Dr. Hyeonu Heo
Title: Assistant Professor
Dept/Program: Mechanical Engineering
Office: AERC 220C
Phone: 330-972-4449
Email: hheo@uakron.edu
Biography
Dr. Hyeonu Heo joined the Mechanical Engineering Department in 2024. Before this appointment, he was a postdoctoral scholar in the Graduate Program in Acoustics at Penn State University from 2022 to 2024 and a postdoctoral fellow in Physics at the University of North Texas from 2017 to 2022. His work has resulted in over 30 papers, including peer-reviewed articles and conference abstracts/proceedings. Dr. Heo has received several awards and honors, including the Early Career Travel Award from the Acoustical Society of America (2022), the Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2021), the Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship from the Korea-American Scientists and Engineers Association, the Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship from the ASME North Texas Chapter (2016), and a Scholarship from the Society of Plastics Engineers (2015).
Research
Computational and Experimental Acoustics, Mechanics and Design of Acoustic/Elastic Metamaterials, Solid Mechanics, Vibration, Advanced Manufacturing, Tire Mechanics and Noise, and Ultrasound
Education
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of North Texas 2016
- M.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 2012
- B.E. in Aerospace Engineering, Korea Aerospace University 2010
Courses
Engineering Analysis