KIMSLAB | CSTAR
Cryogenic Space Thermal Systems and Advanced Refrigeration Laboratory
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KIM Space LAB
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
Welcome to Space Gator's Swamp !!!🐊
KIMS LAB focuses on facilitating the use of fundamental two-phase flow and heat transfer physics for various Real-life engineering applications largely in four main areas:
[Area of Focus]
In-space Fluid/Thermal Management Systems & Cryogenic Propulsion Systems
In-Space High Temperature Superconducting Machines and Cryogenic Cooling system
Cryogenic Two-phase Cooling for Cryogenic CMOS & Power Electronics
Machine Learning Coupled Multiphase CFD Modeling & Simulations
Recent Exciting News👍
Recent Exciting News👍
10/2026
🎉 Florida Space Grant Consortium - KIMSLAB Funded!
Florida Space Research Program
KIMSLAB has received funding from the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium through the Florida Space Research Program for its project, “Direct Visualization and Heat Transfer Characterization of Cryogenic Boiling Flow for Orbital Propellant Refueling.”
This research supports NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) cryogenic orbital refueling missions. Using a newly constructed experimental rig, the team will investigate critical heat transfer phenomena to help advance in-space propellant transfer technologies.
9/2026
🎉 ASGSR STEAM Foundation Scholarship - Aidan Sherin
Promising Student Research Award
KIMSLAB's undergraduate research intern, Aidan Sherin, has been selected to receive a STEAM Foudation's Promising Student Research Award, which will support Aidan's attendance and presentation of his research on acoustic wave assisted microgravity water electrolysis for in-space ECLSS system at this year's ASGSR annual meeting. Congratulations Aidan!
7/2026
🎉 NEW Graduate Research Scholarship - Yusin Jeong
Korean Government Scholarship Program for Study Overseas (KGSPSO)
KIMSLAB's 2nd PhD student, Yusin Jeong, has been selected as a KGSPSO Scholar! This program is one of the most competitive government scholarship that one can be awarded as a Korean graduate student studying abroad. With the support of KGSPSO, Yusin will investigate cryogenic nucleate boiling fundamentals and numerical CFD simulations coupling with machine learning!
4/2026
🎉 NEW Graduate Research Fellowship - Dominic Meler
National Science Foundataion Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP)
KIMSLAB's 1st PhD student, Dominic Meler, has been selected as a NSF-GRFP fellow! This fellowship is one of the most prestigious fellowship that one can be awarded as a graduate student. With the support of NSF, Dominic will investigate fundamental cryogenic phase change heat transfer dynamics.
4/2026
🎉 NEW NSF IRES-HSTC Scholar - Sanjay Karthik
KIMSLAB's undergraduate research intern, Sanjay Karthik, has been selected for the NSF IRES-Hydrogen Ship Technology Center (HSTC) Scholars Program! Sanjay is heading to Pusan National University in South Korea this summer to investigate cryogenic storage and cryogenic two-phase thermal control for liquid hydrogen ships.
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