Faculty & Staff
Albert Kim
Introduction
Education
- Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2015 鈥 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2011 鈥 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008 鈥 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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Research Areas
Biomedical applications of MEMS (BioMEMS) and nanotechnology including a variety of devices and microsystems to address important clinical problems, collaborating closely with physicians in order to transfer the technology to the clinic.
Memberships
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- Sigma Xi
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
- Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
Courses Taught
BME 6931: Fundamental and BioMEMS
Resesarch Grants
- NSF, 鈥滳ollaborative Research: Microneedle-mediated Adaptive Phototherapy (MAP) for Wound Healing,鈥 ($250,000) (ECCS-2245092) PI: Albert Kim Award Period: Sept. 2021 - Aug. 2024
- NSF, 鈥滳NS Core: Small: Reconfigurable Intrabody Network for Therapeutics,鈥
- ($500,000) (CNS-2245088) PI: Albert Kim / Co-PI: Krishina Kant Award Period: Oct. 2021 - Sept. 2024
- NSF, 鈥滳AREER: Acousto-Bioelectronics,鈥 ($500,000) (ECCS-2245090) Sole-PI: Albert Kim Award Period: May 2022 - June 2027
- NSF, 鈥滳ollaborative Research: Smart Dental Implant System for Ambulatory Dental Care,鈥 ($250,000) (ECCS-2300985) PI: Albert Kim Award Period: Oct. 2022 - Sept. 2025
- NIH, 鈥漅21: Bacterial Adhesion Inhibition and Biofilm Disruption by Adaptive Piezo-
- electric Biomaterial,鈥 ($440,693) (1R21DE032162) PI: Geelsu Hwang / Co-I: Albert Kim Award Period: April 2023 - March 2025
- NSF, 鈥滳ollaborative Research: Novel Hybrid Metal-Piezoelectric Biomaterials for Anti-infectious Implantable Medical Devices,鈥 ($200,000) (ECCS-2300985) PI: Albert Kim
- Award Period: September 2023 - August 2026
- NIH, 鈥漅01: Translational Multimodal Strategy for Peri-Implant Disease Prevention,鈥 ($2,611,802) (1R011DE032343) MPI: Geelsu Hwang, Albert Kim, Thomas Schear Award Period: July 2023 - June 2028
- 麻豆视频, 鈥漀ext-generation Cisplatin Synthesis Microdevice for In-Situ Regional Chemotherapy,鈥 ($25,000) PI: Albert Kim Award Period: May 2023 - April 2024
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Honors and Awards
- BME Professor of the Year BMES USF Chapter 2022-23
- USF Faculty International Travel Grant (FITG) USF 2023
- NSF CAREER Award NSF 2022
- Merit Awards Temple University 2018-22
- OA Publication Award Temple University 2019
- 2019 Blavatnik award for Young Scientists Finalist Temple University 2018
- Moore Inventor Fellow Finalist Moore Foundation 2018
- Intel Divisional Recognition Award (Q3 2017) Intel Corp. 2017
- Life of A Faculty Entrepreneur Purdue University 2014
- Eaton & Vashti Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching Purdue University 2013
- Boeing Engineering Scholarship Boeing company 2007
- Academic Honors Purdue University 2007-08
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Recent Publications
S. Selvarajan, H. Shim, E. Byun, A. Kim*, S. H. Song*, 鈥淧rotein Redox by Piezoelectric
Acousto-Nanodevice,鈥 Nanoscale, 2023, In Press (*Co-senior authors)
S. Islam, E. Oh, C. Jun, JK Kim, W. S. Chang, S. H. Song, and A. Kim, 鈥淥mni-
directional Ultrasonic Powering via Platonic Solid Receiver for mm-Scale Implantable
Devices,鈥 ACS Material Letters, vol. 5, pp. 1876-1885, 2023
S. Islam, R. C. Huggins, A. N. A. E. Almeseri, M. Domic, B. D. Polizzotti, and A. Kim,
鈥淭otally Implantable Oxygen Generator for Hypoxia and Hypoxemia,鈥 IEEE Transaction
on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 70, no. 4, 2023, Featured article & Cover page
SI. Choi, A. Kim, CH Won, 鈥淭issue Viscoelasticity Quantification using Smartphone
Tactile Imaging PRoe with an Indenter and Viscoelastic Pitting Recovery Model,鈥 IEEE
