Young-Wook Kim

Dr. Young-Wook Kim is professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Seoul, South Korea. He received an M.S. and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and a B.S. in ceramic engineering from Yonsei University. Before joining the University of Seoul in 1996, he worked as a senior research scientist at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology.

Professor Kim has made seminal contributions to the field of the microstructure control, and mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of dense and porous SiC ceramics, and the processing of electrically conductive SiC ceramics. His contributions include development of (i) a heat-resistant SiC ceramics up to 1600 oC, tough SiC ceramics, and superplastic SiC ceramics via microstructure control, (ii) new processing strategy to fabricate microcellular ceramics and SiC foams via polymer processing route, (iii) a mechanism for N-doping during grain growth in SiC ceramics, and (iv) new processing strategy for producing fully ceramic microencapsulated fuels by pressureless sintering route. He has authored or co-authored more than 340 journal articles and holds more than 60 issued patents.

He received the John Jeppson Award, Samuel Geijsbeek PACRIM International Award, Global Star Award, and Global Ambassador awards from ACerS and Richard Brook Award from the European Ceramic Society (ECerS). He is a fellow of ACerS, honorary fellow of ECerS, academician of World Academy of Ceramics. In addition to being a founding member of the ACerS Korea Chapter, Kim is chair of the Engineering Ceramics Division and editor-in-chief of International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology.