Dae Han Sung
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor
Biography
Dae Han Sung is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Utah State University. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). He later joined the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware (UD-CCM) and received his Ph.D. degree in 2023. During his Ph.D. and postdoctoral research in UD-CCM, he participated in the fascinating projects funded from NSF, DOE, AFRL, etc. His expertise is in the design, manufacturing, characterization and optimization of hierarchical composite materials and their multifunctional applications.
Teaching Interests
Experimental Analysis of Composites for Manufacturing, Advanced Composite Materials, Manufacturing of Composite Materials and Structures, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Materials Science
Research Interests
Multiscale Composites Materials, Nanocomposites, Multifunctional Applications, Composite Interface Modification, Polymer Matrix Composites, Manufacturing/Design/Characterization
Awards
2025 Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award (YPELA), 2025
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
2025 Young Professional of the Year, 2025
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Park, S., Alam, S., Stoker, G., Segura, K., Seo, W., Young, D., Lee, J., Sung, D., (2026). Composite-Based Additive Manufacturing (CBAM): Mechanical Characterization of High-throughput Thermoplastic Composites and Urban Air Mobility Applications. Composites Part B: Engineering, 309, 113035.
- Alam, S., Young, D., Sung, D., Lee, J., (2025). Microstructural Characterization and Porosity Analysis in Sheet Lamination and Material Extrusion-based Additively Manufactured Thermoplastic Composites. SAMPE Journal, 61:4, 12-19.
- Deng, K., Khan, M.H, Park, S., Sung, D., Fu, K., (2025). Additive manufacturing of continuous carbon fiber/epoxy composites with structured core-shell towpreg: Methods, characterization, and mechanics. Composites Part B: Engineering, 291, 112001. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2024.112001
- Park, S., Shi, B., Islam, M.M, He, J., Sung, D., Zhang, C., Cao, Z., Shang, Y., Liu, L., Fu, K., (2024). Universal Carbonizable Filaments for 3D Printing. Advanced Functional Materials, 34:51, doi: 10.1002/adfm.202410164
- Sung, D., Doshi, S.M, Rider, A.N, Thostenson, E.T, (2024). Nanomechanical characterization of carbon nanotube-based composite interfaces tailored by electrophoretic deposition. Composites Part B: Engineering, 284, 111741. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2024.111741
- Sung, D., Doshi, S.M, Rider, A.N, Kimble, E., Martin, R., Ahmed, M.T, Thostenson, E.T, (2024). Scalable, roll-to-roll manufacturing of multiscale nanoparticle/fiber composites using electrophoretic deposition: Novel multifunctional in situ sensing applications. Composites Science and Technology, 245, 110322. doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.110322
- Park, S., Cao, Z., Sung, D., Fu, K.K, (2023). High‐Loaded Electrode Filaments for Additive Manufacturing of Structural Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 13:38, doi: 10.1002/aenm.202301704
- Sung, D., Doshi, S.M, Rider, A.N, Thostenson, E.T, (2023). Innovative Alternating Current Electrophoretic Deposition for Micro/Nanoscale Structure Control of Composites. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 5:7, 3715-3725. doi: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c00447
- Doshi, S.M, Murray, C., Chaudhari, A., Sung, D., Thostenson, E.T, (2022). Ultrahigh sensitivity wearable sensors enabled by electrophoretic deposition of carbon nanostructured composites onto everyday fabrics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 10:5, 1617-1624. doi: 10.1039/d1tc05132f
- Sung, D., Doshi, S.M, Murray, C., Rider, A.N, Thostenson, E.T, (2020). Electrophoretic deposition: Novel in situ film growth mechanism of carbon nanocomposite films within non-conductive fabrics for multi-scale hybrid composites. Composites Science and Technology, 200, 108415. doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108415
- Murray, C.M, Doshi, S.M, Sung, D., Thostenson, E.T, (2020). Hierarchical Composites with Electrophoretically Deposited Carbon Nanotubes for In Situ Sensing of Deformation and Damage. Nanomaterials, 10:7, 1262. doi: 10.3390/nano10071262
- Sung, D., Kim, M., Park, Y., (2018). Prediction of thermal conductivities of carbon-containing fiber-reinforced and multiscale hybrid composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 133, 232-239. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2017.09.032
- Sung, D., Kang, G., Kong, K., Kim, M., Park, H.W, Park, Y., (2016). Characterization of thermoelectric properties of multifunctional multiscale composites and fiber-reinforced composites for thermal energy harvesting. Composites Part B: Engineering, 92, 202-209. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.02.050
- Kim, M., Sung, D., Kong, K., Kim, N., Kim, B., Park, H.W, Park, Y., Jung, M., Lee, S.H, Kim, S.G, (2016). Characterization of resistive heating and thermoelectric behavior of discontinuous carbon fiber-epoxy composites. Composites Part B: Engineering, 90, 37-44. doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.11.037
- Seo, W., Park, S., Stoker, G., Fu, K., Sung, D., Fiber Interface Modification via Aqueous Dispersion-based Electrophoretic Deposition of High-Performance Thermoplastics and Resistive Joule Heating Process. 2024 American Society of Composites (ASC) Proceedings / Springer Nature
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Publications | Other
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