Faculty - Kenneth D. Kihm
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Kenneth D. Kihm |
| Teaching ~ Education ~ Research Interests ~ Professional Experience ~ Professional Activities ~ Selected Publications |
RESEARCH INTERESTS (back to top)
• Micro/Nano/Bio-Fluidics
and Energy Transport
• Nanofluidic Energy Transport,
• Optical Tracking of Nanoparticles,
• Submicroscale Heat/Mass Transport for Evaporating Thin-Film
• Biophysical Sorting and
Microfluidic Mixing
• In-situ Sensing
• Detection of Suspended Microbial
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (back to top)
| 2004 - Present | Magnavox Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee |
| 2001 - 2004 | Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University |
| 1994 - 2001 | Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University |
| 1989 - 1994 | Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University |
| 1987 - 1988 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (back to top)
• ASME Fellow
• Chair of ASME K-22 Visualization Technical Committee
• Associate Editor for Experiments in Fluids
• Associate Editor for Journal of Heat Transfer
• Editor for Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (back to top)
T. Kim and K. D. Kihm, “Unveiling Hidden Complex Cavities Formed during Nanocrystalline Self Assembly,” Langmuir Vol. 25, Issue 4, pp. 1881-1884, 2009.
S. H. Kim, A. E. English, and K. D. Kihm, “Surface Elasticity and Charge Concentration-Dependent Endothelial Cell Attachment to Copolymer Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel,” Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 144-151, 2009.
C. K. Choi, C. H. Margraves, A. E. English, and K. D. Kihm, “Multicontrast Microscopy Technique to Dynamically Fingerprint Live-Cell Focal Contacts during Exposure and Replacement of a Cytotoxic Medium,” Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 13, No. 5, 054069, 2008.
S. H. Kim and K. D. Kihm, “Effect of Adsorption-Induced Surface Stress Change on the Stiffness of a Microcantilever Used as a Salinity Detection Sensor,” Applied Physics Letters 93, 081911, 2008.
C. K. Choi, C. Margraves, Seung I. Jun, A. E. English, Philip D. Rack, and K. D. Kihm, “Opto-Electric Cellular Biosensor Using Optically Transparent Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Electrodes,” Sensors, Vol. 8, pp. 3257-3270, 2008.
T. Kim and K. D. Kihm, “Label-Free and Near-Field Mapping of Molecular Diffusion (Saline Solution/Water) Using Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Refractive Index Field Mapping,” Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 130, Paper No. 080906, 2008.
T. Kim and K. D. Kihm, “Full-Field and Real-Time Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Thermometry,” Optics Letters, Vol. 32, No. 23, 2007.
C. K. Choi, A. E. English, K. D. Kihm, and C. H. Margraves, “Simultaneous Dynamic Optical and Electrical Properties of Endothelial Cell Attachment on Indium Tin Oxide Bioelectrodes,” Journal of Biomedical Optics Vol. 12, Issue 6, 064028, 2007.
C. K. Choi, C. H. Margraves, and K. D. Kihm, “Examination of Near-Wall Hindered Brownian Diffusion of Nanoparticles: Experimental Comparison of Theories by Brenner (1961) and Goldman et al. (1967),” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 19, 103305, 2007.
T. Kim and K. D. Kihm, “Real-Time and Full-Field Detection of Near-Wall Salinity Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Reflectance,” Analytical Chemistry 79, pp. 5418-5423, 2007.
C. K. Choi, A. E. English, and K. D. Kihm, “Optoelectric Biosensor Using Indium-Tin-Oxide Electrodes,” Optics Letters, Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 1405-1407, 2007.
S. Kim and K. D. Kihm, “Temperature Dependence of the Near-Wall Oscillation of Microcantilevers Submerged in Liquid Environment,” Applied Physics Letters 90, 081908, 2007.
C. H. Chon, S. W. Paik, J. Tipton, and K. D. Kihm, “Effect of Nanoparticle Sizes and Number Densities on the Evaporation and Dryout Characteristics for Strongly Pinned Nanofluid Droplets,” Langmuir 23, No. 6, pp. 2953-2960, 2007.
S. W. Paik, K. D. Kihm, S. P. Lee, and D. M. Pratt, “Spatially and Temporally Resolved Temperature Measurements for Slow Evaporating Sessile Drops Heated by a Microfabricated Heater Array,” Journal of Heat Transfer,Vol. 129, pp. 966-976, 2007.
C. K. Choi, A. E. English, S.-I. Jun, K. D. Kihm, and P. D. Rack, “An Endothelial Cell Compatible Biosensor Fabricated Using Optically Thin Indium Tin Oxide Silicon Nitride Electrodes,” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 22, Issue 11, pp. 2585-2590, 2007.
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