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Prof. Kim's doctoral dissertation in 1990 integrated microphone LSI CMOS single chip. He joined the University of Southern California in Fall 1999 and has served as the Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. From July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2018, he chaired the Electrophysics division, during which he significantly oversaw faculty growth and lab expansion. Prior to USC, he worked at the University of Hawaii at Manoa as a faculty member. He has a notable career in industry as well, having worked with IBM Research, NCR Corp., and Xicor Inc. Prof. Kim specializes in acoustic piezoelectric vibration-energy-harvesting MEMS and has published extensively, including a textbook titled 'Fundamentals of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)' alongside 280 refereed papers and 21 patents. He is recognized as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, IEEE, and IOP. He serves on the editorial board of the IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems and has received multiple prestigious awards throughout his career.
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