| Sungho Jin is a
world-renowned researcher in the field of functional materials used in
applications ranging from magnetic devices and electronic devices to
optical telecommunications networks. Jin is involved in R&D of
micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) devices and materials;
exploratory bio-materials and devices; carbon nanotube materials on
which future nano-scale devices can be based; and sensor/actuator
devices and technologies.
Jin has also been a pioneer in the
development of high-temperature superconductor materials, colossal
magnetoresistance (CMR) materials, diamond film thinning techniques,
anisotropic conductive polymers, and new, environmentally safe,
lead-free solders that he has championed since the early 1990s. He also
invented magnet sensor materials now widely used in anti-theft security
tags in retail stores.
With roughly 170 patents to his name, Jin
can discuss intellectual property issues and is developing a course on
inventions and patents.
Sungho Jin joined the UCSD faculty in
July 2002 after a long and illustrious career at Bell Labs/Lucent
Technologies. He is the first holder of the Kazuo Iwama Endowed Chair
for Materials Science, endowed by Sony. Jin was elected to the National
Academy of Engineering in 1999, and most recently was a technical
manager in Bell Labs' Applied Materials and Metallurgy Group.
He earned his Ph.D. in materials science
and engineering in 1974 from UC Berkeley, then worked at Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory before joining Bell Labs in 1976. Jin has authored
more than 220 technical publications which have been widely read (5000+
citations). In 1989, Business Week magazine selected him as one of the
Top Ten Innovative Scientists in the country. |
