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Hojong Kim received a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from Seoul National University in South Korea and earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His doctoral research aimed at identifying corrosion mechanisms in constructional alloys under high temperature and high pressure steam environments at the Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory at MIT. Following his graduate studies, he worked as a senior research engineer at Samsung-Corning Precision Glass Co. Ltd., where he focused on improving process yield in thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) glass manufacturing and engineering high temperature refractory materials. With five years of industrial experience, Dr. Kim returned to MIT as a post-doctoral associate and research scientist to contribute to the development of sustainable technology. His research involves high temperature electrochemical processes, molten oxide electrolysis for carbon-free iron production, and liquid metal batteries for large-scale energy storage. As a faculty member, he is associated with a multitude of perspectives on cross-disciplinary collaboration, highly valuing the work with graduate students in the Integrated Graduate Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) at Penn State. The focus of his research lies in understanding and developing electrochemical processes to meet societal needs, reflecting a commitment to sustainable technology development.
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