Sensor Journal, vol. 22, no. 15, pp. 15365-15372, 2022
J. Y. Tan, Y. Li, F. C. Aabila, T. P. Prakash, B. Natarajan, R. A. Sheth, W. M. Park,
A. Kim, D. Yoong, JK. Kim*, 鈥淓xperimental Validation of Diffraction Lithography for
Fabrication of Solid Microneedles,鈥 Materials, vol. 15, no. 24, pp. 8934, 2022
STR Gidde, S. Islam, A. Kim, P. Hutapea, 鈥淓xperimental study of mosquito-inspired
needle to minimize insertion force and tissue deformation,鈥 Proceedings of the Insitution
of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 2022
A. Dhall, J. Y. Tan, M. Oh, S. Islam, JK. Kim*, A. Kim*, and G. Hwang* 鈥淎 Dental
Implant-on-a-Chip for 3D Modeling of Host-Matieral-Pathogen Interaction and Therapeutic Testing Platform,鈥 Lab-on-a-Chip, vol. 22, no. 24, pp. 4905-4916, 2022 (*Co-seniorauthors)
S. Islam, R. Gulati, M. Domic, A. Pal, K. Kant, and A. Kim, 鈥淧erformance Evalua-
tion of Magnetic Resonance Coupling Method for Intra-Body Network (IBNet),鈥 IEEE
Transaction on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 69, no. 6, 2022
D. Atul, S. Islam, M. Park, Y. Zhang, A. Kim*, and G. Hwang*, 鈥淎 Bimodal Nanocom-
posite Platform with Antibiofilm and Self-Powering Functionalities for Biomedical Appli-cations,鈥 Applied Materials & Interface, vol. 13, no. 34, 2021 (*Co-senior author)
Q. Dong, X. Song, J. Chen, A. Kim, and H. Liu, 鈥淎 Bio-Inspired Optical Directional
Microphone with Cavity-Coupled Diaphragms,鈥 JASA Express Letter, vol. 1, no. 072802,2021
J. Y. Tan, A. Kim, and J. Kim, 鈥淢odeling, Characterization, and Fabrication of Bell-tip
Microneedle Array by Diffraction and Self-Aligned Lens Effects,鈥 Applied Physics Letter, vol. 119, no. 023501, 2021
R. Campbell, H. Shim, J. Choi, M. Park, E. Byun, S. Islam, S. H. Song, A. Kim, 鈥淚m-
plantable Cisplatin Synthesis Microdevice for Regional Chemotherapy,鈥 Advanced Health-care Materials, vol. 10, no. 3, pp.2001582, 2021
J. Nam, E. Byun, H. Shim, E. Kim, S. Islam, M. Park, A. Kim*, and S. H. Song*,
鈥淎 Hydrogel-based Ultrasonic Backscattering Wireless Biochemical Sensing ,鈥 Frontiers
in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, section Nanobiotechnology, vol. 8, pp. 1362, 2020
(*Co-senior author)
M. Park, S. Islam, H. E. Kim, J. Korostoff, M. B. Blatz, G. Hwang, A. Kim, 鈥淗uman Oral
Motion-Powered Smart Dental Implant (SDI) for In Situ Ambulatory Photobiomodulation Therapy,鈥 Advanced Healthcare Materials, pp.2000658, 2020
S. Islam, X. Song, E. T. Choi, J. Kim, H. Liu, A. Kim, 鈥淚n Vitro Study on Smart Stent for Autonomous Post-Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance,鈥 IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp.96340-6, 2020
S. Islam, S. Gidde, P. Hutapea, S. H. Song, J. Picone, A. Kim, 鈥淢achine Learning Enabled Wireless Intracranial Brain Deformation Sensing System for Traumatic Brain Injury,鈥 IEEE Transaction in Biomedical Engineering, 2020
S. Selvarajan, A. Kim*, S. H. Song*, 鈥淏iodegradable Piezoelectric Transducer for Powering Transient Implants,鈥 IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 68219-68225, 2020 (*Co-senior authors)
H. E. Kim, S. Islam, M. C. Park, A. Kim*, G. Hwang*, 鈥淎 Comprehensive Analysis of Near-Contact In Situ Photobiomodulation Therapy in the Host-Bacteria Interaction Model,鈥 Advanced Biosystem, vol. 4, no. 3, pp1900227, 2020 (*Co-senior authors)
C.R. Powell, A. Kim, J. Roth, J. Byrd, K. Mohammad, M. Allosh, B. Ziaie, R. Vittal, M. Surek, "Detrusor udneractivity is associated with oxidative stress detrusor fibrosis in metabolic syndrome," Neurology and Urodynamics, vol. 39, pp. S41-41, 2020
A. Kim*, S. K. Lee, T. Parupudi, R. Rahimi, S. H. Song, M. C. Park, S. Islam, J. Zhou, A. K. Majumdar, J. S. Park, J. M. Yoo, B. Ziaie*, 鈥淎n Ultrasonically-Powered Implantable Microprobe for Electrolytic Ablation,鈥 Nature Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no 1, pp1-9, 2020 (*Co-senior authors)
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