Current Appointments:
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 1985.5 - present
Principal Investigator, National Scientist Program of ‘Ultra-fast Optics for Ultra-precision’ awarded by the National Research Foundation of the Republic of Korea, 2008.6 - present
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacture, 2017.4 - present

Past Important Appointments:
Director, KAIST Institute of Optical Science & Technology, KAIST, 2007.11 - 2015.12
Dean, School of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, KAIST, 2008.6 - 2012.2
President, Korea Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE), 2011.1 - 2011.12

Educations:
PhD in Precision Engineering, 1981-1984, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
MSc in Mechanical Engineering, 1978-1980, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea
BSc in Mechanical Engineering, 1974-1978, Seoul National University, South Korea

Awards:
The Best Research Award of the Year 2016, KAIST, 2016
National Scientist in Engineering, Ministry of Science and Education of ROK, 2012
Lifetime Achievement Award, Korea Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE), 2012
Sungdo Optical Technology Award, Korea Society of Optics, 2012
Kyung Am Award in Engineering, Kyung Am Foundation, 2011
Measurement Science Award, Korea Research Institute of Standardization & Science (KRISS), 2010
Scientist of the Month, Ministry of Science and Education of ROK, 2009
Best Academic Award of the Year, Korea Society of Optics, 2008
Best Paper of the Year, Korea Society of Optics, 2005
Maeil Newspaper Award in Science, Daily Economy Newspaper, 2003
Gahurn Academic Award, Korea Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE), 2000
Best Young Scientist of the Year, Ministry of Science and Education of ROK, 1998

Biography
Seung-Woo Kim obtained his bachelor degree in Mechanical Design from Seoul National University in 1978, and received his MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1980. He went over to United Kingdom in 1981 for further study and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Precision Machine Systems Design from Cranfield University in 1984. He came back to Korea and started his carrier as a scholar by joining KAIST in 1985. Since then, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, he has been teaching undergraduates and leading a research group of graduate students working in the field of precision engineering and optical metrology. As a tenured full-professor, he is currently assuming the responsibility of director of the KAIST Institute of Optical Science & Technology which was established in 2008 to promote interdisciplinary collaborations on the new emerging field of ultrafast photonics beyond departmental boundaries between physics, chemistry, biology, telecommunication and precision mechanics.
His professional interests are precision optical technology with specialty on optical-mechanics system synthesis for precision machines design, optical interferometry for 3-D surface and thin-film metrology, and ultrafast photonics for nano-scale fabrication and ultra-precision measurements. During last three decades he has published ~150 technical papers in peer-reviewed journals, ~240 presentations in conferences, and ~50 patents. He has been working as principal investigator for numerous national and industrial research projects and currently involved in an important national creative research initiative project for the development of next generation precision engineering key technologies using femtosecond pulse lasers. He has also actively been involved in international academic societies for organizing on-time conferences for leading-edge precision engineering optical technologies. He was president of the Korea Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE) during the term of 2011 and is currently a member of OSA (Optical Society of America), SPIE (International Society of Optical Engineering), CIRP (International Academy for Production Engineering), and euspen (European Society Precision Engineering).

Recent Research Activities:

Focus on ultrafast optics & photonics by making the femtosecond (fs) pulse lasers. New coherent optical sources are being developed not only in the infrared, visible regime but also in the extreme-ultraviolet range. The frequency comb of fs lasers is exploited to advance optical metrology particularly for distance measurement and spectroscopy. In addition, new nano-/micro-fabrication methods are being investigated by devising high-power, high-energy ultrashort pulses from fiber oscillators coupled with amplifiers. Our research may be categorized into four major groups with each being represented by some important key issues as:

1. Ultra-Precision Metrology

- Absolute distance metrology based on optical frequency comb
- Fast 3D surface profilometry using femtosecond pulses

2. Coherent EUV Generation

- High-harmonic generation by plasmonic field enhancement
- Plasmonic generation of ultra-short EUV light pulses

3. Next-generation Space Missions

- Free-space optical communication based on femtosecond laser
- Broadband spectroscopic LIDAR based on femtosecond laser

4. Ultra-Precision Manufacturing

- Chirped pulse amplification based high power fiber femtosecond laser
- Cutting strengthened glass using ultra-short laser pulses

Academic Publications: Total Scopus Citations 4,731 (As of Feb 2018)
Domestic Journals: 55   International Journals: 144   Book chapter: 2 Conference   Proceedings: 405

Patents: (As of Feb 2018)
Domestic: 57   U.S.: 14

Representative Publications

1. S. Kim, J. Jin, Y.-J. Kim, I.-Y. Park & S.-W. Kim, "High harmonic generation by resonant plasmon field enhancement," Nature 453, 757 (2008).
2. S.-W. Kim, "Combs rule," Nature Photonics 3, 313 (2009).
3. J. Lee, Y.-J. Kim, K. Lee, S. Lee & S.-W. Kim, "Time-of-flight measurement with femtosecond light pulses", Nature Photonics 4, 716 (2010)
4. S. Han, H. Kim, Y.W. Kim, Y.-J. Kim, S. Kim, I.-Y. Park & S.-W. Kim, High harmonic generation by strongly enhanced femtosecond pulses in metal-sapphire nanostructure, Nature Communications 7, 13105 (2016).
5. J. Lee, K. Lee, Y.-S. Jang, H. Jang, S. Han, S.-H. Lee, K.-I. Kang, C.-W. Lim, Y.-J. Kim, S.-W. Kim, Testing of a femtosecond pulse laser in outer space, Scientific Reports 4, 05134 (2014).

