Sayop Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology
Old Dominion University
Email: s3kim@odu.edu
Phone: (757) 683-4654
Address: 1319 Engineering & Computational Sciences Building, Norfolk, VA 23529
Education
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, 2019
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, 2005
Prior Appointments
July 2026 - onwards; Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
Jan 2025 - July 2026; Research Associate, Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE (remote based in Chicago, IL)
Jan 2023 - Dec 2024; Postdoctoral Associate, Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE (remote based in Chicago, IL)
Feb 2019 - Apt 2022; Postdoctoral Appointee, Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
Professional Honors
2024, Research Travel Award granted by the Career Development Center (CDC) at New York University Abu Dhabi
2020, Presentation Award at 2020 Postdoctoral Research and Career Symposium hosted by Argonne National Laboratory
2018, Graduate Student Travel Award in ICLASS 2018, awarded by ILASS AMERICAS
2011 Best Thesis Award, The Research Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University, South Korea
2010 Best Paper Award, 14th Annual Meeting of ILASS-ASIA
Academic Service
2023, Session Chair (RDE, Combustion Instability Sessions), The 29th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS 2023), SNU Siheung, South Korea
2018, Session Chair, 14th International Conference on Liquid Atomization & Spray Systems (ICLASS 2018), Chicago, USA, 2018
2022 - onwards, Reviewer, Physics of Fluids
2017 - onwards, Reviewer, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
2022 - onwards, Reviewer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)