Mechanical Design Lab. with Advanced Materials
Since the establishment in 1986, the Mechanical Design Lab. with Advanced Materials (MDAM) has focused on the study of composite materials, structures and their applications across various fields. The main research areas include the design and manufacturing processes development of structural composite materials, improvement of interfacial properties between dissimilar materials using various surface treatments, applications of composite materials to energy storage systems, and smart sensors.
Seong Su Kim
Associate Professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
2017 ~ Present
Adjunct Professor
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering
- E-mail: seongsukim@kaist.ac.kr
- Office: N7 7104
- Phone: 3018
Seong Su Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at KAIST. He has expertise in the mechanical design of composite structures and the improvement of energy storage systems using functional composite materials.
After receiving his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of KAIST in 2007, he worked for two years as a research professor at KAIST to develop a new LNG containment system using composite structures. He moved to the University of Tokyo, Japan in 2009 as a Global Centers of Excellence Program (GCOE) researcher. There he conducted research on the curing process for thermosets composites using optical fiber sensors until 2010.
From 2010 to 2017, he worked as an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering at Chonbuk National University in Korea. During that time, he concentrated on the composite manufacturing process to enhance the mechanical properties of thermoplastic composites. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering of KAIST in February 2017.
Awards and Honors
| Outstanding Teaching Award | 2021 | KAIST Dept. Mechanical Engineering (ME800, Spring semester) |
| Outstanding Teaching Award | 2018 | KAIST Dept. Mechanical Engineering (ME341, Fall semester) |
| Promising Scientist Award | 2017 | The Korea Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) |
| Best Paper Award | 2017 | The Korea Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) |
| Best Paper Award | 2015 | ICME-AM 2015 |
| Best Paper Award | 2015 | The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME) |
| Best Paper Award | 2014 | The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME) |
| Presidential Award of ME alumni | 2007 | KAIST |
| Best Paper Award | 2006 | The Korea Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) |
| Excellent Teaching Assistant | 2005 | KAIST |
Academic Activities
| Editor of Materials Today Communications |
| Editor of International Journal of Automotive Technology |
| Editorial Board Member of Composite Structures |
| Advisory Board Member of Mechanics of Composite Materials |
| Editorial Board Member of Tribology and Lubricants |
| Editor of International Journal of Functional Composites and Structures |
| Member of the Korean Society for Composite Materials |
| Member of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Member of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers |
Organizing Committee & Technical Program Committee
| Advisory committee, International symposium on polymeric materials | 2020 |
| Organizing committee, 22th International Conference on Composite Structures | 2019 |
| Organizing committee, International Conference on Active Materials and Soft Mechatronics | 2019 |
| Organizing committee, International Conference on Active Materials and Soft Mechatronics | 2018 |
| Co-chair, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures | 2017 |
Dai Gil Lee
Emeritus Professor
1985 ~ 2017
- E-mail: dglee@kaist.ac.kr
- Phone: 3221
Major Field
| Composite Materials, Machine Tools, Robotics |
Education
| B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University | 1975.3. |
| M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST | 1977.3. |
| Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, MIT | 1985.9 |
Experience
| Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering | KAIST | 1977~1978 |
| Full Time Instructor and Assistant Professor | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University | 1978~1982 |
