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Associate Professor
Byungjo Kim

The Virtual Materials and Processes Design Laboratory (VDLab) endeavors to develop highly sophisticated methodologies for an essential understanding and innovative design of materials and processes across a broad spectrum, encompassing multiscale phenomena from quantum to continuum mechanics.
 
– Curriculum Vitae
·         2024 – present: Assistant Professor, UNIST, Korea
·         2019 – 2023: Staff Engineer, Mechatronics Research, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Korea
 
– Academic Credential
·         2019: Integrated M.S. & Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
·         2011: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea
 
– Research Keywords and Topics
Multiscale simulation, Semiconductor materials and processes, Plasma-materials interaction, Machine learning in materials science, etc.
 
– Publications (selected) 
·         “Deep neural network-based reduced-order modeling of ion–surface interactions combined with molecular dynamics simulation”
B. Kim*, J. Bae, H. Jeong, S. H. Hahn, S. Yoo, S. K. Nam, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. IOP Publishing, 2023, 09.
·         “Computational approach for plasma process optimization combined with deep learning model”
J. Ko, J. Bae, M. Park, Y. Jo, H. Lee, K. Kim, S. Yoo, S. K. Nam, D. Sung, B. Kim*, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. IOP Publishing, 2023, 08.
·         “Atomistic insights on hydrogen plasma treatment for stabilizing High-k/Si interface”
B. Kim, M. Kim*, S. Yoo, S. K. Nam, Applied Surface Science. Elsevier, 2022, 08.
 
– Awards/Honors/Memberships
·         2022, Samsung Best Paper Award Bronze, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
·         2019, Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
·         2017 – 2019: Ph.D. Sponsorship Program, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd