Faculty Profile for Dr. Namwon Kim

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Dr. Namwon Kim
Associate Professor — Ingram School of Engineering
IGRM 2203
phone: (512) 245-1826
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Kim, T.-H., Heo, S.-Y., Chandika, P., Kim, Y.-M., Kim, H. W., Je, J.-Y., … Jung, W.-K. (2024). A literature review of bioactive substances for the treatment of periodontitis: In vitro, in vivo and clinical studies. Heliyon, 10(2).
  • Kim, M. J., Moreira, G., Lisi, N., Kim, N., Shim, W., Lee, G.-H., & Capasso, A. (2023). Solvent-free transfer of monolayer graphene with recrystallized cyclododecane. Applied Physics Letters, 123. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0169748
  • Mahmud, M. S., Alo, A., Farshchian, B., Lee, G.-H., & Kim, N. (2022). Pulsed laser ablation on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) surfaces for capillary driven flows. Surfaces and Interface, 61.
  • Jafari, E., Lee, Y. J., Lee, G.-H., & Kim, N. (2021). Quasi-Static Secondary Flow Regions Formed by Microfluidic Contraction Flows of CTAB/NaSal Wormlike Micellar Solutions. Physics of Fluids, 33(9).
  • Jafari, E., Lee, Y. J., Na, H. J., You, B. H., Lee, M. Y., & Kim, N. (2021). Effects of NaCl and Temperature on Rheological Characteristics and Structures of CTAB/NaSal Wormlike Micellar Solutions. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 98, 458–464.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: ASME Fellow, Americal Society of Mechanical Engineers. September 1, 2024 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Recognition, American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2016 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Brain Pool (BP) Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea. August 1, 2020 - August 14, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Research Award, Texas State University. September 2020 - May 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University Alumni Association. 2020

Selected Grants

  • Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Principal), Song, In-Hyouk (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal). VOC Remediation by Permeable Reactive Barrier and VOC Sensor Development for Site Safety, DOE, Federal, $350000. (Funded: March 2025 - March 2026). Grant.
  • Haque, Ariful, Droopad, Ravindranath, Holtz, Mark W, Piner, Edwin L, Geerts, Wilhelmus J, Chen, Yihong, Hudnall, Todd W, Wistey, Mark A, Miyahara, Yoichi, Smith, Casey Eben, Mahato, Dip Narayan, Rastogi, Shiva Kumar, Kim, Namwon. Acquisition of a state-of-the-art Photoluminescence Spectrometer for Materials Characterization in Research and Education, Department of Defense, Federal, $434519. (Submitted: September 2023, Funded: 2024 - 2025). Grant.
  • Miyahara, Yoichi (Principal), Satchell, Nathan David (Co-Principal), Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Haque, Ariful (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Mahato, Dip Narayan (Supporting), Smith, Casey Eben (Supporting). MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of state-of-the-art lithography system for micro/nanometer scale device fabrication in research and education, National Science Foundation, Federal, $569780. (Submitted: November 14, 2023, Funded: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027). Grant.
  • Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Principal), Cho, Eunsang (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Mandal, Sujata (Co-Principal). Multidisciplinary Research and Workforce Development on Fate and Transport of PFAS, DOE, Federal, $3520000. (Funded: April 2024 - March 2027). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon (Principal), Lee, G. H. (Principal). Graphene-Based Aerosol Jet 3D Printing Bioink for in vitro Immunoassay, National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, $162000. (Funded: August 2020 - July 2023). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Editorial Review Board Member
Scientific Report
November 2024-Present
Member
ISoE Annual Review Committee
2022-Present
Member
ISoE Award Nomination Committee
2022-Present
Reviewer / Referee
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2021-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition
2020-Present