Dr. Sang H.Choi

Dr. Sang Choi head shot

Dr. Sang H. Choi is a senior scientist at NASA Langley Research Center, leading a research team in advanced electronic and energetic materials. He has worked on numerous research projects, such as satellite ERBE sensors, solar-pumped lasers, plasma switches, microwave reflectometers & rectennas, solar thermal rocket, bionano battery, smart optics, nano-energetic propellants, micro-spectrometer, neural probe, and nuclear thermionic avalanche cells. Dr. Choi also served for NASA’s Quantum Technology Blue Sky team, NASA’s Risk-Taking Success Strategy Committee, NASA LaRC Ideation-Innovation Blue Sky Team, and NASA LaRC Honor Awards panel.

Dr. Choi received 71 awards from NASA. Dr. Choi also received 3 of Nano50 Awards for his innovative bionano technology in 2006 and 2007, respectively, and a Nano50 Award cited as an “Innovator of the Year” in 2008. He won R&D100 Award in 2009, the 2010 SOLAR Award in 2010, and 1st prize in the 2017 Create the Future Design Contest in Electronics.

Dr. Choi published over 200 technical papers and reports. He received 43 U.S. patents and 7 patents pending out of his 140 inventions. He has total 28 invited, featured, plenary, or keynote talks on various technical areas.  Dr. Choi has given 73 invited talks on general subject areas and has 26 news media captures.

Dr. Choi served as the Editor-in-Chief for a technical journal. Dr. Choi has served as the conference chairs and session chairs for numerous professional events. Dr. Choi is a fellow of SPIE and associate fellow of AIAA.