Engineer Manager

Bae-Kyun Kim, PhD.

Address: Si-Beom Hanshin Apt. 115-1202, Seo-Hyun-87-dong, Seong-Nam-Shi,

Kyung-ki-do, South Korea 463-772

Email: *******.***@*****.**, *******@*****.***

Tel: Cell +82-10-339*-****, Home +82-31-706-****

Citizenship: Canada

Job Experiences

At present ~ Jan. 2010 Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Korea)

Commercializing supercapacitors (ultracapacitors) with the lowest internal resistance

- Project leader for the supercapacitor projects and business strategy planning

- Carbon materials selection for increasing capacitance.

- Carbon electrode design for the internal resistance

- Process development for thin prismatic supercapacitors

Principal Engineer in Analytical Research Group, Corporate R&D Inst. (Aug. 2009 ~ Sept. 2003)

- Group leader for organizing the projects related to failure analysis in electronic components,

- Supervising 40 engineers dealing with analytical instruments including FE-TEM (200kV), Dual FIB,

FE-SEM with EBSD and EDAX, XPS, EPMA, Micro XRD, Raman, FT-IR, ICP,

- Surface failure analysis for PCB,

- 6 sigma Black Belt certified.

McGill University (Canada) June. 2003 - Jan.1998

Research Assistant in Textures and Microstructures Laboratory

- Lab manager for FEG-SEM & OIM (orientation imaging microscopy using EBSD)

- Lab supervisor for 5 graduate students and 4 exchange undergraduate students in the research proj.

- Research for superplasticity of FCC metals

: Investigating texture evolution and microstructure of Al 7475 alloy superplastically deformed

: Researches on microstructural behaviors of superplasticity in Cu-Zn alloy.

- Research for grain growth of nanocrystalline Ni

: Study of grain growth mechanism in nanocrystalline Ni and (b) annealing behavior

in ultra-fine grained Ni.

: Investigated texture evolution in grain growth of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni.

LG Metals Corp. (Korea) Dec. 1997 - July 1990

Senior Research Engineer in Fuctional Material Research Lab.

- Development of Nd-Fe-B bonded magnet and feasibility study for factory construction,

- Market survey and development of new business items related to advanced materials.

Research Engineer in Functional Material Research Laboratory, Research Center

- Development of Nd-Fe-B magnet and feasibility study for pilot plant,

- Research on new magnetic materials applying to advanced magnets,

- New process (reduction and diffusion) development for low-cost production of Nd-Fe-B magnet,

- Crystal structure analysis by x-ray diffractometer.

Korea University (Seoul) Mar.1989 - Dec. 1989

Teaching Assistant in Amorphous Material Lab.

- Amorphous structure analysis by x-ray diffractometer,

- Tutoring undergraduate students.

Education

- 1998-2003: Ph. D. in Dept. Mining and Metals and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Thesis title: High Temperature Oxidation of Pure Iron and Low Carbon Steels.

- Established the evaluation system of mechanical properties of iron oxides.

- Established the descaling mechanism for the removal of iron oxides in hot rolling process.

: Achieved the unique results on (a) the study of oxide microstructure in high temperature

oxidation of low carbon steel and (b) the study of microcracking and its propagation in

iron oxides.

- Developed a dynamic phase analysis of iron oxides in the surface of low carbon steel

through the study of in-situ phase formation of iron oxides.

- 1988-1990: MSc. in Material Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

Thesis title: The Study of Amorphous Process in Producing Ni50Ti50 Amorphous Alloy Powder by Mechanical Alloying.

- 1984-1988 Bachelor in Material Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Qualification Summary

Material characterization using EBSD (electron-backscattered diffraction) and X-ray diffraction:

- Strong background in EBSD and hands-on experiences with EBSD and sample preparation,

- Microstructural analysis including texture, microtexture, and grain boundary characterization,

- Rietveld refinement of crystal structure.

Physical metallurgical engineering:

- High temperature oxidation (Low carbon steel, Fe,.

- Superplasticity of FCC metals (7474 aluminum alloy, Brass),

- Grain growth in steels or nanocrystalline materials fabricated by severe plastic deformation or electroplating,

- Rare-earth magnet (Nd2Fe14B, Nd2Fe17).

Hands-on-skills and many experiences on scientific research in materials science and engineering fields.

Analytical instruments capability:

- FEG-SEM, XRD, AFM, DTA/DSC, VSM (vibrating sample magnetometer.)

