{{Short description|Korean American engineer (d. 2020)}} {{Western name order|1=Chae Junseok}} {{family name hatnote|Chae||lang=Korean}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Junseok Chae | alma_mater = Korea University (BS)<br>University of Michigan (MS, PhD) | workplaces = Arizona State University | fields = Microelectromechanical systems | awards = NSF Career Award | thesis_title = High-Sensitivity, Low-Noise, Multi-Axis Capacitive Micro-Accelerometers | thesis_url = https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004338155 | thesis_year = 2003 | doctoral_advisor = {{Interlanguage link|Khalil Najafi|lt=|||qid=Q97672599}} | death_date = 25 March 2020 | death_place = Phoenix, Arizona, US | native_name = 채준석 | native_name_lang = ko }}
'''Junseok Chae''' ({{Korean|hangul=채준석}}; died 25 March 2020) was a South Korean engineer and academic administrator specialized in microelectromechanical systems. He was a professor at the Arizona State University (ASU) School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering and associate dean of research and innovation at ASU Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
== Life == Chae completed a B.S. in metallurgical engineering at Korea University in 1998. He earned a M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2003) in electrical engineering and computer science at University of Michigan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Junseok Chae iSearch|url=https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/858955|access-date=2020-07-26|website=isearch.asu.edu}}</ref> His dissertation was titled ''High-Sensitivity, Low-Noise, Multi-Axis Capacitive Micro-Accelerometers''. Chae's doctoral advisor was {{Interlanguage link|Khalil Najafi|lt=|||qid=Q97672599}}.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chae|first=Junseok|url=|title=High-Sensitivity, Low-Noise, Multi-Axis Capacitive Micro-Accelerometers|date=2003|publisher=University of Michigan.|isbn=978-0-496-27301-0|location=|pages=|oclc=862139678}}</ref> He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Engineering Research Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Junseok Chae - Person|url=https://sustainability.asu.edu/person/|access-date=2020-07-26|website=Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability|language=en-US}}</ref>
Chae joined Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005 as an assistant professor of engineering. On August 15, 2017, Chae became associate dean of research and innovation at ASU Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Clement|first=Monique|date=August 17, 2017|title=Junseok Chae named Associate Dean for Research and Innovation|url=https://intheloop.engineering.asu.edu/2017/08/17/junseok-chae-named-associate-dean-for-research-and-innovation/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-26|website=|language=en-US}}</ref> He was a professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering. Chae received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award on MEMS protein sensor array.<ref name=":0" />
== Death == Chae went missing after work on 25 March 2020. Police officers in Shreveport, Louisiana contacted Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on 30 March after locating three individuals in possession of Chae's vehicle. Police officers found that Chae was killed in Phoenix, Arizona near the intersection of 7th Street and Arizona State Route 74. On 15 July 2020, police charged 18-year-old Javian Ezell and 18-year-old Gabrielle Austin with first-degree murder, armed robbery, and theft of means of transportation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Carter|first=Cydeni|date=2020-07-24|title=Two arrested after missing ASU professor's remains located in Surprise landfill|url=https://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/surprise/two-arrested-after-asu-professors-remains-were-located-in-landfill|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-26|website=KNXV|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sanchez|first=Ray|date=July 25, 2020|title=Two teens charged with murder in the death of an Arizona State University professor|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/25/us/arizona-state-professor-junseok-chae-murder/index.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-26|website=CNN}}</ref> Chae's remains were found on 17 July 2020 in the Northwest Regional Landfill.<ref name=":1" /> He was bludgeoned to death.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 28, 2020|title=Arizona State University professor fatally bludgeoned during robbery, police say|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2020/07/28/arizona-state-professor-fatally-bludgeoned-during-robbery-police-say/5527137002/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US}}</ref>
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