Polymer Technology Center

Steve Suh
Assistant Professor Of Mechanical Engineering

Office: 224 Engineering/Physics Building
Email: ssuh@mengr.tamu.edu
Phone: 979.845-1417
Fax: 979.845-3081

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Research Highlights (.pdf)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, 1998-Present.
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Space Power Institute & Mechanical Engr. Dept., Auburn University, 1997-1998.
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engr. Dept., Texas A&M University, 1996-1997.
• Instructor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, 1994-1996.
• Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, 1992-1994.
• Research Assistant, Aerospace Engineering Department, Texas A&M University, 1991-1992.
• Research Assistant, Mech. Engineering Department, Auburn University, 1989-1991.
• Project Director, Aerospace Industry Development Center, Taiwan, 1988-1989.
• Project Engineer, Aerospace Industry Development Center, Taiwan, 1985-1988.
• Manufacturing Engineer, Aerospace Industry Development Center, Taiwan, 1984-1985.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Suh, C.S. and Burger, C.P. "Effects of Thermo-Mechanical Coupling and Relaxation
Times on Wave Spectrum in Dynamic Theory of Generalized Thermoelasticity," J. of
Applied Mechanics, Vol. 65, No. 3, pp605-615, (1998)

2. Suh, C.S., and Burger, C.P. "Thermoelastic Modeling of Laser-Induced Stress Waves in Plates," J. of Thermal Stresses, (to appear)

3. Suh, C.S., Rabroker, G.A., Chona, R., and Burger, C.P. "Lamb Wave Propagation as a Temperature Diagnostic in Silicon Wafer Processing: Experimental Implementation and Results," Proc. of the 1998 SEM Spring Conf. on Experimental Mechanics, pp 455-458, (1998)

4. Rabroker, G.A., Suh, C.S., Chona, R., and Burger, C.P. "Lamb Wave Propagation as a Temperature Diagnostic in Silicon Wafer Processing: Some Analytical Considerations," Proceeding of the 1998 SEM Spring Conf. on Experimental Mechanics, pp 459-461, (1998)

5. Rabroker, G.A., Suh, C.S., Burger, C.P., and Chona, R. "Analytical Feasibility of Laser Induced Stress Waves Thermometry Applied to Silicon Wafers," Proc. of the Symp. on Applica-tions of Experimental Mechanics to Electronic Packaging, ASME, AMD-Vol. 226, pp. 45-50, (1997)

6. Suh, C.S., Burger, C.P., DeCarvalho, E.A., and Chona, R., "A Proposed Thermoelastic
Model for Laser-Generated Ultrasound," Proc. of the Second Int'l Symp. on Thermal Stresses and Related Topics, pp. 705-708, Rochester, New York, (1997)

7. Suh, C.S., Rabroker, G.A., Burger, C.P., and Chona, R. (1997) " Ultrasonic
Time-Frequency Characteriza-tion of Silicon Wafers at Elevated Temperatures, "
Proc. of the Symp. on Appl. of Exper. Mechanics to Electronic Packaging, ASME, EEP-Vol. 22/AMD-Vol. 226, pp. 37-44.

8. Suh, C.S. and Burger, C.P. "Experimental Time-Frequency Analysis of Laser-Induced Lamb Waves," Proc. of the 1997 SEM Spring Conf. on Exper. Mech., pp. 279-280, (1997)