Resume

• 2013

  Enhanced energy transfer system using hyperbolic and epsilon-near-zero metamaterials\n• Developing surface Plasmon dispersion control device to enhance energy transfer in near-field using ultra-thin film process\n• Infrared integrated diffraction grating using E-beam lithography (EBL)

  FIB

  SEM

  EDX

  and plasma etching\n• Designed and microfabricated perfect absorbers coated with quantum dots using ultra-thin film (PVD)\n• Simulated devices using Lumerical and Matlab for electrodynamics calculation for surface Plasmon enhancement and energy density increase\n• Developed fabrication process and characterization including photolithography

  thin films

  plasma process

  wet and dry etch

  thermal process

  ellipsometer

  polishing

  hardening

  and FTIR\n• Improved fabrication process with strong problem-solving skills and technical background in design

  fabrication

  and integration of nano/microscale devices

  reliability and characterization\n\n\n• I. Kim and K. Kihm

  Progressive dryout of nanofluids on the hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces

  Journal of Heat Transfer

  2013\n• H. Yi

  I. Kim

  and K. Kihm

  “Dryout Patterns of Nanofluids With Different Initial Concentrations of Nanoparticles (47nm

  Al2O3)

  Journal of Heat Transfer

  2013\n• 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

  Sandia National Laboratories

• 2010.

  Argonne

  IL

  - Metal nanoparticle plasmon enhanced light harvesting in Photosystem I thin film.\n- Enhanced light absorption of photosynthetic molecules by metal nanoparticles in solution phase.\n- Metal enhanced photocurrent in multilayer Photosystem thin film.\n- In-situ visualization of charge separation in Photosystem coupled with metal nanoparticles.\n\n• I. Kim et al Metal nanoparticle-enhanced light-harvesting in Photosystem I thin film

  Nano Letters 11

  3091-3098

  2011. \n• 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

  Postdoctoral Fellow

  Argonne National Laboratory

• 2006.

  University of Tennessee

  - Development of surface plasmon resonance (planar and localized SPR) imaging techniques

  and its application into nano-bio materials and thermal/fluids.\n- Micro-scale investigation of capillary pumped heat transport systems (CPHTS) with a binary mixture working fluid

  Air Force.\n- Evaporation-induced self-assembly of nanoparticles and optical characterization of nanofluids.\n\n• 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.\n• 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.\n• I. Kim and K. D. Kim

  Unveiling of hidden complex cavities formed during nanocrystalline self assembly

  Langmuir 25

  1881-1884

  selected as a cover page in issue 4.\n• 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. \n• I. T. Kim and K.D. Kihm

  Full-field and real-time SPR imaging thermometry

  Optics Letters 32

  3456~3458

  2007.\n• 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.\n• 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

  2007.\n• 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

  Research Assistant

  Knoxville

  Tennessee Area

• 2004

  - Ph.D

  Thesis Label-free mapping of near-field transport properties of micro/nano-fluidic phenomena using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) reflectance imaging.\n\nAdvisor: Kenneth D. Kihm

  Mechanical

  Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering

  Micro/nanoscale fluidics & heat transfer

  Univ. of Tennessee

• 2003

  - Doctoral Coures

  Doctoral degree course is completed

  QE passed as a top score

  and transferred with an advisor who was offered a distinguished professorship.

  Mechanical Engineering

  Texas A&M University

• 1999.

  Pohang

  South Korea

  - Engineering design of furnace and thermal fluidic analysis of industrial facilities such as heat exchangers

  burners

  coolers

  and power plant\n .The development of the RH-OB Burner in steel making process.\n .The thermodynamic engineering of the 260T/H reheating furnace.\n .Three-dimensional analysis of the walking beam type slab reheating furnace in hot strip mills.\n\n- Thermal-fluidic analysis\n .The establishment of the optimal refurbishment maintenance in the gas turbine of the LNG power plant.\n .The development of the analysis program for the prediction of the temperature of the outer casing of the teeming ladle by IHCP method.\n .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.\n\n- Energy saving and efficiency improvement\n .The study on the improvement of combustion instability of gas turbine (GT11N2).\n .The energy saving by heat efficiency increase and air leak decrease in gas air heater in power plant (100MW).\n .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.\n\n• 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.\n• 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.\n• 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

  Research Engineer and Assistant Manager

  Energy Division

  POSCO

• 1993.

  Pohang

  South Korea

  • 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

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Pohang University of Science and Technology

  Corpus Christi

  Texas Area

  RESEARCH INTERESTS\n• Nano-bio-chemical sensing and micro/nanoscale thermal-fluids applications using nano-biophotonics and M/NEMS technique.\n• Energy conversion such as solar energy harvesting

  thermophotovoltaics

  and light emitting diode (LED) nanowire applications.\n• Ultra-sensitive

  super-resolution

  and three-dimensional surface plasmon resonance imaging coupled with ultrafast and nanoscale scanning.\n• Hyperbolic metamaterials

  perfect absorption

  and plasmonics.\n• Thermo-fluidic analysis

  computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

  mechanical design

  and experiments: reheating furnace

  reactor

  heat exchanger

  combustion device

  and others.

  Assistant Professor

  texas a&m university - corpus christi

  College Station

  TX

  Completed doctoral course

  passed a qualifying exam at top score

  and transferred to Univ of Tennessee with an advisor with his distinguished professorship

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Texas A&M University

• 1992

  · M.S

  Thesis: A study on the Plume Flow of Attitude Control thruster and the Plume Impingement Phenomena on the Satellite Structure\nAdvisor: Chung-Hwan Chun and Kang Yul Huh

  Mechanical Engineering

  Pohang University of Science and Technology

• 1988

  English

  Korean

  Chinese

  Japanese

  · B.S

  Advisor: C. M. Lee

  Mechanical

  Pohang University of Science and Technology

• Microfluidics

  Surface Plasmon Resonance

  Thermal Analysis

  SEM

  Optics

  AFM

  Optical Microscopy

  Fluorescence Spectroscopy

  Energy Efficiency

  CFD

  Combustion

  Heat Transfer

  Confocal Microscopy

  Photolithography

  Innovative optical techniques

  Fluid Dynamics

  Fluorescence Microscopy

  Experimentation

  Nanotechnology

  Near field scanning microscopy

  Metal nanoparticle Plasmon enhanced light-harvesting in Photosystem I thin film

  Metal nanoparticle Plasmon enhanced light-harvesting in Photosystem I thin film

  Iltai (Isaac)

  Kim

  texas a&m university - corpus christi

  Argonne National Laboratory

  POSCO

  University of Tennessee

  Sandia National Laboratories

  Texas A&M University

  Pohang University of Science and Technology