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Phone:  662-325-3109
Email:  mkim@cfr.msstate.edu

address:
Building 1, Rm# 1101
Department of Forest Products
Box 9820
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9820

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Education:

• Kansas State University Ph.D., Organic Chemistry
• Kyung Hee University Korea B.S., Chemistry

Research Interests:

• Thermosetting wood adhesive resins
• Wood composites
• Steam injection pressing of wood composites
• Tool wear of wood composites
• Curing chemistry of thermosetting resins and polymers
• Molecular structure determination of resins and polymers

Research / Extension Websites:

• Engineered Wood Products
• Wood Utilization Research Center

2009
Hassan, E.M., M.G. Kim, H. Wan. 2009. Phenol-formaldehyde type resins made from phenol liquefied wood for bonding of particle board. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 112(3):1436-1143. Download

2009
Sukhbaatar, B., P.H. Steele, L.L. Ingram Jr., M.G. Kim. 2009. An exploratory study on the removal of acetic and formic acids from bio-oil. Bioresources 4(4):1319-1329. Download

2008
Peng, Y., S.Q. Shi, M.G. Kim. 2008. Effect of temperature on the dynamic mechanical properties of resin film and wood. Forest Products Journal 58(12):68-74.

2008
Wan, H., M.G. Kim. 2008. Distribution of phenol-formaldehyde resin in impregnated southern pine and effects on stabilization. Wood and Fiber Science 40(2):181-189.

2007
Lee, S.M., M.G. Kim. 2007. Effects of urea and curing catalysts added to the strand board core-layer binder phenol-formaldehyde resin. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 105:1144-1155. Download