Soft Electronics and Transducers

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Min-gu Kim

Postdoctoral Fellow, Zhenan Bao Group, Stanford University

mingukim (at)stanford.edu

Soft Electronics and Transducers for Wearable Mental Health, Healthcare, and Medical Devices and Applications

I am a postdoctoral research fellow in Bao Group (PI: Dr. Zhenan Bao), Chemical Engineering (ChE) at Stanford University, CA, USA.

I completed my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) with a minor in Material Science and Engineering (MSE) from Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA. I am affiliated with Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) and Integrated Sensor Systems Lab (PI: Dr. Oliver Brand) at Georgia Institute of Technology. I received my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering (ME) from Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, in 2008 and 2010, respectively. From 2010 to 2014, I worked as a senior researcher at Power & Industrial Systems R&D Center, Hyosung Corporation, Anyang, Korea.

"Development of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Science and Technology Enabled by Soft Functional Materials, Devices, and Micro/Nanosystems with Bioinspired Designs"

: Soft micro/nanosystems will open up new applications, which cannot be solved with conventional, hard and rigid systems.

My research interests are in the area of soft and bioinspired technology using soft functional materials (gallium-based liquid metals (EGaIn, Eutectic Gallium-Indium alloy), carbon-based nanomaterials, ionic liquids, and organic semiconductor composites), including i) development of soft functional electronic materials, ii) unconventional fabrication, iii) soft device physics, iv) novel sensing technology, and v) system-level integration for "human being" and "quality of their life".

The research goal is to replace conventional electronic components with soft, stretchable electronic components, including electronic passive/active components, functional circuits, and power sources, and integrate them to realize "fully-integrated soft micro/nanoelectronics for physical, chemical, and biological applications".

As the proposed soft micro/nanoelectronics are lightweight, flexible, stretchable, and biocompatible, my fundamental ideas can be applied to versatile applications, including but not limited to biomedical, healthcare, entertainment, and military industry: imperceptible biomedical health monitoring; soft sensors and actuators to care for elderly or assist wounded soldiers; human motion and gesture recognition for virtual reality, and others.

I enjoy collaborative works and intellectual discussion. Please contact me mgk(at)gatech.edu if you have any questions or help.

News & Updates

May 2020: Journal paper has been accepted in ACS Nano (2020), IF=13.903 Link
Apr 2020: Received Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from Georgia Institute of Technology and Sigma Xi Chapter Link
Feb 2020: Journal paper has been accepted/published in Nature Communications (2020), IF=11.88 Link
Jun 2019: One oral and one poster presentations at Transducers 2019, Berlin, Germany.
Nov 2018: Poster Presentation at MRS Fall Meeting 2018, Boston, MA, USA. – Nominated for best poster award (<8%)
July 2018: Received grant from Young Professionals NET Program (project title: soft wearable healthcare technology), supported through the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) – PI for the project, ≈ $5,000 for 6 months
Jun 2018: Oral presentation at Hilton Head 2018, Hilton Head, SC, USA. – Nominated for best paper award (<8%) and received travel grant
May 2018: Journal paper (co-authored) has been accepted in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2018), IF=2.311 Link
Apr 2018: Journal paper has been accepted/published in Advanced Materials Technologies (2018), IF=4.622 Link
Feb 2018: Poster presentation at 2018 Flex, Monterey, CA, USA. – Invited poster presentation and received travel grant
Jan 2018: Journal paper has been accepted/published in Advanced Electronic Materials (2018), IF=5.466 Link – Selected as Hot Articles Top 10 in Jan 2018 Link
Nov 2017: Poster Presentation at NEXTFLEX Workshop: Powering the Internet of Everything, Georgia Tech, GA, USA. –Won 1st Place Best Poster Award
Oct 2017: Poster presentation at 2017 STAMI Industrial Partners Day and Exposition, Georgia Tech, GA, USA.
Jun 2017: One oral and one poster presentations (co-authored) at Transducers 2017, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. – Received travel grant
May 2017: Journal paper has been published in Lab on a Chip (2017), IF=5.995 Link
May 2017: Invited presentation at Dr. Dickey's Lab., North Carolina State University, NC, USA.
May 2017: Poster presentation at IEN Technical Exchange Conference on Micro/Nano-Enabled Electronics for Global Challenges, Georgia Tech, GA, USA
Jan 2017: Journal paper has been published in Advanced Functional Materials (2017), IF=13.325 Link
Jan 2017: Poster presentation at IEEE MEMS 2017, Las Vegas, NV, USA. – Received travel grant
Nov 2016: Oral presentation at IEEE Sensors 2016, Orlando, FL, USA. – Won 3rd place best oral paper award (<1.5%) and received travel grant
Jun 2016: Oral presentation at Hilton Head 2016, Hilton Head, SC, USA. – Received travel grant