Sungmin Nam, PhD

Education

  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (2019)
    Advisor: Ovijit Chaudhuri
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University (2015)
    Advisor: Ovijit Chaudhuri
  • B.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University (2013)

Employment

  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2024 – )
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Harvard University (2019 – 2024)
    Advisor: David Mooney

Selected Honors and Awards

  • New Investigator Recognition Award Orthopedic Research Society (ORS), 2023
  • Innovators Under 35 (Korea) – MIT Technology Review, 2022
  • Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Matter Symposium – The NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) at the University of Chicago and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), 2022
  • Baxter Young Investigator Award – Baxter Healthcare Incorporation, 2022
  • Best Poster Presentation Award – The US-KOREA Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship, 2022
  • Family Care Travel Award – Gordon Research Conference (GRC) for Musculoskeletal Biology and Bioengineering, 2022
  • Wyss Technology Development Fellow – The Wyss Institute at Harvard University, 2019 – 2024
  • Samsung Scholarship Fellow – Samsung Scholarship Foundation, 2015 – 2019
  • Travel Award – Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) for Signal Transduction by Engineered Extracellular Matrices (STEEM), 2018
  • Travel Award – Bio-X at Stanford, 2017
  • Jeongsong Culture Foundation Fellow – Jeongsong Culture Foundation, 2013 – 2015
  • The Dean’s List Award – College of Engineering in SNU, 2013
  • Summa Cum Laude – College of Engineering in SNU, 2013
  • Best Presentation Award – Bachelor Thesis Presentation Contest at SNU, 2012
  • Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Fellow – Kwanjeong Educational Foundation, 2008 – 2012