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Nam, Wook Jun

Nam, Wook Jun

Assistant Professor of Engineering Science & Mechanics and Research Assoc, CNEU

Office phone: (814) 865-9081
Office address: 112 Lubert Building
E-mail: wxn105@psu.edu

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Engineering Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2003
  • M.S., Materials Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 1997
  • B.S., Materials Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 1995

Years of Service with Penn State (1 year)

  • Apr 2013 – Present Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Other Related Experience — Teaching, Industrial, Etc.

  • Sept 2011 – Present Research Associate, Center for Nanotechnology Education & Utilization, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  • Sept 2007 – Aug 2011 Director, Research & Develpment, Solarity, LLC, State College, PA
  • Aug 2003 – Aug 2007 Research Associate, Center for Nanotechnology Education & Utilization, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Recent Principal Publications

  • Wook Jun Nam, Liming Ji, Vasundara V Varadan, and Stephen J Fonash (2012) “Exploration of Nano-element Array Architectures for Substrate Solar Cells Using an a-Si:H Absorber,” J. Appl. Phys, 111, pp. 123103.
  • Wook Jun Nam, Stephen J Fonash, Liming Ji, and Vasundara V Varadan (2012) “Non-metallic, Manufacturable Arrays for High Performance Single Junction Thin Film nc-Si Solar Cells,” in proceedings The 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp. 350, IEEE.
  • Stephen J Fonash, Wook Jun Nam, Liming Ji, and Vasundara V Varadan (2012) “Photonics and Plasmonics Applied to Solar Cells,” in proceedings Proc. SPIE 8482, Photonic Innovations and Solutions for Complex Environments and Systems (PISCES), pp. 848204, SPIE.
  • Wook Jun Nam, Liming Ji, Vasundara V Varadan, and Stephen J Fonash (2011) “Designing Optical Path Length, Photonic, and Plasmonic Effects into Nanostructured Solar Cells,” in proceedings the IEEE Nano 2011, pp. 1409, IEEE.
  • Wook Jun Nam, Liming Ji, Travis Benanti, Vasundara V Varadan, Sigurd Wagner, William Nemeth, Qi Wang, Douglas Neidich, and Stephen J Fonash (2011) “Incorporation of a Light and Carrier Collection Management Nano-element Array into Superstrate a-Si:H Solar Cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett, 99, pp. 073113.
  • Wook Jun Nam, Liming Ji, Vasundara V Varadan, and Stephen J Fonash (2011) “Light and Carrier Collection Management Cell Architectures: Some Configuration Comparisons,” in proceedings The 37th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp. 917, IEEE.
  • Wook Jun Nam, Ting Liu, Sigurd Wagner, and Stephen J Fonash (2010) “A Study of Lateral Collection Single Junction a-Si:H Solar Cell Devices Using Nano-scale Columnar Array Structures,” in proceedings The 35th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), pp. 923, IEEE.
  • Joseph Cuiffi, Travis Benanti, Wook Jun Nam, and Stephen J Fonash (2010) “Open Circuit Voltage Behavior of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells,” Appl. Phys. Lett, 96, pp. 143307.

Consulting, Patents, and Scientific and Professional Society Memberships

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, member (2011 – Present)
  • U.S. Patent 7,427,526, S. J. Fonsh, W. J. Nam, Y. Lee, K. Chang, D. Hayes, A. K. Kalkan, and S. Bae. Deposited Thin Films and Their Use in Separation and Sacrificial Layer Applications (Sept 2008)
  • U.S. Patent 7,238,594, S. J. Fonash, Y. Shan, C. Peng, A. K. Kalkan, J. Cuiffi, D. Hayes, P. Butterfoss, and W. J. Nam. Controlled Nanowire Growth in Permanent, Integrated Nano-templates and Methods of Fabricating Sensor and Transducer Structures (July 2007)
  • U.S. Patent 7,052,616, S. J. Fonash, D. Hayes, W. J. Nam, and J. Cuiffi. Fabrication of Molecular Scale Devices Using Fluidic Assembly (May 2006)

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