Chanyeop Park

Chanyeop Park is joining Arizona State University’s faculty with aspirations to achieve a significant advance in his field of expertise.

“I have identified a way to solve a problem considered unsolvable for over a half-century,” Park says. “My research aims to address this challenge using a new concept enabled by a new material I have been developing.”

Park, who earned a doctoral degree in electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2018, sees ASU’s resources aiding his progress in bringing the benefits of his discovery to the high-tech domain.

While in pursuit of that goal, he will be teaching electrical engineering as an associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU. 

Park encourages students in the EEE 241 Fundamentals of Electromagnetics course to engage in discussions, ask questions and share insights.

Students will benefit from Park’s wide-ranging expertise in high-voltage and power electronics, circuit breakers, functional composites and electronics packaging.

His skills also extend to high-frequency transformers, transportation electrification, supercritical fluids, machine learning and multiphysics modeling, among other related specialties.

Expertise in those and related areas have helped Park and his collaborators attract more than $11 million from federal government and industry sponsors to support a variety of research endeavors.

Park says he foresees ASU’s standing in science and engineering offering great potential to expand his research through multidisciplinary collaborations.

“I am excited to build new research teams and go after large multi-university research grants,” Park says.

He prepared for a career as a researcher by earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering at Hanyang University in South Korea.

He then became an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Mississippi State University.

Along the way, Park won a Best Presentation Award at the Hyundai Motors Global Top Talent Forum, a Global Fellowship from the Kwanjeong Educational Foundation, and a Best Intern Award from National Instruments.

Apart from his many varied and intensive undertakings in today’s fast-evolving technological realms, Park has developed a passion for a particular sport in which he hopes to continue developing his talent in Arizona.

“I love playing tennis,” he says.

Meet the newest faculty members of the Fulton Schools of Engineering here.

Written by Joe Kullman