Byeong-Joo Kim

Contact Information

Name: Byeong-Joo Kim

Affiliation: * The 3rd R&D Institute - 6th Directorate, Agency for Defense Development (ADD)

** Department of Defense System Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST)

Address: * Yuseong P.O.Box 35, Daejeon, 34060, Republic of Korea

** Gajeong-ro 217, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea

C.P: +82-10-8689-9863

Email: dhfldhs727@naver.com

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Lq8HOHQAAAAJ&hl=en

Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/kbj-technology/

Work Experience

September 2026 - Present, Associate Professor

Department of Defense System Engineering

University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Web: www.ust.ac.kr

Composite Interfaces & Interphases
Composite Manufacturing & Processing
Functional Composites
Testing, Characterization, and Evaluation of Composites

March 2019 - Present, Senior researcher

The 3rd Research and Development Institute - 6th Directorate (January 2025 ~ Present)

Materials & Energy Technology Center (June 2021 ~December 2024)

The 4th Research and Development Institute - 4th Directorate (March 2019 ~ May 2021)

Agency for Defense Development (ADD), Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Web: www.add.re.kr

Tailored Composites for Defense & Weapon Applications
Composite Materials (C/C, C/SiC and SiC/SiC) for Extreme Environments
High-Performance Lightweight Composites (FRP and PMC) for Aerospace

September 2018 - February 2019, Postdoctoral researcher

Fraunhofer Project Center for Composites Research

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea

Web: fip.unist.ac.kr

Study on high speed molding of lightweight composite materials (High Pressure RTM, Wet Compression Molding, Prepreg Compression Molding, etc.)

Honors & Awards

2025 국방과학상 은상 (Silver Prize, National Defense Science Award) - 고성능 항공용 복합소재 자체 개발 및 적용 기술 개발, August 6

2024 공로상 (Achievement Award) - 종결사업 사후평가 결과 우수 선정, September 30

2023 공로상 (Achievement Award) - 연구소 발전기여, 53th Anniversary of ADD, August 6

2019 동 상 2건 (Two Bronze Prizes), 50th Anniversary Logo Design Contest of ADD, August 6

2018 다우-현 상 (Dow Hyun Award), SPE Korea the 42nd Conference, December 7

2018 우수논문발표상 (Best Paper Award), Korean Carbon Society Fall Conference (co-author), November 16

2018 우수논문상 (Best Paper Award), Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers Spring Annual Meeting, Ulsan, May 24

2018 우수박사논문상 (Ph.D. Excellent Research Award), School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, UNIST, February 12

2015 우수포스터상 (Best Poster Award), Korean Carbon Society Fall Conference, October 7

2013 최우수논문상 (Best Paper Award), Korean Society of Precision Engineers Spring Conference, November 1

2012 도초우수학술발표상 (Best Poster Award), Korean Society for Composite Materials Fall Conference (co-author), November 23

2012 Summa Cum Laude (Graduated with 1st honors, 1/63), Department of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering, CWNU, February 17

2009 - 2011

Academic Honors Scholarship, Full or Partial-funding, College of Mechatronics, CWNU

2005 Academic Honors Scholarship, Partial-funding, College of Mechatronics, CWNU

Educational Background

M.S.-Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, January 2012 - August 2018

Functional Intelligent Materials Laboratory (FIM Lab, Web: parklab.unist.ac.kr)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea

Dissertation: Processing and Characterization of Multiscale Hybrid Composites Reinforced through Nanostructure Control and Interfacial Strengthening
Academic Advisor: Professor Young-Bin Park
Areas of Concentration: Extrusion, Thermoplastic resin transfer molding, Process monitoring and optimization, Fiber-Polymer interfacial strengthening
Total credits awarded: 91

(Cumulative GPA: 3.99/4.3)

Exchange Student Program in Mechanical Engineering, December 2010 - August 2011

University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, March 2005 - February 2012

Department of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, South Korea

Total credits awarded: 153
Graduated with 1st honors
Summa cum laude

(Cumulative GPA: 4.30/4.5 (GPA of All Courses including Liberal Arts)

(Cumulative GPA: 4.39/4.5 (GPA of Major Related Courses)