Principal Investigator (PI)
Dr. ChaBum Lee CV
Associate Professor and Morris E. Foster Faculty Fellow II
J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University.
Email: cblee@tamu.edu
Office: MEOB 320 / Lab: JCain 313, JCAIN 441
Phone: (979) 458-8121
Fax: (979) 458-3081 (Department)
Address: 3123 TAMU, 202 Spence St, College Station, TX 77843-3123, United States
Education
PhD in Mechatronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
MS in Mechatronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
Research Experiences
Associate Professor, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering 2013-Present
Assistant Professor, J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States (2018-2024)
Visiting Researcher, Intelligent Systems Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States (2019)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, United States (2015-2018)
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States (2013-2015)
Senior Researcher, LG Display, Paju, Korea (2012-2013)
Honors and Awards
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Emerging Leaders 2022 (Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, Institute of Physics, 2022).
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Alumni Award (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2019)
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Research and Economic Development Award 2017
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Kinslow Research (Honorable Mention) Award 2017
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National Instruments Research Award 2017
Journal Peer-Review
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Associate Editor: International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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Topic Board: Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing
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Optics Letters; Optics Express; Applied Optics; Sensors and Actuators A
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Materials Design; Review of Scientific Instruments; Measurement Science and Technology; Journal of Manufacturing Processes
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Sensors; Precision Engineering; International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology, ASME
Postdoc
- Dr. Kuan Lu, lukuan@tamu.edu
Ph.D. Students
- Mr. Hyunjae Lee (Since Fall 2022), jaelee@tamu.edu
- Mr. Tanbir Sarowar (Since Spring 2025), tanbirsarowar@tamu.edu
- Ms. Yeaeun Lim (Since Spring 2025), yeaeunlim@tamu.edu
- Mr. Md Aminul Islam (Since Fall 2025), aminul049@tamu.edu
Undergraduate Students
- Mr. Pat Thepuatrakul (Since 2025 Summer), patthk8@tamu.edu
- Mr. Justin Yoon (Since 2026 Spring), jyoon56@tamu.edu
Alumni
- Dr. Pengfei Lin [2025 PhD Summer] at Huawei Corporation
- Dr. Heebum Chun [2024 PhD Fall] at KLA Corporation
- Dr. Kuan Lu [2025 PhD Spring] at Texas A&M University
- Mr. Sean Kim [2025 MS Spring] at Purdue University
- Dr. Woochul Nam [2023-2024 Sabbatical], associate professor at Chung-Ang University, wcnam@cau.ac.kr
- Mr. William Park (2023 BS]
- Mr. Yinhe Wang [2023 MS Degree]: A Single Camera Unit-Based Three-Dimensional Surface Imaging Technique
- Ms. Jingyan Wang [2023 MS Degree]: Glass Wafer Edge Metrology and Inspection
- Mr. Phuc Nguyen [2023 MS Degree]: Iterative Learning Control and Extremum Seeking Control in Developing Tool Path for Minimal Cosine Error of 2D Surface
- Dr. Jungsub Kim [2020-2022, Postdoc]: Now at KITECH
- Dr. Zhikun Wang [2022 Ph.D.]: Photomask LER Inspection and Metrology System Based on the Enhanced Knife-Edge Interferometry
- Dr. Xiangyu Guo [2022 Ph.D.]: Advanced Stereoscopy towards On-Machine Surface Metrology and Inspection, Assistant Professor at ASU xiangy19@asu.edu
- Mr. Himanshu Hegde [2021 MS Degree]: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer – Metal Self-Piercing Rivet Joining Process Modeling
- Mr. Gokul Suresh [2021 MS Degree]: Non-thesis
- Mr. Sebastian Vazquez [2021 Summer, from UC Merced]
- Mr. Jay Shah [2021 MS Degree]: Non-thesis
- Mr. Omprakash Das [2021 MS Degree]: Manufacturability and Bending Performance of Graded Steel Structures Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting.
- Mr. Heebum Chun [2020 MS Degree]: Dynamics and Controls of Fluidic Pressure-Fed Mechanism.
- Ms. Rui Zhao [2016 MS Degree]: In-situ Health Monitoring of a Precision Spindle System.
- Mr. Seongkyul Jeon [2017 MS Degree]: Edge Diffraction-Utilized Sensing Method for Cutting Tool Wear Monitoring.