The Chronicles of MADLab

2022

10.01 Prof. Kim received research funds from US Army Devcom!

08.17 Prof. Kim received research funds from Samsung SDI! 

08.06 Hannah's poster for her REU work was selected as the Top-3 poster in the REU/RET symposium. Congrats Hannah!

06.07 Prof. Kim received the prestigious Early Career Award from the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Chemistry Program! 

06.01 REU student Hannah Levy (University of Florida Chemical Engineering Class of 2024) Joined the MADLab for the Summer.

05.31 Clark Scholar Jeena Park (Stevens Chemical Engineering Class of 2024) joined the MADLab for the Summer.

04.27 Yi successfully defended his thesis presentation and is now officially a PhD. Congrats, Yi! 

04.05 Prof. Kim is appointed as a review editor on the editorial board of the Frontiers in Energy Research - Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage journal.

2021

11.18 Angel won first place in the I&E Summer Scholar Research Program 2021 for his work on zero-strain cathodes done in the MADLab! Congrats, Angel!

10.22 Prof. Kim gave an invited talk at MS&T 2021 meeting entitled "Complex Phase Transformations Observed in Na Storage Materials."

10.05 Prof. Kim gave an invited talk at IUMRS-ICA 2021 meeting entitled "Complex Phase Transformations in Sodium Storage Materials with a Layered Structure."

09.01 Alexa won second place in the REU/RET symposium for her work done in the MADLab during summer 2021. Congrats, Alexa!

08.11  Angel won second place in the I&E Summer Scholars Research Program Elevator Pitch competition for his work done in the MADLab during summer 2021. Congrats, Angel!

06.01 REU student Alexa Babick (Northeastern Chemical Engineering Class of 2022) joined the MADLab for the Summer. 

06.25 Prof. Kim received the Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund  (PRF). 

04.26 Prof. Kim is acknowledged by the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Faculty Affairs for high teaching evaluation for Fall 2020. 

03.01 Prof. Kim is the PI of the PSEG gift, the Sustainable Energy Platforms and Technology sector. Co-PIs are Profs. Nick Parziale (ME) and Dilhan Kaylon (CEMS).

02.01 Prof. Kim is offering a new graduate course, MT-588: Electrochemical Materials & Devices for Energy & Sustainability.

01.31 Prof. Jaehyun Lee at Hanbat National University, South Korea joined MADlab as a visiting scholar.  Prof. Lee is an expert of organic semiconductors.

01.01 Prof. Kim received the International Joint R/D Project Funding Program from Korea Institute of Energy Research. 

2020

12.04 Prof. Kim presented his research on solid-state ionics in Stevens SES virtual research forum.

11.30 Prof. Kim gave a presentation at MRS Virtual Spring/Fall meeting 2020 entitled "Elucidating the Intergrowth of Octahedral and Prismatic Na Layers in Sodium Transition Metal Oxides"

11.13 Joah's paper about a solid-state battery using LLZO is published in ChemComm. Congrats! 

10.04 Prof. Kim gave an invited talk at ECS PRiME virtual meeting 2020 entitled "Complex Phase Transitions in Sodium Transition Metal Oxides."

08.29 Stevens senior (Class of 2021) Taylor Schaad joined MADLab as a research intern.

06.09 Prof. Kim organized PSEG-Stevens Energy Innovation Webinar Series for summer.

05.25 Stevens sophomores Lauren Chew and Sophia Turci and senior (4/5) Julia Panko joined the MADLab for summer research. Welcome!

04.11 Prof. Kim is acknowledged by the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Faculty Affairs for high teaching evaluation for Fall 2019.

04.01 Joah's paper about a carbon composite supercapacitor is published in Carbon. Congrats! 

02.03 PhD student Junteng Du joined the MADLab.

02.01 Prof. Kim is appointed as a visiting professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

2019

12.30 Prof. Kim is organizing a symposium on solid-state batteries at the MRS Fall 2020 meeting. 

12.10 Prof. Kim received the Global Innovation Challenge (GIC) Grant from LG Chem.

12.04 Prof. Kim attended the MRS Fall 2019 meeting. 

12.01 Prof. Kim received the Bridging Grant from the Stevens School of Engineering and Science.

10. 21 MADLab attended AIChE Battery Workshop at NYC.

10.18 Prof. Kim hosted Prof. Byoungwoo Kang at Postech for CEMS department seminar series (CHE/MT-700)

09.06 Prof. Kim hosted Prof. Peter Khalifah at Stony Brook University for CEMS department seminar series (CHE/MT-700)

09.01 PhD student Danna Yan joined the MADLab.

08.27 Prof. Kim offers a core undergraduate course CHE-234 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics.

06.30 Prof. Kim is acknowledged by the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Faculty Affairs for high teaching evaluation for Spring 2019.

06.24 Tenafly high school Junior Will Chi joined the MADLab as a research intern.

06.17 Stevens freshman Kayleigh Kubit joined the MADLab as a pinnacle scholar.

02.12 mBraun glovebox is now up and running in McLean Hall B8!

01.22 Prof. Kim offers a core graduate course MT-602 Principles of inorganic materials synthesis.

2018

12.01 PhD student Yazhou Zhou joined the MADLab. He will be co-advised with Prof. Kalyon.

12.01 PhD student Xiaoran Yang joined the MADLab. 

12.01 Dr. Joah Han joined the MADLab as a postdoc. 

10.26 Prof. Kim hosted Prof. Dan Steingart at Princeton University for CEMS department seminar series (CHE/MT-700)

10.19 Prof. Kim hosted Dr. Maria Chan at Argonne National Laboratory for CEMS department seminar series (CHE/MT-700)

09.07 Prof. Kim hosted Prof. Elizabeth J. Biddinger at CCNY for CEMS department seminar series (CHE/MT-700)

08.07 Prof. Kim moved to his new office in B-010B. 

07.01 Prof. Kim and the MADLab have arrived at Stevens! (Lab space has not yet been assigned. Prof. Kim temporarily resides in EAS 119G)

04.01 MADLab webpage is now open.