ESOL

Prof. Harrison Kim started serving as the Program Director in the Civil, Mechanical, Manufacturing Innovation Division at the US National Science Foundation in 2025.

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ESOL alumnus, Dr. Michael Saidani started as faculty member at Ecole de technologie superieure in Canada. He is the ninth faculty member among ESOL alumni.

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Prof. Kim (Co-PI) was awarded with $10.9M DOE funding with Prof. Dallas Trinkle (Co-PI) in MatSE UIUC for new metal processing innovation in February 2020. The project is led by U of Florida.

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Prof. Kim was awarded with the ASME Design Automation Award for his contributions in design research in 2024.

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