KIM, CHEOL

Professor

School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University

80 Daehak-ro, Book-Gu, Daegu, 702-701, KOREA

E-mail: kimchul@knu.ac.kr

  Jan. 1995     Ph.D.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , IL, USA

- Aerospace Engineering

  Dec. 1989      M.S.

Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA

- Aerospace Engineering

  Feb. 1985       B.S.

Yonsei University (entered on Mar. 1978), Seoul, Korea.

- Mechanical Engineering
(3-year military service as a F-4E technician at the ROKAF 17^th Fighter Wing)

 Research Awards, Korean Society for Computational Mechanics (KSCM), 2018

 KSME Awards 대한기계학회 학술상, 2016.

 KSAE Awards 한국자동차공학회 학술상, 2016.

 KSME CAE and Applied Mechanics Awards 대한기계학회 CAE 및 응용역학학술상, 2015.

 Outstanding Awards in Science & Technology 과학기술우수논문상 한국과학기술단체총연합회, 2008.

 Outstanding Recent Alumnus Awards: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.

 Roger A Strehlow Award (Outstanding Research Awards): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.

 Mar. 2020 - Present

 President, Korean Society for Computational Mechanics (KSCM)

 Jan. 2019 - Present

 Special Committee Member, Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology

 Jan. 1, 2017 - Dec. 31. 2018

 Vice-President, KSME 대한기계학회 부회장

 Jan. 1, 2016 - Present

 Editor, Int'l J. of Automotive Technology

 Jun. 1, 2012 - Jul. 31, 2016

 Board Member, NRF(National Research Foundation) 한국연구재단 전문위원

 Jan. 1, 2010 - Dec. 31, 2014

 Automotive Recall Committee, Ministry of Land and Transportation 국토교통부 자동차리콜판정위원

 Mar. 2009 - Jul. 2011

 Department Head, School of Mechanical Engineering

 Mar. 1, 2006 - Aug. 31, 2010

 Director, The 2^nd  BK21 in Mechanical Engineering

 Dec. 19, 2000 - Dec. 18, 2002

 Director, The 1^st BK21 in Mechanical Engineering

 Mar. 1, 1999 - Present

 Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, KNU

 Mar. 1, 1996 - Feb. 28, 1999

 Senior Researcher, Samsung Aerospace Research Center,

 A/T-50  Program : Airframe Stress/FEM Team Leader

 Jan. 5, 1995 - Feb. 20, 1996

 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 - Design optimization algorithms and artificial neural networks

 - Piezoelectric energy harvesting system, vibration and dynamic analysis of mechanical parts, etc.

 - Design of a lithium ion battery and electrode materials

 - Analysis and design of a new automotive power train system, transmission, disc brakes, and hydroforming axles

 - Battery composite materials, polymer composites materials and structures, nano-materials and nanocomposites

 - New designs using smart materials like piezoelectric materials, PVDF, PMN-PT, shape memory alloys, etc

 Korean Society of Automotive Engineers, Editor of IJAT, 총무이사, 사업이사, 차체안전부문 회장

 Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Editor, Editor of KSME A, 편집이사, CAE 응용역학부문  회장

 Korean Society for Composite Materials,  Financial Director & Editor

 Selection Committee, IR52 Jang Young-sil Award and NET