- Having focus on the Bosch Engineering System - Product Engineer (BES-PE) and the Mechanical DFMEA.- Building advanced knowledge in structural mechanic and reliability statistic.

- Investigation effect of environmental conditions on friction characteristics of atomically-thin (2D) materials: Project leader.- Investigation surface properties of laser-treated Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets for optoelectronic applications: Collaboration with co-authors from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

- Investigation of friction and surface damage characteristics of two dimensional materials, including single and multiple atomic-layer h-BN, MoS2 and graphene, using AFM and Raman spectroscopy: Project leader.- Investigation of laser-induced thermal effect on two dimensional materials using AFM and Raman spectroscopy: Project leader.- Preparation and characterization of heterostructure of two dimensional materials using AFM: Collaboration with co-authors from University of Ulsan, Chung-Ang University, Sogang University, and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST).

- Quantitative assessment of contact and non-contact lateral force calibration methods for AFM cantilever: Collaboration with co-authors from University of Ulsan- Investigation of mechanical characteristics of silicon nano-wire using AFM contact resonance (CR-AFM) methods: Collaboration with co-authors from University of Ulsan- Investigation of piezoelectric properties of thin film polymer using Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM): Project leader- Preparation and characterization of beta-Amyloid using AFM: Collaboration with co-authors from University of Ulsan, and Yonsei University.

- Study the dispersion and separation processes of multi-wall carbon nano-tubes (MWCNTs) in the de-ionized (DI) water.- Study the modification and dispersion characteristics of the multi-walls carbon nano-tubes (MWCNTs) using the H2SO4/HNO3 and ultralviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-VIs), respectively.