Experience

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Professor

  • Jul 2014 - Present

  RESEARCH INTERESTS • Nano-bio-chemical sensing and micro/nanoscale thermal-fluids applications using nano-biophotonics and M/NEMS technique. • Energy conversion such as solar energy harvesting, thermophotovoltaics, and light emitting diode (LED) nanowire applications. • Ultra-sensitive, super-resolution, and three-dimensional surface plasmon resonance imaging coupled with ultrafast and nanoscale scanning. • Hyperbolic metamaterials, perfect absorption, and plasmonics. • Thermo-fluidic analysis, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), mechanical design, and experiments: reheating furnace, reactor, heat exchanger, combustion device, and others. Show less



Sandia National Laboratories

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Scientist

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2014

  Enhanced energy transfer system using hyperbolic and epsilon-near-zero metamaterials • Developing surface Plasmon dispersion control device to enhance energy transfer in near-field using ultra-thin film process • Infrared integrated diffraction grating using E-beam lithography (EBL), FIB, SEM, EDX, and plasma etching • Designed and microfabricated perfect absorbers coated with quantum dots using ultra-thin film (PVD) • Simulated devices using Lumerical and Matlab for electrodynamics calculation for surface Plasmon enhancement and energy density increase • Developed fabrication process and characterization including photolithography, thin films, plasma process, wet and dry etch, thermal process, ellipsometer, polishing, hardening, and FTIR • Improved fabrication process with strong problem-solving skills and technical background in design, fabrication, and integration of nano/microscale devices, reliability and characterization • I. Kim and K. Kihm, Progressive dryout of nanofluids on the hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces, Journal of Heat Transfer, 135, 080911, 2013 • H. Yi, I. Kim, and K. Kihm, “Dryout Patterns of Nanofluids With Different Initial Concentrations of Nanoparticles (47nm, Al2O3), Journal of Heat Transfer, 135, 080910, 2013 • T. S. Luk,* I. Kim,* Campione, S.W. Howell, G. S. Subramania, R. Grubbs, I. Brenner, H, Chen, S, Fan, and, M. Sinclair, Near-infrared surface Plasmon polariton dispersion control with hyperbolic metamaterials (*equally contributed), Optics Express, 21, 11107, 2013 Show less



Argonne National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

  - Metal nanoparticle plasmon enhanced light harvesting in Photosystem I thin film. - Enhanced light absorption of photosynthetic molecules by metal nanoparticles in solution phase. - Metal enhanced photocurrent in multilayer Photosystem thin film. - In-situ visualization of charge separation in Photosystem coupled with metal nanoparticles. • I. Kim et al Metal nanoparticle-enhanced light-harvesting in Photosystem I thin film, Nano Letters 11, 3091-3098, 2011. • I. Kim and K. D. Kihm, Measuring near-field nanoparticle concentration fields by correlating SPR reflectance with nanofluidic effective refractive index (ERI), Optics Letters 35, 393-395, 2010. Show less



University of Tennessee

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2004 - Dec 2008

  - Development of surface plasmon resonance (planar and localized SPR) imaging techniques, and its application into nano-bio materials and thermal/fluids. - Micro-scale investigation of capillary pumped heat transport systems (CPHTS) with a binary mixture working fluid, Air Force. - Evaporation-induced self-assembly of nanoparticles and optical characterization of nanofluids. • I. Kim and K. D. Kihm, Unveiling hidden complex cavities formed by evaporative nanofluidic (Al2O3) self-assembly, Journal of Heat Transfer 131, 080907-1, 2009. • B. A. Green, R. Steward, I. Kim, C. K. Choi, P. K. Liaw, K. D. Kihm, and Y. Yokoyama, In situ observation of pitting corrosion of the Zr50Cu40Al10 bulk metallic glass, Intermetallics 17, 568-571, 2009. • I. Kim and K. D. Kim, Unveiling of hidden complex cavities formed during nanocrystalline self assembly, Langmuir 25, 1881-1884, 2009, selected as a cover page in issue 4. • I. T. Kim and K. D. Kihm, Label-Free and Near-Field Mapping of Molecular Diffusion (Saline Solution/Water) Using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Refractive Index Field Imaging, Journal of Heat Transfer 130, 080906-1, 2008. • I. T. Kim and K.D. Kihm, Full-field and real-time SPR imaging thermometry, Optics Letters 32, 3456~3458, 2007. • I. T. Kim and K.D. Kihm, Real-time and full-field detection of near-wall salinity using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) reflectance, Analytical Chemistry 79, 5418~5423, 2007. • I. T. Kim and K. D. Kihm, Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) reflectance imaging: A label-free/real-time mapping of microscale mixture concentration fields (Water+Ethanol), Journal of Heat Transfer 129, 930, 2007. • I. T. Kim and K.D. Kihm, Label-free visualization of microfluidic mixture concentration fields using a surface plasmon resonance (spr) reflectance imaging, Experiments in Fluids 41, 905~916, 2006. Show less



Texas A&M University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2003 - Jul 2004

  Completed doctoral course, passed a qualifying exam at top score, and transferred to Univ of Tennessee with an advisor with his distinguished professorship Completed doctoral course, passed a qualifying exam at top score, and transferred to Univ of Tennessee with an advisor with his distinguished professorship



POSCO

• South Korea
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Engineer and Assistant Manager, Energy Division

  • Sep 1995 - Aug 2003

  - Engineering design of furnace and thermal fluidic analysis of industrial facilities such as heat exchangers, burners, coolers, and power plant .The development of the RH-OB Burner in steel making process. .The thermodynamic engineering of the 260T/H reheating furnace. .Three-dimensional analysis of the walking beam type slab reheating furnace in hot strip mills. - Thermal-fluidic analysis .The establishment of the optimal refurbishment maintenance in the gas turbine of the LNG power plant. .The development of the analysis program for the prediction of the temperature of the outer casing of the teeming ladle by IHCP method. .The transient heat transfer analysis of the insulation cover of the billet for energy saving in the wire rod mills by experiment and numerical method. - Energy saving and efficiency improvement .The study on the improvement of combustion instability of gas turbine (GT11N2). .The energy saving by heat efficiency increase and air leak decrease in gas air heater in power plant (100MW). .The establishment of the 4 MIX GAS (by-product gases and LNG) supply system to the furnaces of the rolling mills in Pohang work through the fuel compatibility study. • J. G. Kim, K. Y. Huh, and I. T. Kim, Three-dimensional analysis of the walking beam type slab reheating furnace in hot strip mills, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A 38, 589~609, 2000. • J. G. Kim, K. Y. Huh and I. T. Kim, Three-dimensional analysis of the walking beam type slab reheating furnace in hot strip mills, Spring meeting, The Korean Institute of Computational Fluid Engineering, Daejon, Korea, May 28, 1999. • I. T. Kim et al, The establishment of optimal standard of reheating furnaces in wire rod mils for energy saving by experiment and three dimensional thermal fluid analysis of reheating furnaces, the 14th workshop of energy saving technology, The Korea Institute of Energy Technology, Daejeon , Korea, Oct. 5, 1999. Show less



Pohang University of Science and Technology

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Mar 1992 - Feb 1994

  • I. T. Kim, K. Y. Huh and C. H. Chun, A study on the plume flow of attitude control thruster in satellite, The Korean Institute of Aeronautics and Space, The national air force school, Cheongju, Korea, April 17, pp. 201-204, 1993. • I. T. Kim, K. Y. Huh and C. H. Chun, A study on the plume flow of attitude control thruster in satellite, The Korean Institute of Aeronautics and Space, The national air force school, Cheongju, Korea, April 17, pp. 201-204, 1993.