Rubner

• Colloidal self-organization for photonic application

•  Microcontact printing (including PDMS stamp design)

•  Polymer stamping on polymers and solid surfaces

•  Patterned polyelectrolyte multilayer on patterned SAMs

•  Selective Metal Deposition on Complex Colloid-PLBL Microstructures

•  Nanoreactors for metallic particles within micropatterned multilayers

　

Graduate Research Assistant 2000

                                University of Delaware (UD), Department of Chemical Engineering.                                                                Newark, DE

• Surface Modification and Characterization (self assembly of silanes)

• Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers (carboxylated polybutadiene)

•  Polymer-Solid Interface Design and Analysis  (structure and strength)

• Manufacturing and Testing of Composites and Polymers (vinyl ester and glass fibers)

• XPS, AFM, FTIR, DSIMS, RTM, SWLI, contact angle analysis, etc.

　

Research Scientist  1996                  

Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Polymer Processing Lab                                            Seoul, Korea

• Molecular structure effects on the miscibility of polymer blends

• Polyarylate synthesis and characterization

• Polymer blending and mechanical testing

• Crystallization

• RDS, DMA, DSC, TGA, SEM, GPC, Instron, Molder, etc.

Graduate Research Assistant 1995

Seoul National University, Department of Chemical Engineering,  Rheology and Polymer Processing Lab                                                                                                                                                                                                Seoul, Korea

•  Experimental and Computational skills in rheological characterization of polymers

• Viscoelastic models and polymer relaxation

• Numerical methods, FEM and FDM, PolyFlow®

• RMS800, Molecular Rheology Modeling (HI, EV, NS), New Relaxation Model (MM-spectrum)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Senior lab (design of cure cycles for thick section composites), fall 1999, UD                                        Newark, DE

• Mathematical methods in chemical engineering, spring 1995, SNU                                                         Seoul, Korea

• Chemical engineering calculations, fall 1993, SNU                                                                                     Seoul, Korea

Other Professional Experience

• Korean Army, Military Service 1994-1995                                                                                            Kyung-Ki, Korea

• Samsung Chemical Co., Inc. Internship 1992                                                                                     Chung-Buk, Korea

Honors            Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2007
                                Outstanding Young Investigator Award, AIChE meeting, 2006

                        Peebles Student Travel Award, Adhesion Society (February, 2000)

                                Finalist in AIChE Student Poster Competition, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (November 1998)

                                Best Student Award in Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University Alumni Association (1993)

Summa Cum Laude in Chemical Engineering (February 1993)

Dean’s List (1989-1992)

Silver Prize in the National Contest of Transport Phenomena, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (1992)

Seoul National University Honors Fellowship (1990-1993)               

                                Hanyang Chemical Co., Inc. Fellowship (1991-1992)

Professional   American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Affiliations           Materials Research Society (MRS)

                        American Chemical Society (ACS)

                                Adhesion Society (AS)

                                Korean Society of Rheology

                               

Other                   US-Korea Conference Organizer (August 9-12, 2001))                                                                       MIT, Cambridge, MA

Activities        NECYG Conference Organizaer (November 10-12, 2001)                                                                    MIT, Cambridge, MA

                                KSEA-NE officer (postdoctoral affairs) (Since June 2001)                                                                           Cambridge, MA

                                The 11^th Polymer Processing Society (PPS), Meeting Secretariat,  (1995)                                                      Seoul, Korea

                                Tutoring of Mathematics, English, Physics, and Chemistry to high school students (1989-1993)

Nodagi, a literary meeting (1989-1990)

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