Dr. Kim is active in mentoring undergraduate and high school students in various research activities. Most of these students do not have any previous research experiences. Over the last 5.5 years, he has mentored more than 57 undergraduate (UG) or high school students (32 minorities), and most of them were awarded FAU UG Research Grants and Summer UG Research Fellowship (SURF) grants, more than $31,640 of research funding specifically for 17 OURI, 4 SURF, 1 WAVE grants.
With FAU UG, he has published 7 journal papers, 1 peer-reviewed proceeding, 9 international conference presentations, and 16 FAU symposium presentations during 2015-2019. A total of 20 students completed their directed independent study, and 22 students performed an internship at Dr. Kim’s laboratory.
Dr. Kim received the 2018 Distinguished Mentor of the Year award from FAU. This university-wide award is given to one faculty each year who serves as a model mentor to his/her UG students regardless of the rank. He also received the 2019 Excellence in Teaching award from the College of Engineering as recognition of his teaching efforts. In October 2019, he received a 2019 faculty Talon leadership award, designed to recognize faculty who have a demonstrated record of exceptional leadership, commitment, and service to FAU students.
Honors / Awards
1. 2018 Distinguished Mentor of the Year Award (https://www.fau.edu/ouri/facultymentor_award.php)
2. 2019 Excellence in Teaching award (http://www.eng.fau.edu/news/1902_celebration-of-excellence.php)
3. 2019 faculty Talon leadership award (https://faualumni.org/talonawards/)
List of Past Projects/Grants with High School and Undergraduate Mentees
- Past FAU Undergraduate Research Assistants (Year, Project Title)
Genevieve Kunkel (Physics, CO2-Monoethanolamine-assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery)
Rosa Walls (OME, CO2-Monoethanolamine-assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery)
Robert Cook (OME, Development of an Expiration System using Microfluidic O2 Diffusion)
Raymond Mathis (OME, Enhancement of Growth Rate of Microalgae using CO2 Microbubbles)
Nick Petrozzi (OME, Aqueous Two-Phase Droplet Microfluidics)
Seamus Byrnes (OME, Enhancement of Growth Rate of Microalgae using CO2 Microbubbles)
Brian Lages (OME, Monoethanolamine-based CO2 Capture)
George Albrecht (2018, Hydrofracking-on-a-Chip: Particle-Laden Transport under High Pressure)
Ryan Kwaterski (2018, Microfluidic Approach for Microalgae Growth Optimization)
Christian Chattas Asfour (2017-2018, CO2 Dissolution)
Scott Shirley (2018, Microfluidic Approach for Microalgae Growth Optimization)
Mazen Hafez (2018, Hydrofracking-on-a-Chip: Particle-Laden Transport under High Pressure)
Mohammadhassan Kavosi (2018, Hydrofracking-on-a-Chip: Particle-Laden Transport under High Pressure)
Natalia Linares (2018, Hydrofracking-on-a-Chip: Particle-Laden Transport under High Pressure)
Cesar Saldana (2017, Environmentally Benign Surfactant for Sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery)
Gabriela Alvarez (2017-2018, Catalytic Activity of Nickel Nanoparticles for Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers)
Kavita Braun (2017, Environmentally Benign Surfactant for Sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery)
Colleen Lacava (2017, Understanding Fundamental Physics of Water-in-Water Droplet Generation Mechanism in a Co-Flowing Microfluidic Device)
Kevin Garcia Ocampo (2017-2018, Catalytic Activity of Nickel Nanoparticles for Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers)
Chase Baskin (2017, Catalytic Activity of Nickel Nanoparticles for Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers)
Derek Peters (2017, Environmentally Benign Surfactant for Sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery)
Natalia Linares (2017-2018, Oil Spill Clean-up)
Heather Crawford (2017, Geological Lab-on-a-Chip for Salt Precipitation in Deep Saline Aquifers)
Christian Ghattas Asfour (2017, Geological Lab-on-a-Chip for Salt Precipitation in Deep Saline Aquifers)
