Professional Service

  • Journals. Referee for (21 total) International Journal Robotics Research (2) J Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (2) J Fluid Mechanics (3) Physical Revew E (3) Nature Communications (2) Physical Review Letters (3) Physical Review Applied (2) Science Advances (1) IEEE-Transactions on Robotics (2) Royal Society Proceedings A (1). 01/2018 - 12/2018
  • Journals. Referee for Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics Physical Review E Journal of Neuroscience Methods Journal of Fluid Mechanics Physical Review Letters Advanced Functional Materials Nature Communications Physics of Fluids Physical Review Fluids Physical Review X Scientific Reports. 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016

Honors & Awards

  • University of Nevada, Reno Regents' Rising Researcher Award. Nevada System of Higher Education, 05/2016
  • Ralph E. Hoeper Professorship of Engineering. University of Nevada, Reno, 01/2015
  • CAREER award. National Science Foundation, 06/2013
  • Advanced Light Source Predoctoral Fellow. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 08/2003
  • University Fellowship. University of California, Berkeley, 08/2003
  • Herchel Smith Harvard Fellowship to Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. Harvard University, 09/2000
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. US Department of Defense, 08/2000

Internal Service

  • Industrial outreach committee. 08/2018 - 08/2019. Department service.
  • Mock panel review, co-organizer and participant. 02/03/2017 - 02/03/2017. Department service.
  • SEED Grant Reviewer. 10/14/2016 - 11/2016. University service.
  • Graduate committee member. 08/2016 - 08/2018. Department service.
  • Research Committee member. 08/2016 - 08/2018. Department service.
  • 2016-2017 Thermal Fluids and Energy Science Faculty Search. 08/2016 - 03/2017. Department service.

Outreach

  • Led a teaching module using “Move Like a Microbe” for University of Utah College of Engineering Engineering Day. 11/18/2017 - 11/18/2017
  • Gave Undergraduate Research Colloquium to ME students. 11/06/2017 - 11/06/2017
  • Gave instructions to create Move Like a Microbe demonstration to group from Southern Methodist University. 12/15/2016 - 12/15/2016
  • Led a teaching module using “Move Like a Microbe” for University of Utah College of Engineering Afterschool Program (2016). 12/07/2016 - 12/07/2016
  • Led a teaching module using “Move Like a Microbe” at University of Utah College of Engineering Engineer's Day (2016). 11/05/2016 - 11/05/2016
  • Led a teaching module using “Move Like a Microbe” at University of Nevada, Reno College of Engineering Engineer's Day (2016). 04/12/2016 - 04/12/2016
  • Gave presentation on research to University of Nevada, Reno Biomedical Engineering Society. 03/01/2016 - 03/01/2016

In the Media

  • Article for general public on research published as U. K. Cheang, F. Meshkati, H. Kim, K. Lee, H. C. Fu and M. J. Kim, “Versatile microrobotics using simple modular subunits.” Scientific Reports 6, 30472 (2016). 08/02/2016. http://physicscentral.com/explore/plus/microswimme...
  • Article for general public on research published as U. K. Cheang, F. Meshkati, H. Kim, K. Lee, H. C. Fu and M. J. Kim, “Versatile microrobotics using simple modular subunits.” Scientific Reports 6, 30472 (2016). 08/01/2016. http://www.livescience.com/55610-magnetic-microbea...