Sukwon Choi

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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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Recent Publications

Epitaxial growth of single-crystalline (0002) BeO film on (2¯01) β-Ga2O3 substrate

Jung, D., Jang, Y., Bae, J., Han, S., Bong, H., Kim, N. I., Choi, S., Sultane, P. R., Bielawski, C. W., Ryou, J. H. & Oh, J., Apr 15 2026, In: Applied Surface Science. 725, 165719.

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Material-level characterization of the intrinsic mechanical quality factor of Al1-xScxN

Kang, K., Esteves, G., Young, T. R., Murrieta-Cortes, J. P., An, M., McGaughey, A. J. H., Ramos-Alvarado, B., Trolier-McKinstry, S. E. & Choi, S., Oct 1 2026, In: Acta Materialia. 318, 122604.

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Thermal Optimization of the Buffer Layer Thickness of GaN HEMTs

Karim, A., Walwil, H., Kang, K., Kim, S., Shoemaker, D. C., Barton, H., Lee, K. K., Tweedie, J. S. & Choi, S., 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 73, 1, p. 164-171 8 p.

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Analysis of Multifinger GaN HEMTs Using Gate Resistance Thermometry, Raman Thermometry, and Infrared Thermal Microscopy

Kim, S., Shoemaker, D. C., Walwil, H., Wildeson, I., Srivastava, P., Zivasatienraj, B. & Choi, S., Dec 1 2026, In: Journal of Electronic Packaging. 148, 4, 040905.

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Optimization Factors for the Thermal Design of Packaged GaN High-Electron-Mobility Transistors

Kim, S., Shoemaker, D. C., Walwil, H., Kang, K., Kim, J., Woo, K., Zivasatienraj, B., Srivastava, P., Wildeson, I., Chowdhury, S. & Choi, S., Apr 1 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 73, 4, p. 1734-1741 8 p.

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Ultra-Wide Bandgap AlN/AlGaN/AlN-on-SiC HEMT with Record-High Thermal Performance

Kim, S., Kim, E., Singhal, J., Encomendero, J., Jena, D., Xing, H. G. & Choi, S., Jun 1 2026, In: IEEE Electron Device Letters. 47, 6, p. 1177-1180 4 p.

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A ratio-based dual-spot-size time-domain thermoreflectance approach for accurate determination of the in-plane thermal conductivity of AlN thin films and beyond

Murrieta-Cortes, J. P., Walwil, H., Encomendero, J., Xu, Q., Zhou, H., Tiwari, J., Kim, E., Feng, T., Jena, D., Xing, H. G. & Choi, S., Sep 15 2026, In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 266, 128853.

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Thermal Design Guidelines for Multifinger GaN HEMTs

Shoemaker, D. C., Kim, S., Walwil, H., Zivasatienraj, B., Srivastava, P., Wildeson, I. & Choi, S., May 1 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 73, 5, p. 2519-2525 7 p.

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High thermal boundary conductance across a GaN/SiC interface characterized via signal-ratio-based dual-frequency time-domain thermoreflectance

Walwil, H., Song, Y., Lee, S. H., Wildeson, I., Zivasatienraj, B., Redwing, J. M. & Choi, S., Feb 21 2026, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 139, 7, 075103.

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High Thermal Conductivity Transfer-Printed Polycrystalline Diamond Membranes for Device- and Chip-Level Thermal Management

Walwil, H., Wang, C., Kim, S., Zhou, X., Suter, L., Muehle, M., Kim, T. K., Kim, M., Oh, J., Kwak, J. S., Seo, J. H. & Choi, S., Jul 14 2026, In: ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 8, 13, p. 5228-5237 10 p.

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Comparison of the MOCVD growth and properties of wafer-scale transition metal dichalcogenide epitaxial monolayers

Choudhury, T. H., Trainor, N., Chen, C., Chubarov, M., Bachu, S., Momeni, K., Lundh, J. S., Hickey, D. R., Zhang, T., Sebastian, A., Zhu, H., Song, B., Chen, Y., Huet, B., Bansal, A., Choi, S., Alem, N., Terrones, M., Jariwala, D. & Das, S. & 1 others, Redwing, J. M., Oct 1 2025, In: 2D Materials. 12, 4, 045009.

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Phonon transport in Al-rich AlxGa1−xN thin films

Kang, K., Pathak, A., Song, Y., Walwil, H., Mirabito, T., McIlwaine, N. S., Ji, M., Larkin, L. A. S., Saltonstall, C. B., Allerman, A. A., Maria, J. P., Redwing, J. M., Malen, J. A., McGaughey, A. J. H. & Choi, S., Aug 28 2025, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 138, 8, 085101.

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Thermal analysis of base metal electrode multilayer ceramic capacitors

Kang, K., Shoemaker, D. C., Yousefian, P., Cockburn, J., Ellmore, A., Lanagan, M. T., Randall, C. A., Trolier-McKinstry, S. & Choi, S., Oct 2025, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 108, 10, e70020.

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Characterization of hotspot formation in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs by probing Raman scattering through an optically transparent gate

Karim, A., Shoemaker, D. C., Kim, T. K., Kwak, J. S. & Choi, S., Jul 21 2025, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 138, 3, 034507.

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A Comparative Analysis of Electrical and Optical Thermometry Techniques for AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

Kim, S., Shoemaker, D. C., Karim, A., Walwil, H., Dejarld, M. T., Tahhan, M. B., Vaillancourt, J., Chumbes, E. M., Laroche, J. R., Pavlidis, G., Graham, S. & Choi, S., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 72, 1, p. 162-168 7 p.

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