About PI

Dr. Yongho Sohn is a Pegasus Professor and Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at University of Central Florida. He received his B.S. with honors and M.S. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, MA) in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, respectively. He graduated in 1999 with Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN), and spent two years as a post-doctoral research scholar at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT). He joined University of Central Florida in 2001 as an assistant professor. His research and teaching interests includes metallic alloy powder processing and additive manufacturing (laser powder bed fusion), microstructural analysis and control, multicomponent intrinsic and interdiffusion in multiphase alloys, protective metallic/ceramic coatings for high temperature applications, light-weight metallic alloys and metal-matrix composites, and materials characterization. He has published 11 book chapters and over 220 journal papers. He gave over 580 presentations including 161 invited lectures at conferences around the globe. He is a Fellow of ASM International (FASM), recipient of NSF CAREER Award and Grant (2003-08), Outstanding Materials Engineer Award from Purdue University (2016), Engineer of the Year Award from Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA, 2020). UCF has recognized him as the sole recipient of coveted University Research Excellence Award in 2024, UCF’s 2024, 2017, 2012 and 2006 research incentive awards, and UCF’s 2007 and 2013 teaching incentive award. He is an Associate Editor for Journal of Phase Equilibria (Springer) and Diffusion, and a member of Editorial Board for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (Springer), Metals (MDPI), and Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing (AccScience).