Natalia Linares (2017, Geological Lab-on-a-Chip for Salt Precipitation in Deep Saline Aquifers)
Nafisa Shikdar (2017, Development of Solar-Powered Underwater CO2 Sensor)
Nick Petrozzi (2017, Understanding Fundamental Physics of Water-in-Water Droplet Generation Mechanism in a Co-Flowing Microfluidic Device)
Sofia Jimenez Melgar (2017, Understanding Fundamental Physics of Water-in-Water Droplet Generation Mechanism in a Co-Flowing Microfluidic Device)
Cuong Tran (2017, Development of Solar-Powered Underwater CO2 Sensor)
Charles Nighswonger (2016, Carbon-on-a-Chip: Enhancement of CO2 Dissolution using Nanoparticles and Water Chemistry)
Minh Nguyen (2016, Carbon-on-a-Chip: Enhancement of CO2 Dissolution using Nanoparticles and Water Chemistry)
Minh Nguyen (2017, Development of Solar-Powered Underwater CO2 Sensor)
Fabrizio Isaacson (2016, Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms of Droplet Formation in an All-Aqueous System)
Pablo Diaz (2016, Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms of Droplet Formation in an All-Aqueous System)
Gabriel Navarette (2016, Microfluidics for CO2 dissolution in an aqueous solution for CO2 Storage applications)
Daniel Stepien (2015-2016, Improvement of Cooling Efficiency for Data Centers using Heat Pipes)
Joshua Griffin (2015-2015, Improvement of Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency by Solar Tracking)
Stephan Hoo-fat (2015-2016, Improvement of Cooling Efficiency for Data Centers using Heat Pipes)
Dawit Dereje (2015-2016, Improvement of Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency by Solar Tracking)
Joshua Richey (2016, Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms of Droplet Formation in an All-Aqueous System)
Daniel Stepien (2016, Pore-scale Investigation of Interfacial Phenomena and Methane Production at CO2–CH4–Water Interface)
Amine Rochd (2015-2016, Improvement of Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency by Solar Tracking)
Patrick Hawkins (2015-2016, Improvement of Cooling Efficiency for Data Centers using Heat Pipes)
Ahmed Ashfaq (2015-2016, Improvement of Cooling Efficiency for Data Centers using Heat Pipes)
Guillermo Rangel (2015-2016, Improvement of Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency by Solar Tracking)
- FAU Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (OURI) Research Grants
2019 Vitor Prado Correi & Keon Walters, “Development of Highly-Efficient Photobioreactor with Microbubbles for Biodiesel Production”, $1,2002019 Tahir Farrukh & Scott Shirley, “Microalgae Separation in a Spiral Centrifugal Microchannel for Biofuel Produciton”, $1,200
2019 Mohammadhassan Kavosi, Jake Ray, & Lindsay Randolph, “Microbubble-Loaded Algae Growth for Large-Scale Biodiesel Production”, $1,200
2019 Scott Shirley & Rashawn Hendricks, “Microalgae Separation in a Spiral Centrifugal Microchannel for Biofuel Production”, $1,200
2018 Genevieve Kunkel & Rosa Walls, “Enhanced Viscosity Reduction of Crude Oil by Ethanolamine for Enhanced Oil Recovery”, $1,200
2018 Brian Lages & Alexander Shaw, “Nickel Nanoparticles for Carbon Capture via Micro CO2 Bubbles”, $1,200
2018 Scott Shirley & Ryan Kwaterski, “Microfluidic Approach for Microalgae Growth Optimization”, $1,200
2018 Natalia Linares, George Albrecht, Mazen Hafez & Mohammadhassan Kavosi, “Hydrofracking-on-a-Chip: Particle-Laden Transport under High Pressure”, $1,200
2017 Derek Peters, Kavita Braun & Cesar Saldana, “Environmentally Benign Surfactant for Sustainable Enhanced Oil Recovery”, $1,200
2017 Gabriela Alvarez Perez, Chase Baskind & Kevin Garcia Ocampo, “Catalytic Activity of Nickel Nanoparticles for Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers”, $1,200
2017 Heather Crawford, Christian Ghattas Asfour & Natalia Linares, “Geological Lab-on-a-Chip for Salt Precipitation in Deep Saline Aquifers”, $1,200
2017 Nicholas Petrozzi & Sofia Jimenez, “Understanding Fundamental Physics of Water-in-Water Droplet Generation Mechanism in a Co-Flowing Microfluidic Device”, $1,200
