Professor Maenghyo Cho majored in "Mechanics of Solids and Structures" and focused on the modeling and a finite element implementation of the laminated composite structures. Last fifteen years, Prof. Cho has focused on multiscale mechanics which connects different scale disciplines such as continuum mechanics, molecular dynamics and first principles calculations. Through the multiscale simulations, design and analysis of macroscopic/microscopic behaviors and scale-bridging techniques have been developed for various smart materials such as nanocomposites, lithium secondary batteries, shape memory alloys.
  Recently, Professor Cho is interested in a multi-physics phenomenon in a photo-responsive polymer which causes mechanical deformations from light. The mechanism of this phenomenon is investigated by the multi-scale/multi-physics analysis. Based on the mechanistic understanding, his group is working on the macroscopic light control and design for soft robot element.

Mechanics and Computations of Solids and Structures, Composites Mechanics,
Multiscale Simulations and Mechanics

Ph.D. Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Washington (1993), Seattle, WA, USA
M.S.  Aeronautical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea (1986)
B.S.E. Aeronautical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea (1984)

Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Korea (1994~1999)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Eng, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (1999~2001)
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Eng, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2001~2006)
Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Eng, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Project Leader, National Research Laboratory (NRL) (2007~2012)
Director, Center of WCU Multiscale Mechanical Design (2009~2013)
Director, National Creative Research Initiative Center for Design of Photo-responsive Deforming Structures, NRF (2012~ Present)
Advisory Professor, Samsung Electronics, Production Technology Research Center (2013~ 2018)
President, CAE and Applied Mechanics Division, Korea Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME) (2014)
Fellow, Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) (2015~ Present)
President, Computational Structural Engineering of Institute of Korea (COSEIK) (2016)
Director, Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University (2016~ 2018)
Fellow, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) (2016~ Present)
Vice President, Korean Society for Computational Mechanics (KSCM) (2017~ Present)

Associate Editor, Int Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences (IJASS) (2003~ 2019) SCIE
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (JMST) (2015~2018) SCIE
Editorial Board, International Journal of Applied Mechanics (IJAM) (2015~ Present) SCIE
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Materials (FIM), (2016~ Present) SCIE
Board of Editors, International Journal of Solids and Structures (IJSS) (2016~ Present) SCI
Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Sci Rep) (2017~ Present) SCI
Editor, Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures (JOMMS) (2018~ Present) SCIE
Associate Editor, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (MAMS) (2018~ Present) SCIE
Editor-in-Chief, JMST Advances, Springer (2019~ Present)
Editor-in-Chief, Multiscale Science and Engineering, Springer (2019~ Present)
Associate Editor, Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines (2019~ Present) SCI
Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), (2020~Pesent)
Structure Technical Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (2004~ Present)
General Council, IACM (Int. Assoc. Comp. Mech.) (2017~ Present)Structure Technical Committee &
General Council, APACM (Asian Pacific Assoc. Comp. Mech.) (2019~Present)
Editorial Board, Polymers (2021~ Present) SCIE

Best Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, 2003
KSME(Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers) Research Excellence Award 2007
Sinyang Academic Award, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, 2008
Excellent Research Award, Seoul National University, 2009/2010/2013
Best Poster Award of ISGMA(International Symposium of Green Manufacturing and Applications), 2011
Best Paper Award, KSME Journal A, 2011
COSEIK(Computational Structural Engineering of Institute of Korea) Research Excellence Award, 2012
The Scientist of The Month Award, National Research Foundation of Korea, 2016
Distinguished Professor Award, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, 2017
100 Selections of Excellent Research Achievements of Science and Technology in Korea, 2017
KSAS(Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences) Research Excellence Award 2018
Minister Award for Basic Research Excellence, Ministry of Science and ICT in Korea, 2018
KSCM(Korea Society for Computational Mechanics) Research Excellence Award, 2019

Bosi-Edu Conference, 2014.05, Plenary lecture, Jeju, KOREA
WCCM (11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics), 2014.07, Keynote lecture, Barcelona, SPAIN
ACEM Congress (The 2015 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics), 2015.08, Keynote lecture, Incheon, KOREA
WCCM (12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics), 2016.07, Semi-plenary lecture, Seoul, KOREA
CODE2018 (Computational Design in Engineering), 2018.04, Semi-plenary lecture, Changwon, KOREA
ICMAMS (First Int Conf on Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures), 2018.6., Plenary lecture, Torino, ITALY
ICNN5 (Int Conf on Nanomechanics and Nanocomposites), 2018.08, Keynote lecture, Fukuoka, JAPAN
MMM (9th Int Conf of Multiscale Materials Modeling), 2018.10., Plenary lecture, Osaka, JAPAN
The Polymer Society of Korea Annual Spring Meeting, 2019.04., Invited lecture, Busan, KOREA
CCMR 2019 (Collaborative Conference on Materials Research), 2019.06., Invited lecture, Goyang, KOREA
2019 Next Generation Lithography Conference, 2019.08., Invited lecture, Incheon, KOREA
ICMAMS (Second Int Conf on Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures), 2019.10., Plenary lecture, Nanjing, CHINA
2019 MRS (Materials Research Society) Fall meeting&exhibit, 2019.12., Invited lecture, Boston, USA
APCOM 2019 (Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics) , 2019.12, Semi-plenary lecture, Taipei, TAIWAN

Published total 253 SCI archival papers including 1 Advanced Materials, 1 Energy & Environmental Sciences,
2 Nature Communications, 5 Scientific Reports, 3 Macromolecules, 1 Advanced Functional Materials, and 14
International Journal of Solids & Structures and 9 Composites Science and Technology

Google scholar citations: 7,044
h-index: 44
i-10 index: 174

32 Applications and Registrations Domestic and International Patents