Jaehwan Kim
Inha University, South Korea
Biography
Jaehwan Kim has joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Inha University, Korea in 1996, where he serves as Inha Fellow Professor. He is a Fellow of The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, National Academy of Engineering of Korea and Institute of Physics. He is an Associate Editor of Smart Materials and Structure as well as Smart Nanosystems in Engineering and Medicine and Editor of International Journal of Precision Manufacturing and Engineering and Actuators. He has been the Director of Creative Research Center for EAPap Actuator. Recently, he has started another Creative Research Center for Nanocellulose Future Composites. He has first discovered cellulose as a smart material, which can be used for sensors, actuators and electronic materials. His research interests are smart materials, structures and devices; biomaterial based smart materials, cellulose, electroactive polymers, power harvesting, biomimetic actuators, biosensors, tactile sensors and flexible electronics. He has published more than 250 prestigious journal papers, 280 international conference papers, more than 30 patents.