Appointment

Pusan National University, Busan

School of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor, Mar. 2021– Present

School of Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor, Mar. 2017 – Feb. 2020

Research Interests: Rotordynamics, Morton Effect (Shaft Thermal Bow Induced Rotordynamic Instability Problem), Tilting Pad Journal Bearing, Flexure Pivot Journal Bearing, Integral Squeeze Film Damper, Gear Dynamics, Multiphysics Simulation, Matlab, In-House Code

​Hankyong National University, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor, Oct. 2016 – Feb.2017

Research Interests: Vehicle Dynamics, Multiphysics Simulation, Matlab

​Korea Railroad Research Institute, Uiwang, Gyeonggi-do

Technical Regulation Team, Senior Researcher, Aug. 2014 – Aug.2016

Research Interests: Vehicle Dynamics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear transient dynamic analysis, Wheel-Rail Contact, Brake System

​Hyundai-Kia Motors Research Institute, Hwa-Seong, Gyeonggi-do

Powertrain NVH Team, Research Engineer, Jan. 2006 - Feb. 2008

Research Interests: Gear Whine Noise, Gear Vibration, Transmission, Noise Path Analysis, NVH

Education

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• PH.D. Mechanical Engineering, Jul. 2009 –Aug. 2014

• Fields of Specialty: Multiphysics ( Rotordynamics + Tribology + Heat Transfer + Thermal Deformation + Elastic Deformation + Structure ), Tilting-Pad Journal Bearing, Flexure-Pivot Journal Bearing, Pressure-Dam Bearing, Plain Journal Bearing, Thermo-Elasto-Hydro-Dynamic Lubrication Analysis, Fluid-Structure Interaction

• Advisor: Dr. Alan Palazzolo

• Dissertation: High Fidelity Simulation of Rotordynamic Morton Effect by Nonlinear Transient Approach

 Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do

• M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Mar. 2004 – Feb. 2006

• Fields of Specialty: Kinematics, Rotordynamics, Electro-Magnetics

• Advisor: Dr. Yeon-Sun Choi

• Thesis: Dynamic Analysis on the driving parts of ATM Machine

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Mar. 1996 – Aug. 2003

• Fields of Interests: Kinematics, Robotics, Control, Bi-Pedal Robot, C++ Programming

• Advisor: Dr. Hyouk Ryeol Choi

​Honors & Awards

• ASME Journal of Tribology 2016 Best Paper Award for ‘Rotordynamic Morton Effect Simulation with Transient, Thermal Shaft Bow’

• ​ASME Journal of Tribology 2014 Best Paper Award for ‘Three-Dimensional Thermohydrodynamic Morton Effect Simulation—Part I: Theoretical Model’ and ‘Three-Dimensional Thermohydrodynamic Morton Effect Analysis—Part II: Parametric Studies’

• ​KSLE The Best Paper Award, KSTLE conference at Chonbuk National University, Korea, ‘Tilting Pad Journal Bearing with Asymmetric Film Clearance,’ Apr 2015

• ​Poster Prize, Junho Suh, ‘Dynamic Analysis of ATM Gate Module,’ Conference of Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering, May 2005