Metal process engineering:

- Powder metallurgical engineering involving alloy casting using VIM (Vacuum Induction Melting), arc melting,

mechanical alloying, powdering, compacting under magnetic field, sintering, machining, and electroplating,

- Development of rare-earth magnets and bonded magnet.

Failure analysis and material reliability assessment in microelectronic devices:

- Surface defects and discoloration in PCBs (printed circuit boards), such as BGA (ball grid array) and Flip chip-BGA,

- Mechanism of LED epi degradation and reliability,

- MLCC (multi-layer chip capacitor) soldering.

Job Experiences

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Korea) Present – Sept. 2003

Principal Engineer in AM (Advanced Materials) Lab, Corporate R&D Inst. (At present ~ Jan. 2010)

- Project leader for the development of Supercapacitor (or Ultracapacitor),

- Carbon materials selection for increasing capacitance.

Principal Engineer in Analytical Research Group, Corporate R&D Inst. (Aug. 2009 ~ Sept. 2003)

- Group leader for organizing the projects related to failure analysis in electronic components,

- Supervising 40 engineers dealing with analytical instruments including FE-TEM (200kV), Dual FIB,

FE-SEM with EBSD and EDAX, XPS, EPMA, Micro XRD, Raman, FT-IR, ICP,

- Surface failure analysis for PCB,

- 6 sigma Black Belt certified.

McGill University (Canada) June. 2003 - Jan.1998

Research Assistant in Textures and Microstructures Laboratory

- Lab manager for FEG-SEM & OIM (orientation imaging microscopy using EBSD)

- Lab supervisor for 5 graduate students and 4 exchange undergraduate students in the research proj.

- Research for superplasticity of FCC metals

: Investigating texture evolution and microstructure of Al 7475 alloy superplastically deformed

: Researches on microstructural behaviors of superplasticity in Cu-Zn alloy.

- Research for grain growth of nanocrystalline Ni

: Study of grain growth mechanism in nanocrystalline Ni and (b) annealing behavior

in ultra-fine grained Ni.

: Investigated texture evolution in grain growth of electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni.

LG Metals Corp. (Korea) Dec. 1997 - July 1990

Senior Research Engineer in Fuctional Material Research Lab.

- Development of Nd-Fe-B bonded magnet and feasibility study for factory construction,

- Market survey and development of new business items related to advanced materials.

Research Engineer in Functional Material Research Laboratory, Research Center

- Development of Nd-Fe-B magnet and feasibility study for pilot plant,

- Research on new magnetic materials applying to advanced magnets,

- New process (reduction and diffusion) development for low-cost production of Nd-Fe-B magnet,

- Crystal structure analysis by x-ray diffractometer.

Korea University (Seoul) Mar.1989 - Dec. 1989

Teaching Assistant in Amorphous Material Lab.

- Amorphous structure analysis by x-ray diffractometer,

- Tutoring undergraduate students.

Research Interests

Research for the relationship between materials and physical properties including steel, electrochemical metal deposition process, fabrication and thermal stability of nanocrystalline materials, high temperature oxidation of various materials, superplasticity of FCC (Al, Cu, or two-phase alloy), interfacial behavior and texture evolution of thin or thick film, thermal barrier coating, or diffusional bonding between metals and ceramics.

Awards and Achievements

Research Assistantship in McGill University for 4 years (1998-2003).

J.W. McConnell McGill Major Fellowship for 2 years (1999/2000-2000/2001).

McGill Student Travel Grantship (2001).

Selective Patents

Conductive Substrate, Motor, Vibration Motor and Metal Terminal for Electrical Contact having Gold-Copper Layer.

Korea Patent 200*-******* (May 2, 2005), S.J. Lee, B.K. Kim, G.Y. Jee and Y.T. Kim, Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Registering in US Patent.)

Apparatus for Automatically Sorting Permanent Magnets.

U.S. Patent 5,518,123 (May 21, 1996), K.S. Jin, E.D. Lee, I.S. Min, and Bae-Kyun Kim, Assignee: LG Metals Corp. (the old name: Lucky Metals Corp.).

Skills

Skilled in Use of MS Office 2000(Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Origin 6.0 (graphic software), Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat, FORTRAN, and Minitab.

Experienced about quality control techniques, such as 6 sigma, TRIZ etc.

Publication in a Book

Orientation Imaging Microscopy in Research on High Temperature Oxidation

Bae-Kyun Kim, Jerzy A. Szpuner, Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials Science (2nd ed)

Schwartz, A.J., Kumar, M., Adams, B.L., Field, D.P. (eds), 2009, Springer, p.361-390.

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