Recent Publications (2015 - 2018)

1. Y.-S. Jang & S.-W. Kim, Distance measurements using mode-locked lasers: a review, Nanomanufacturing and Metrology 1, 131 (2018).
2. Y.-S. Jang, W. Kim, H. Jang & S.-W. Kim, Absolute distance meter operating on a free-running mode-locked laser for space mission, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing 19, 975. (2018).
3. L, Shi, B. Iwan, Q. Ripault, J.R.C. Andrade, S. Han, H. Kim, W. Boutu, D. Franz, R. Nicolas, T. Heidernblut, C. Reinhardt, B. Bastiaens, T. Nagy, I. Babushkin, U. Morgner, S.-W. Kim, G. Steinmeyer, H. Merdji & M. Kovacev, Resonant-Plasmon-Assisted Subwavelength Ablation by a Femtosecond Oscillator, Physical Review Applied 9, 024001 (2018).
4. Y.-S. Jang & S.-W. Kim, Compensation of the refractive index of air in laser interferometer for distance measurement: A review, International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 18, 1881 (2017).  
5. H. Farrokhi, T. Madam Rohith, J. Boonruangkan, S. Han, H. Kim, S.-W. Kim & Y.-J. Kim, High-brightness laser imaging with tunable speckle reduction enabled by electroactive micro-optic diffusers, Scientific Reports, 7. 15318 (2017). 
6. L. Shi, J.R.C. Andrade, H. Kim, S. Han, R. Nicolas, D. Franz, W. Boutu, T. Heidernblut, F. Segerink, B. Bastiaens, H. Merdji, S.-W. Kim, U. Morgner, & M. Kovacev, Investigating the origin of third harmonic generation from diabolo optical antennas, Applied Physics Letters 111, 173102 (2017).
7. G. Yi, H. Lee, J. Jiannan, B. Chun, S. Han, H. Kim, Y.W. Kim, D. Kim, S.-W. Kim & Y.-J. Kim, Nonlinear third harmonic generation at crystalline sapphires, Optics Express 25(21), 26002 (2017).
8. L. Shi, B. Iwan, R. Nicolas, Q. Ripault, J.R.C. Andrade, S. Han, H. Kim, W. Boutu, D. Franz, T. Heidernblut, C. Reinhardt, B. Bastiaens, T. Nagy, I. Babushkin, U. Morgner, S.-W. Kim, G. Steinmeyer, H. Merdji & M. Kovacev, Self-optimization of plasmonic nanoantennas in strong femtosecond fields, Optica 4, 1038 (2017).
9. S. Han, H. Jang, S. Kim, Y.-J. Kim & S.-W. Kim, MW peak power Er/Yb-doped fiber femtosecond laser amplifier at 1.5 µm center wavelength, Laser Physics Letters 14, 080002 (2017).
10. H. Kim, S. Han, Y.W. Kim, S. Kim & S.-W. Kim, Generation of coherent extreme-ultraviolet radiation from bulk sapphire crystal, ACS Photonics 4, 1627 (2017).
11. S. Park, Y. Kim, J. You, S.-W. Kim, Damage-free cutting of chemically strengthened glass by creation of sub-surface cracks using femtosecond laser pulses. CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology 66 535 (2017).
12. J. Park, S. Kim, B.S. Kim, Y.-J. Kim & S.-W. Kim, Tuning range extension of pulse repetition rate using chirped fiber Bragg gratings, Optics Express 25, 1413 (2017).
13. E. Bae, Y. Kim, S. Park & S.-W. Kim, Large-aperture ground glass surface profile measurement using coherence scanning interferometry, Optics Express 25, 1106 (2017)
14. Y.-S. Jang, G. Wang, S. Hyun, H.J. Kang, B.J. Chun, Y.-J. Kim, & S.-W. Kim Comb-referenced laser distance interferometer for industrial nanotechnology, Scientific Reports 6, 31770 (2016).
15. S. Han, S., Kim, H., Kim, Y.W., Kim, Y.-J., Kim, S., Park, I.-Y., & Kim, S.-W. (2016). High harmonic generation by strongly enhanced femtoscond pulses in metal-sapphire nanostructure, Nature Communications, 7. 13105 (2016).
16. B.J. Chun, Y.-J. Kim & S.-W. Kim, Inter-comb synchronization by mode-to-mode locking, Laser Physics Letters 13, 085301 (2016).
17. Lee, C.-Y., Hyun, S.-W., Kim, Y.-J., & Kim, S.-W., (2016). Optical inspection of smartphone camera modules by near-infrared low-coherence interferometry. Optical Engineering, 55(9). 091404.
18. J. Lee, Y.-J. Kim & S.-W. Kim, “Repetition rate multiplication of femtosecond light pulses using a phase-locked all-pass fiber resonator”, Optics Express 23, 10117 (2015).
19. G. Wang, Y.-S. Jang, S. Hyun, B. J. Chun, H. J. Kang, S. Yan & S.-W. Kim, Y.-J. Kim, “Absolute positioning by multi-wavelength interferometry referenced to the frequency comb of a femtosecond laser”, Optics Express 23, 9121 (2015).
20. W. Gao, S.-W. Kim, H. Bosse, H. Haitjema, Y. L. Chen, X. D. Lu, W. Knapp, A. Weckenmann, W. T. Estler, H. Kunzmann, “Measurement technologies for precision positioning”, CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology 64(2), 773 (2015).
21. H. Jang, Y.-S. Jang, S. Kim, K. Lee, S. Han, Y.-J. Kim & S.-W. Kim, “Polarization maintaining linear cavity Er-doped fiber femtosecond laser”, Laser Physics Letters 12(10), 105102 (2015).
22. S. Han, Y.-J. Kim & S.-W. Kim, “Parallel determination of absolute distances to multiple targets by time-of-flight measurement using femtosecond light pulses”, Optics Express 23, 25874 (2015).