NEWS AND EVENTS
2024. 10. 31. Ms. Pegah Zandi has been awarded the Mohitpour Graduate Scholarship in Pipeline Engineering. Congratulations Pegah!
2024. 09. 03. Ms. Natasha Joseph joined Dr. Kim's group as a Co-op Student.
2024. 09. 03. Ms. BoGyeong Kang joined Dr. Kim's group as a Visiting Graduate Student.
2024. 09. 03. Dr. Yelim Choi joined Dr. Kim's group as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
2024. 05. 13. Mr. Azajul Haque joined Dr. Kim's group as a MITACS Global Link internship student.
2024. 05. 13. Mr. Deepak Kumar joined Dr. Kim's group as a MITACS Global Link internship student.
2024. 03. 14. Mr. Md Sazzadur Rahman has received a SSE Graduate Student Research Impact Excellence Award. Congratulations Sazzadur!
2024. 03. 01. Dr. Seung-Ik (Kenley) Han joined Dr. Kim's group as a Postdoctoral Fellow (Co-supervised with Prof. Simon Park).
2023. 12. 06. Mr. Md Sazzadur Rahman has been awarded a Faculty of Graduate Studies Doctoral Scholarship. Congratulations Sazzadur!
2023. 09. 14. Press release version of our recent TENG paper published in Advanced Functional Materials. https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/schulich-researchers-power-wearable-tech-hydrogel-nanocomposite
2023. 08. 09. Ms. Setareh Homayoonia has joined an interview on our methane sensor development at CTV morning Calgary. Please check it out at the 2:02:00 mark https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2737058&playlistId=null&binId=1.2099012&playlistPageNum=1
2023. 06. 15. Ms. Setareh Homayoonia has been awarded a Doctoral Completion Scholarship. Congratulations Setareh!
2023. 06. 01. Mr. Young Seong (Aron) Kim joined Dr. Kim's group as a Visiting Graduate Student.
2023. 05. 22. Ms. Mahima Pilania joined Dr. Kim's group as a MITACS Global Link internship student.
2023. 05. 05. Dr. Kim's application for promotion to Professor has been approved, to be effective July 1, 2023.
2023. 03. 16. Dr. Kim received Schulich Research Excellence Award from Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary.
2023. 02. 21. Dr. Kim has been awarded a Alberta Innovates - Hydrogen Centre of Excellence Fund as a co-applicant to perform monitoring of blended hydrogen behaviour in pipe systems (Work with Profs. Simon Park and Ron Hugo)
2023. 02. 06. Press release version of our recent methane sensor paper published in ACS Sensors. https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/news/schulich-researchers-develop-highly-sensitive-methane-sensor
2023. 02. 06. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Alliance International Catalyst Grant to investigate Novel 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) based photonic detectors with broad bandwidth and high photo-responsive gain.
2023. 01. 27. Dr. Kim has been awarded a Quantum City's Applied Research Funding to investigate 3D quantum confinement/charge trapping in Metal-Organic Frameworks and Covalent-Organic Frameworks – applications towards photonics and quantum sensors.
2022. 10. 31. Mr. Mohammad Kazem Vakilzadeh Ebrahimi has been awarded an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - International. Congratulations Kazem!
2022. 09. 29. Mr. Md Sazzadur Rahman has been awarded an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - International. Congratulations Sazzadur!
2022. 09. 08. Ms. Setareh Homayoonia has been awarded an Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship (AIGSS). Congratulations Setareh!
2022. 09. 01. Dr. Hansaem Lee joined Dr. Kim's group as a Postdoctoral Fellow (Co-supervised with Prof. Simon Park).
2022. 09. 01. Dr. Xavier Michaud joined Dr. Kim's group as a Mitacs Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow.
2022. 07. 05. Dr. Pedda Masthanaiah Ette joined Dr. Kim's group as a Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow.
2022. 06. 01. Dr. Xueliang (Peter) Mu joined Dr. Kim's group as a Mitacs Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow.
2022. 06. 01. Ms. Allegra Behr joined Dr. Kim's group as a MITACS Global Link internship student.
2022. 06. 01. Mr. Minwook Park joined Dr. Kim's group as a Visiting Graduate Student.
