Professor Kwang W. Oh at SUNY-Buffalo, BioMEMS, Microfluidics, LOC, sensors, actuators, SMALL, nanobio sensors and microactuators learning lab

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Kwang W. Oh. Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering
Director of SMALL (Sensors and MicroActuators Learning Lab)
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY at Buffalo)
Buffalo, NY 14260

Office: 113C Davis Hall
Lab: 117 Davis Hall and 326/326A Bonner Hall

Tel: (716) 645-1025

E-mail: kwangoh@buffalo.edu

Web-site: www.SMALL.buffalo.edu or http://www.MicroTAS.org

University at Buffalo (UB), The State University of New York (SUNY–Buffalo)

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering (2006 – present)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering (03/2006 – 08/2006)

Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Bio Lab, Korea

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 (MicroTAS 2005), and micro PCR device/system (MicroTAS 2004).

Education - Ph.D. (1997 – 2011)

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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 - M.S. (1995 – 1997)

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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

Education - B.S. ( – February 1994)

Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
Department of Physics (with summa cum laude, GPA: 3.98/4.0)
- focused on semiconductor physics and optics

Award and Honor

Professional Development Award, United University Professions (UUP), SUNY (05/2011)
Professional Development Award, United University Professions (UUP), SUNY (05/2010)
Who's Who in Science and Engineering, selected for the 11th 2011–2012 edition
of Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who's Who
Research Initiatives Travel Award, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)(02/2010)
Research Initiatives Travel Award, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
(SEAS) (11/2009)
Professional Development Award, United University Professions (UUP), SUNY ($641) (06/2009)
Who's Who in America, selected for 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Who's Who
in America, Marquis Who's Who
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
(polymerase chain reaction) system (2003)
Conference Travel Award, Adhesives in Electronics '98, Binghamton, NY (1998)
Conference Travel Award, Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop '98, Hilton
Head Island, SC (1998)
University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati (1995-2000)
University Graduate Scholarship, Chonbuk National University (1995)
Honor of Dean, College of Natural Sciences, Chonbuk National University (02/1995)
Yangback Foundation Fellowship, Daenong Group (1993 – 1995)
University Tuition Scholarship, Chonbuk National University (1991 – 1995)