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Professor Sung Chul Kim PROFESSOR Sung Chul Kim

Curriculum Vitae

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
373-1, Gusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Daejon, 305-701 Korea
Tel: 82-42-869-3914, FAX: 82-42-869-8435
E-mail: kimsc@kaist.ac.kr

Education and Experience

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, 1963 -- 1967
Dr. Eng. Polymer Engineering, University of Detroit, 1971 -- 1975
Head, Polymer Materials Laboratory, Korea Inst. of Sci. Tech.1975 - 1979
Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. & Tech., 1979 - present
Visiting Professor, IBM and Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1985
Editorial Board, Journal of Polymers for Advanced Technology, 1989 - present
Director, Applied Science Research Institute, KAIST, 1990 - 1993
Dean, School of Applied Engineering, KAIST, 1991 - 1993
Editor, "Polymer Science & Technology", 1991
Director, Center for Advanced Functional Polymers, 1994 - present
Editor, "Polymer(Korea)", 1994 - 1997
Editorial Board, "International Polymer Processing Journal", 1994 - present
Editorial Board, "Progress in Polymer Processing", 1994 - present
Fellow, Korean Academy of Science & Technology, 1996 - present
Member, National Academy of Engineering, Korea, 1998 - present
Editorial Board, "Polymer Bulletin", 1998 - present
Editorial Board, "Progress in Polymer Science", 1998 - present
Dean, Academic Affairs, KAIST, 2000 - 2001
Director, Div. Of Eng., Korean Academy of Sci. Tech., 2001 - 2004
Vice President, Korean Union of Chemical Sci. & Tech. Societies, 2001 - 2002
Vice President, Korean Association of Scientists and Engineers, 2002 - present
Editorial Board, "Journal of Polymer Science; Polymer Physics Ed.", 2003 - present

Professional Societies

Polymer Society of Korea Member of the Board(1979-1997), Managing Director(1991), Auditor(1998), Vice President(1999-2000) President(2001)
Membrane Society of Korea: Vice President(1992 - 1994), President(1995 - 1996)
Polymer Processing Society (International): Asia Representative (1993 - 1995), President-elect(1995 - 1997), President(1997 - 1999)
Pacific Polymer Federation: Council Member (1993 - present), Secretary/Treasurer, (1995 - 1997), Secretary General PPC-5 (1996 - 1997)
IUPAC WP IX-2-1, Chairman, East Asia Research Meeting (1999 - present ), Tutular Member (1999 - present)

Awards

Seogryu Medal of Civil Merit (Republic of Korea), 1994
Sang Am Polymer Award (Polymer Society of Korea), 1999
Korea Engineering Prize (President, Republic of Korea), 2002
International Award, Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2006
National Academy of Science (NAS) Award (Republic of Korea), 2006

Publications and Patents

About 175 refereed papers, 20 patents