Faculty

Kyekyoon Kim

Kyekyoon Kim

Affiliate Professor
Bioengineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering
Director, Thin Film and Charged Particle Research Laboratory

Research Professor
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory

Senior Member
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Materials Research Laboratory

Professor
45 Everitt Lab, MC-702
1406 W. Green
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-7162
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PhD Applied Physics Cornell University 1971

Research Interests:

  • Development of High Power Electronic Devices Based on III-V Nitride Semiconductors Using Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  • Tissue Engineered Scaffolds with Imbedded Microspheres to Improve Bone and Soft Tissue Healing Through Controlled Delivery of Growth Factors
  • Precision Particle Fabrication: The Targeted Delivery of Microsphere Encapsulated Aminobisphosphonates for Treating Autoimmune and Neoplastic Diseases of The Mononuclear Phagocytic System
  • Nanowire & Nanotube Interconnect Technology for 3D ICs
  • Investigation of Novel Approaches to Fabricating Micro and Nanoscale Structures for Development of New Devices for Lighting, Display, and Power Storage
  • Syntheses and Study of Tailored Organometallic, Inorganic and Polymeric Precursors for Sol-Gel Processing, Charged Liquid Cluster Beam Deposition and Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Investigation of Methods for Controlled Fabrication of Thin Films and Nanoparticles Using Charged Liquid Cluster Beams of Precursor Solutions
  • Design of Microparticles for Precision Drug Delivery
  • Development of Methods for Fabricating Uniform Micro and Nano Spheres and Capsules of Biodegradable and Biocompatible Materials for Application to Biotechnology
  • Development of Novel Field Emission Display based on Copper Nanowires

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Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching

  • ECE Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, 2004.
  • Nominated for the ECE Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, 1999

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research

  • Industry's Directory of Technical Consultants
  • Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology
  • Who's Who in the Midwest
  • International Who's Who in Engineering
  • International Who's Who in Energy and Nuclear Sciences
  • American Men and Women in Science
  • Who's Who in Technology Today
  • Member, Advisory Committee, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, March 1, 2006 - February 28, 2008
  • Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting, 2005
  • Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois, December 2005.
  • Outstanding Consumer & Diversified Product Paper Award, Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting, 2004.
  • Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting, 2003
  • Overseas Member, National Academy of Engineering, Korea, 2002
  • Member, U. S. Delegate to International Atomic Energy Agency Meetings, 1993
  • Member, National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Electrical and Communications Division, 1991-1993
  • Member, National Science Foundation Advisory Committee of Visitors, 1990 & 1993
  • Best Paper Award, Nuclear Division, American Ceramic Society 92nd Annual Meeting, 1990
  • Japanese Government Award for Foreign Specialist, 1989 (Awarded by the Science and Technology Agency of Japan)
  • Member, U. S. Delegate to International Atomic Energy Agency Meeting Gut Ising, Upper Bavaria, Fed. Rep. of Germany, Oct. 24-26, 1988.
  • Beckman Research Award, 1985 (University of Illinois)

Journal Articles

  • Hui-Chan Seo,Ivan Petrov,Hyejin Jeong,Patrick Chapman,and Kyekyoon Kim, "Elastic buckling of AlN ribbons on elastomeric substrate," APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 94, 092104 (2009)
  • Young Bin Choy, Hyungsoo Choi, Kyekyoon Kim, "Uniform Ethyl Cellulose Microspheres of Controlled Sizes and Polymer Viscosities and Their Drug-Release Profiles," Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 112, 850-857 (2009)
  • Hui-Chan Seo,Patrick Chapman,Hyun-Ick Cho,Jung-Hee Lee,and Kyekyoon(Kevin) Kim,"Ti-based nonalloyed Ohmic contacts for Al0.15Ga0.85N/GaN high electron mobility transistors using regrown n+-GaN by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy," APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 93, 102102, 2008.
  • Young Bin Choy, Felice Cheng, Hyungsoo Choi, and Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, "Uniform chitosan microspheres for potential applications to colon-specific drug delivery," Macromolecular Bioscience, DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200800079, 2008.
  • Young Bin Choy, Felice Cheng, Hyungsoo Choi, and Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, "Monodisperse gelatin microspheres as a drug delivery vehicle: Release profile and effect of cross-linking density," Macromolecular Bioscience,8, 758-765, 2008.