Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), surface-tension-based actuation, nanotechnology for surface control, microdevices including microfluidic applications, superhydrophobic drag reduction, full spectrum of micromachining technologies.

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• UCLA’s High-Tech NanoLab Is Open to All | Semiconductor Digest, August 2022
• Chang-Jin Kim receives Robert Bosch Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems Award | UCLA Newsroom, February 2021
• UCLA Engineering Professor Receives Highest Honor in Micro and Electro Mechanical Systems | UCLA Samueli, February 2021

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 1981
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1985
• Ph.D., Microelectromechanical Systems, Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1991

• Graduate Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University
• TRW Outstanding Young Teacher Award, UCLA HSSEAS
• CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Achievement Award, Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA)
• Samueli Outstanding Teaching Award, UCLA MAE
• 100 People Who Will Light Up Korea in Year 2020, Dong-A Newspaper
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
• Ho-Am Prize in Engineering, the Ho-Am Foundation
• Robert Bosch Micro and Nano Electro Mechanical Systems Award, IEEE