Jeehwan Kim

Associate Professor/Joint (wt)

Department
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Technology Areas
Chemicals & Materials: Metals, Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Composites, Catalysis & Synthesis / Electronics & Photonics: Semiconductors, Photonics / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment / Communication Systems: Optical, Wireless / Environmental Engineering: Sustainability & Recycling / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Tissue Repair / Therapeutics: Regenerative Medicine / Computer Science: Networking & Signals, Quantum Computing / Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Sensors & Monitoring / Energy & Distribution: Electrochemical Devices, Energy Storage / Sensing & Imaging: Acoustics, Chemical & Radiation Sensing, Imaging, Optical Sensing / Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Background and Experience

Professor Jeehwan Kim is a tenured Associate Professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Mechanical engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. His research covers topics ranging from basic material physics/mechanics to electronic/photonic devices and systems for next generation electronics. He is a Principal Investigator in Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT. Prof. Kim’s group focuses on innovation in nanotechnology for next generation computing and electronics. Before joining MIT in 2015, he was a Research Staff Member at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY since 2008. Many of his patents have been licensed for commercialization. Prof. Kim is a recipient of 20 IBM high value invention achievement awards. In 2012, he was appointed a “Master Inventor” of IBM in recognition of his active intellectual property generation and commercialization of his research. He is a recipient of DARPA Young Faculty Award and DARPA Director’s Fellowship. He received his B.S. from Hongik University, his M.S. from Seoul National University, and his Ph.D. from UCLA in 2008, all of them in Materials Science.

Awards and Honors

  • SENSE.nano Seed Grant | 2020
  • DARPA Young Faculty Award | 2019
  • U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2018 Funding Program | 2018
  • IBM Faculty Award | 2016
  • Lam Research Foundation Award | 2015, 2016
  • Master Inventor of IBM Corporation | 2012
  • 25 Invention Achievement Awards, IBM | 2008-2015
  • 15 High Value Patent Awards, IBM | 2008-2015

Technologies

Artificial Intelligence Training Core with Coincidence Counting Unit

Technology / Case number: #25350
Jeehwan Kim / Giho Lee
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Computer Science
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Uncooled Far-Infrared (IR) Imaging based on Ultrathin Freestanding Single-Crystalline Oxide Membrane and Interface Engineering Thereof

Technology / Case number: #25693
Jeehwan Kim / Xinyuan Zhang / Chang-Beom Eom
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Multi-Dimensionally Encodable Neuron Device based on Two-Dimensional Materials

Technology / Case number: #25704J
Jeehwan Kim / Hyeongseok Jang / Min Kyu Song
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Red InGaN using Two-Dimensional Materials Assisted Epitaxy

Technology / Case number: #25690
Jeehwan Kim / Yunpeng Liu / Bo-In Park / Jekyung Kim
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Method of Stacking Full Color Micro LEDs and Method of Manufacturing Transparent Micro LED Display using the Same

Technology / Case number: #25607
Jeehwan Kim / Jung-El Ryu / Seokje Lee / Yonghoon Jung / Jekyung Kim / Jiho Shin
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Remote Epitaxy of SiC

Technology / Case number: #21214J
Jeehwan Kim / David Gaskill / Rachael Myers-Ward / Noriyuki Masago / Takuji Maekawa / Kuan Qiao / Wei Kong
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Non-Invasive Skin Sensor for Long-Term Monitoring and Method for Fabricating the Same

Technology / Case number: #23679J
Jeehwan Kim / Jiyeon Han / Hanwool Yeun
Technology Areas: Biotechnology
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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Defect-Free Epitaxy on Amorphous Substrate using Confined Two-Dimensional Materials Growth and Manufacturing Method Thereof

Technology / Case number: #25561
Jeehwan Kim / Jekyung Kim / Kiseok Kim
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Multi-Regional Epitaxial Growth and Related Systems and Articles

Technology / Case number: #21307
Jeehwan Kim / Sanghoon Bae / Yunjo Kim
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Hemispherical Photodetector Focal Plane Array Via Graphene Based Layer Transfer

Technology / Case number: #19318
Jeehwan Kim / Kyusang Lee
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics
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