JONGSOO (JON) KIM

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a product development position in silicone areas with the opportunity to

utilize my problem solving, communication, and leadership skills.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10 years plus experience in silicone related product development

• Silicone monomers/polymers synthesis, silicone formulation, compound mixing,

and process

• Experience with scaleup tests and commercial scale product development

• Characterization of polymers and monomers

• Utilize Design of experiment (Design expert) to optimize process and statistically

analyze the data

• Project management and ability to manage multiple tasks

RELATED EXPERIENCES

Process research chemist, Gelest, Morrisville, PA (August 2009 – now)

• Synthesize silicone monomers (Hydrosilylation, Alkoxylation, Grignard reaction,

Hydrolysis and so on)

• Perform distillation, filtration, extraction, and drying to purify silicone monomers

• Characterize monomers using GC, NMR, and FT-IR.

Polymer chemist, Morgan Advanced Ceramics_Diamonex, Allentown, PA

(July 2008 – January 2009)

Development of abrasion resistant thin film

• Developed abrasion resistant silicon thin films (~4µm) to protect various

consumer electronics and plastics

• Utilized DOE method to screen primary operation parameters.

• Characterized silicon thin films using ellipsometer, contact angle measurement,

nano-indenter, UV-VIS, adhesion tester, and Tabor abrasion tester.

• Analyzed commercially available hard coatings using X-ray photoelectron

spectroscopy (XPS) and FTIR-ATR to identify their chemistries.

• Developed a new primer to enhance adhesion at the interface of a plastic substrate

and a thin organic-inorganic hybrid silicon film via sol-gel wet chemistry and in-

situ vacuum vapor deposition.

• Achieved an economically viable deposition process by removing a cost effective

primer-coating procedure that was separately provided by a wet chemistry.

• Closely interacted with external customers and internal colleagues.

Research Scientist, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, North Dakota

State University, ND (July 2005 – June 2008)

Development of easy release and antifouling marine coatings

• Formulated novel silicone marine coatings that possess antifouling, mechanical

durability, and easy release properties.

• Formulated oxetane toughened UV curable cycloaliphatic epoxy functionalized

polydimethylsiloxane for marine coatings.

• Utilized DOE method and statistically analyzed the data to get optimal conditions

for coating thickness and modulus.

• Characterized chemical/mechanical properties of the silicone materials using

NMR, optical microscopy, tensile test, adhesion tester, and DMA.

• Formulated polyurethane, methacrylated silicone, and fluorinated silicones to

evaluate their adhesion/release properties from epoxy.

Development of binders for aerospace

• Developed aerospace binders (UV curable acrylate polyester) to improve

adhesion and anticorrosive characteristics to an aluminum alloy (2024-T3).

• Characterized their structural properties using a nanoindenter (Indentation,

Scratch, and nanoDMA), thermo-mechanical instruments (DMA and tensile

tester), and adhesion tester.

• Validated and maintained material characterization instruments.

Visiting Research Scientist (Post-doc), Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC

(July 2002- July 2005)

Development of easy release marine coatings

• Formulated silicone elastomers by varying base resin, crosslinker, curing

moderator, non reactive oil, and catalyst.

• Identified the effect of modulus, toughness, and surface oil segregation of the

silicone elastomers on adhesion strength to epoxy.

• Developed a multi-purpose customized adhesion tester to evaluate performance of

coatings using a laboratory automation/image analysis technique.

• Functionalized glass, silicon wafer, and aluminum surface with various silane

coupling agents by vapor deposition or dip coating after corona or plasma

treatment.

• Developed a kinetic theory to understand adhesion failure mechanisms of

silicone/epoxy joints.

• Characterized polymers using optical microscopy, XPS, tensile tester, micro-

indentation, DMA, and contact angle measurement.

Graduate Student, Lehigh University, Department of Chemical Engineering,

Bethlehem, PA (August 1997-June 2002)

• Investigated surface modification and restructuring mechanisms of silicone

elastomers after exposure to corona discharge using contact angle measurement

and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

• Investigated the effect of discharge intensity, aging temperature, environmental

humidity, fillers, and additives on the surface restructuring of oxidized silicone

elastomers.

• Proposed key surface restructuring mechanisms of electrically discharged silicone

and developed theoretical models to simulate the surface restructuring.

