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5.05/4/2026

Creates a collaborative learning environment.

4.06/27/2025

Brings enthusiasm to every interaction.

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About Hyoung Jin

Hyoung Jin Cho is a Professor and Interim Department Chair in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering within the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2002, with a dissertation on micromachined permanent magnets and their MEMS applications. He received his M.S. and B.S. degrees in Materials Engineering from Seoul National University in 1991 and 1989, respectively. From 1993 to 1997, he served as a Research Engineer at the Korea Electronics Technology Institute, where he developed multilayered chip inductors and piezoelectric ceramic filters, filing six Korean patents. Cho joined the University of Central Florida in 2002 as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, advancing to Associate Professor in 2007 and Full Professor in 2013. He has held the position of Associate Chair since 2014 and currently serves as Interim Department Chair. Additionally, he is co-director of the NSF Multi-Functional Integrated System Technology Center site at UCF.