Hyuk Chang, Senior Vice President and Samsung Fellow at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), a corporate research center of Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea, will give the plenary talk, “Innovation in Electronic Materials: Creating Novel Devices with New Functionalities,” at the 2014 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston. In the race to release new technology, product performance relies on the aid of new materials. However, “electronic materials innovations are falling behind the device revolution,” said Chang. “Materials and devices therefore have to be synchronized in the development process from the beginning stage of research so that the performance requirements can be understood in order to accelerate the enhancement of both materials and devices.”

Focusing on recent achievements at Samsung Electronics, Chang will demonstrate this “innovation loop” in organic semiconductors, inorganic nanomaterials, and optical film materials for display devices as well as energy storage, conversion, and ion-transport materials for rechargeable batteries. He will also emphasize the advanced experimental methodologies based on materials informatics and analytical science. The presentation will be given on Monday, Dec. 1, at 6:30 pm, in the Grand Ballroom, second floor of the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

Chang is now Director of the Materials Research Center of SAIT. In 2011, he was appointed Samsung Fellow—the most honorable in Samsung’s researchers and engineers—in recognition of his technology leadership in Samsung and industries as well. Prior to that, he held a research associate position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Utah and has over 120 technical publications and 30 US patents.