2022. 05. 09. Ms. Pahuni Jain joined Dr. Kim's group as a MITACS Global Link internship student.
2022. 05. 01. Mr. Kazem Vakilzadeh joined Dr. Kim's group as a PhD student (Co-supervised with Prof. Simon Park).
2022. 05. 01. Mr. Alistar Son joined Dr. Kim's group as a summer student.
2022. 01. 21. Dr. Balasubramanian Srinivasan joined Dr. Kim's group as an Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellow.
2022. 01. 03. Ms. Pegah Zandi joined Dr. Kim's group as a PhD student.
2022. 01. 03. Ms. Fateme Hosseini joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student.
2021. 12. 20. Ms. Yelim Choi has been awarded a Mitacs Globalink Research Award - National Research Foundation of Korea and joined Dr. Kim's group as a Visiting Graduate Student.
2021. 12. 17. Dr. Muhammad Toyabur Rahman joined Dr. Kim's group as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
2021. 09. 08. Today our review article “Micro/nanotechnology‑inspired rapid diagnosis of respiratory infectious diseases,” has been published in Biomedical Engineering Letters (2021); https://doi.org/10.1007/s13534-021-00206-8
2021. 08. 11. Ms. Setareh Homayoonia has been awarded an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - International. Congratulations Setareh!
2021. 07. 12. Prof. Deakeun Kim joined Dr. Kim's group as a visiting professor.
2021. 06. 18. NMC2021 was successfully held from June 15 to 18, 2021 in hybrid mode.
2021. 06. 15. Official announcement of Dr. Kim's Canada Research Chair Renewal has been made.
https://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/whats_new-quoi_de_neuf/2021/crc-2020-1-eng.aspx
2021. 05. 27. Dr. Zahra Abooalizadeh joined Dr. Kim's group as a Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellow.
2021. 05. 03. Mr. Ney Vatsa joined Dr. Kim's group as a MITACS Global Link internship student.
2021. 04. 14. Press release version of our recent paper published in Communications Physics. https://schulich.ucalgary.ca/news/science-soft
2021. 04. 12. Today our article “Deconvolution of dissipative pathways for the interpretation of tapping-mode atomic force microscopy from phase-contrast" has been published in Communications Physics 4, 72 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00576-6
2021. 03. 15. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Alliance - Alberta Innovates Advance Program Grant to investigate integration of few layer graphene (FLG) composites into high-sensitive dynamic photodetectors and sensors exploiting fluctuational transport.
2021. 02. 01. Dr. Kim has been appointed as a guest editor for Biomedical Engineering Letters, Springer.
2021. 01. 21. Today our review article “Acoustic subsurface-atomic force microscopy: Three-dimensional imaging at the nanoscale,” has been featured on the cover of Journal of Applied Physics 129, 030901 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0035151
2021. 01. 02. Mr. Daniyal Andalib joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student.
2021. 01. 02. Mr. Md Sazzadur Rahman joined Dr. Kim's group as a PhD student.
2021. 01. 01. Dr. Kim has been appointed as an associate editor for Micro and Nano Systems Letters, Springer.
2020. 12. 11. UCalgary No. 6 in Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities rankings.
https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgary-no-6-canadas-top-50-research-universities-rankings-0
2020. 12. 06. Mr. Md Sazzadur Rahman has been awarded an Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship. Congratulations Sazzadur!
2020. 09. 17. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Alliance Grant as a co-applicant to perform intelligent detection of contaminated soil through sensor fusion. (Work with Trium Environmental Inc.)
2020. 08. 25. The 17th international workshop on nanomechanical sensing (NMC2020) in Calgary, AB Canada was postponed again to June 14 to 18, 2021 due to COVID-19.
2020. 08. 24. Mr. Jed Pagtalunan has been awarded an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - Master's. Congratulations Jed!
2020. 07. 21. Ms. Setareh Homayoonia has been awarded an Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - International. Congratulations Setareh!
2020. 06. 05. Ms. Setareh Homayoonia has been awarded a Pre-candidacy Award administered by the Graduate Award Office of the University of Calgary. Congratulations Setareh!
2020. 04. 14. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Discovery Grant to develop nanomechanical devices for physical and chemical sensing applications.
