Hyun-Joong Chung, PhD, P.Eng.

Area of Study / Keywords

Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Materials Characterization and Processing Polymeric Materials Sensors Polymers

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About

Hyun-Joong Chung is a Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. He leads a research program on polymeric materials science, specifically on gels and elastomers with functionalities for sensors, actuators, and medical devices.

B.Sc. - KAIST (2000), PhD - U. Pennsylvania (2005), Senior Engineer @ Samsung Display (2006 - 2009), Post-doc - U. Illionois at Urbana-Champaign (2009 - 2012)

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Research

Please refer to my research group website:

https://www.smdl-canada.com/

And, please see link below for recent contributions from my research group:

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=oT7ywJkAAAAJ&hl=en

Recent Projects:

• Hydrogels for chemical and physical sensing
• Colorimetric chemical sensors
• Gel electrolytes for medical applications
• Elastomer composites for medical devices
• Magnetically controlled 3D printed structures
• and any related fundamental and application studies on hydrogels and elastomers

Keywords: Gels, Elastomers, Sensors, Adhesives, Medical devices, Colorimetric devices, Polyampholytes, Polymer physics, Nanocomposites.

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Teaching

• MatE491/669 – Physics and Applications of Functional Materials (F16, F17, F18, F19, F20, F22, W25, W26)
• CME494/694 – Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering (F24) 
• CME482/689 – Fundamentals of Polymers / Polymer Properties (F14, F17, F23, F25)
• CME694 – Physicochemical Properties of Gels and Elastomers (F19)
• MatE211 – Characterization of Materials (W19, W20, W21, W23)
• MatE202 – Materials Science II (F13, W14, W15, S16, S17, W23)
• MatE335 – Phase Transformation I (F23)
• MatE390 – Introduction to Nano and Functional Materials (F15)
• CME483 – Colloquium II (W13, W21)
• CME481 – Colloquium I (F14, F16, F25)

CME 482 - Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering

Molecular weight distribution and their measurement techniques, polymerization methods, amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers, glass transition, crystallization and melting, rubber elasticity, tensile property, polymer melts and rheology, polymer solutions and blends, case studies of polymer melt and solution processing, examples of environmental impact and recycling. Prerequisites: MAT E 202 and (MAT E 204 or CH E 343).

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CME 694 - Advanced Topics in Chemical and Materials Engineering

An advanced treatment of selected chemical and materials engineering topics of current interest to staff and students.

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Browse more courses taught by Hyun-Joong Chung

Monojit Batabyal, Ozge Zengin Akca, Shima Jalali, Eric Rivard, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2026 June; 10.1021/acsapm.6c01465

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Rayan A. M. Basodan, Jack Keddie, Byoungyoul Park, Hyun‐Joong Chung

Advanced Engineering Materials. 2026 February; 10.1002/adem.202502775

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Jueun Lee, Zhitong Lin, Hyun‐Joong Chung

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 2025 December; 10.1002/macp.202500311

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David Liu, Eric Brian Gamboa, Akshay Kothamath, Colleen Lam, Rayan A. M. Basodan, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 2025 August; 10.1021/acsaenm.5c00449

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Zhitong Lin, Gabrielle Anne Bacani, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 2025 February; 10.1021/acsaenm.4c00811

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Ozge Zengin Akca, Rayan A. M. Basodan, Fredrick Flores, Byoungyoul Park, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2024 October; 10.1021/acsapm.4c02989

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Nathan Jen, Jake Hadfield, Guilherme M. Bessa, Marco Amabili, David S. Nobes, Hyun-Joong Chung

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2023 September; 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.105994

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Nathan Jen, Guilherme M. Bessa, Kaelyn Nicolson, Jianliang Xiao, David S. Nobes, Hyun-Joong Chung

iScience. 2022 June; 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104369

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Hyun‐Joong Chung, Andrew M. Parsons, Lelin Zheng

Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2021 March; 10.1002/aisy.202000186

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Dinara Zhalmuratova, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2020 March; 10.1021/acsapm.9b01078

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Dinara Zhalmuratova, Thanh-Giang La, Katherine Ting-Ting Yu, Alexander R. A. Szojka, Stephen H. J. Andrews, Adetola B. Adesida, Chun-il Kim, David S. Nobes, Darren H. Freed, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2019 September; 10.1021/acsami.9b10524

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Hemant Charaya, Xinda Li, Nathan Jen, Hyun-Joong Chung

Langmuir. 2019 February; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02281

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Thanh‐Giang La, Shide Qiu, Dylan K. Scott, Reyhaneh Bakhtiari, Jonathan W. P. Kuziek, Kyle E. Mathewson, Jana Rieger, Hyun‐Joong Chung

Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2018 November; 10.1002/adhm.201801033

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Xinda Li, Hemant Charaya, Guy M. Bernard, Janet A. W. Elliott, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Byeongdu Lee, Hyun-Joong Chung

Macromolecules. 2018 April; 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02498

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Polymers. 2017 October; 10.3390/polym9110558

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Thanh-Giang La, Xinda Li, Amit Kumar, Yiyang Fu, Shu Yang, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017 September; 10.1021/acsami.7b08907

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Xinda Li, Li Liu, Xianzong Wang, Yong Sik Ok, Janet A. W. Elliott, Scott X. Chang, Hyun-Joong Chung

Scientific Reports. 2017 May; 10.1038/s41598-017-01873-3

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Biomacromolecules. 2015 January; 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00018

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