Harold S. Park

Associate Professor
Boston University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Boston, MA 02215
Curriculum Vitae (May, 2013)
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News

  • Congratulations to Dr. Shuangxing Dai, who successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on December 11, 2012! Dr. Dai's dissertation title was entitled "Atomistic study of Surface Effects on the Electromechanical Behavior of ZnO Nanostructures."
  • Dr. Park was awarded the 2012 Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award from the ASME (September 2012)
  • Dr. Park was awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor effective September 1, 2012
  • Dr. Park was named Assistant Editor of the journal Computational Mechanics for the 2012-2015 period.
  • Dr. Park was named to the editorial board of the journal Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering for the 2011-2013 period.
  • Congratulations to Dr. Geng Yun, who successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on April 9, 2010! Dr. Yun's dissertation title was entitled "Multiscale Analysis of Surface Dominated Nanomaterials."
  • Dr. Park was awarded the R.H. Gallagher Young Investigator Award from the US Association for Computational Mechanics (July, 2009)
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, March 30, 2009
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, December 5, 2008
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, July 21, 2008
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, June 30, 2008
  • Dr. Park was awarded the Young Faculty Award from DARPA (March 18, 2008)
  • Dr. Park was awarded the CAREER Award from the NSF (August, 2007)
  • Congratulations to Dr. Changjiang Ji, who successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on July 2, 2007! Dr. Ji's dissertation title was "Surface Effects on the Mechanical Properties of FCC Metal Nanowires."
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, February 19, 2007
  • University of Colorado, Department of Mechanical Engineering - beginning Summer, 2007
  • Nano Today - November 2006 Issue
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, November 13, 2006
  • Vanderbilt Register, April 24, 2006
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, December 26, 2005
  • Vanderbilt Register, October 17, 2005

    Education

    PhD, Northwestern University (2004)
    MS, Northwestern University (2001)
    BS, Northwestern University (1999)

    Current Research Interests

  • Mechanics of soft, active materials
  • Surface effects on the mechanical properties of metallic and semiconducting nanowires
  • Coupled physics (thermomechanical, optomechanical, electromechanical) analyses of nanomaterials
  • Dissipation mechanisms in nanoelectromechanical systems

    Journal Publications

  • List Of All Publications (Journal Articles, Books, Book Chapters, Journal Special Issues Edited)
  • Amorphous Solid Papers
  • Soft Materials Papers
  • Electromechanical Coupling Papers
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance Papers
  • Graphene Papers
  • Surface Cauchy-Born/Surface Elasticity Papers
  • Nanowire Papers
  • Multiscale Papers
  • Meshfree Papers

    • Books

    1. W.K. Liu, E.G. Karpov and H.S. Park. Nano Mechanics and Materials: Theory, Multiscale Methods and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN:0-470-01851-8, 2006.

    Current Research Group

  • Mr. Penghui Cao (Ph.D. student)
  • Mr. Zenan Qi (Ph.D. student)
  • Ms. Xue Ben (Ph.D. student)
  • Mr. Jin Wang (Ph.D. candidate)

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    Harold Park
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Boston University
    730 Commonwealth Avenue, ENA 212
    Boston, MA 02215
    Phone: 617.353.4208
    Fax: 617.353.5866
    Email:parkhs@bu.edu
    Last Modified May 9, 2013