Dr. Jae-Won Choi
Title: Professor, Site Director of Center for Tire Research (CenTiRe)
Dept/Program: Mechanical Engineering
Office: ASEC 419C (Lab ASEC 2B)
Phone: 330-972-5276
Email: jchoi1@uakron.edu
Website: https://aaml.uakron.edu
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Biography
Dr. Choi joined UA in the Mechanical Engineering department in 2011. Prior to joining UA, he spent one year for his Post Doctoral research in the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), sponsored by the Overseas Post Doctoral Fellowship from the Korea Research Foundations. Dr. Choi specializes in additive manufacturing research and has developed various processes such as Conformal 3D Printing, Liquid-Bridge Microstereolithography, and Direct-Print Photopolymerization, together with various 3D printable materials. Dr. Choi is the co-founder and CTO of eSens and he is the director of the Advanced Additive Manufacturing Lab (AAML) at UA. He is also serving as a UA site director of Center for Tire Research (CenTiRe). Dr. Choi is the recipient of ~$3M research grants (NSF, Ohio State, Tire Center, etc.). He is an associate editor in Additive Manufacturing, and editorial member of the International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing (IJPEM) and IJPEM-Green Technology. He has more than 57 peer-reviewed journal articles, two book chapters, and four registered patents.
Research
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printed Smart Structures and Batteries, 3D Printing of Rubbers, Metals, and Ceramics
Education
- PostDoc University of Texas at El Paso 2007-2008
- Ph.D. in Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Pusan National University 2007
- M.S. in Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Pusan National University 2001
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University 1999
Courses
3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, CAD/CAM, Aerospace Systems Manufacturing, ME Lab