Dr. Sangtae (Sang) Kim

Distinguished Professor
Member, National Academy of Engineering

Office Location S226, Engineering Building 1

Phone 713-743-8518

Fax 713-743-4323

Email skim139 [at] uh.edu

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1983

M.S.Ch.E., California Institute of Technology, 1979

B.S.Ch.E., California Institute of Technology, 1979

Professional Experience

2026-to-date Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston

2016-2025 Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

2009-2025 Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

2009-2012 Executive Director, Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI

2003-2009 Donald E. Feddersen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

2004-2005 Division Director, Division of Shared Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation

2000-2003 Vice President and Information Officer, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly

1997-2000 Vice President, Scientific Information Resources, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Division, Warner Lambert Company

1995-1997 Department Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1991-1997 Wisconsin Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1989-1991 Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1987-1989 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1983-1987 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Awards & Honors

2025: F.J. and Dorothy van Antwerpen Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

2015: Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

2013: Ho Am Prize in Engineering

2008: Listed in One Hundred (Chemical) Engineers of the Modern Era, Centennial Celebrations of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

2008: George Lappin Award (for distinguished service to meetings and technical programing), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

2005: Microhydrodynamics: Principles and Selected Applications selected for the reprint series by the Dover Publishing Editorial Board (cited for enduring value)

2001: National Academy of Engineering

2001: Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers (AIMBE)

1993: Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

1992: William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research, National Academy of Sciences

1991-1992 Outstanding Instructor in Chemical Engineering, Polygon Engineering (Student) Council, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Selected Publications

S Kim, Ellipsoidal Microhydrodynamics… A Note on Weighted Inner Products, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 54 (Ramkrishna Festschrift), 10549-10551 (ACS Editors’ Choice award), 2015
S Kim, SJ Karrila, Microhydrodynamics: Principles and Selected Applications, Butterworth Heinemann (original edition, 1991), reprinted by Dover Publishing, 2005
I Mustakis, S Kim, Microhydrodynamics of Sharp Corners and Edges: Traction Singularities, AIChE Journal 44, 1469-1483, 1998
SJ Karrila, S Kim, Integral Equations of the Second Kind for Stokes Flow …, Chem. Eng. Commun. 82, 123-161, 1989
S Kim, R.T. Mifflin, The Resistance and Mobility Functions of Two Equal Spheres in Low Reynolds Number Flow, Phys. Fluids 28, 2033-2045, 1985