Kyoung-Yun J. Kim Ph. D.

Assistant Professor
313-577-4396
kykim at eng.wayne.edu

Biography

Education

• Ph. D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 2003
• M.S., Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea, February 1998
• B.S., Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea, February 1995

Courses Taught

• Facilities Design (IE 4330) – undergraduate course, Winter
• Integrated Product Development (IE 6405) – graduate course, Fall
• Alternative Energy Product Realization System (AET 5600) – graduate course, Fall
• CAD/CAM (IE6420) – graduate course, Winter
• Facilities Planning Module, Global Executive Ph. D. Track
•  Product Development Module, Global Executive Ph. D. Track
•  GM PACE Global Manufacturing Engineering project (directed study) – from Fall 2008.

Research Group

• Director, Laboratory for Engineered system Automation and Development (LEAD), Wayne State University

http://lead.eng.wayne.edu/lead/ or http://lead-int.eng.wayne.edu/lead/

• Director, Product Development and Systems Engineering Consortium (PDSEC), Wayne State University

http://pdsec.eng.wayne.edu/

Recent Projects

• Collaborative Research: A Flexible Adaptation Framework for Implementing ‘Learning Factory’ – Based Manufacturing Education; September 2008 – August 2011; Principal Investigators: Mukasa Ssemakula, Shlomo Sawilowsky, Kyoung-Yun Kim, Gene Liao, Richard Ellis;  Awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) CCLI II; Total awarded amount: $499,959.00 for three years; $239,958.00 for Wayne State University.

• A Telerehabilitation System for the Remote Prescription of the Mobility Aids in Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Telerehabilitation; December 2005 – December 2009; Principal Investigators: Mark Schmeler, Kyoung-Yun Kim, and Jongbae Kim; Awarded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), U.S. Department of Education; Total awarded amount for the center: $5.4 million for five years; $139,964.00 for Wayne State University.
• Development of Technology Roadmap and Context-aware-based Design System for Ubiquitous Smart Product u-Smart Space, January 2009 – December 2012; Principal Investigator: Kyoung-Yun Kim; Awarded by the Ubiquitous Computing & Network (UCN), 21C Frontier R&D, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE), Korea; Total awarded amount: $167,039.00.
• Development of Net-based Data Analysis and Processing Engine for DAWN, May 2009 to December 2009;  Principal Investigator: Kyoung-Yun Kim;  Funded by Scientific Research Lab, Ford Motor Company; Total amount: $30,000.00.
• Development of Weight Efficiency Metrics Application (WEMA) Tool, May 2008 to August 2009; Principal Investigator: Kyoung-Yun Kim; Funded by Scientific Research Lab, Ford Motor Company; Total amount: $30,000.00. 
• Development of Collaborative Design Framework for Ubiquitous Smart Space; April 2007 – March 2008; Principal Investigator: Kyoung-Yun Kim; Awarded by the Ubiquitous Computing & Network (UCN), 21C Frontier R&D, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE), Korea; Total awarded amount: $60,998.00.
• GM PACE (Wayne State Founding and Steering Committee), In-kind Donation: $407.8 million, 2007.
• Interactive Learning Environment for Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) using UGS NX; January 2007 – December 2008; Principal Investigators: Kyoung-Yun Kim; Awarded by the GM PACE (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) Grant; Total awarded amount: $9,000.00.
• Cell Spar Optimization Analysis; January 15 2004 to April 15 2004; Principal Investigators: Bryan A. Norman, Michael Lovell, and Kyoung-Yun Kim; Funded by Technip (through the Swanson Center);  Total awarded amount: $ 7,500.00.
• Development of Distributed Engineering Document Repository System; May 1 2004 - December 30 2005; Principal Investigators: Bart O. Nnaji, Raymond R. Hoare, Kyoung-Yun Kim, and Yan Wang; Funded by Alcoa, Inc.; Total awarded amount: $ 40,000.00.
• Development of Virtual Prototyping and Simulation Technology; September 2003 - August 2005; Principal Investigators: Kyoung-Yun Kim and Michael Lovell; Selected project of NSF I/UCRC for e-Design.

