MEMBERS



Gunwoo Kim, Ph.D. MBA

Senior researcher, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology


Education

  • MBA, Rady school of Management, University of California San Diego, 2019
  • PhD in Materials Science & Engineering, University of California San Diego, 2016
  • MS in Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 2009
  • BE in Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2007

Work Experience

  • NanoSD Inc., San Diego USA, 2016-2021 
  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Suwon, South Korea, 2009-2013

  

Projects 

  • Smart fabric project (Funded by Department of Energy, USA, ARPA-E | $2.6M | 2015-2018)
  • Transparent insulation material project (Department of Energy, USA, ARPA-E | $3M | 2016-2020)

  • Thin film multi-source energy harvester for unmanned aerial vehicles (Department of Defense, Army | $1.1M | 2019-2021)

  • Black fabric with radiative cooling (Adidas | $200K | 2015-2016)

  • Sunlight absorber for Concentrating Solar Power (Department of Energy, USA, EERE | $2.35M | 2015-2018)

 

Awards

  • Korea-Japan Joint Government Scholarship (김대중 장학금), 2003-2007
  • Rotary Foundation Fellowship, 2009
  • University of Tokyo Scholar, 2007-2009
  • Industrial Technology Scholarship from Samsung Electro-Mechanics, 2009
  • Powell Fellowship from the Charles Lee Powell Foundation, 2013-2016
  • Foster Scholar from Rady school of Management, UCSD, 2017-2019
  • UC Fellowship from Rady school of Management, UCSD, 2017-2019