Harold S. Park

Mechanical Engineering Chair's Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado
Department of Mechanical Engineering
427 UCB Boulder, CO 80309
Curriculum Vitae
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Available research positions

  • Research Positions

  • News

  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, March 30, 2009
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, December 5, 2008
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, July 21, 2008
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, June 30, 2008
  • Dr. Park was recently awarded the Young Faculty Award from DARPA (March 18, 2008)
  • Dr. Park was recently awarded the CAREER Award from the NSF (August, 2007)
  • Congratulations to Dr. Changjiang Ji, who successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on July 2, 2007! Dr. Ji's dissertation title was Surface Effects on the Mechanical Properties of FCC Metal Nanowires.
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, February 19, 2007
  • University of Colorado, Department of Mechanical Engineering - beginning Summer, 2007
  • Nano Today - November 2006 Issue
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, November 13, 2006
  • Vanderbilt Register, April 24, 2006
  • Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, December 26, 2005
  • Vanderbilt Register, October 17, 2005

    Education

    PhD, Northwestern University (2004)
    MS, Northwestern University (2001)
    BS, Northwestern University (1999)


    Research Summary

    Dr. Park's research concentrates on the synergy between computational methods and materials physics, and the advances in the understanding of material behavior that can be possible as a result. For his dissertation research, he worked on multiple scale methods to dynamically couple atomistic and continuum simulations, with application to dynamic fracture modeling. Currently, he is interested in the modeling and simulation of metal nanowires, as well as in using multiple scale methodology to capture surface effects and surface stresses on the mechanical behavior of nanostructured materials such as nanoparticles, nanowires, and quantum dots.

    Research Interests

  • Surface effects on the mechanical properties of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
  • Coupled physics (thermomechanical, optomechanical, electromechanical) analyses of nanowires
  • Mechanics of graphene
  • Multiple scale modeling of solids
  • Atomistic modeling of metal nanowires

    Journal Publications

  • List Of All Publications (Journal Articles, Books, Book Chapters, Journal Special Issues Edited)
  • Graphene Papers
  • Surface Cauchy-Born Papers
  • Nanowire Papers
  • Multiscale Papers
  • Meshfree Papers

  • Books

    1. W.K. Liu, E.G. Karpov and H.S. Park. Nano Mechanics and Materials: Theory, Multiscale Methods and Applications, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN:0-470-01851-8, 2006.

    Current Research Group

  • Dr. Sung Youb Kim (post-doctoral scholar)
  • Mr. Geng Yun (Ph.D. candidate)
  • Mr. Xiaohu Qian (Ph.D. candidate)
  • Mr. Shuangxing Dai (Ph.D. candidate)

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    Harold Park
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    ECME 273
    427 UCB
    Boulder, CO 80309
    Phone: (303) 492-7750
    Fax: (303) 492-3498
    Email:harold.park@colorado.edu
    Last Modified March 27, 2009