Jeehwan Kim

Background and Experience

Professor Jeehwan Kim is a tenured Associate Professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Mechanical engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. His research covers topics ranging from basic material physics/mechanics to electronic/photonic devices and systems for next generation electronics. He is a Principal Investigator in Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT. Prof. Kim’s group focuses on innovation in nanotechnology for next generation computing and electronics. Before joining MIT in 2015, he was a Research Staff Member at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY since 2008. Many of his patents have been licensed for commercialization. Prof. Kim is a recipient of 20 IBM high value invention achievement awards. In 2012, he was appointed a “Master Inventor” of IBM in recognition of his active intellectual property generation and commercialization of his research. He is a recipient of DARPA Young Faculty Award and DARPA Director’s Fellowship. He received his B.S. from Hongik University, his M.S. from Seoul National University, and his Ph.D. from UCLA in 2008, all of them in Materials Science.

Awards and Honors

• SENSE.nano Seed Grant | 2020
• DARPA Young Faculty Award | 2019
• U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2018 Funding Program | 2018
• IBM Faculty Award | 2016
• Lam Research Foundation Award | 2015, 2016
• Master Inventor of IBM Corporation | 2012
• 25 Invention Achievement Awards, IBM | 2008-2015
• 15 High Value Patent Awards, IBM | 2008-2015