Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Email: misokim@kaist.ac.kr
Members
Ph.D. Students
Jaewon Cho
조재원
Ph.D. student (2025.03~)
Research: Lead-free ferroelectrics
Jisoo Nam
남지수
Ph.D. student (2025.03~)
Research: Mechanical metamaterials, Solid-state cooling System, AI-driven design & optimization
Hyunhee Kwon
권현희
Ph.D. student (2023.03~)
Research: Piezoelectric Single Crystal, Piezoelectric Composite, Piezoelectric Energy Harvester, Acoustic and Mechanical Metamaterials, Ultrasonic transducer, Flat-Panel Loudspeaker, Mid-air haptics
Boxin Chen
Ph.D. student (2023.09~)
Research: Metamaterial computing, Modular metamaterial, Acoustic metamaterial computing, Flat -panel loudspeaker, Programmable coupled- bandgap metamaterial
Dong-kwan Lee
이동관
Ph.D. student (2025.09~)
Research: 3D-printing of lead-free piezoelectric materials, Fabrication of lead-free MLCC, Acoustic interface materials for Ultrasonic Transducers
Seohyun Kim
김서현
Ph.D. student (2026.03~)
Research: Acoustic and elastic metamaterials, Flat-panel and cone-type loudspeakers, Mid-air haptics, Electrocaloric and elastocaloric cooling
Jongwoo Hong
홍종우
Ph.D. student (2026.09~)
Research: Electrospun Functional Fiber Materials, Solid-State Cooling Materials, Piezoelectric Energy Conversion and Hybrid Systems
MS Students
Min Sun Choi
최민선
M.S. student
Research: Lead-free ceramics, Piezoelectric materials for self-powered sensors
Sanghu Ju
주상후
M.S. student
Research: Piezoelectric materials for self-powered sensors, Solid-state cooling System
Matthew R. Pearce
M.S. student
Research: Acoustic and Mechanical Metamaterials, Impact Absorption Metamaterial-Based Computing, Flat-panel Loudspeaker
Yewon Jang
장예원
M.S. student
Research: Acoustic and elastic metamaterials, Piezoelectric Composites, Metamaterial-based energy harvesting
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Hyunwook Kim
김현욱
Research: Acoustic metamaterials,
Flat-panel loudspeaker
Industry-Academia Collaboration Student
Dong Su Lee
이동수
Ph.D. student
under co-advisory with Prof. Wonjae Choi from KRISS
Others
Alumni
Yong Jun Choi
최용준
M.S. 2026
Research: Piezoelectric materials for
self-powered sensors
Xiao-Lei Tang
Ph.D. 2025
Visiting student from Tianjin University, advised by professors Tian-Xue Ma and Yue-Sheng Wang
Seong Uk Ju
주성욱
M.S. 2025
Research: Lead-free ferroelectrics
Yun Kwag
곽윤
M.S. 2025
Research: Recycling 3D printing of
lead- free piezoelectric materials
Hyungyong Kim
M.S. 2025
Research: Synthesis & 3D printing of
lead-free piezoelectric materials
Donghwi Kim
M.S. 2025
Research: Mechanical metamaterials
Dabin Kim
Ph.D. 2024
under co-advisory with Prof. S.-W. Kim
Research: piezoelectric fibers
Ziyue Yang
M.S. 2024
from Mar 2022 to Feb 2024
Research: Piezoelectric fibers