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Principal Investigator

Prof. Seungmin Nam

Prof. Seungmin Nam

Seungmin Nam 남승민

Assistant Professor · Major in Semiconductor and Display Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA
namsm@hanyang.ac.kr · +82-31-400-5491
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Education

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering — POSTECH (2021.09 – 2024.08) · Advisor: Prof. Su Seok Choi
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science — Pusan National University (2018.03 – 2020.02) · Advisor: Prof. Tae-Hoon Yoon
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering — Pusan National University (2013.03 – 2018.02)

Experience

  • Assistant Professor — Major in Semiconductor and Display Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA (2026.03 – present)
  • Assistant Professor — Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chosun University (2025.03 – 2026.02)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher — Dept. of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH (2024.08 – 2025.02)
  • Researcher — LG Display-POSTECH Industry-Academia Cooperation Center (2020.09 – 2021.08)

Selected Honors

  • Young Scientist Research Grant — Optical Society of Korea (2025)
  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award — Dept. of EE, POSTECH (2025)
  • Best Paper Awards — MRSK (2023, 2024), IMID (2023, 2024), KFPE (2023), KLCC (2019, 2023)
Members

Current members

Juwon Lee

Juwon Lee 이주원

Integrated M.S.–Ph.D. Course
leejw9545@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Interest
  • Mechanochromic Stretchable Photonics
  • Chiral Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Juhyun Hwang

Juhyun Hwang 황주현

M.S. Course
awdx4820@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Interest
  • Energy-Saving Smart Windows
  • Chiral Liquid Crystal IR Reflection
Heonjeong Shin

Heonjeong Shin 신헌정

Integrated B.S.–M.S. Course
whiteq5112@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Interest
  • Transmittance-Variable Optical Devices
  • Guest-Host Liquid Crystals
Dohyun Lee

Dohyun Lee 이도현

Undergraduate Intern
andromada57@gmail.com
Research Interest
  • Transmittance-Variable Optical Devices
  • Guest-Host Liquid Crystals
Seongmin Lim

Seongmin Lim 임성민

Undergraduate Intern
seong011108@gmail.com
Research Interest
  • Soft Actuators & Robotics
  • Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Youngwoong Son

Youngwoong Son 손영웅

Undergraduate Intern
ericson2001@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Interest
  • Mechanochromic Stretchable Photonics
  • Chiral Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Wonjae Lee

Wonjae Lee 이원재

Undergraduate Intern
lwj5130@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Interest
  • Mechanochromic Stretchable Photonics
  • Chiral Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Jeonghun Shin

Jeonghun Shin 신정훈

Undergraduate Intern
godwjdgns03@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Interest
  • Mechanochromic Stretchable Photonics
  • Chiral Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Kangoh Na

Kangoh Na 나강오

Undergraduate Intern
nes12@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Interest
  • Broadband Wavelength-Tunable Lasers
  • Chiral Liquid Crystal Lasers
Hangyol Lee

Hangyol Lee 이한결

Undergraduate Intern
sodlgksrufso@hanyang.ac.kr
Research Interest
  • Tunable Photonic Devices
  • Liquid Crystal–Integrated Silicon Photonics
Alumni

Alumni

SPEL을 거쳐간 구성원들입니다. 각자의 자리에서 빛나길 응원합니다.

Daewon Kim 김대원 Undergraduate Researcher 2025 Spring – 2025 Fall
Sohyun Kang 강소현 Undergraduate Researcher 2025 Spring – 2025 Fall
Ingon Yu 유인곤 Undergraduate Researcher 2025 Spring – 2025 Fall

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