Publications

• K. Choi, K.-Y. Kim, and O. B. Kwon, “A Need-Awaring Multi-Agent Approach to Nomadic Community Computing for Ad Hoc Need Identification and Group Formation,” Cybernetics and Systems, Special Issue on Social Awareness in Smart Spaces, accepted
• K. Y. Kim, S. Chin, O. Kwon, and R. D. Ellis, “Ontology-based Integration of Morphological Information of Assembly Joints for Network-based Collaborative Assembly Design,” Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AI EDAM), Vol. 23, No. 1, 2009, pp. 71-88.
• S. A. Chin and K. Y. Kim, “Emotional Intensity-based Facial Expression Cloning for Low Polygonal Applications,” the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part C, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2009, pp. 315-330.
• S. A. Chin and K. Y. Kim, "Expressive 3D Face for Mobile Devices," IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2008, pp. 1294-1302.
• K. Y. Kim, K. C. Lee, O. B. Kwon, “The role of the Fuzzy Cognitive Map in Hierarchical Semantic Net-based Assembly Design Decision Making, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2008, pp. 803-824.
• K. Y. Kim, H. J. Yang, and D. W. Kim, “Mereotopological Assembly Joint Information Representation for Collaborative Product Design,” Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing,” Vol. 24, No. 6, 2008, pp. 744-754.
• E. Y. Heo, D. W. Kim, J. Y. Lee, and K. Y. Kim, “Computer-aided measurement plan for an impeller on a coordinate measurement machine with a rotating and tilting probe,” Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing,” Vol. 24, No. 6, 2008, pp. 788-795. 
• W. P. Cheah, K. Y. Kim, H. J. Yang, M. S. Kim, and J. S. Kim, Constructing manufacturing-environmental model in Bayesian belief networks for assembly design decision support through fuzzy cognitive map, International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2008.
• K. Y. Kim, “Ontology and Assembly Joint Topology Information Representation,” Computer-Aided Design and Applications, Vol. 5, No. 5, 2008, pp. 639-653.
• O. B. Kwon, K. Y. Kim, and K. C. Lee, “MM-DSS: Integrating Multimedia and Decision-making Knowledge in Decision Support Systems,” Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2007, pp. 441-457.
• K. Yoo, E. Suh, and K. Y. Kim, “Knowledge flow-based business process redesign: Applying a knowledge map to redesign a business process,” Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2007, pp. 104-125.
• K. Y. Kim, D. G. Manley, and H. J. Yang, “Ontology-based Assembly Design and Information Sharing for Collaborative Product Development,” Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Vol. 38, 2006, pp. 1233-1250.
• K. Y. Kim, O. B. Kwon, K. C. Lee, and B. O. Nnaji, “A Multimedia Support System for Collaborative Assembly Design,” International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2006, pp. 104-124.
• K. Y. Kim, H. Yang, and D. G. Manley, “Assembly Design Ontology for Service-Oriented Collaboration,” Computer-Aided Design and Applications, Vol. 3, No. 5 (6), 2006.
• K. Y. Kim, B. O. Nnaji, and D. W. Kim, “Virtual Assembly Analysis Tool and Architecture for e-Design and Realization Environment,” Korean CAD/CAM Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2004, pp. 62-76.
• K. Y. Kim, Y. Wang, O. S. Muogboh, and B. O. Nnaji, "Design Formalism for Collaborative Assembly Design," the special issue of the Computer Aided Design on Distributed CAD, Vol. 36, No. 9, 2004, pp. 849-871.
• B. O. Nnaji, D. Gupta, and K. Y. Kim, “Welding Distortion Minimization for an Aluminum Alloy Extruded Beam Structure using a 2D Model,” ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 1, 2004, pp. 52 - 63.
• K. Y. Kim, B. A. Norman, and B. O. Nnaji, "Heuristics for single-pass welding task sequencing," International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 40, No. 12, pp. 2769-2788, 2002.
• K. Y. Kim, D. W. Kim, and B. O. Nnaji, "Robot Arc Welding Task Sequencing using Genetic Algorithms," IIE Transactions, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 865-880, 2002. IIE Transactions Best Paper Award in Design and Manufacturing.

