Kim Research Group

"MicroSystems in Moving Fluids"

Education

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2006-2009.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2006.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2002.
B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Seoul Nation University, Seoul, Korea, 1997.

Research Interests

The design, fabrication, and system integration of micro/nano sensors, actuators, circuits; biomedical microsystems; and energy harvesting devices for integrated, wireless, distributed, and portable microsystems.

Honors, Recognition, and Awards

Research Excellence Award, from ECE, University of Utah, 2016.
Teaching Excellence Recognition, from the College of Engineering, University of Utah, 2013.
NSF CAREER Award, 2012.
DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2011.
Best Paper Award, International conference on Commercialization of Micro and Nanao Systems (COMS '14), 2014.
Best Paper Award, ,with eight other co-authors, International conference on Commercialization of Micro and Nanao Systems (COMS '08), 2008.
Best Paper Award, with four other co-authors, the 38th International Design Automation Conference (DAC '01), 2001.

First Prize, Conceptual Category, with three other co-authors, the International Student Design Contest in the 38th International Design Automation Conference (DAC '01), 2001.
Summer Research Fellowship, EECS Department in the University of Michigan, 2000.
Rotary Club Scholarship, Rotary Club International, 1999.

Professional Service

Service to Professional Societies

Tehnical Program Committee:
-18th Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Transducers ’17), Transducers 2017, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, July, 2017. 
-17th Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Transducers ’15), Transducers 2015, Anchorage Alaska, July, 2015. 
-14th Intl Workshop on Micro and Nano Technology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, PowerMEMS 2015, Boston, MA, December, 2015.  -28th IEEE Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015, Estoril, Portugal, January, 2015. 
-15th Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Workshop 2014, Hilton Head Island, SC, June, 2014.
-26th IEEE Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2013, Taipei, Taiwan, January, 2013.  
-11th Intl Workshop on Micro and Nano Technology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, PowerMEMS 2012, Atlanta, GA, December, 2012.  
-14th Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Workshop 2012, Hilton Head Island, SC, June, 2012. 
-10th Annual State Wide Nanotechnology Conference, NanoUtah 14, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2014. 
-9th Annual State Wide Nanotechnology Conference, NanoUtah 13, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2013. 
-8th Annual State Wide Nanotechnology Conference, NanoUtah 12, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2012.  
-7th Annual State Wide Nanotechnology Conference, NanoUtah 11, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2011. 
-6th Annual State Wide Nanotechnology Conference, NanoUtah 10, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2010.