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Research Topics

• Advanced Propellant/Fuel Development for Future Energy Conversion and Propulsion Systems

• High-Pressure Spray Combustion of Liquid Fuels (Close Collaboration with Sandia National Labs)

• Chemically Reacting Fuel in High Enthalpy Hypersonic Flow

• Fuel Chemistry and Combustion Physics

Professional Activities

• The Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems-Asia (Committee Member) - 2025~2026

• The Combustion Institute

• The Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (Board Member) - 2024~2026

• The Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems-Korea (Editorial Board Member) - 2024~2026

• The Korean Society of Combustion (Editorial Board Member) - 2024~2026

• The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers-Thermal Engineering (Board Member) - 2025~2027

• The American Physical Society

• The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International

• Journal Reviewer: Combustion and Flame, Combustion and Science Technology, International Journal of Engine Research, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Energies, Fire Safety Journal, Fuel, SAE International, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Energy, Energy & Fuel, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Applied Thermal Engineering, Small, Langmuir, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Omega, Energy Sources, Part A, RSC Applied Polymers, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 

Awards and honors

• Young Propulsion Engineer Award, Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (Dec 2025)

• Best Poster Presentation Paper Award, Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (Dec 2025)

• Best Presentation Paper Award, Institute for Atomization and Spray Systems-Korea (Nov 2025)

• Award from the Korean Federation of Mechanical Engineering Societies (Nov 2025) 

• Best Paper Award, 24th Annual Conference on ILASS-Asia (Oct 2025)

• Best Oral Presentation Award, 2025 Asian Conference on Fluid Machinery (Sep 2025)               

• Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society (May 2025)

• Aegihun Award for Outstanding Researcher, Sejong University  (May 2025)

• Future Defense Technology Contribution Award, Agency for Defense Development (Dec 2024)

• Young Scientist Award, The Institute for Liquid and Atomization & Spray Systems – Korea (Nov 2024) 

• Distinguished Paper Award, 38th International Symposium on Combustion (Apr 2021)

• Advanced Energy Expert Development Scholarship Program Recipient (Aug 2010 - Jul 2012)

Career

2025.09 - present  : Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, KAIST 

2022.03 - 2025.08 : Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Sejong University

2020.10 - 2022.02 : Senior Researcher, Agency for Defense Development (ADD)

2019.01 - 2020.09 : Postdoctoral Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories

2016.07 - 2019.01 : Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA

Education

Ph.D., Mechnical Engineering, Penn State University (2016)

M.S., Chung-Ang University (2008)

B.S., Chung-Ang University (2006)