Awards

Grant

New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Research Grant. Indiana University. (2019). Empowering Rural Libraries as Sites for Youth Informal Learning through Making. PI: Soo Hyeon Kim, Co-PI: Andrea Copeland. (awarded).
National Science Foundation (DRL 1759259). Collaborative Research: Engineering a Community-Family Partnership: Developing a Program Aimed at Making and Design Practices in Home Environments. PI: Adam Maltese, Amber Simpson, Faculty Associate: Soo Hyeon Kim, Jan 2020 – present
IMLS National Leadership Research Project Grant (LG-250059-OLS-21). AI & Co-design in public libraries: Empowering underserved youth to cultivate symbiotic relationships between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and their communities. PI: Hee Rin Lee, Faculty Associate: Soo Hyeon Kim, September 2021 – present
IMLS National Leadership Research STEM Expert Facilitation of Family Learning in Libraries and Museums (STEMeX) program (MG-77-16-0137-16). STEM Pillars: Supporting Rural Communities with Science Stories, Experts, and Inquiry Activities. PI: Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Graduate Researcher: Soo Hyeon Kim, September 2016 – May 2019

Kim, Soo Hyeon. 2006. Communication device for family using hologram in spherical display. Patent Number 10-2006-003825, File Number 1-1-2006-0295989-68, and issued April 27, 2006.

Dissertation Research Initiation Grant, College of Education, Penn State University, 2018
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Learning and Performance Systems, Penn State University, 2014 - 2019
Graduate Student Travel Grant, College of Education, Penn State University, 2014 - 2019
Summer Tuition Assistance Funding, College of Education, Penn State University, 2014 - 2016
Graham Robert Endowed Fellowship, The Graduate School, Penn State University, 2014 - 2015
hSP Huygens Scholarship (Full Tuition and Living Expenses), Nuffic (The Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education), 2007 - 2008
Full Tuition and Merit-Based Scholarship at KAIST, Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea, 2001 - 2006

Selected for the presidential poster session, American Psychological Association, 2021
Honorable Mention Award for Short Paper, ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Ralph T. Heimer Award (Outstanding Achievement by a Doctoral Candidate), College of Education, Penn State University, 2019
Encouragement & Acceptance Award, Silver Design and Idea Competition, 2005
Steel Furniture Design Competition Bronze Medal, 2002
IKEA Competition Semi-Finalist, 2007
l’Oréal E-Strat Challenge National Semi-Finalist, 2007