Biography

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Korea, 2005

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Korea, 2000 

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Korea, 1998 

Professional Experiences 

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanbat National University, Korea (2009.3 - present)

Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, U.S.A. (2010. 6 - 2010. 7)

Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Korea (2007.12 - 2009. 2)

Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Korea (2005. 3 - 2007.12)

Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University, U.S.A. (2006. 5 - 2007. 2)

Visiting scholar, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. (2005. 5 - 2006. 4) 

Professional Activities 

Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (2016 -2022)

Member of American Physical Society

Member of Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (Board member for Fluid Engineering Division, 2014 - present)

Member of Korean Society for New and Renewable Energy (Editorial board for Journal of The Korean Society for New and Renewable Energy, 2014 - 2018)

Research Interests 

Wall-bounded turbulent flows 

Drag reduction

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) 

Modeling and numerical simulation of fuel cells

Awards 

Post-doctoral fellow grant by Korea Research Foundation, 2005. 

Best doctoral thesis award by Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Division of Fluid Engineering, 2005.