Research Interests

• Boiling heat transfer fundamentals via advanced imaging

• Phosphor thermometry for high-temperature thermal-hydraulicsr

• Thermal-hydraulic models for high-burnup nuclear fuel cladding

• Hypervapotron technology for ultra-high heat flux cooling

• Severe accident: ex-vessel corium cooling

• Helium bubbles in molten salt fast reactor

• Safety regulation for water-cooled SMR

Educational background

2001 - 2007 : POSTECH (Korea) - Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

1999 - 2001 : POSTECH (Korea) - B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Professional

2023 – present General Affairs Director. Korean Nuclear Society

2021 - present : Professor in Kyunghee University (Head of department)

2016 - 2020 : Associate Professor in Kyunghee University

2012 – 2014 Chair of Korean Young Generation Network in Korean Nuclear Society 

2010 - 2016 : Assistant Professor in Kyunghee University

2007 - 2010 : Postdoctoral Researcher in MIT

2007 - 2007 : Postdoctoral Researcher in POSTECH

Award

Best Paper Award, Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping , 2024

Best Paper Award, 17th Int. Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulics, 2017

Best Paper Awards, Korean Nuclear Society, 2024, 2017, 2015, 2013

Best Poster Award, China-Korea Workshop on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, 2015, 2023

First and Second Places, International Conference on Boiling Condensation Heat Transfer, 2015

Associate Editor, Journal of Nanofluids, 2012 – 2021

Editorial Board, The Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems - Korea, 2012 – 2015

KSME Annual Fall Meeting Outstanding paper Award, 2007

6th Cross Straits Symposium on Materials, Energy and Environmental Engineering (CSS-6) Outstanding Paper Award, 2004