Graduate Assistanship Available
Prospective full-time M.S./Ph.D. students, who have interests in Computational Mechanics/Materials, are strongly encouraged to apply for Graduate Assistant position through the regular application process of the university. Preference may be given to applicants for doctoral study. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply electronically at the university web page. A copy of your application packet should also be forwarded to the email address below.
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Sukky Jun
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Wyoming
Room 2020, Engineering Building
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3295
Laramie, WY 82071, USA
(phone) 307-766-6375
(fax) 307-766-2695
(email) sjun@uwyo.edu

Education
Ph.D. (1996) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University
M.S. (1992) Department of Materials Science and Mechanics, Michigan State University
B.S. (1988) Department of Physics, Yonsei University, Korea

Professional Experience
Assistant Professor (2006-present) Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming
Assistant Professor (2004-2006) Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University
Research Professor (2002-2004) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Postdoc. (1998-2000) Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Postdoc. (1996-1997) Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan

Research Interests
Computational Mechanics and Physics of Materials, Multiscale/Multiphysics Modeling and Simulations

Teaching
Advanced Materials Science, Nanoscale Modeling of Materials, Finite Element Method, Statics and Dynamics, Properties of Materials

Book Chapters

• S. Jun, S. Y. Kim, and I.-H. Lee, "Transition pathways of nanomaterials," Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, submitted, 2007.
  
• S. Jun and W. K. Liu, "Moving least-square basis for the band-structure computations of natural and artificial crystals," Material Substructures in Complex Bodies: From Atomic Level to Continuum, edited by P. M. Mariano and G. Capriz, Elsevier, 2007
  
• W. K. Liu, S. Jun, and D. Qian "Computational nanomechanics of materials," Handbook of Theoretical and Computational Nanotechnology edited by M. Rieth and W. Schommers, American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Ranch, CA, 2006

Recent Journal Publication

• W. K. Liu, S. Jun, and D. Qian "Computational nanomechanics of materials," Invited Review Article for Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, submitted, 2007
  
• D. W. Kim, S. K. Park, and S. Jun, "Axial Green's function method for multi-dimensional second-order elliptic partial differential equations," to be submitted, 2007.
  
• C. Mi, S. Jun, D. Kouris, and S. Y. Kim, "Atomistic calculations of interface elastic properties in noncoherent metallic bilayers," Physical Review B, submitted, 2007.
  
• S. Y. Kim, I.-H. Lee, and S. Jun, "Transition-pathway models for atomic diffusion on fcc metal surfaces: Part I. Flat surfaces," Physical Review B, in revision, 2007.
  
• S. Y. Kim, I.-H. Lee, and S. Jun, "Transition-pathway models for atomic diffusion on fcc metal surfaces: Part II. Stepped surfaces," Physical Review B, accepted, 2007.
  
• S. Y. Kim, I.-H. Lee, and S. Jun, "Action-based pathway modeling for atomic surface diffusion," International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, in print, 2007.
  
• Y. Kim, D. W. Kim, S. Jun, and J. H. Lee, "Meshfree point collocation method for the stream-vorticity formulation of 2D incompressible Navier-Stokes equations," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 196, pp. 3095-3109, 2007.
  
• S. Y. Kim, I.-H. Lee, S. Jun et al., "Coalescence and T-junction formation of carbon nanotubes: Action-derived molecular dynamics simulations," Physical Review B, Vol. 74, 195409, 2006.
  
• S. Pendurti, S. Jun, I.-H. Lee, and V. Prasad, "Cooperative atomic motions and core rearrangement in dislocation cross slip," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 88, 201908, 2006.
  
• I.-H. Lee, S. Jun, H. Kim, S. Y. Kim, and Y. Lee, "Adatom-assisted structural transformations of fullerenes," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 88, 011913, 2006
  
• I.-H. Lee, S. Jun, H. Kim, S.-Y. Kim, and J. Lee, "Exploring dynamic pathways by action-derived molecular dynamics," International Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 3, pp. 334-352, 2006.
  
• J. Y. Park et al., "A quasicontinuum method for deformations of carbon nanotubes," Computer Modelling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol. 11, pp. 61-72, 2006.
  
• Y. Lee et al., "Atomistic simulations of incipient plasticity under Al(111) nanoindentation," Mechanics of Materials, 37, pp. 1035-1048, 2005.
  
• S. Jun et al., "Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of Al(111) nanoscratching," Nanotechnology, Vol. 15, pp. 1169-1174, 2004
  
• I.-H. Lee, S. Y. Kim, and S. Jun, "An introductory overview of action-derived molecular dynamics for multiple time-scale simulations," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 193, pp. 1633-1644, 2004
  
• S. Jun, "Meshfree implementation for the real-space electronic-structure calculation of crystalline solids." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 59, pp. 1909-1923, 2004
  
• S. Jun et al., "Deformation-induced bandgap tuning of 2D silicon-based photonic crystals," Opt. Express, Vol. 11, pp. 2769-2774, 2003
  
• S. Jun et al., "Moving least-square method for the band-structure calculation of 2D photonic crystals, " Opt. Express, Vol. 11, pp. 541-551, 2003

Contributions to the development of meshless method
Research papers have been cited more than 1100 times in total (Data from either "ISI Web of Knowledge" or "Google Scholar"). Three most cited papers are

• W. K. Liu, S. Jun, Y. F. Zhang, "Reproducing kernel particle methods," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 20, pp. 1081-1106, 1995 (Over 520 Times Cited),
  
• W. K. Liu, S. Jun, S. Li, J. Adee, T. Belytschko, "Reproducing kernel particle methods for structural dynamics," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 38, pp. 1655-1679, 1995 (Over 260 Times Cited),
  
• W. K. Liu, Y. Chen, S. Jun, J. S. Chen, T. Belytschko, C. Pan, R. A. Uras, and C. T. Chang, "Overview and applications of the reproducing kernel particle methods," Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, Vol. 3, pp. 3-80, 1996 (Over 110 Times Cited).