Professor

Hyung-Dae Kim Professor
- Degree
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- Interest
- Thermal Hydraulics and Nano Technology
Education
Ph.D., POSTECH, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea, 2007.8
B.S, POSTECH, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea, 2001.2
Career
Professor, Kyung Hee University, Korea, 2021 – present
Associate Professor, Kyung Hee University, Korea, 2016 – 2020
Assistant Professor, Kyung Hee University, Korea, 2010 – 2016
Visiting Professor, U. Maryland, USA, 2018.9 – 2019.8
Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT, USA, 2007 - 2010
Leader, Advanced Thermal-Hydraulic Technology Expert Group, Professional Division of Thermal Hydraulics, Korean Nuclear Society, 2020 – present
Associate Editor, Energies, 2020 – present
Editor, Journal of Nanofluids, 2012 - 2020
Editorial Board, The Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems - Korea, 2012 – 2015
Chair, Korean Young Generation Network in Korean Nuclear Society, 2012 - 2014
Paper
J Choi, C Lim, and H Kim, “Fork-end heat pipe for passive air cooling of spent nuclear fuel pool,” Nucl. Eng. Des., vol. 374, p. 111081, 2021.
J Park, and H Kim, “Direct-contact heat transfer of single droplets in dispersed flow film boiling: Experiment and model assessment,” Nucl. Eng. Tec., 2021.
G. Giustini, I. Kim, and H. Kim, “Comparison between modelled and measured heat transfer rates during the departure of a steam bubble from a solid surface,” Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., vol. 148, p. 119092, 2020.
M. A. Amidu and H. Kim, “Modeling and simulation of flow boiling heat transfer on a downward-facing heating wall in the presence of vapor slugs,” Nucl. Eng. Des., vol. 351, pp. 175–188, 2019.
Y. Park, … and H. Kim, “Heat transfer augmentation in two-phase flow heat exchanger using porous microstructures and a hydrophobic coating,” Appl. Therm. Eng., vol. 153, pp. 433–447, 2019.
M. A. Amidu and H. Kim, “Semi-mechanistic model for the interfacial velocity of gravity-driven laminar wavy film flow and its validation using infrared particle tracing velocimetry,” Heat Mass Transf., vol. 55(5), pp. 1535–1544, 2019.
S. Jung and H. Kim, “Observation of the mechanism triggering critical heat flux in pool boiling of saturated water under atmospheric pressure,” Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., vol. 128, pp. 229–238, 2019.
Conference
Member of Korean Nuclear Society, 2010 – present
Member of Korean Society Mechanical Engineers, 2010 – present
Best Presentation/Poster/Paper Awards, Korean Nuclear Society, 2020, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013
Best Presentation Award, Korean Society for Fluid Machinery, 2019, 2017
Best Paper Award, International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH17), 2017
Best Poster Award, China-Korea Workshop on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, 2015
First & Second Places, International Conference on Boiling & Cond
Interest
Nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics
Two-phase flow and phase change heat transfer
Development of advanced measurement techniques for two-phase heat transfer
Extension of multiphase CFD for nuclear safety analysis