Education & Career

• Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer), School of Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, 2025-present

• Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2022-2025

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2018 – 2022 

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, 2015 – 2018

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, UNIST, South Korea, 2010 – 2015

Awards and Recognitions

• UNIST Best Research Award, UNIST, 2016, for distinguished doctoral graduates.

• Research Excellence Award, School of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, UNIST, 2015, for excellent graduate students of the school in research.

• Excellent Presentation Award, CAE and Applied Mechanics Division, the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Korea, 2014

Current Group Members