Prof. Byungki Kim established Smart Microsystem and Advanced-materiaLs Lab (SMALL) on March 1st, 2013, with a primary aim to perform fundamental and applied research on sensors, energy and materials. Under direct guidance of Prof. Kim, the lab has three thrusts. The first is smart composites and materials for functional structures and power applications. The second thrust is MEMS and NEMS sensors. The lab has a various research experience in MEMS microphones (omnidirectional and bio-inspired directional) and optomechanical scanners. The third thrust is dimensional metrology. We have developed miniaturized grating interferometer and encoder with various light sources of monochromatic laser, tunable laser, and femtosecond laser. Currently, one research professor, two postdoctoral fellows, four graduate students, and a bunch of undergraduate students are actively continuing their research works. ​

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Current main funding

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Interaction Virtual Reality based immersive Training Platform, National Research Foundation of Korea (2018-2027)

 

​Past main funding

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3D Sound Source Localization and its Applications from National Research Foundation of Korea (2021-2024)

Graphene Nanocomposite for Self-healing from National Research Foundation of Korea (2016-2019)

MEMS Microphone from National Research Foundation of Korea (2013-2016)

Graphene Composite from National Research Foundation of Korea (2013-2016)

Various funding from US funding agencies (2006-2012)

 

Please contact the lab director for more details.

 

Updated on July 2024