Un-Ku Moon College of Engineering
Peter Kurahashi Student | College of Engineering
University Honors College
The future’s so bright…
Early in Peter Kurahashi’s academic career, Un-Ku Moon identified something special in the modest Ph.D. student. Not only was he the top-ranked student in the department academically, “Peter is amazingly well-balanced,” Moon says. “He’s smart, but not a show-off.”
Kurahashi’s interest in electronics was triggered by Moon’s teaching style. “The way he pictures circuits is the same as the approach I take to engineering problems,” Kurahashi says. “We’re a good fit. His style is less methodical and more intuitive of how things work.”
Like most engineering students, Kurahashi completed an internship through the Multiple Engineering Cooperative Program (MECOP). At Planar Systems, he tested liquid-crystal displays and helped develop an optical touch screen. He spent another internship at Hewlett-Packard working on molecular memory, feedback-controlled electromigration and nano break-junctions.
“Mentoring is teaching people to mentor others,” Moon says. “It’s not just about engineering, it’s about thinking bigger.”