• M. Ssemakula, G. Liao, D. Ellis, K. Y. Kim, S. Sawilowsky, “Introducing a Flexible Adaptation Framework for Implementing ‘Learning Factory’- based Manufacturing Education,” 2009 ASEE Annual Conference, June 14-17, 2009, Austin, Texas
• K. Y. Kim and K. H. Choi, “Rough Set-based Rule Selection for Collaborative Assembly Design,” the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2008), August 3-6, 2008, Brooklyn, NY, DETC2008-49191.
• K. Y. Kim, Y. S. Kim, W. P. Cheah, and H. J. Yang, “Causal Design Knowledge Acquisition By Constructing BBN and FCM,” the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2008), August 3-6, 2008, Brooklyn, NY, DETC2008-49900.
• K. Y. Kim, “The Role of Mereotopology and SWRL Rules to Represent Joint Topology Information For Design Collaboration, the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2008), August 3-6, 2008, Brooklyn, NY, DETC2008-49192.
• K. Y. Kim,K. H. Choi, and O. B. Kwon, “Rule Selection for Collaborative Ubiquitous Smart Device Development: Rough Set Based Approach,” The 5^th Int. Conf. on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-08), Oslo, Norway, June 23-25, 2008, LNCS 5061, pp. 386-396, 2008.
• K. Y. Kim, Y. S. Kim, K. H. Choi, H. J. Yang, “Ontology-based Approach to Differentiate Assembly Joints for Collaborative and Intelligent Product Design,” Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2007), Philadelphia, PA, June 18-20, 2007, pp. 282 - 289.
• K. Y. Kim, Y. S. Kim, W. P. Cheah, H. J. Yang, “A Framework of Assembly Design and Maintenance Analysis and Fault Diagnosis using Bayesian Belief Network and Fuzzy Cognitive Map,” Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2007), Philadelphia, PA, June 18-20, 2007, pp. 757 - 764.
• A. E. Murat, K. Y. Kim, L. Monplaisir, and O. P. Yadav, “Network Modeling for System Interaction Representation in Product Development,” Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM2007), Philadelphia, PA, June 18-20, 2007, pp. 227-234.
• Y. S. Kim, K. Y. Kim, R. Schein, M. Schmeler, “A Decision Support System for Remote Wheelchair Selection in Telerehabilitation,” the 2007 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, Tenn., May 19-23, 2007.
• H. J. Lee, K. Y. Kim, H. J. Yang, S. H. Kim, and S. Y. Choi, “Multi-Model Data Integration Using Graph For Collaborative Assembly Design Information Sharing and Reuse,” Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, The 20^th Int. Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2007), Kyoto, Japan, June 26-29, 2007.
• W. P. Cheah, K. Y. Kim, H. J. Yang, S. Y. Choi, and H. J. Lee, “A Manufacturing-Environmental Model using Bayesian Belief Networks for Assembly Design Decision Support,” Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, The 20^th Int. Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE 2007), Kyoto, Japan, June 26-29, 2007.
• O. B. Kwon, K. Y. Kim, and H. J. Yang, “Integrating Extended Attributed Relational Graph and Structured Modeling: Toward Multimedia-Based Decision Support in Virtual Product Design,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4112/2006, pp. 490-495, 2006.
• R. Schein, M. Schmeler, J. Kim, K. Y. Kim, A. Regulski, A. Fatulla, “Proposed Protocol for Remote Wheelchair Consultation Using Telerehabilitation,” RESNA 2006, Atlanta, GA, June 22-26, 2006.
• K. Y. Kim, D. G. Manley, and H. J. Yang, “The Role of Ontology in Collaborative Virtual Prototyping,” 2005 IIE Annual Conference (IERC), Atlanta GA, May 14 – 18, 2005.
• K. Y. Kim, D. G. Manley, H. J. Yang, and B. O. Nnaji, “Ontology-based Virtual Assembly Model for Collaborative Virtual Prototyping and Simulation,” the 2005 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2005), Saint Louis MO, May 15-19, 2005, pp. 251-258.
• K. Y. Kim, B. A. Norman, B. O. Nnaji, D. G. Manley, and Y. M. Zhang, “An Integration Framework for Virtual Assembly Analysis and Welding Task Sequencing,” the International Conference on e-Design, Atlanta GA, May 13, 2005.
• K. Y. Kim, D. G. Manley, and B. O. Nnaji, “Lean Virtual Product Model Sharing for Collaborative Virtual Prototyping,” 2004 IIE Annual Conference (IERC), Huston TX, May 15 – 19, 2004.
• B. O. Nnaji, Y. Wang, and K. Y. Kim, “Cost-Effective Product Realization – Service-Oriented Architecture for Integrated Product Life-Cycle Management,” 7^th IFAC Symposium on Cost Oriented Automation, Gatineau/Ottawa, Canada, June 7-9, 2004, plenary lecture.
• B. O. Nnaji, Y. Wang, and K. Y. Kim, “Service-Oriented Architecture for Integrated e-Design and Realization of Engineered Products,” 2004 International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly, Providence, RI, June 22-23, keynote paper.
• K. Y. Kim, Y. Wang, O. S. Muogboh, M. R. Lovell, B. O. Nnaji, and D. L. Conover, “Integration of Computer-Aided Assembly Design and Assembly Analysis in e-Design and Realization Environment,” The 17^th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR-17), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, August 3-7, 2003.
• K. Y. Kim and B. O. Nnaji, “Virtual Assembly Analysis and Simulation in an e-Design and Realization Environment,” The 2003 NDIA Systems Engineering Conference, San Diego CA, USA, October 20-23, 2003.
• Y. Wang, K. Y. Kim, O. S. Muogboh, and B. O. Nnaji, “Distributed CAD Data Modeling over the Internet,” The 17^th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR-17), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, August 3-7, 2003.

