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D-Index
76
Citations
43382
World Ranking
259
National Ranking
127

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of direct numerical simulation and seminal contributions to the understanding of the physics and control of turbulent flows.

Overview

John Kim is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research portfolio spans various areas within engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on biomedical engineering and materials chemistry.

Their prominent recent publications include:

  • Superhydrophobic drag reduction in high-speed towing tank, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Modern diagnostic technologies for HIV, 2020, The Lancet HIV
  • Surfaces Decorated with Enantiomorphically Pure Polymer Nanohelices via Hierarchical Chirality Transfer across Multiple Length Scales, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Directed Chiral Self-Assembly of Purely Organic Phosphors for Room-Temperature Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence, 2024, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Sharing of Strain Between Nanofiber Forests and Liquid Crystals Leads to Programmable Responses to Electric Fields, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials

The main fields of study covered by their work include Engineering with 31 publications and Materials Science with 18 publications.

More specifically, key subfields of their research are:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Aerospace Engineering

John Kim's research topics involve:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John Kim include:

  • Joerg Lahann
  • Nicholas L. Abbott
  • Sangchul Roh
  • Arit Patra
  • Soumyamouli Pal

The venues where John Kim has regularly published research include:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics

John Kim received recognition as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for contributions related to direct numerical simulation and advancements in understanding the physics and control of turbulent flows.

Best Publications

  • Turbulence statistics in fully developed channel flow at low reynolds number

    John Kim;Parviz Moin;Robert D Moser

  • Application of a Fractional-Step Method to Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations

    J Kim;P Moin

  • Effects of Word-of-Mouth and Product-Attribute Information on Persuasion: An Accessibility-Diagnosticity Perspective

    Paul M. Herr;Frank R. Kardes;John Kim

  • Direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow up to Reτ=590

    Robert D. Moser;John Kim;Nagi N. Mansour

  • Numerical investigation of turbulent channel flow

    Parviz Moin;John Kim

  • Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow over a backward-facing step

    Hung Le;Parviz Moin;John Kim

  • Regeneration mechanisms of near-wall turbulence structures

    James M. Hamilton;John Kim;Fabian Waleffe

  • Active turbulence control for drag reduction in wall-bounded flows

    Haecheon Choi;Parviz Moin;John Kim

  • Reynolds-stress and dissipation-rate budgets in a turbulent channel flow

    N. N. Mansour;J. Kim;P. Moin

  • Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow over riblets

    Haecheon Choi;Parviz Moin;John Kim

  • Technology-Driven, Highly-Scalable Dragonfly Topology

    John Kim;Wiliam J. Dally;Steve Scott;Dennis Abts

  • Coherent structures near the wall in a turbulent channel flow

    J. Jeong;Fazle Hussain;W. Schoppa;J. Kim

  • A detailed and flexible cycle-accurate Network-on-Chip simulator

    Nan Jiang;Daniel U. Becker;George Michelogiannakis;James Balfour

  • Flattened Butterfly Topology for On-Chip Networks

    John Kim;James Balfour;William Dally

  • Flattened butterfly: a cost-efficient topology for high-radix networks

    John Kim;William J. Dally;Dennis Abts

  • Investigation of a Reattaching Turbulent Shear Layer: Flow Over a Backward-Facing Step

    J. Kim;S. J. Kline;J. P. Johnston

  • A numerical study of turbulent supersonic isothermal-wall channel flow

    Gary N. Coleman;Gary N. Coleman;John Kim;R.D. Moser

  • Firefly: illuminating future network-on-chip with nanophotonics

    Yan Pan;Prabhat Kumar;John Kim;Gokhan Memik

  • Effects of hydrophobic surface on skin-friction drag

    Taegee Min;John Kim

  • Transport Of Passive Scalars In A Turbulent Channel Flow

    John Kim;Parviz Moin

  • A Linear Systems Approach to Flow Control

    John Kim;Thomas R. Bewley

Frequent Co-Authors

Parviz Moin
Parviz Moin Stanford University
Jason L. Speyer
Jason L. Speyer University of California, Los Angeles
R. A. Antonia
R. A. Antonia University of Newcastle Australia
Changhoon Lee
Changhoon Lee Yonsei University
Anthony Leonard
Anthony Leonard California Institute of Technology
William J. Dally
William J. Dally Nvidia (United Kingdom)
Jeffrey R. Koseff
Jeffrey R. Koseff Stanford University
Robert L. Street
Robert L. Street Stanford University
James C. Sturm
James C. Sturm Princeton University
Yu-Chong Tai
Yu-Chong Tai California Institute of Technology

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