2020. 03. 31. Dr. Olga Chichvarina joined Dr. Kim's group as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
2020. 03. 11. The 17th international workshop on nanomechanical sensing (NMC2020) in Calgary, AB Canada was postponed to October 6 to 9, 2020. The conference website is up and running at www.nmc2020.org, please check it out and plan to attend.
2020. 01. 02. Dr. Kim has been appointed as a member of editorial board for International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing (IJPEM), Springer.
2019. 09. 15. Ms. Setareh Homayoonia has been awarded a departmental PhD entrance scholarship. Congratulations Setareh!
2019. 09. 01. Ms. Setareh Homayoonia joined Dr. Kim's group as a PhD student.
2019. 08. 30. We took a group photo before Mr. Mohamad Ebrahimi's leave for new position at Plains Midstream, Calgary.
2019. 08. 22. Dr. Yongkoo Lee joined Dr. Kim's group as a visiting scholar.
2019. 08. 01. Dr. Kim is taking Research and Scholarship Leave for one year.
2019. 06. 26. Ms. Lisa Cecilia Park rejoined Dr. Kim's group as a research assistant.
2019. 06. 26. Dr. Arindam Phani joined Dr. Kim's group as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
2019. 06. 18. Dr. Kim received 2019 Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) Engineer of the Year Award.
2019. 06. 01. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Engage Grant to develop cost effective methane sensors for IIOT devices (Work with A4 Systems).
2019. 05. 02. NMSSS group attended 6th Alberta Nano Symposium at Edmonton.
2019. 05. 01. Mr. Doowon Kim joined Dr. Kim's group as a summer student.
2019. 03. 29. We took a group photo before Dr. Hossein J's leave for new position at Stantec, Calgary.
2019. 03. 14. Mr. Jed Pagtalunan has been awarded a Ron Curle Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Pipeline Engineering. Congratulations Jed!
2019. 02. 15. Mr. Nicholas Simin has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Graduate (Master's) Scholarship. Congratulations Nick!
2019. 02. 15. Mr. Jed Pagtalunan has been awarded a departmental MSc entrance scholarship. Congratulations Jed!
2019. 01. 28. Mr. Alex Willerth joined Dr. Kim's group as an undergraduate research assistant.
2019. 01. 15. Mr. Jed Pagtalunan joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student (Co-supervised with Prof. Simon Park).
2019. 01. 02. Mr. Ehsan Taghvaie joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student.
2018. 11. 26. Dr. Hossein Jiryaei Sharahi joined Dr. Kim's group as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
2018. 11. 15. Dr. Yangkyu Park joined Dr. Kim's group as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
2018. 09. 17. Mr. Mahyar Ghavami joined Dr. Kim's group as a PhD student.
2018. 09. 01. Mr. Danny Wong has been awarded an Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships for 3 years.
2018. 09. 01. Mr. Danny Wong joined Dr. Kim's group as a PhD student (Co-supervised with Prof. Simon Park).
2018. 07. 09. Ms. Yeojin (Michelle) Kim joined Dr. Kim's group as a high school summer volunteer.
2018. 07. 03. Ms. Lisa Cecilia Park rejoined Dr. Kim's group as a summer research assistant.
2018. 05. 01. Mr. Byeong Yong Kim joined Dr. Kim's group as a summer student.
2018. 03. 28. Dr. Kim's application for Appointment with Tenure and Promotion to the rank of Associate Professor has been approved, to be effective July 1, 2018.
2018. 03. 01. Mr. Oliver Horner and Mr. Reid Wotton joined Dr. Kim's group as co-op students from University of Waterloo (Co-supervised with Prof. Simon Park).
2018. 03. 01. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Engage Grant to develop erosion sensors for internal pipeline coatings (Work with ROSEN Canada).
2018. 03. 01. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Engage Plus Grant to further investigate high temperature thermal conductivity of various coke samples (Work with NOVA Chemicals).
2018. 01. 25. Mr. Nicholas Simin has been awarded a Mitacs Globalink Research Award - National Research Foundation of Korea. Congratulations Nick!
2018. 01. 02. Mr. Mohamad Ebrahimi has been awarded a Mitacs Globalink Research Award. Congratulations Mohamad!
2017. 08. 30. Mr. Mohamad Ebrahimi has been awarded a departmental MSc entrance scholarship. Congratulations Mohamad!
