He received his Engineering Ph.D. degree from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA. He was formerly the Director of the KEN Research Center and Director of WCU (World Class University) Program at SeoKyeong University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Dr. Kim is the Director of Printing Nano Engineering (SKU-UTEP Dual Program) at UTEP and specializes in the field of printable materials, printing technologies, and standardization of printed devices. He is one of the leading research experts in the role of creating strategy plans on education and researches on printed electronics. He serves on various grant and journal review committees nationally and internationally.