BoHung Kim, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study 4400 University Drive, MS 2A1 George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 Tel: (703) 993-4386 Fax: (703) 993-4325 E-mail: bkim14@gmu.edu

Research Assistant Professor Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, Jan/10~current

Post-Doctoral Old Dominion University, Bio-Micro Fluidics Laboratory, Mar/09~Dec/09

Ph.D. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Aug/06~May/09 Major: Mechanical Engineering

M.S. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Aug/04~Jun/06 Major: Mechanical Engineering

B.S. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Feb/02 Major: Mechanical Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research Interests

- Molecular Neuroscience: Synaptic plasticity; intra-cellular signaling pathways; signaling through G-protein coupled receptors; learning and memory, stochastic reaction-diffusion. long term potentation, long term depression.

- Molecular Dynamics & Nanoscale Gas/Liquid Flow: Atomic, molecular and multi-scale modeling for bio- & nano-technology applications; micro- and nano-scale thermal fluidic transport; rarefied gas dynamics; gas Transport in the transition and free molecular flow regimes; nano- & bio-particle and colloidal manipulations using microfluidics; electrokinetic transport.

- Numerical Methods: Molecular dynamics; direct simulation Monte Carlo method for rarefied gas flows; finite element and spectral element methods; lattice Boltzmann method; Stochastic reaction diffusion.

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:

• B. H. Kim., A. Beskok., and T. Cagin., "Thermal interactions in nanoscale fluid flow: molecular dynamics simulations with solid-liquid interfaces," Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 5, pp. 551-559, Oct 2008.

• B. H. Kim., A. Beskok., and T. Cagin., "Molecular dynamics simulations of thermal resistance at the liquid-solid interface," Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 129, p. 174701, 2008. [Selected for Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 18, Issue 20 (2008)]

• B. H. Kim., A. Beskok., and T. Cagin., "Heat Transfer in Nanoscale Shear Flow: Viscous Heating in Nanometer thin Liquid Films," Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, DOI:10.1007/s10404-009-0515-5 2009.

• M. Barisik., B. H. Kim., and A. Beskok., " Smart Wall Model for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoscale Gas Flows" Communications in Computational Physics, vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 997-993, 2009.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations:

· B. H. Kim., S.W. Cha. and Y.D. Hwang., “A Change of Strength at Microcellular Foamed Plastics as Content of Glass Fiber,” KSPE Spring Meeting, Gwangju, South Korea, 2001

· B. H. Kim., T. Cagin. and A. Beskok., “Nanoscale Fluid Flow - Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Solid-Liquid Interfaces,” AICHE Spring Meeting, Houston, TX, 2007

· B. H. Kim., A. Beskok. and T. Cagin., “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Thermal Interactions in Nanoscale Liquid Channels,” Proc. IMECE, Boston, MA, 2008

· A. Beskok., B. H. Kim. and T. Cagin., “Thermal Interactions at the Liquid-Solid Interface,” APS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2008

· A. Beskok. and B. H. Kim., “Viscous Heating in Nanoscale Shear Driven Flows,” APS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2009

· M. Barisik., B. H. Kim. and A. Beskok., “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoscale Gas Flows,” APS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2009

· B. H. Kim. and Kim. A. Blackwell, “Stochastic Simulations of Spatial Specificity in Synaptic Plasticity,” SFN 40th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Internship (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS)

Jun/08~Aug/08 (2m) SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, Device Group, 2008 Global Internship, Crystallization of a-silicon under UV exposure: applications for OLED TV panels

Research Associate (OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY)

Jun/07~ Feb/09 (1yr8m) Aerospace Engineering Dept., Molecular dynamics for liquid and gas flow

Research Assistant (TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY)

Jan/07~ May/07 (5m) Chemical Engineering Dept., Development of 3D MD code for liquid flow

Jun/06~ Dec/06 (7m) Mechanical Engineering Dept., Development of graphical user interface for SEM

Jan/05~ Aug/05 (8m) Turbomachinery Laboraty, Numerical analysis of air-foil bearing using FEM

Assistant Engineer (SAMSUNG SDS)

Feb/02~Jun/04 (2yr4m), Business Solution Development Team, Development of database user interface using c++ (Active-X module)

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

Texas A&M University: T.A. (1term, Spring 2006) - MEEN410-INTERNAL COMB ENGINES, MEEN 441 - DESN MECH COMP & SYSTM

Old Dominion University: Invited Lectures (Apr.14/08, Dec.2/08) - Molecular Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics in Nano-scale Fluid Flow

CERTIFICATION

Sun Certified Programmer for JAVA2 Platform (SCJP), Sep/01, 91/100

ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS & NEWS ARTICLES

Yonsei Scholarship (Mar/00, Sep/00, Mar/01), Texas A&M Univ. Mechanical Engineering Department Scholarship (Sep/05, Sep/06 and Feb/07)

News: http://www.odu.edu/ao/news/index.php?todo=details&id=17558

Last Updated on Jan 12, 2011