Yongtaek Hong (S'95–M'04) was born in Busan, Korea, in 1971. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in electronics engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, in 1994 and 1996, respectively and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2003. He is currently with the Display Science and Technology Center, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, as a Senior Research Scientist. His research interests are low-cost back plane technologies for robust, flexible flat panel displays and digital radiography sensor arrays. Based on his Ph.D research regarding a-Si:H TFT active-matrix polymer light-emitting displays, he authored and coauthored more than 20 journal papers and conference presentations. Dr. Hong received the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies Scholarship from 1997 to 2002, and the College of Engineering Graduate Student Distinguished Achievement Awards from the University of Michigan in 2003. He is a member of SID and SPIE.