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    • Orlando Auciello (Argonne National Laboratory)
    • Lynn A. Boatner (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
    • Shenda M. Baker (Synedgen, Inc. and Harvey Mudd College)
    • Li-Chyong Chen (National Taiwan University)
    • Chang-Beom Eom (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
    • Eric Garfunkel (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
    • Young-Chang Joo (Seoul National University)
    • Kalpana S. Katti (North Dakota State University (NDSU))
    • David P. Norton (University of Florida)
    • Francesco Priolo (University of Catania, Italy)
    • Ainissa G. Ramirez (Yale University)
    • Stephen K. Streiffer (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Young-Chang Joo (Seoul National University)

Young-Chang Joo - Seoul National University

Young-Chang Joo is currently a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea. He received BS and MS degrees in metallurgical engineering from Seoul National University in 1987 and 1989, and a PhD in electronic materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995. He joined the Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart, Germany as a visiting scientist in 1995 and in 1997 he moved to Advance Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) in Sunnyvale, California. He has been a professor at the Seoul National University since 1999.

Young-Chang’s research areas include the fundamental understanding of mechanical behavior, atomic migration, and microstructure of various nano structures and the reliability and degradation mechanisms of electronic devices and circuits, including Cu/low-k interconnects, 3-dimentional integrated circuits, non-volatile memories, display devices and electronic packaging. His research activity also currently includes materials and processing for flexible devices for electronics and energy-related applications. He is leading a Korean national research project on the development of advanced interconnects for nano-scale integrated circuits. Young-Chang has authored over 100 refereed scientific papers, holds 30 patents, and has edited three books. He received the Young Scientist Award from the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials in 2004 and the Haedong Research Award from the Korean Electronic Packaging Society in 2010.

Young-Chang Joo has also been active in several national and international scientific professional societies. He has been an organizer as well as a technical chair and a general chair of meetings of several organizations, including TMS and IEEE. He has been involved in MRS since his graduate studies. He organized the “Materials, Technology, and Reliability for Copper Interconnects and Low-k Dielectrics” symposium at the MRS Spring Meeting in 2000 and 2006, the “Thin Films Stress and Mechanical Properties” at the 2003 Fall Meeting. He served as Meeting Chair for the 2008 Fall MRS Meeting and has been a member of the MRS Program Development Subcommittee’s tutorial review group for many years.

Candidate’s Statement  

“The Materials Research Society (MRS) is by far the most successful, inter-disciplinary and international society for researchers in the field of materials science and engineering. There are important factors that made MRS successful and prestigious, and these strengths will allow the Society to continue to provide a leadership role in serving the global materials research community.

The Society’s most important and outstanding activities are its meetings, which cover various disciplinary fields of science, and provide for the exchange of ideas and insights between academia and industry across many countries. Although MRS has already reached a prestigious level, it must continue to strive for more.

First, the ability to cover different fields of science in an interdisciplinary way is a unique asset of MRS. By continually renewing and expanding its commitment to hold meetings with diverse topics, MRS will inarguably achieve better quality. However, it is also important that we continue our tradition of breadth by covering traditional components of materials research, including research on ceramics and metals, as well as new topics. The problems we solve in the future will require more and more combinations of solutions and insights from all of the different fields of materials research. Our comprehensive understanding and studies in different fields of physical sciences will definitely be a
strong benefit for the Society. In order to combine and integrate the various fields, we need different ideas and approaches to the issues or topics at hand.

Second, active communication between cultures is undoubtedly crucial for an international society such as MRS. As such, looking back at the numerous MRS meetings I’ve attended, I believe the active role of MRS in various regions, especially Asia in recent years, has served the Society and the materials research community in important ways. When we consider the fact that the excellence and diversity of its members are directly reflected in the Society’s reputation, I believe the engagement of members of diverse regions is critical. Diverse backgrounds will bring different innovative ideas and approaches to the table. Along the same line, holding world-class meetings in various countries is a great way to integrate different points of view in serving the global materials research community.

Third, mingling different ideas is not only necessary for research, but also for the different stages of technology development. The timeframe between these different stages -- development of new materials, understanding the fundamental physics of them, and manufacturing them in an environmentally sustainable manner – is becoming shorter and shorter. As such, MRS should be the organization that provides the “mingling place” for people involved in different stages of technology development.

The different perspectives that MRS combines apply to me personally, because I have experience working in different regions, the United States, Europe, and Asia. As stated in my bio, my education experience was multi-cultural, and through my work experience as well, I have created a valuable professional network all over the world. Furthermore, I have been a part of the research facilities of academia and research institute, as well as industry. As a person with a broad cultural and professional experience, I feel I can make important contributions to the evolving nature of the organization. MRS has been a success in the past and its vision has led to a great march toward higher prestige. MRS should not seek to grow simply for the sake of growth. However, by focusing on the appropriate assets, the Society can still better serve the research community in such a way that natural growth will follow automatically. I would be honored to have the opportunity to help shape the future of MRS in this way.”