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Gi-Dong Sim
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST Email: [email protected] Phone: +82-42-350-7318 Office: ME Bldg (N7) #6116 |
Education
2006 – 2012 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
2009 – 2012 Visiting Scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Advisors: Soon-Bok Lee (KAIST), Joost J. Vlassak (Harvard)
2002 – 2006 B.S. in Civil Engineering, Yonsei University
Professional Appointments
2024 - present Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
2018 - 2024 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
2015 – 2017 Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
2014 – 2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Advisors: Kevin J. Hemker, Jaafar A. El-Awady
2012 – 2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Advisor: Joost J. Vlassak
Awards
2025 Teaching Excellence Award, KAIST
2024 Teaching Excellence Award, KAIST ME (ME 433: Introduction to Thin Film Mechanics)
2024, 2025 Outstanding Contribution Award (Associate Editor), Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
2023 Impact Research Award, KAIST College of Engineering
2021 Acta Materialia and Scripta Materilia Outstanding Reviewer Award
2021 POSCO Young Professor Science Fellowship, POSCO TJ Park Foundation (Research Fellowship of 50M KRW for 2 years)
2020 Teaching Excellence Award, KAIST ME (ME 533: Fracture Mechanics)
2019 Teaching Excellence Award, KAIST ME (ME 491C: Introduction to Thin Film Mechanics)
2013 ICEM Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award - Experimental Mechanics, KAIST
2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea
2006 – 2012 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
2009 – 2012 Visiting Scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Advisors: Soon-Bok Lee (KAIST), Joost J. Vlassak (Harvard)
2002 – 2006 B.S. in Civil Engineering, Yonsei University
Professional Appointments
2024 - present Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
2018 - 2024 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
2015 – 2017 Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
2014 – 2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Advisors: Kevin J. Hemker, Jaafar A. El-Awady
2012 – 2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Advisor: Joost J. Vlassak
Awards
2025 Teaching Excellence Award, KAIST
2024 Teaching Excellence Award, KAIST ME (ME 433: Introduction to Thin Film Mechanics)
2024, 2025 Outstanding Contribution Award (Associate Editor), Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
2023 Impact Research Award, KAIST College of Engineering
2021 Acta Materialia and Scripta Materilia Outstanding Reviewer Award
2021 POSCO Young Professor Science Fellowship, POSCO TJ Park Foundation (Research Fellowship of 50M KRW for 2 years)
2020 Teaching Excellence Award, KAIST ME (ME 533: Fracture Mechanics)
2019 Teaching Excellence Award, KAIST ME (ME 491C: Introduction to Thin Film Mechanics)
2013 ICEM Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award - Experimental Mechanics, KAIST
2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea