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

Graphene-Based Layer Transfer Process for Advanced Cost-Efficient Electronics/Photonics

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #18178
Jeehwan Kim
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics

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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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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RGB Vertical Stacking Thin Film Solid-State Micro LEDs Display

Technology / Case number: #19317
Jeehwan Kim / Wei Kong / Kyusang Lee
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Dislocation-Filtering Technique for Graphene-Based Layer Transfer

Technology / Case number: #19064
Jeehwan Kim / Kyusang Lee
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Precise Confinement of Conductive Filament in ECM(electrochemical Metallization) RRAM (Random Read Access Memory)

Technology / Case number: #18856
Jeehwan Kim / Shinhyun Choi
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Schottky Barrier Memristor

Technology / Case number: #21063
Jeehwan Kim / Jaekang Song / Chanyeol Choi / Yongmo Park / Peng Lin / Scott Tan / Hanwool Yeun
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics
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All Solid-State Thin-Film Battery with Single-Crystalline Electrolyte

Technology / Case number: #21719
Yang Shao-Horn / Hyunseong Kum / Lingping Kong / Sanghoon Bae / Yang Yu / Wei Kong / Jeehwan Kim
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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