Book chapters

• K. Y. Kim, Y. S. Kim, M. R. Schmeler, R. M. Schein, “Remote Wheelchair Selection: Supporting Wheeled Mobility and Seating Device Stakeholder’s Decision in Telerehabilitation,” Handbook of Research on Developments in e-Health and Telemedicine: Technological and Social Perspectives, Ed. M. Manuela Cunha et al., in print. 
• K. Y. Kim, L. Monplaisir, and B. Nepal, “Collaborative Manufacturing,” The Handbook of Technology Management, Ed. Hossein Bidgoli, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in print.
•  K. Y. Kim and B. O. Nnaji, “Virtual Assembly Analysis in Rapid Manufacturing Environment,” Rapid Prototyping: Theory and Practice, Ed. Ali K. Kamrani, Springer, 2006, pp. 133 - 163.
• B. O. Nnaji, Y. Wang, K. Y. Kim, “e-Design Systems,” Handbooks of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ed. Adedeji B. Badiru, CRC press, 2006, pp. 28-1 - 28-26.

 

Professional Memberships

• Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Member, American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

Research Interests

• Design informatics

• Computational intelligence in product design
• Intelligent design of smart device
• Green IT
• Collaborative product development
• PLM
• Joining process

 

Academic/professional activities

• NSF Design Engineering and Innovation panel reviewer, 2008
•  WSU Interdisciplinary Engineering Education Task Force, since Winter 2009
• Co-Director and organizer, The Annual Workshops on Product Development and Systems Engineering, since 2006, WSU.
• WSU GM PACE Steering Committee and Manufacturing Engineering representative, since 2006
• WSU Academic Operations Committee (AOC), since Fall 2008
• The International Technical Program Committee (ITPC), The International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, since 2005

Awards and Honors

• 2009 Marquis Who's Who in America
• 2006 Outstanding Faculty Service Award, Engineering Student Faculty Board, Wayne State University
• 2003 IIE Transactions Best Paper Award in Design and Manufacturing