KIM Space LAB
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
Welcome to Space Gator's Swamp !!!🐊
KIMS LAB focuses on facilitating the use of fundamental two-phase flow and heat transfer physics for various Real-life engineering applications largely in four main areas:
[Area of Focus]
In-space Fluid/Thermal Management Systems & Cryogenic Propulsion Systems
In-Space High Temperature Superconducting Cable and Cryogenic Cooling system
Cryogenic Two-phase Cooling for Cryogenic CMOS & Power Electronics
Machine Learning Coupled Multiphase CFD Modeling & Simulations
4/2026
🎉 NEW Graduate Research Fellowship - Dominic Meler
National Science Foundataion Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP)
KIMSLAB's 1st PhD student, Dominic Meler, has been selected as a NSF-GRFP fellow! This fellowship is one of the most prestigious fellowship that one can be awarded as a graduate student. With the support of NSF, Dominic will investigate fundamental cryogenic phase change heat transfer dynamics.
4/2026
🎉 NEW NSF IRES-HSTC Scholar - Sanjay Karthik
KIMSLAB's undergraduate research intern, Sanjay Karthik, has been selected for the NSF IRES-Hydrogen Ship Technology Center (HSTC) Scholars Program! Sanjay is heading to Pusan National University in South Korea this summer to investigate cryogenic storage and cryogenic two-phase thermal control for liquid hydrogen ships.