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Prof. Kwang W. Oh, Ph.D.
  • Director of SMALL (Sensors and Microactuators Learning Lab)
  • Director of Graduate Studies in Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Electrical Engineering & Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY at Buffalo)
  • Labs: 233 & 115A Davis Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14260
  • Office: 113C Davis Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
  • E-mail: k w a n g o h @ b u f f a l o . e d u
  • http://SMALL.Buffalo.edu, http://MicroTAS.org
  • "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."

    

  University at Buffalo (UB), The State University of New York (SUNY–Buffalo) (2006 - current)
  • Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UB (2006 – current)
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering , Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences & School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UB (2015 – current)
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UB (2021 - current)


  Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Bio Lab, Korea (2001 - 2006)
  • Member of Technical Staff (2001 – 2006): developed the state-of-the-art on-chip sample preparation microfluidic systems, world-to-chip microfluidic packaging, biosensors, "ferro-wax" microvalve, and micro PCR device/system.
  • Team Leader (2004-2005)
  • Knowledge Manager (2003-2004)
  • Six-Sigma Black Belt Consultant (2002-2005)


  Education - PhD (1997 - 2001)
  • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Dissertation: Development of magnetically actuated microvalves and micropumps for surface mountable microfluidic systems
  • Advisor: Prof. Chong H. Ahn


  Education - MS (1995 - 1997)
  • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Thesis topic: Development of a photodiode and its flip-chip bonding technology for optical MEMS
  • Advisors: Prof. Chong H. Ahn & Prof. Kenneth Roenker
  Education - MS (1995)
  • Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
  • Department of Semiconductor Science & Tech
  • Enrolled in a MS program in Spring 1995
  • Studied interdisciplinary graduate courses in Semiconductor Science & Technology
  Education - BS (1991 - 1994)
  • Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
  • Department of Physics (with summa cum laude)
  • Focused on semiconductor physics and optics
  Award & Honors
  • The SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (2020): The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes consistently superior teaching at the graduate, undergraduate, or professional level in keeping with the State University’s commitment to providing its students with instruction of the highest quality. [Link]




  • President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring Award (2019)
  • Qualcomm Faculty Award (2019)

  • Senior Teacher of the Year Award, SEAS, UB (2017)
  • Emerging Investigators 2012, Lab Chip, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (2013)
  • Outstanding Researcher Award, Bio Lab, SAIT (08/2005)
  • Outstanding Paper Award, in SAMSUNG Journal of Innovative Technology (2004)
  • Knowledge Management Best Practice Award, SAIT (2004)
  • Six Sigma Best Practice Award, Samsung Group (2004)
  • Six Sigma Best Practice Award, SAIT (2003)
  • Honor of CEO, Samsung Electronics, for the commercialization of a Micro PCR system (2003)
  • Honor of Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Chonbuk National University (02/1995)
  • Yangback Foundation Fellowship (full tuition scholarship), Daenong Group (1993 - 1995)
  Professional Activity - Editorship
  • Editorial Board Member: Sensors, MDPI (Impact Factor: 3.031). (2018 - )  [Link].
  • Editorial Board Member: Micromachines, MDPI (Impact Factor: 2.426). (2017 - )  [Link].
  • Editorial Board Member: Biomedical Engineering Letters, Springer (2015 - ) [Link]
  • Editorial Board Member: Trans. Electr. Electron. Mater., KEEME (2009 - ) [Link]
  Professional Activity - Conference Chair/Organizer
  • Symposium Chair: Micro & Bio Fluidics, Lab-on-Chip of NanoTech 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Symposium Co-Chair, "Digital Technologies / Artificial Intelligence Symposiums: Electrical, Electronics and Communications (EEC)", US-KOREA Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2018), St. John’s University, Queens, NY, Aug 1-4, 2018
  • Full-Day Workshop Instructor: Micro & Bio Fluidics, Lab-on-Chip, 05/14/2017, NanoTech 2017
  • Symposium Co-Chair: Micro & Bio Fluidics, Lab-on-Chip of NanoTech 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
  • Track Chair: Biosensor, Nanotechnology, and BioMEMS, 2015 World Congress on Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Toronto, June 7-12, 2015
  • Co-organizer: Energy and Power in Micro and Nano Systems, ASME IMECE, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 12-18, 2010
  • Co-organizer: Energy and Power in Micro and Nano Systems, ASME IMECE, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Nov. 13-19, 2009
  • Co-organizer and section chair: Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine, the 2nd annual Integrated Nanostructured Systems (INS) Workshop, UB, NY, May 2009
  • Co-organizer and section chair: Multifunctional Nanomaterials and Nanodevices, the 1st annual Integrated Nanostructured Systems (INS) Workshop, UB, NY, May 18 – 19, 2007
 




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