Mechanical Engineering Department

Charles J. Kim

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: (570) 577-1846
Fax: (570) 577-7281
cjk019@bucknell.edu

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Educational Background:

B.S., California Institute of Technology, 1999
M.S.E., University of Michigan, 2002
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2005

Teaching Specialities:

Mechanical Design
Senior Capstone Design
Intro Dynamics
Mechanism Design

Research Interests:

Compliant Mechanisms
Biologically Inspired Mechanical Design
Appropriate Technology

Selected Publications:

Kim, C.J., 2007, "Decomposition Strategies for Single-Input Single-Output and Dual-Input Single-Output Compliant Mechanisms", Proceedings of the 2007 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DETC2007-35449.
Kim, C.J., Moon, Y.M., Kota, S., 2007, “Conceptual Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms Utilizing Compliance and Stiffness Ellipsoids", Accepted for publication in the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.
Kim, C.J., Kota, S., Moon, Y.M., 2006, "An Instant Center Approach Towards the Conceptual Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 128(3), pp. 542-550.