Members

Professor

Sanghun Kim (김상훈)

Assistant Professor

School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University (KNU)

Research: High-Enthalpy Gas Dynamics & Rarefied Gas Dynamics
Email: sh.kim@knu.ac.kr
Office: Room 214, Engineering Building 6
Phone: +82-53-950-6827

Education

2021 – 2025

Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea

2015 – 2018

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, South Korea

2012 – 2015

B.S. in Physics
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, South Korea

Experience

2025 – Present

Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University (KNU), Daegu, South Korea

2025 – 2025

Senior Researcher
System R&D Team, Hanwha Aerospace (HAS), Daejeon, South Korea

2018 – 2021

Senior Researcher
KFX Flight Mechanics Team, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), Sacheon, South Korea

Graduate Students

Yeram Shin (신예람)

M.S. Student (2026.03 - present)

Education

2025, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, South Korea

Research Interests: High-Fidelity AI-CFD for Compressible Gas Flows

Email yeramshin@knu.ac.kr

Geonwoo Kim (김건우)

M.S. Student (2026.03 - present)

Education

2026, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

Research Interests: Hybrid CFD-DSMC Simulations of Lunar Lander Plumes

Email leftover211@knu.ac.kr

Gawoon Ban (반가운)

B.S. & M.S. Student (2026.09 - present)

Education

2027, B.S. in Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

Research Interests: Development of an In-House Solver for Hypersonic Rarefied Gas Flow

Email na961229@knu.ac.kr

Undergraduate Researchers

Current Members

[1]

Junsang Yun (윤준상)

Date: 2025.09 – present
Research: AI-Assisted Computational Frameworks

[2]

Seunghyun Choi (최승현)

Date: 2025.09 – present
Research: Physics-Informed AI for CFD Simulations

[3]

Minseong Kim (김민성)

Date: 2026.08 – present
Research: TBD

[4]

Jiwon Jeong (정지원)

Date: 2026.08 – present
Research: TBD

Former Members

[1]

Yeram Shin (신예람)

Date: 2025.09–2026.02
Research: High-Fidelity AI-CFD for Compressible Gas Flows

[2]

Geonwoo Kim (김건우)

Date: 2025.10–2026.02
Research: Hybrid CFD–DSMC Simulations of Lunar Lander Plumes

[3]

Jeongjoon Lee (이정준)

Date: 2025.09–2026.05
Research: CFD Simulations of Supersonic Gas Flows

[4]

Jinwoo Joung (정진우)

Date: 2025.11–2026.09
Research: Comparative Analysis of CFD, DSMC, Fokker–Planck, and BGK Models for Hypersonic Rarefied Gas Flows

[5]

Jaewon Yu (유재원)

Date: 2026.01–2026.09
Research: Physics-Informed AI for CFD Simulations

[6]

Gawoon Ban (반가운)

Date: 2026.03–2026.08
Research: Hybrid CFD–DSMC Simulations of Lunar Lander Plumes