2016 Minh Nguyen, Giannina Duran & Nafisa Shikdar, “Development of Solar-Powered Underwater CO2 Sensor”, $1,200
2016 Charles Nighswonger & Minh Nguyen, “Carbon-on-a-Chip: Enhancement of CO2 Dissolution using Nanoparticles and Water Chemistry”, $1,200
2016 Danielle Stepien, “Pore-scale Investigation of Interfacial Phenomena and Methane Production at CO2–CH4–Water Interface”, $600
2015 Stephan Hoo-Fat, Danielle Stepien, Ahemd Ashfaq & Patrick Hawkins, “Improvement of Cooling Efficiency for Data Centers using Heat Pipes”, $1,000
2015 Amine Rochd, Joshua Griffin, Guillermo Rangel, Dawit Dereje, “Improvement of Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency by Solar Tracking”, $1,000
- FAU Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2020 Roosvelt Delius, “Understanding the Role of Impulse Pressure in Pore Plugging and Water Retention at the Fracture,” $4,000
2019 Alexander Shaw, “Seawater-Driven Carbon Separation from Flue Gas Using a Nickel Nanoparticles-Aerogel Framework,” $4,000
2018 Scott Shirley, “Understanding Catalytic Activity of Polymers for CO2-NaCl-H2O Interactions“, $4,000
2017 Natalia Linares, “Interfacial Reaction Dynamics at Microscale during CO2 Sequestration”, $4,000
2016 Gabriel Navarrete, “Interfacial Reaction Dynamics of CH4-CO2-Water at High Pressure during CO2 Sequestration”, $3,900
- FAU Wave Awards
2017 Minh Nguyen & Charles Nighswonger, “Microfluidic Approach to Nickel-Nanoparticle-Enhanced CO2 Dissolution”, $500
- NSF Learning Environment and Academic Research Network (LEARN) Scholar
2018 Scott Shirley, $150
- FAU Directed Independent Study with Undergraduate Students (2016~2019)
2019 Robert Cook, “Droplet Microfluidics”
2018 Brian Lages, “Microfluidic Carbon Capture”
2018 Seamus Byrnes, Raymond Mathis, “Directed Independent Study: Increasing the Growth Rate of Microalgae through Double Emulsions”
2018 Natalia Linares, “Hydrofracking on a Chip”
2017 Minh Nguyen, “A microfluidic approach for studying influences of nickel nanoparticles and the intrinsic characteristic of brine on the dissolution of carbon dioxide bubbles”
2017 Colleen Lacava, “Droplet Microfluidics”
2017 Danielle Stepien, “Droplet Microfluidics”
2017 Sofia Melgar Jimenez, “Droplet Microfluidics”
2016 Dawit Dejere, “Water Chemistry-Dependent CO2 Bubbles”
2016 Fabrizio Isaacson, Pablo Diaz, Joshua Richey, “Microfluidic generation and mapping of aqueous two-phase system droplets by use of different geometries”
2016 Patrick Hawkins, “Improvement of Cooling Efficiency for Data Centers using Heat Pipes”
2016 Christian Cury, “Droplet Microfluidics”
2016 Danielle Stepien, “Interfacial Microfluidics”
2016 Gabriel Navarrete, “Interfacial Microfluidics”
2016 Stephan Hoo-fat, “Interfacial Microfluidics”
- International Internship Students (20 Undergraduate Students)
2019 Aubin Joly, University Institute of Technology, Lorient, France
2019 Remi Marsac, University Institute of Technology, Lorient, France
2019 Maxime Dagois, University Institute of Technology, Lorient, France
2019 Sacha Borg, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et D’Aerotechnique, France
2019 Yoan Martiniere, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et D’Aerotechnique, France
2019 Aurelien Chevalier, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et D’Aerotechnique, France
2018 Benjamine Riou, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mecanique et D’Aerotechnique, France
2018 Antoine Saillour, University Institute of Technology, Lorient, France
2018 Thomas Castric, University Institute of Technology, Lorient, France
2018 Ketan Tewari, Nirma University, India
2017 Kevin Algay, University Institute of Technology, Lorient, France
2017 Mathieu Janet, University Institute of Technology, Lorient, France
2017 Ketan Tewari, Nirma University, India
2017 Zeel Chetan Shah, Nirma University, India
2016 Srinivas Naik, Nirma University, India
2016 Bruno Serpa, Brazil
2016 Lucas Rodrigues, Brazil
2015 Alessandro Rinaldi Dos Reis, Brazil
2015 Gustavo Oliveria Rodrigues, Brazil
2015 Alexandre Giry, University Institute of Technology, Lorient, France