Biography

Jung-Hoon Chun is co-director of th Manufacturing Institute and associated with the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity at the Massachusetts INstitute of Technology (MIT).  He has been a MIT Mechanical  Engineering faculty since 1989.  His research focuses on the development of Innovative Manufacturing Processes.  HIs research aresa include droplet-based manufacturing processes, solidification front imaging in metal casting using high-energy x-ray tomography, and chemical-mechanical polishing.  His teaching focuses on manufacturing and on management in engineering.  He is an active participant in the Singapore-MIT Alliance program and has recently been involved in a nano-scale manufacturing iniative.  Dr. Chun received a B.S. from Seoul National University, an M.A.Sc. from the University of Ottawa, and a Ph.D. from MIT, all in mechanical engineering.