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Computational Manufacturing and Design - Faculty
Name:Seong-Gon Kim
Position:Faculty
Email: kimsg@cavs.msstate.edu
Office:Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems 2165
Office Phone:(662) 325-8031
Supervisor:Mark Horstemeyer

Biography:* Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Physics, Ph.D. (1994)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Physics, M.S. (1988)
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Physics, B.S. (1986)

* Employment
2002 – present: Associate Director, Center for Computational Science, High Performance Computing Collaboratory, Mississippi State University
2002 – present: Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
2000 – 2001: Director of Technology, WiseNut, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
2000 – 2000: Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1996 – 1999: Research Scientist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
1994 – 1996: Research Associate, Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Research Interest:

Application of modern first principles computational techniques of condensed matter physics and materials science;
Carbon fullerenes, nanotubes and nanostructures; semiconductors and metals;
Quantum transport; molecular electronics; surfaces, interfaces and defects;
Hydrogen fuel cell technology;
Light-weight high-strength materials for automobiles;
Multiscale molecular dynamics simulations;
Application of connectivity analysis for extremely large databases and Internet search engines;
Hobbies:

Tennis
Publications:
  • Kim, Seong-Gon, Horstemeyer, M., Baskes, M.I., Kim, Sungho, Houze, J., Jelinek, B., Moitra, A., & Liyanage, Laalitha. (Sep 2009). Semi-empirical potentials for Molecular Dynamics and their construction procedures. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, 131(4), 041210. [Abstract][Document]
  • Moitra, A., Kim, Sungho, Houze, J., Jelinek, B., Park, S. J., German, R., Horstemeyer, M., & Kim, Seong-Gon. (Sep 2008). Melting tungsten nanoparticles: a molecular dynamics study. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, IOP publishing, 41, 185406. [Abstract][Document Site]
  • Houze, J., Kim, Sungho, Kim, Seong-Gon, Park, S. J., German, R., & Horstemeyer, M. (May 2008). The effect of Fe atoms on the adsorption of a W atom on W(100) surface. Journal of Applied Physics, 103(10), 106103. [Abstract]
  • Kim, Sungho, Kim, Seong-Gon, & Erwin, S. C. (Dec 2007). Structure of the hydrogen double vacancy on Pd(111). Physical Review B, 76, 214109. [Abstract][Document Site]
  • Houze, J., Kim, Sungho, Kim, Seong-Gon, Erwin, S. C., & Whitman, L. J. (Nov 2007). Structure of AlSb(001) and GaSb (001) surfaces under extreme Sb-rich conditions. Physical Review B, 76(20), 205303. [Abstract][Document Site]
    • Total Publications by this Author: 22