Yong Chae Lim

Yong Chae Lim is a R&D staff member at Materials Joining Group in the Materials Science & Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Prior joining to ORNL, he earned Ph.D. at The Ohio State University (OSU). His research experiences at OSU are multi-scale manufacturing process development, such as arc welding, laser assisted hybrid arc welding, and ultrafast laser ablation, evaluation and characterization of material properties.  He is currently working on various projects, including novel solid-state processing and joining process development for lightweight multi-materials vehicles, laser and atmosphere plasma surface modifications to improve joint performance and/or corrosion resistance of dissimilar materials joints and for bipolar plate, mechanical and metallurgical characterization of friction stir welded high strength steel, low frequency hydrogen fatigue test for high strength steels, and high pressure hydrogen storage application. He was the recipient of international scholarship from American Welding Society (AWS) at 2004 and 2006 and is currently member of AWS, The Mineral, Metals and Materials Society, and Adhesion Society.