Research and Educational Activities of the BioNanofluidics and Microfluidics Laboratory

Prof. Dohyun Kim (김도현 교수) (Full CV)

Contact Info.


Department of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji University
#216 Engineering I
116 Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin
Gyeonggi-do 449-728
South Korea
Tel: (+82) 31-324-1425, Fax: (+82) 31-330-6957
E-mail: dohyun dot kim at mju dot ac dot kr

Education

2008    Ph.D.    Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
2001    M.S.      Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University
1999     B.S.       Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University (Cum Laude)

Appointments

2021.09-present        Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji University
2019.09-2020.08        Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
2016.09-2021.08        Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji University
2012.09-2016.08        Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji University
2009.12-2012.08        Postdoctoral Scholar, Bioengineering Department, UC Berkeley
2008.10-2009.11        Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, UCLA
2002.07-2008.10       Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA
1999.03-2001.07        Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University

Activity Photos

Presentation at the Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, 2022
Presentation at the GIGJ(Gyeonggi-Incheon-Gangwon-Jeju) local chapter meeting, The Society of Micro and Nano Systems, Yongin, 2022
Presentation at the New Tech Forum., The Society of Micro and Nano Systems, Ansan, 2018
Presentation at the Annual Research Review of Mechanical Engineering Dept., Sogang University, Seoul, 2018
Presentation at the KSBB-BEST conference, Seoul, 2018
Presentation at the DGMIF, Daegu, 2018.
A crush course on MEMS for University of Santo Tomas (Philippine) students, KISA, 2017.
Presentation at MEMS 2011 conference, Cancun, Mexico, 2011.

NEWS

10/14/2024
BNML is presenting two papers on MicroTAS 2024 conference at Montreal, Canada: "FLUIDICS-FREE GEL-GRID DIGITAL PCR" by Dr. Pullagura and coauthors and "ROBUST ACOUSTOFLUIDIC MICROMIXER BASED ON AN ULTRATHIN PDMS MICROBALLOON OSCILLATOR" by Yeji and coauthors.

10/13/2024
Yeji and Dohyun receives an award from 2024 Nano Young Challenge with their research titled "나노벌룬 공압구동기 어레이를 이용한 고성능 고신뢰성 음향유동 미세교반기 연구".

9/12/2024
Seungmin is elected as a member of YEHS (Young Engineer Honor Society) at NAKE (The National Academy of Engineering of Korea).

7/12/2024
Minjun Jeon (전민준), a 2nd-year undergraduate student, joined the BNML. Warm welcome to him.

5/24/2024
Dr. Akhtar receives a best poster award in the BioChip 2024 Spring Conference with the paper titled "UV laser-based light-sheet photolithography system for the gel-grid-based digital assays".

5/23/2024
BNML present five posters in the BioChip 2024 Spring Conference: "Fluidics-free digital PCR based on microphotopartitioning", "UV laser-based light-sheet photolithography system for the gel-grid-based digital assays", "UV-adhesive-assisted hybrid bonding of a 3D-printed microfluidic chip and PMMA coverslip", "Design and operation optimization of a 3D-printed sharp-edge micromixer using streaming analysis", and "Robust acousto-fluidic micromixer based on a PDMS microballoon actuator".

3/29/2024
Yeji, a master's student in the BNML, receives a prestigious Master's Student Scholarship Award from National Research Foundation.

3/1/2024
Yeji(양예지) started her Master's study in the BNML.

2/21/2024
Undergraduate researchers, Yeji Yang(양예지), Boseok Heo(허보석), and Jintae Kim(김진태), are graduated with their B.S. degrees. Best wishes for their professional endeavor ahead.

1/3/2024
The paper titled "Numerical-simulation-based Buffer Design for Microchip Electrophoresis with Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection" was just published in the BioChip Journal.