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06/2024 Congratulations to Amol  Pophali for successfully completing the Preliminary Examination

05/2024 TJ Kim, Prof. Dilip Gersappe (MSCE) and Prof. Benjamin Hsiao (Chemistry) groups receive a $1.5M grant from the US Army ERDC Cold Regions Research & Engineering with  for "Reducing Extreme Cold Weather Impacts on Geo-Structures Using Hydrogels".

05/2024 Congratulations to Mohammed Sifat for successfully completing his Master of Engineering degree and cheer for his graduation

11/2023 TJ Kim group undergraduate students (Group1: Jae-Won Seo, Seongwoo An, Chi Seng Lee Liang, Sihan Li, and Henry Liu, Group 2: Hannah Karkout, Mary Calandra, William Chen, Nicole Spencer, Group 3: Yunfan Lu, Michal Luchowski, Wenhui Jiang) present their research achievements during the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.

11/2023 Amol Pophali, Ph. D candidate, attended the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, to give presentation.

08/2023 TJ Kim group receives a $190,000 grant from the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) and Seoul National University (SNU)  for "Development of Basic Petrochemicals Production Technology through Direct Conversion of Methane".

05/2023 Congratulations to Kyung-Min Lee for successfully completing his doctoral defense and cheer for his graduation

01/2023 Congratulations to Emily Kim (Jericho Senior High School)! Emily Kim has been named a top 40 finalist in the 82nd Regeneron Science Talent Search.  www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts/2023-finalists/     

11/2022 TJ Kim group undergraduate students (Anthony Schevon, Mohammed Sifat, Hugo Ramos, Eugene Shin) present their research achievements during the 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. 

11/2022 Along with Prof. Kim, Kyung-Min (Mark) Lee attended the 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ to give oral presentation

08/2022 Congratulations to Sophia Aracena for 2022 NSF REU poster presentation.

06/2022 Welcome Sophia Aracena joining TJ Kim group to start her research with the Stony Brook University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program

06/2022 TJ Kim group, Dr. Gihan Kwon (BNL), and  Dr. Seong Min Bak (BNL) with the Korea Research Institute of Chemical technology (KRICT) receive a $15,000 seed grant for global research collaboration. A study of heterogeneous catalysis for carbon-neutral technology.

05/2022 Along with Prof. Kim, Kyung-Min (Mark) Lee attended the 27th North American Catalysis Society Meeting in New York, NY to give oral presentation

05/2022 TJ Kim group,  Dr. Chang-Yong Nam (BNL), NAiEEL Technology, and U. of Missouri receive a $1.82M grant from the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT). Development of Mass Production Technology and Systems for Boron Nitride Nanotubes used for Space Engineering.

05/2022 TJ Kim group undergraduate students present their research achievements during the 2022 URECA conference. Group1: Melanie Brito, Jamie DeCoster, Kelvin Linskens, Kareem Mehdi, Groupt2: Qingcheng Yu, Maya Florentino, Emily Abplanalp, Group3: Anthony Schevon, Mohammed Sifat, Hugo Ramos, Eugene Shin, Group4: Woongki Kim, Anthony Joshua Dill, Kelvin Sanmartin, Zoe Schwarz. Congratulations! 

03/2022 Congratulations to Kyung-Min (Mark) Lee for receiving the 2022 Richard J. Kokes Award for the 27th North American Catalysis Society (NACS)   

05/2021 TJ Kim group  and Prof. Su. Ha (Washington State University) receive a $458,499 grant from the National Science of Foundation (NSF). Collaborative Research &  GOALI: Direct-Fed Ethanol Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. 

05/2021 TJ Kim group undergraduate students present their research achievements during the 2021 URECA conference. 

