Department of Mechanical Engineering

Gap-Yong Kim

Assistant Professor

2034 Black Engineering Building
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Tel.  (515) 294-6938
email: gykim@iastate.edu

Education
University of Michigan, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2005
University of Michigan, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2003
Yonsei University, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1997

Areas of Interest
Micro/Nano manufacturing in metal forming
Particulate reinforced metal composites
Carbon nanotube composites
Powder-based semisolid processing
Solid oxide fuel cell modeling and fabrication
Spray deposition processes

Professional Affiliation
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Sigma Xi
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)

Selected Publications

  • Wu, Y., Kim, G.Y., Anderson, I. and Lograsso, T., “Experimental Study on Viscosity and Phase Segregation of Al-Si Powders During Micro-semisolid Powder Forming”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, MANU-09-1016, 2009 (accepted)
  • Liu, L., Kim, G.Y. and Chandra, A., “Modeling of Thermal Stresses and Lifetime Prediction of Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell under Thermal Cycling Conditions”, Journal of Power Sources, POWER-D-09-01463, 2009 (accepted)
  • Kim, G.Y., Koc, M. and Ni, J., “Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Microcoining of Stainless Steel 304”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol.130(4), pp. 0410171-0410176, 2008
  • Chen, P., Kim, G.Y., and Ni, J., “Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio Porous Micro-Features Using Hot Compaction Technique”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 130(3), pp. 0311031-0311038, 2008
  • Kim, G.Y., Koc, M. and Ni, J., “Modeling of the Size Effects on the Behavior of Metals in the Microscale Deformation Processes”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 129(3), pp. 470-476, 2007
  • Chen, P., Kim, G.Y., and Ni, J., “Investigation of Compaction and Sintering of Ceramic Parts“, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 190, pp. 243-250, 2007
  • Kim, G.Y., Mayor, R., Kim, H., and Ni, J., “An Experimental Investigation on Semi-solid Forming of Micro/meso-scale Features”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 129(2), pp. 246-251, 2007
  • Kim, G.Y., Koc, M., Mayor, R., and Ni, J., “Modeling of the Semi-solid Material Behavior and Analysis of Micro/meso-scale Feature Forming”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, vol. 129(2), pp. 237-245, 2007
  • Kim, G.Y., Mayor, R., and Ni, J., “Parametric Study of Microreactor Design for Water Gas Shift Reactor Using an Integrated Reaction and Heat Exchange Model”, Chemical Eng. Journal, vol. 110, pp. 1-10, 2005