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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently named Dr. Yang-Ki Hong as the Elbert Allen (Larry) Drummond Endowed Chair in electrical and computer engineering.

As the Larry Drummond Endowed Chair, Hong will work to advance research in areas such as nano- and submicron scale magnetism, magnetic materials, and magnetic devices.

Most recently, Hong served as a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Idaho. His previous experience includes work as a senior vice president and research and development director of OCI Conglomerate Group Co., now known as DCC, in Seoul, South Korea. He also served as a research scientist at Auburn University and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. In addition, Hong was a visiting professor at the Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea.

Active in many professional organizations, Hong serves as a reviewer for Applied Physics Letters, The Journal of Applied Physics, and IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. He has published more than 60 papers in technical journals and presented about 100 papers at conferences and workshops. In addition, Hong has been awarded 13 patents.

Hong received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, in 1972. He then went on to pursue a master’s degree in solid state physics from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, in 1974, and he received his doctorate from the University of Utah in 1981.

The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama established the Elbert Allen (Larry) Drummond Chair of Computer Engineering at the Capstone in 1986 with gifts from the Drummond Co. Inc. to advance the quality of the computer engineering program at UA.

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s fully accredited College of Engineering has about 1,900 students and nearly 100 faculty. In the last seven years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater scholars, Hollings scholars and Portz scholars.