05/2021 Congratulations to Kyung Min (Mark) Lee for the 2021 NY Catalysis Society (NYCS) graduate student poster competition award   

04/2021 Prof. Kim, David Ecker (iCREATE director), and SBU students (Maya Florentino, Robert Haxhari, Yingyi Liang, Qingcheng Yu, Chrisanthi Kourouklis) team presented "ADA Compliant Transparent Face Masks" during the SUNY Student Success Summit 

01/2021 TJ Kim group receives a $9,000 grant from SUNY Prepare Innovation and Internship Seed Grant Program   

07/2020 TJ Kim group receives a $15,000 grant from the National Science of Foundation for supporting REU  

05/2020 TJ Kim and G. Halada receives a Best Oral Presentation Award from The Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles during the 2020 International Conference on Clothing and Textiles (ICCT)  

05/2020 Congratulations to Shuhao Zhang for successfully completing his doctoral defense and cheer for his graduation

03/2020 TJ Kim group receives a $299,999 grant from the National Science of Foundation with Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) 

11/2019 Along with Prof. Kim, Suhao Zhang attended the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL to give oral presentation

09/2019 TJ Kim group receives a $256,903 grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea with Seoul National University.

06/2019 Welcome Jacob Kasday joining TJ Kim group to start his research with the Stony Brook University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program

05/2019 Congratulations to Nusnin Akter for successfully completing his doctoral defense and cheer for his graduation

02/2019 TJ Kim group and FIT/SBU collaborators receive a $8,000 seed grant from the FIT-SBU research foundation for the "Fabric Waste to Resource"

12/2018 TJ Kim group receives a $141,000 grant from the NYS Department of Economic Development (Sensor CAT) and the NAiEEL Technology for the "Evaluation of BNNT based catalysts for gas emission control"

10/2018 Along with Prof. Kim, Suhao Zhang, Ming Hu, and Anson Law attended the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA to give oral and poster presentations

08/2018 TJ Kim group and SBU collaborators receives a $255,560 grant from the NY State Education Department and NYS Department of Economic Development for the "Professional Development through the Scientist and Teachers Engaging in Professional Development with University Personnel program"

06/2018 Welcome Ming Hu joining TJ Kim group to start his research with the Stony Brook University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program

05/2018 Congratulations to Xiaojun Chan for successfully completing his doctoral defense and cheer for his graduation

01/2018 TJ Kim group receives a $37,969 grant from the NYS Department of Economic Development (Sensor CAT) and the NAiEEL Technology for the "Investigation of the Catalytic Activity for CO Oxidation on Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNTs)"

11/2017 Congratulation to Catherine Kao for receiving 3rd place for the poster presentation in 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting

11/2017 Along with Prof. Kim, Xiaojun Chan, Shuhao Zhang and Catherine Kao attended the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN to give oral and poster presentations

09/2017 Congratulations to Shuhao Zhang for successfully completing their Preliminary Examination

08/2017 Congratulations to Xiaojun Chan for receiving the 2017 AIChE CRE Division Graduate Student Travel Grant Award

08/2017 Congratulations to Nusnin Akter for receiving a 2017 Turner Dissertation Fellowship Award.

07/2017 Welcome Aaron Min, joining TJ Kim group to start her research with the Stony Brook University Simons Summer Research program

07/2017 Welcome Lolya McWest and Jean Hwang, joining TJ Kim group to start his research with the Stony Brook University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program

05/2017 Congratulations to Xiaojun Chan for receiving the 2017 Travel Award from the Stony Brook University chapter of Sigma Xi.

03/2017 Congratulations to Nusnin Akter for receiving the 2017 Richard J. Kokes Award for the 25th North American Catalysis Society (NACS)

01/2017 TJ Kim group participated in the $1,749,233 grant from the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) for the "Development of Flexible and Printed Perovskite/Organic Integrated Photovoltaic Modules with Ultrahigh Efficiency, Long-Term Stability and Large-Area Reproducibility "

12/2016 Congratulations to Nusnin Akter and her team for receiving First Place for the Poster Presentation at the fifth annual BNL "Early Career Researcher Symposium (ECRS)", presented by the Association of Students and Postdocs at BNL

11/2016 In addition to Prof. Kim, Nusnin Akter, Patrick Yang and Carmenn Ooi attended the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA to give oral and poster presentations

08/2016 Congratulations to Xiaojun, Carmenn, and Patrick for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (cover story)

06/2016 Welcome Anushka Roy, joining TJ Kim group to start her research with the Stony Brook University Simons Summer Research program

06/2016 Welcome Brian Bick, joining TJ Kim group to start his research with the Stony Brook University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program

05/2016 Congratulations to Tiancheng Pu and Jonathan Schneider for receiving 1st place in Senior Thesis Defense in Chemical and Molecular Engineering Program of Stony Brook University