• Citations of the combined four papers are 100 plus.

Research Scientist, Hanwha Chemical Corporation R&D Center, Daejon, Korea

(January 1991-June 1997)

• Formulated silicone adhesives and performed scale-up tests for

commercialization.

• Setup experiments and performed a heterogeneous reaction of silicon and methyl

chloride in a fluidized bed reactor to prepare silane monomers

• Investigation of the effects of catalyst, reaction temperature, and methyl chloride

flowrate on selectivity, reaction rate, and silicon conversion.

• Obtained an optimal reaction condition using design of experiment for reaction

temperature and methyl chloride flowrate.

• Synthesized p-phenylenediamine in an autoclave (catalytic hydrogenation) and

hexachlorocyclopentadiene in a fluidized bed reactor (chlorination reaction).

EDUCATION

• PhD - Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, PA, USA, June, 2002

Thesis title: Surface restructuring of polydimethylsiloxane elastomers exposed

to partial electrical discharge

Advisor: Prof. Manoj K. Chaudhury

• MS - Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, February, 1991

Thesis title: Synthesis of a polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) composite

membrane by interfacial polymerization and its salt rejection

• BS - Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, February, 1989

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PATENTS, AND PRESENTATIONS

• J. Kim, M.K. Chaudhury, and I.L. Singer, “Effect of Oil on Peel Energy of a

Silicone/Epoxy Joint”, manuscript on preparation.

• Z. Chen, B. Chisholm, J. Kim, R. Wagner, S. Patel, S. Stafslien, J. Daniels, V.

Lyndsi, and C. Siripirom, "Oxetane-Toughened UV-Curable Fouling-Release

Coatings", Polymer International, 57, 879 (2008).

• J. Kim, Z. Chen, B. Chisholm and S. Patel, “Nanomechanical characterization of

radiation curable hyperbranched polymers”, Technical proceedings of the 2008

NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, 1, 936 (2008).

• B. J. Chisholm, D. C. Webster, J. C. Bennett, M. Berry, D. Christianson, J. Kim,

B. Mayo, N. Gubbins, “Combinatorial Materials Research Applied to the

Development of New Surface Coatings VII: An Automated System for Adhesion

Testing, Review of Scientific Instruments, 78 (July 2007).

• J. Kim, B. Chisholm, and J. Bahr, “Adhesion Study of Silicone Coatings: the

interaction of thickness, modulus, and shear rate on adhesion force”, Biofouling,

23, 113 (2007).

• J. Kim, “New approach to develop marine coatings”, 2006 ONR annual review,

NDSU, Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, ND (December 13-14,

2006).

• J. Kim, M.K. Chaudhury, and M.J. Owen, “Modeling Hydrophobic Recovery of

Electrically Discharged Polydimethylsiloxane Elastomers”, J. Colloid Interface

Sci., 293, 364 (2006).

• I.L. Singer and J. Kim, “Mechanics and Release Modes of Barnacles from

Elastomeric Coatings”, 2005 ONR Coatings/Biofouling Program Review,

Baltimore, MD (June15-17, 2005).

• J. Kim, M.K. Chaudhury and M.J. Owen, "Hydrophobic Recovery of

Polydimethyl-siloxane Elastomer Exposed to Partial Electrical Discharge", J.

Colloid Interface Sci., 226, 231 (2000).

• J. Kim, M.K. Chaudhury and M.J. Owen, "Hydrophobic Loss and Recovery of

Silicone HV insulation", IEEE Trans. Dielectrics Electr. Insul., 6, 695 (1999).

• C. Cho, J. Kim, S. Sho, and K. Han, "Compositions for Antibacterial Sealants",

Korea Patent No. 100236567 (1999).

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Chemical Engineering Teaching & Research scholarship, Lehigh University

(August 1997 – June 2002).

• Hanwha Corp. Scholarship, Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research,

Hanwha Corp., Seoul, Korea (March 1989 – December 1990).

• Chemical Engineering Teaching Assistant, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Fall

1989).

• Yonsei University Scholarship, Excellent in Academic Achievement, Yonsei

University, Seoul, Korea (Fall 1986 – Fall 1989).

• Merit Scholarship based on a National Examination in Academic Subjects,

Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Spring 1985 – Fall 1985).

REFERENCES

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VISA STATUS

• Permanent resident

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