Faculty Profiles

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Portrait of Dr. Namwon Kim

Dr. Namwon Kim

  • Associate Professor at Ingram School of Engineering, College of Science & Engineering

Grants

2025

  • 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.
  • Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Principal), Cho, Eunsang (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal). Performance of the Existing Best Management Practices for PFAS Control in Stormwater Runoff in San Marcos, TX, Texas State University, $80000. (Funded: June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026). Grant.

2024

  • 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). The High-Accuracy Microfluidic Sample-to-Answer In Vitro Diagnostics System, Research Enhancement Program (REP), Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: January 2024 - May 2025). Grant.

2023

  • Kim, Namwon (Principal). Medical Electro Mechanical Systems (MedEMS), TXST I-Corps: Faculty Innovation Accelerator Program (FIAP), Texas State University, $11000. (Funded: March 2023 - April 2024). Grant.

2020

  • 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.
  • Kim, Namwon (Principal). Faculty Development Leave Presidential Research Award, Texas State University, $20000. (Funded: September 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon (Principal). Wettability Control of 2D Materials for Capillary Driven Flows, The International Research Accelerator (IRA), Texas State University, Texas State University, $15000. (Funded: June 17, 2020 - June 17, 2022). Grant.
  • You, Byoung Hee (Principal), Khaleghian, Seyedmeysam (Co-Principal), Song, In-Hyouk (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal). Real-time morning and energy harvesting from a tire deformation using piezoelectric materials, Yeongcheon City, Gyeongbuk Techno Park, $41900. (Funded: January 2020 - November 2020). Grant.

2019

  • Song, In-Hyouk (Principal), You, Byoung Hee (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal). A study for ultrasonic transducer using 3D micro-addictive manufacturing technology, Honeybee Factory, International research grant, $5750. (Funded: September 1, 2019 - May 31, 2021). Grant.

2018

  • Song, In-Hyouk (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), You, Byoung Hee (Principal). A study for manufacturing and assembly of environment-friendly micro energy harvesting system, Yujin Energy Consulting Corp., $27208.25. (Funded: February 15, 2018 - November 30, 2018). Grant.

2016

  • Kim, Namwon (Principal), Lee, Young Ju (Co-Principal). Computational and Experimental Investigations of Wormlike Micellar Fluids for Enhanced Oil Recovery, American Chemistry Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF), $110000. (Funded: December 1, 2016 - August 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon (Principal). Droplet Arrays Formation on Laser-Induced Grids for High Throughput Bioassays, Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: December 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal). Acquisition of an Aerosol Jet 3D Printing System for Flexible Electronic Circuits, Additive Manufacturing and Material Development, National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal, $264128. (Funded: September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2019). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon (Principal), You, Byoung Hee (Co-Principal), Song, In-Hyouk (Co-Principal). Development and Characterization of Porous membranes for Lateral Flow Assay, Convert Co., Ltd., Private / Foundation / Corporate, $46845.15. (Funded: July 1, 2016 - May 13, 2019). Grant.

2015

  • Kim, Namwon (Principal), You, B. H. (Co-Principal), Song, I. –H. (Co-Principal). Enhanced Cooling Systems for Automotive LED Headlamps Using Magnetic Nanofluids, NTF Tech, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $25477. (Funded: November 20, 2015 - November 19, 2016). Grant.
  • Song, In-Hyouk (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Principal), You, Byoung Hee (Co-Principal). Development of High Efficient Micro-Heatsink for 25W LED Automotive Headlamp Module, NTF Tech, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $25477. (Funded: November 20, 2015 - November 19, 2016). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon, Habbit, D., Kirts, P., Sterling, T., Waldrep, J. Design Challenge, Mars Drill Design & Automation, NASA’s Texas Space Grant Consortium, $1300. (Funded: September 2015 - November 30, 2015). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon (Principal), You, B. H. (Co-Principal). Formation and Pair-Wise Merging of Pico-Liter Droplets in Microfluidic Double T-Junctions, Research Enhancement Program (REP) Texas State University, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: January 1, 2015 - May 30, 2016). Grant.

2014

  • Kim, Namwon (Principal), Lee, S. (Co-Principal), Sung, C. (Co-Principal), Biswas, P. (Co-Principal), Nam, S. –C. (Co-Principal). Acquisition of a CNC Micro-Milling Workstation to Enhance Multidisciplinary Research and Teaching at Texas A&M International University and Texas A&M University-Kingsville, National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrument (MRI) Program, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $171736. (Funded: September 1, 2014 - August 31, 2017). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon, Goonatilake, R. (Principal). 2014 Engineering Summer Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), $13888. (Funded: August 2014 - August 8, 2014). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon (Principal). Droplet Flow in Polymer Microfluidic Systems, University Research Grant (URG) Texas A&M International University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $10000. (Funded: February 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015). Grant.

2013

  • Kim, Namwon (Principal). University Travel Grant (UTG), Office of Research and Sponsored Program (ORSP), Texas A&M International University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $2000. (Funded: February 2013). Grant.
  • Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Lee, S. (Principal). Research Collaboration between Junior Engineering Tenure-Track Faculty in TAMUK and TAMIU, Research Collaboration Awards, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Institutional (Higher Ed), $1100. (Funded: July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014). Grant.

2011

  • Kim, Namwon (Supporting), Mott, D. (Principal), Bachnak, R. (Co-Principal), Uribe-Guajardo, A. (Co-Principal). Serving Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (SYSTEM), US Department of Education, Federal, $4349955. (Funded: September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2016). Grant.