05/2016 Congratulations to Nusnin Akter whos research has been reported on by DOE Office of Science and BNL website

04/2016 Congratulations to Patrick Yang and his research mates (Xiaojun Chan, Carmenn Ooi, and Marolyn Liang) for receiving First Place in the undergraduate poster presentations at the 2016 Advanced Energy Conference (AEC) hosted at New York City's Jacob Javits Center

04/2015 Congratulations to Tzu-Chi (Catherine) Kao for receiving the 2016 URECA Summer Research Program fellowship

04/2016 Congratulations to Tahseen Tabassum for receiving the 2016 Explorations in STEM research fellowship. The fellowship is sponsored by PSEG and co-administered by the Career Center, URECA, & the Department of Technology & Society

03/2016 Congratulations to Nusnin Akter for receiving the Second Place for Poster Presentations at the 2016 Annual Symposium hosted by The Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York

03/2016 TJ Kim group receives a $12,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support undergraduate students

03/2016 Congratulations to Nusnin Akter and her team for receiving the First Place for Poster Presenting at the event of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program; Hosted by Brookhaven Women in Science at Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Women in Science and Engineering  & Graduate Women in Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University

12/2015 Congratulations to Xiaojun Chan for receiving the award for Best Teaching Assistant in Chemical & Molecular Engineering Program

11/2015 In addition to Prof. Kim, Xiaojun Chan and Carmenn Ooi traveled to the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah to give oral and poster presentations

08/2015 TJ Kim group receives a $40,000 SEED grant along with Anibal Boscoboinik in an SBU-BNL joint project titled “Elucidation of Methanol and Ethanol Upgrading over 2-D and 3-D Zeolite Catalysts using In-Situ Methods at SBU, CFN and NSLS-II”

08/2015 TJ Kim group received a $100,000 grant from the NSF to continue their research in "Alternative Pathways for Biofuel formation from Furfuryl alcohol over Heterogeneous Catalysts"

08/2015 Congratulations to Xiaojun Chan and Nusnin Akter for successfully completing their Preliminary Examination

07/2015 TJ Kim group receives a $5,000 grant from NSF to support travel and registration costs for graduate and undergraduate students from U.S universities attending the 2015 International Advances in Functional Materials (AFM) Conference

07/2015 Professor Kim co-organized the first International Advances in Functional Material (AFM) Conference at Stony Brook University. 

07/2015 Welcome to Carmenn Ooi and Chloe Rojas, joining TJ Kim group to start their research in Stony Brook University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program

05/2015 Congratulations to Lixin Han, Daniel Huaman, and Yongjoo Kang for receiving the Gold Medal in the Senior Thesis Defense for the Chemical and Molecular Engineering Program of Stony Brook University 

04/2015 Professor Kim elected to serve as a Membership Director in Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York

03/2015 Along with Prof. Kim, Xiaojun Chan and Anushka Roy travelled to 2015 NYCS Annual Symposium in Newark, New Jersey to give a poster presentation

12/2014 Congratulations to Xiaojun Chan for receiving the award for Best Teaching Assistant in Materials Science & Engineering Department

11/2014 Prof. Kim and Xiaojun Chan travelled to the 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia to give and oral presentation titled "Catalytic Oligomerization of Furfuryl Alcohol over Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysts" 

07/2014 Welcome to Zachary Wong, joining TJ Kim group to start his research in Stony Brook University Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program

05/2014 Professor Kim elected to serve as a Membership Director in Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York

04/2015 Xiaojun Chan travelled to the 2014 Adavanced Energy Conference (AEC) in Albany, NY to give a poster presentation

11/2013 Congratulations to TJ Kim Group members Andrew Sung, Weida Zhang and other CME students for securing their place in top 10 in Chem-E-Car national competition in San Francisco 

05/2013 Professor Kim elected to serve as a Membership Director in Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York

04/2013 Congratulations to TJ Kim Group members Andrew Sung, Weida Zhang and other CME students for placing 5th in the Chem-E-Car national competition in 2013 AIChE Mid-Atlantic Regionals Conference 

03/2013 Prof. Kim was chosen as the keynote speaker of the 2013 Spring Symposium for the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan NY hosted in Princeton University, NJ. Topic: Production of Furfuryl Alcohol Oligomer/Polymer: Structure Characterization of Intermediate Species and Thermodynamic Properties