February 22, 2020
Kim Group Trip: TMS 2020 in San Diego
Tom, Jarrod, and Dr. Kim attended the 2020 TMS Conference in San Diego, CA to present their research:
Dr. Kim – Thermodynamics of Electrode Reactions for Energy Storage,
Separation, and Corrosion
Dr. Kim – Determining Redox Potentials of Liquid Metal Electrodes for
Recovery of Fission Products from Molten Salts
Tom – Molten Salt Electrolysis of Alkaline-earth Elements Using Liquid Metal and Alloy Electrodes:
Jarrod – Effect of Al on Microstructure, Hardness, and Corrosion Performance of Al-Cr-Fe-Mn Alloys
January 17, 2020
Candidacy Exam Winter 2019/2020
Congratulations to Jarrod for successfully passing his Ph.D. candidacy exam!
January 6, 2020
Abhi Joins Global Tungsten & Powders
Congratulations to Abhi for starting his spring/summer co-op at Global Tungsten & Powders! You’re going to do a great job and make the Kim Group proud!
October 10, 2019
October Steidle Cafe, 2019
For the October 2019 Steidle Cafe, Tom gave a great talk about his background and his research! Well done Tom!
October 1, 2019
Jason Wins First Place in Poster Competition at MS&T 2019
Jason won first place in the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition at the 2019 MS&T Conference in Portland, OR. He presented his work “Thermodynamic Properties of Strontium-Lead Alloys Determined by Electromotive Force Measurements”
Congratulations Jason!!! We’re very proud of you and all your hard work!
September 5, 2019
Timothy Lichtenstein is Officially Dr. Timothy Lichtenstein!
Timothy Lichtenstein successfully defended his thesis “Fundamentals and Applications of Liquid Metals Towards Electrochemical Separation”. Huge congratulations to Dr. Lichtenstein! We are all very proud of you!
Tim is aiming to work at Argonne National Laboratory. Best of luck!
August 18, 2019
Sanghyeok Joins the Kim Group
Kim Group welcomes Sanghyeok Im as a graduate student this spring!
Recently, Sanghyeok worked at LG Chem in Daejeon, South Korea. Previously, he attended Pusan (Busan) National University and received his B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering.
We are excited you are joining the group and can’t wait to see what you do!
July 9, 2019
Stephanie Joins the Kim Group
Kim Group welcomes Stephanie Castro Baldivieso as a graduate student this spring!
Recently, Stephanie completed her B.S. in Chemistry at Florida International University. Previously, she interned at the Idaho National
We are excited you are joining the group and can’t wait to see what you do!
June 20, 2019
June 2019 Steidle Cafe
For the June 2919 Steidle Cafe, Tim gave a great talk about his background and his research! Well done Tim!
“Tim Lichtenstein, D.O.E. Fellow, Ph.D. student, shared some of the highlights from his trip to Germany and recommend it as a great place to vacation. He also shared his love of batteries which inspired many of his tattoos. Tim’s energy when he spoke about his research with the Kim Group, showed he is definitely a man doing what he loves.
April 24, 2019
2019 Annual Materials Science and Engineering Awards Banquet
Kim Group members were recently honored at the 2019 MatSE Department Awards Banquet!
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Tim was awarded 1st place in the MatSE Department Graduate Poster Competition
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Tim was also awarded the Robert E. Newnham Research Award
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Jason was awarded 2nd place in the MatSE Department Undergraduate Poster Competition
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The Kim Group was awarded Best Group Poster