Dr. Byung-Wook Park
Assistant Professor
Rayen School of Engineering
Moser Hall 2070
phone: (330) 941-3088
Bio
Byung-Wook Park, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering in the Rayen School of Engineering. He is also a graduate faculty member in the Materials Science and Engineering at Youngstown State University. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toledo in 2012. He then completed his postdoctoral fellow in the Bioengineering Institute at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and subsequently in the Physical Intelligence Department at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany. Dr. Park joined Youngstown State University as an Assistant Professor in 2018. His research currently focuses on developing engineered living materials multifunctional hydrogels, and wearable bioelectronic platforms for treating diseases for biomedical applications including bacterial infections and chronic wounds.
Research Interests
Engineered biohybrid materials
Microrobots
Multifunctional hydrogels
Bioelectronics
Teaching Interests
Chemical Engineering Principles, CHEN 2683
Computer Methods in Chemical Engineering, CHEN 2650
Measurements and Instrumentation, CHEN 3700
Unit Operation Laboratory, CHEN 4801
Principles of Biomedical Engineering, CHEN 5805
Expertise
- Materials Science
- Biomaterials
- Electrochemistry
- Bioengineering
- Bio-nanotechnology