Academic Career

1999. 02,  Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST

1994. 02, M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST

1992. 02, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University

Career

2024.08 ~ 2026.07, Dean, College of Engineering, JBNU    

2024.01. ~ 2024.12, Vice Preseident, The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (KSAE)

2023.10. ~ 2024.05, Director, Institute for Defense Industry, JBNU

2020.03. ~ 2022.02, Chair, Industry-Academy Cooperation Center, LINC+, JBNU

2016.11. ~ 2018.10, Deputy Vice President, University-Industry Cooperation, JBNU

2014.09. ~ 2016.07, Vice Dean, College of Engineering, JBNU

2011.03. ~ 2013.02, Research Oriented Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JBNU

2009.07. ~ 2011.01, Visiting Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

2004.03. ~ Present, Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, JBNU

1999.09. ~ 2004.02, Senior Research Engineer, Diesel Engine Test Team, Powertrain R&D Center, Hyundai-Motor Company

1999.03. ~ 1999.08, Post. Doc., Department of Aerospace Engineering, KAIST

Research Area

Radiation-coupled combustion&thermal-fluid analysis for solid/liquid-propellant rocket engines

Ablation behavior of nozzle thermal-protection materials and thrust characterization in rocket propulsion systems

Exhaust plume studies of solid and electric propulsion in space environments

Low-observability research on rocket and aircraft propulsion systems and their exhaust plumes

Academic Activities

2004.09. ~ Present : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

2001.01. ~ Present : Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (KSAE)

1996.04. ~ Present : Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)

1996.03. ~ Present : Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSASS)

1993.01. ~ Present : Korean Society of Combustion Institute (KOSCO)