Jeonbuk National University

• 2024 - Current

• Dept. of Quantum System Engineering

• Assistant Professor

Korea University of Science and Technology (UST)

• 2021 - 2024

• Major of Nuclear & Radiation Safety 

• Associate Professor, Head of Major

Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)

• 2016 - 2024

• Project Manager of Regulatory Research on Nuclear Severe Accident

• Senior Researcher

Education

2016, Ph. D., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 

• Nuclear and Quantum Engineering

• Advisor : Prof. Nam Zin Cho & Prof. Yonghee Kim

• Thesis title : Steady- and Transient-State Analysis Methodology of Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated Fuel via Two-Temperature Homogenized Model

2012, M. S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)     

• Nuclear and Quantum Engineering

• Advisor : Prof. Nam Zin Cho

• Thesis title : Two-Block Decomposition of Nuclide Concentration Vector for Depletion Calculation

2010, B. S., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 

• Nuclear and Quantum Engineering

Awards & Honors

Best Paper Award in Nuclear Safety Division of Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Safety 2022, The Korean Society of Safety, Korea, 2022

• Title of the paper : Preliminary Studies on Important Fission Products for the Numerical Estimation of the Source Term during a Severe Accident

Best Paper Award in Nuclear Safety Division of 2019 Korean Nuclear Society Autumn Meeting, Korean Nuclear Society, Korea, 2019

• Title of the paper : Preliminary Whole Core Analyses on Sub-Critical Boron Concentrations of High Power Pressurized Water Reactor during the Reflooding Phase of a Severe Accident

Best Researcher, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS), Korea, 2018

Excellent Paper Award in RPHA15, Korean Nuclear Society, Korea, 2015

• Title of the paper : Nuclear-Thermal Analysis of Fully Ceramic Microencapulated Fuel with Randomly Dispersed TRISO Particles via Two-Temperature Homogenized Model

NQe Awards for Best Paper, Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, KAIST, Korea, 2014

• Title of the paper : Three-dimensional single-channel thermal analysis of fully ceramic microencapsulated fuel via two-temperature homogenized model 

Best Paper Award in Student Competition Session, 2013 Korean Nuclear Society Autumn Meeting, Korean Nuclear Society, Korea, 2013

• Title of the paper : Nuclear-Thermal Analysis of Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated Fuel via Two-Temperature Homogenized Model

KAIST-NQe Lee Byunghui Scholarship, Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, KAIST, Korea, 2011

• Admission with top honors

Graduation with honors: magna cum laude, KAIST, Korea, 2010