2017. 08. 21. Mr. Mohamad Ebrahimi joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student.
2017. 06. 21. Dr. Kim received Schulich School of Engineering Research Achievement Award, University of Calgary.
2017. 05. 15. Ms. Pei Yi (Lydia) Zheng joined Dr. Kim's group as a summer student.
2017. 05. 01. Sniffer Drone Project which Dr. Kim is one of co-applicants is funded by the University of Calgary. (https://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2017-05-01/autonomous-and-intellige...)
2017. 05. 01. Mr. Nicholas Simin joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student.
2017. 04. 07. Dr. Kim has been awarded the University of Calgary Eyes High International Collaborative Grant for Young Researchers.
2017. 03. 01. Mr. Bryan Chua joined Dr. Kim's group as a research assistant.
2017. 02. 03. Dr. Mohamed Elsayed joined Dr. Kim's group as a visiting scholar.
2017. 01. 01. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Engage Grant to develop a high temperature thermal conductivity measurement system for coke (Work with NOVA Chemicals).
2016. 12. 16. Dr. Kim received Early Research Excellence Award from Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. (http://schulichinsider.ca/news/schulich-honours-faculty-and-staff-success)
2016. 09. 15. Mr. Osama Abuzalat joined Dr. Kim's group as a PhD student (Co-supervised with Prof. Simon Park).
2016. 05. 09. Dr. Kim has been awarded the University of Calgary Eyes High International Collaborative Grant for Young Researchers.
2016. 05. 02. Mr. Min Yong (Andy) Kwak joined Dr. Kim's group as a summer student.
2016. 02. 29. Dr. Kim's research work on multimodal MEMS sensors has been published in SPIE Newsroom. (http://spie.org/x117249.xml)
2016. 02. 09. Official announcement of Dr. Kim's Canada Research Chair Appointment has been made.(http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/media-medias/releases-communiques/2016/february-fevrier-eng.aspx)
2015. 09. 11. Ms. Lisa Cecilia Park joined Dr. Kim's group as a student research assistant.
2015. 07. 26. Dr. Kim hosted 5th Canada-Korea Conference on Science and Technology as a vice-chair, local committee.
2015. 07. 01. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Engage Grant to develop a cost-effective, ex-situ soil remediation system using photocatalysis and infrared heating (Work with Trium Environmental Inc.).
2015. 05. 30. NMSSS group attended 2nd Alberta Nano Symposium at Banff.
2015. 05. 14. Mr. Abilash Mende joined Dr. Kim's group as a MITACS Global Link internship student.
2015. 05. 01. Mr. Jaewon (David) Park joined Dr. Kim's group as a summer student.
2015. 01. 21. Mr. Hamid Hoorzad has been awarded a departmental MSc entrance scholarship. Congratulations Hamid!
2015. 01. 20. Dr. Kim has been awarded CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund to develop a multi-functional scanning probe microscope for high-resolution physical and chemical characterization of materials. (http://ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2015-01-21/overview-10-research-projects-university-calgary)
2014. 12. 26. Mr. Hamid Hoorzad joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student.
2014. 08. 30. Mr. Hossein Jiryaei Sharahi has been awarded a departmental PhD entrance scholarship. Congratulations Hossein!
2014. 08. 30. Mr. Amr Ahmed has been awarded a departmental MSc entrance scholarship. Congratulations Amr!
2014. 08. 29. Mr. Amr Ahmed joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student.
2014. 07. 30. Mr. Hossein Jiryaei Sharahi joined Dr. Kim's group as a co-supervised PhD student.
2014. 05. 12. Dr. Kim has has been awarded a URGC Seed Grant to develop a microcantilever-based interaction force and energy sensor for oil sands engineering.
2014. 04. 03. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant as a co-applicant to develop an electrochemical AFM capability to investigate pipeline corrosion phenomena.
2014. 04. 03. Dr. Kim has been awarded a NSERC Discovery Grant to develop multimodal sensing devices for receptor-free molecular detection and quantification.
2014. 01. 06. Mr. Omid Zandieh joined Dr. Kim's group as a MSc student.
2013. 08. 01. Dr. Kim reported to work at the University of Calgary.