Team

PI

Joon Sang Kang

Assistant professor

Department of mechanical engineering, KAIST

email: jskang1@kaist.ac.kr

Google scholar

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Employment

Assistant professor, Department of mechanical engineering, KAIST, 2022 ~

Postdoc Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, OSU, 2021 ~ 2022

Postdoc Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCLA , 2020 ~ 2021

Researcher, Center for Environment, KIST, 2012 ~ 2014

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, UCLA, 2019

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, 2012

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Inha university, 2010

Honor and Award

Outstanding PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering, UCLA, 2020

Gold Winner of Graduate Student Award, Material Research Society, 2019

Northrop Grumman Fellowship, Northrop Grumman, 2018

Graduation Division Scholarship, UCLA, 2017

Reference

Yongjie Hu, Professor, Mechanical engineering department, UCLA

Joseph P. Heremans, Professor, Mechanical engineering department, OSU

Sang Soo Kim, Emeritus Professor, Mechanical engineering department, KAIST

Post doc

Graduate student (Ph.D Candidate)

Wonjeong Lee

email: wjlee5671@kaist.ac.kr

2023/09 ~

2020/03 ~ 2022/08: M.S in Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH

Field of Interest: Thermophysical properties of Van der Waals Material

Jaehoon Kim

Google scholar

email: jhkim6143@kaist.ac.kr

2025/03 ~

2023/03 ~ 2025/02: M.S in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Field of Interest: Synthesis of ultra high thermal conductivity materials for advanced semiconductor packaging

Juhong Kim

email: juhong1@kaist.ac.kr

2025/03 ~

2023/03 ~ 2025/02: M.S in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Field of Interest: Thermophysical properties in cryogenic system, SSTR, MEMS

Dongwook Lee

email: dwlee@kaist.ac.kr

2025/03 ~

2023/03 ~ 2025/02: M.S in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Field of Interest: TDTR, Thermophysical properties

Hyeong Uk Kang

email: tongbol0619@kaist.ac.kr

2026/03 ~

2024/03 ~ 2026/02: M.S in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Field of Interest: Thermophysical properties in cryogenic-magnetic system

Dong Kyu Kim

email: dongkyukim@kaist.ac.kr

2026/03 ~

2024/03 ~ 2026/02: M.S in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Field of Interest: Thermoelectric, spin caloritronics

Graduate student (MS Candidate)

Sang Min Lee

email: tlseo963@kaist.ac.kr

2024/09~

Field of Interest: Multi-physics simulation of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning in Clean Room

Dong hun Kim

email: gazicola@kaist.ac.kr

2025/09~

Field of Interest: Molecular Dynamics simulation

Undergraduate student

Gihyeon Jeong

Google scholar

email: gus6945@kaist.ac.kr

2023/09~

Field of Interest: Thermal management system utilizing oscillating liquid metal

Alumni

Younjae Lee

2023/09~2025/08(M.S)

Samsung Electronics Device Solutions Division (Present)

Dong-min kim

Google scholar

2024/03~2025/08(Post doc)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Present)

Field of Interest: Thermal properties characterization, Plasmon thermal conductivity, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY

Min Soo Kim

2024/03~2026/02

Samsung Electronics Device Solutions Division (Present)

Jae Hyun Kim

2024/03~2026/02