W. Hong Yeo
(he/him)
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Marcus Nano #4133Georgia TechBiography
Dr. Yeo holds the title of G.P. "Bud" Peterson and Valerie H. Peterson Endowed Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He is also the director of the Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare Center, the NSF Research Traineeship Program in Sustainable Development of Smart Medical Devices, and the KIAT-Georgia Tech Semiconductor Electronics Center. Dr. Yeo's research focuses on understanding the fundamentals of soft materials, deformable mechanics, interfacial physics, manufacturing, and the integration of hard and soft materials for the development of soft biomedical systems. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and genome sciences from the University of Washington in Seattle and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With numerous peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Yeo has contributed to many prestigious journals, including Science, Science Translational Medicine, Nature Materials, and Nature Machine Intelligence. He is an Associate Editor of Biosensors and Bioelectronics and has received numerous awards, including the Professorship from the Institute Jean Lamour at the Université de Lorraine in France, the Lucy G. Moses Lectureship Award at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the NIH Trailblazer Young Investigator Award, the IEEE Outstanding Engineer Award, the Emory School of Medicine Research Award, and the Imlay Innovation Award. Dr. Yeo is also the founder of two startup companies: Huxley Medical, Inc. and Wis Medical, Inc.
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Inha University
Research Interests
Professor Yeo’s research vision is to advance human healthcare and wellness using sensors and electronic systems. To realize his goal, Professor Yeo has established a strong research program in the fields of soft nanomembrane electronics and human-machine interfaces at Georgia Tech. Professor Yeo’s research solves fundamental problems in rigid sensors and bulky electronics via the study of soft materials, flexible mechanics, nanomanufacturing, soft packaging, and system integration. Using the knowledge gained from studies, Professor Yeo has developed various types of soft biosensors and bioelectronics. These integrated bioelectronic systems with exceptionally small form factors and enhanced tissue compatibility aim to advance disease diagnostics, therapeutics, and rehabilitation. Professor Yeo’s research approach and scientific findings have been published in leading science and engineering journals, including Science, Science Translational Medicine, Nature Materials, Nature Machine Intelligence, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, ACS Nano, and Advanced Materials.
