Research & Publications

I am interested in heat transfer, liquid-vapor phase change phenomena, flow visualization, and additive manufacturing. I have worked to reveal key insights into fundamental thermofluidic physics of the operation principles of a plate heat exchanger, which we see as a thermal transport device with complex micro- and minichannels.

Confined bubble

In 3D-printed plate heat exchanger replica

3D printing (SLA)

Transparent test section building for high-speed flow visualization

3D-printed transparent replica

Complex internal channel shape without support structure

Journal papers

[7] da Silva, Ramon Peruchi Pacheco, Muneeshwaran Muneeshwaran, Easwaran N. Krishnan, Xiangyu Li, Kashif Nawaz, and Hyun Jin Kim. "Advances in high-pressure and high-temperature heat exchangers: Innovations via additive manufacturing and their applications." Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 65 (2025): 103844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103844

[6] Muneeshwaran, M., Hyun Jin Kim, Muhammad Tayyab, Wenzhe Li, Kashif Nawaz, and Cheng-Min Yang. "Flow maldistribution in plate heat exchangers–Impact, analysis, and solutions." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 207 (2025): 114905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114905

[5] Ji, Hyunjung, Alexandria B. Coronado, Mark A. Mueller, Laurel J. Esposito, Daniel Tait, and Hyun Jin Kim. "A Learning Ecology Perspective of Energy Literacy among Youth: A Case Study from Alabama High Schools." Sustainability 15, no. 22 (2023): 16055. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152216055

[4] Kim, Hyun Jin, Leon Liebenberg, and Anthony M. Jacobi. "Flow visualization of two-phase R-245fa at low mass flux in a plate heat exchanger near the micro-macroscale transition." Science and Technology for the Built Environment 25, no. 10 (2019): 1292-1301. doi:10.1080/23744731.2019.1648980

[3] Kim, Hyun Jin, Leon Liebenberg, and Anthony M. Jacobi. "Convective boiling of R-134a near the micro-macroscale transition inside a vertical brazed plate heat exchanger." Journal of Heat Transfer 140, no. 9 (2018): 091501. doi:10.1115/1.4039397.

[2] Möller, N. J., H. Kim, V. S. Neary, M. H. García, and L. P. Chamorro. "On the near-wall effects induced by an axial-flow rotor." Renewable Energy 91 (2016): 524-530. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2016.01.051.

[1] Zhu, James, Hyun Jin Kim, and Shiv G. Kapoor. "Microscale drilling of bulk metallic glass." Journal of Micro-and Nano-Manufacturing 1, no. 4 (2013): 041004. doi: 10.1115/1.4025538.

Conference papers

[4] H. J. Kim, L. Liebenberg, and A. M. Jacobi, “Flow Visualization of Two-Phase R-245fa at Low Mass Flux in a Plate Heat Exchanger near the Micro-Macroscale Transition,” in Proc.of the 17th Intl. Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Conf., West Lafayette, IN, July 9 – 12, 2018. 2nd Place Paper Award.

[3] H. J. Kim, L. Liebenberg, and A. M. Jacobi, “Thermal-hydraulic performance of R-134a boiling at low mass fluxes in a vertical brazed plate heat exchanger,” Proc. of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Summer Heat Transfer Conf., Bellevue, WA, July 9 – 14, 2017. doi:10.1115/HT2017-5083.

[2] J. Zhu, H. J. Kim, and S. G. Kapoor, “Microscale drilling of bulk metallic glass,” Proc. of the 8th Intl. Conf. on Micromanufacturing, Victoria, BC, Canada, Mar. 26 – 28, 2013, Best Paper Award.

[1] H. J. Kim and D. C. Kyritsis, “Exergetic analysis of power plants operating on biomaterials,” Proc. of Power and Energy Conf. at Illinois, Urbana, IL, Feb. 22 -23, 2013. doi: 10.1109/PECI.2013.6506028.

Invited talks

[5] H. J. Kim, “Convective boiling of refrigerants near the micro-macroscale transition inside plate heat exchangers,” seminar at Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff, AZ, Mar. 4, 2020.

[4] H. J. Kim, “Convective boiling of refrigerants near the micro-macroscale transition inside plate heat exchangers,” seminar at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Feb. 27, 2020.

[3] H. J. Kim, “Convective boiling of refrigerants near the micro-macroscale transition inside plate heat exchangers,” seminar at the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, Feb. 21, 2020.

[2] H. J. Kim, “Convective boiling of refrigerants near the micro-macroscale transition inside plate heat exchangers,” seminar at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Feb. 13, 2020.

[1] H. J. Kim, “Convective boiling of refrigerants near the micro-macroscale transition inside plate heat exchangers,” seminar at Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 24, 2019.

Doctoral dissertation

H. J. Kim, "Convective boiling of refrigerants near the micro-macroscale transition inside plate heat exchangers," Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019.

Cool umbrella in Yufuin, Japan

Hydrophobicity is used to create sakura pattern on the umbrella.

(Trip to Yufuin after the 10th International Conference on Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer (ICBCHT2018) in Nagasaki, Japan)

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