| Researcher | Mechanical Engineering Division, KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) | 1982 |
| Senior Researcher | Mechanical Engineering Division, KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) | 1985~1986 |
| Assistant Professor | Dept. of Production Engineering, KAIST | 1986~1991 |
| Associate Professor | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST | 1991~1996 |
| Professor | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST | 1996~present |
| Director | KAIST Institute for Design of Complex Systems (KIDCS) | 2006~present |
| Director | EEWS Research Center | 2015~present |
Awards and Honors
| Special ICCS award | 2017 | The 20th ICCS |
| KSCM Award | 2013 | The Korean Society of Composite Materials |
| ICCS 17 Award for Excellence in Research in the field of Composite Structures | 2013 | The 17th ICCS |
| KAIST Best 10 R&D | 2011 | KAIST |
| Outstanding Industry Cooperation Award | 2011 | Hyundai Motor Company |
| National Academy Sciences Award | 2010 | The National Academy of Sciences |
| Award as the Best KAIST Professor | 2010 | KAIST |
| Award as the Best KAIST Professor | 2009 | KAIST |
| Awarded as the Patent King in Korea | 2009 | Korean Intellectual Property Office |
| Research Excellency Award | 2006 | KAIST |
| Gold Medal of Patent Competition of Korea | 2004 | Patent Competition of Korea |
| IR 52 Award (Jang Young Sil Award) | 2004 | Minister of Science and Technology |
| Korea National Medal Award for Developing Composite boring and Reamer Bars | 2003 | KOREA |
| Excellency Award in Composite Materials | 2002 | Korea Federation of Science and Technology-Composite Materials |
| Best Paper Award | 2002 | Composite Structures |
| Academic Excellency Award | 2001 | KSME |
| Best Paper Award | 2000 | Composite Structures |
| Award of Minister of Commerce and Industry of Korean Government | 1997 | Minister of Commerce and Industry of Korean Government |
| Academic Excellency Award | 1997 | KAIST |
| NEL Best Paper Award | 1995 | The 8th ICCS |
| Academic Excellency Award in Mech. Eng. | 1995 | Korea Federation of Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering |
| NEL Best Paper Award | 1993 | The 7th ICCS |
| Listed in, Marquis Who’s Who in the World. | ||
| Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. | ||
| Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. | ||
Academic Activities
| Member of Korean Academy of Science and Technology | 2004~Present |
| President of Korea Society of Composite Materials | 2009 |
| Editor of International Journal of Korea Society of Mechanical Engineers | 2000~2002 |
| Editorial Board Member of Journal of Composite Structures | Current |
| Editorial Board Member of Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology | Current |
| Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design | Current |
| Editorial Board Member of the Open Current Process Chemistry Journal | Current |
| Editorial Board Member of Open Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Current |
| Editorial Board Member of Advanced Composite Materials | Current |
| Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Automotive Composites | Current |
Alumni
Ph.D. Alumni
| Jin Ho Choi | Hyung Geun Kim | Kwan Ho Lee |
| Hyeok Park | Po Jin Kim | Byung Chul Kim |
| Kwang Seop Jeong | Jung Do Suh | Ha Na Yu |
| Jin Soo Kim | Chang Sup Lee | Bu Gi Kim |
| Su Jeong Lee | Tae Seong Lim | Soon Ho Yoon |
| Hyun Surk Kim | Il Seong Seo | Jin Kyu Kim |
| Young Goo Kim | Hui Yun Hwang | Chang Seon Bang |
| Jin Kyung Choi | Dong Chang Park | Jun Woo Lim |
| Seong Sik Cheon | Woo Seok Chin | Ki Hyun Kim |
| Durk Hyun Cho | Hak Gu Lee | Ilbeom Choi |
| Myung Yung Jeong | Hak Sung Kim | Young Ho Yu |
| Je Hoon Oh | Jong Woon Kim | Jinyi Lee |
| Seung Hwan Chang | Seong Su Kim | Minkook Kim |
| Kyung Geun Bang | Sang Wook Park | Dongyoung Lee |
| Jae Wook Kwon | Byoung Jung Kim | Jaeheon Choe |
| Jin Kook Kim | Po Chul Kim | Soohyun Nam |
M.S. Alumni
| Sung Yong Son | Dong Hyun Kim | Jong Min Kim |
| Won Tae Kim | Seung Woo Lee | Seung Min Lee |
| Hee Seok Oh | Kum Cheol Shin | In Uk Hwang |
| Yun Jeong Hwang |
B.S. Alumni
| Young Han Kim | Jae Young Ahn | In Taek Cheon |
| Kyeong Yun Seong | Seungjin Oh |
