Hayoung Chung
Associate Professor
South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolHayoung Chung is an associate professor and computational mechanics researcher with eight years of experience across academia and postdoctoral work at UC San Diego, specializing in nonlinear elasticity, thermoelasticity, soft and active materials, and nanomechanics. She develops and implements finite element formulations and level-set topology optimization for multifunctional, multiphysics structures, blending theoretical variational approaches with practical Matlab and C++ implementations. Her work ranges from multiscale characterization of nanowires and nanoplates to sensitivity and instability analyses for material design, reflecting a strong mix of modeling, simulation, and numerical optimization. Based in South Korea, she bridges deep academic rigor with hands-on coding, often translating complex multiphysical theory into reproducible computational tools.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National UniversityExchange Student, Mechanical Engineering, Exchange Student, Mechanical Engineering at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Korean, English
Github Skills (23)
python-interface10
computational-science9
simulation9
python9
modularity9
mpi9
parallel-computing9
numerical-methods9
multiphysics9
openmp9
bsd8
extensibility8
kratos8
parallel8
topology7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HayoungChung/openmdao_TopOpt
Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
this is a temporary repository for openmdao+SIMP to be shared
Contributions:57 commits, 4 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 year
openmdaosimp
chungh6y/OpenLSTO
Dec 2017 - May 2018
Open Source Level Set Topology Optimization Software
Contributions:5 PRs, 34 pushes, 7 branches in 5 months
level-setoptimizationtopology-optimizationtopology
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