Chonnam National University, School of Mechanical Design Engineering, Gwangju, South Korea.

Chung-Youb Kim is Professor of Mechanical Design Engineering at Chonnam National University, Yosu, Korea. He received his B.S. (1986) in Mechanical Engineering of Korea University, Seoul, Korea, M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. Degree (1993) in Mechanical Engineering of KAIST, Korea. His research interests include fatigue testing and analysis of thin film materials and mechanical components.