Biographical Information

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Prof. Jeong received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ, USA) in May 2013. After obtaining his Ph.D., he worked at Alcoa Technical Center as Sr. Engineer, which is located in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, USA. And he then worked at LG Electronics (CTO) as Sr. Research Engineer. Currently, he is working in the Department of Advanced Materials Engineering at Dong-eui University as an Associate Professor.

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Experiences

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• March 2023 - Present: Associate Professor in the Department of Advanced Materials Engineering at Dong-eui Universtiy, Korea

• March 2024 - Feb. 2025: Visiting Research Scholar at Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ, USA

• July 2023 - Present: Advisory Board Professor of Materials Science and Technology Society at LG Electronics

• November 2020 - Present: Founder and President at ARotS: Surface Finishing, Coating, and Corrosion Cousulting

• March 2017 - February 2023: Assistant Professor in the Department of Advanced Materials Engineering at Dong-eui University, Korea: 

 . Manufacturing Oxide Structures, Multi-functional Smart Surfaces and Corrosion Engineering (ARotS Lab.)  

 . Establishment of a Technology Holding Company of Dong-eui University for Cash Investment (2021)

 . Technology Value Evaluation (Korea Institute of  Science and Technology Information): $152,000.00 (2021)

• August 2014 - February 2017: Senior Research Engineer at LG Electronics (CTO), Seoul, Korea:

 . R&D Roadmap for Next-Generation Technology, Functional Surfaces Coating for Anti-Fouling, Anti-Icing and Anti-Corrosion.

• August 2013 - July 2014: Senior R&D Professional at Alcoa Technical Center (ATC), New Kensington, Pennsylvania, USA:

 . Surface Finishing, Anodizing, Aluminum Alloys, Improving Color Appearance, Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 

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Honors and Awards

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• May 2024: Editor Choice Award from the Corrosion Science Society of Korea in 2024

• Nov. 2023: Academic Award from the Corrosion Science Society of Korea in 2023: 2023년 한국부식방식학회 학회상

• Oct. 2023: Awarded a Commendation from the President of Dong-eui University for Industry-Academy Cooperation: 2023년 산학협력상

• July 2023: Advisory Board Professor of Materials Science and Technology Society at LG Electronics: 자문위원, LG전자 (재료과학기술연구회)

• July 2023: Awarded the 33rd Science and Technology Excellent Paper from the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies: 제33회 과학기술우수논문상, 한국과학기술단체총연합회

• Feb. 2023: Awarded a Commendation from the President of Dong-eui University on the Outstanding Professor of R&D Sector: R&D 우수교원, 총장상

• Nov. 2022: Best Paper at the Corrosion Science Society of Korea: 한국부식방식학회 우수논문상

• Nov. 2022: Best Paper at the Korea Institute of Surface Engineering: 한국표면공학회 우수논문상

• Oct. 2022: Awarded a Commendation from Busan Mayor on Busan R&D Excellence in 2022 (Mechanical/Materials): 부산광역시 지역연구개발 우수성과 선정, 부산시장상

• June 2022: Awarded a Commendation from the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy on the 57th Invention Day of the Republic of Korea: 제57회 발명의 날, 산업통상자원부장관 표창

• Nov. 2021: Best Paper at the Corrosion Science Society of Korea: 한국부식방식학회 우수논문상

• Dec. 2014: Creative People Award at LG Electronics: LG전자

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Collaborators

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• Prof. Xi Chen at CUNY, NY, USA

• Prof. Jae Chul Kim at Stevens Institute of Tech., NJ, USA

• Prof. Ke Du at University of California at Riverside, CA, USA

• Prof. KC. Jeong at University of Florida, FL, USA

• Prof. Young-Beom Kim at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

• Prof. Sung-Hee Kim at Dong-eui University, Busan, Korea

• Prof. Oi Lun Li at Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

• Prof. Se-woon Choe at Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, Korea

• Prof. H. S. Kim at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea

• Dr. Peter Lindner at Applied Materials, NY, USA

• Dr. Wei Xu at Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, USA

• Dr. Kyu-Hwan Lee at Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, Korea

• Dr. Seunghoe Choe at Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, Korea

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Members

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• Jisoo Kim (Graduate): Anodizing, Surface Coating, Machine Learning

• Yeji Choi (Graduate): Anodizing, Surface Coating, Machine Learning

• Soojin Lim (Graduate): Plating, Coating

• Taein Park (Graduate): Plating, Corrosion

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Alumni

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• Youngju Park: Researcher, Hwaseung R&A, (주)화승R&A 

• Hyejeong Ji: Researcher, Cuckoo Electronics, (주)쿠쿠전자

• Minhyuk Choi: Researcher, Jaeil E&S, (주)제일E&S

• Jonghun An: STX Heavy Industries, STX중공업

• Jinyeong Jung: R&D center at Wonjin World Wide 

​• Seungmin Lee: Surface Engineering

• Rian Kim: Surface Engineering

• Subin Park: Surface Engineering

• Kyungtae Kim: Plating Simulation, Corrosion