Background
Jang, Hyun Myung was born on January 21, 1953 in Chilgok, Republic of Korea. Son of Tae-Hee and Kwang-Hwan (Choi) Jang.
Materials science and engineering educator
Jang, Hyun Myung was born on January 21, 1953 in Chilgok, Republic of Korea. Son of Tae-Hee and Kwang-Hwan (Choi) Jang.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, U. Seoul (Republic of Korea) National, 1976; Master of Science in Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1985.
Research associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 1981-1985; research fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1986-1987; assistant professor, Pohang (Republic of Korea) U. Science and Technology, 1987-1990; associate professor, Pohang (Republic of Korea) U. Science and Technology, 1991-1995; professor, Pohang (Republic of Korea) U. Science and Technology, since 1996; head department materials science and engineering, Pohang (Republic of Korea) U. Science and Technology, since 1998. Chairman science program committee 3rd International Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic Socs., since 1996. Member international advising committee World Ceramics Congress, Faenza, Italy, since 1996.
Member American Ceramic Society, Materials Research Society International (technical director since 1996), National Academy of Sciences and Technology of Korea, National Academy Engineering of Korea.
Married Kyung-Hee Lee, June 21, 1978. 1 child, Albert Young-Woo.