Young Nam Kim

About Young Nam Kim

Assessing Battery Cell Supplier’s Manufacturing Readiness & Production Quality2. Design, Development and Validation of Lithium Ion Battery Technology for Electric Vehicle3. Root Cause Analysis of Lithium Ion Battery Thermal Events, Battery Cell Manufacturing Issues 4. Development New Li-ion Electrode Materials 5. Development Alternative Cathode Materials for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 6. Synthesize and Characterize Pincer Conducting Metallo-Polymers 7. Investigate 3-Dimensional Macro-Porous Colossal Magneto Resistance (CMR) Materials 8. Research on Self-Assembled Mono-layer and Electrochemistry

Experience

1. Technical Specialist - Battery Cell Components

   General Motors

   Jul 2024 — Present · Warren, MI, US

   Ensure global strategies are developed and defined and are globally harmonized. Ensurerich technical discussion / direction for overall commodity- Assessing battery cell component supplier’s manufacturing readiness & production quality through TASL(Technically Approved Supplier List) process- Commodity Benchmarking, both performance testing and physical analysis- Develop/define and globally harmonized strategies. Ensure rich technical discussion /direction for overall commodity- Support battery & cell tear down activities- Expert representative of commodity- Strategy integration & cross-subsystem/component support- Drive technology to future vision (5/10 yr plan)- Ensure Compliance to GM Safety Practices- Regulatory Advisory- Support OIR (Open Investigation Review) & SFADA (Safety & Field Action DecisionAuthority) Processes- Lead *S PRTS (Tether; Read-Across; PRD)- Create/Maintain Base Knowledge Documents- Develop and maintain standard work templates and documents (Base Knowledgedocuments) for commodity- Review and approve component level templates- Support BOP activities- Provide Execution Support- Review and Approve Component level Requirement Deviations- Review and Approve SOR- Support implementation of design

Education

• Chungnam National University

  MS, Electrochemistry

• Chungnam National University

  BS, Chemistry

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Ph D, Materials Science and Engineering (Advisor: Arumugam Manthiram)

Skills

• Gas Chromatography
• Thin Films
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• Atomic Layer Deposition
• Matlab
• Dta
• Raman
• Materials Science
• Stm
• Electrochemical Characterization
• Dsc
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Surface Chemistry
• Lithium Batteries
• Nanotechnology
• Catalysis
• Ftir
• Electrochemistry
• Mfm
• Pld
• Ald
• Cyclic Voltammetry
• Oxyen Permeation Measurement
• Atomic Absorption
• Sem
• Optical Microscopy
• Fuel Cells
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Characterization
• Tem
• Squid
• Afm
• Glove Box
• Spectroscopy
• Conductivity
• Gc
• Differential Scanning Calorimetry
• Tga
• Product Development
• Schlenk Line