About
Education
Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering 09/2018-Present M.S. in Mechanical Engineering 09/2015-08/2017 B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 03/2009-02/2015 Summa Cum Laude
Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant 01/2019-Present Deng Energy and Nanotechnology Group , MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Combustion instability of energetic material
Inverse modeling and uncertainty quantification of reaction-diffusion systems
Scientific machine learning
Academic collaborator: Prof. John Wen (U. Waterloo), Dr. Chris Rackauckas (Julia Lab, MIT)
Researcher 09/2017-05/2018 Turbomachinery Laboratory , Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Secondary cooling system for advanced gas turbines
Installation of a large-scale axial turbine and an instrumentation system, and initial operation of rim seal testing
Industrial collaborator: Doosan Heavy Industry
Graduate Research Assistant 01/2015-08/2017 Turbomachinery Laboratory , Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Aerodynamic instability of an industrial high-speed centrifugal compressor
Academic and industrial collaborator: Korea Aerospace Institute and Hanwha Techwin
Undergraduate Research Assistant 01/2012-06/2012 Turbomachinery Laboratory , Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Engineering-policy model for distributed energy systems
Optimization of system configuration and operating strategy via linear optimization
Industrial collaborator: Blue Economy Strategy Institute
Undergraduate Research Assistant 01/2012-06/2012 Aerodynamic Simulation & Design Laboratory , Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Numerical analysis to suppress unsteady wake flow on a wind turbine tower
Selected Awards
Mathworks Mechanical Engineering Fellowship , Mathworks 2022-2023 KEF Scholarship , Kwanjeong Educational Foundation 2018-2024 MIT SMA2 Fellowship , Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018-2019 BK21 Plus Scholarship , Seoul National University 2016-2017
Advising and Mentoring Experience
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
Sophi Longawa , MIT, 2020Averitt Johns , MIT, 2020-2022Meghana Vemulapalli , MIT, 2020-2021Jason Chen , MIT, 2021-2022Pedro Alonso Hernandez , MIT, 2022Evan Bell , MIT, 2022 MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)
Laboratory Service
Proposal drafting , Deng Energy and Nanotechnology Group, MIT
Developing Carbon-Neutral Aluminum/Cellulose Fuels for Clean Energy Conversion , MIT Skoltech Program Awards Pilot Grants 2020, PI: Professor Sili Deng (funded, award size: $200,000)Four proposals , submitted to Army Research Office, Office of Naval Research, and MIT Energy Initiative (under
review and in wait list) EHS Representative , Deng Energy and Nanotechnology Group, MIT (2019-2022)COVID-19 Ambassador , Deng Energy and Nanotechnology Group, MIT (2020-2021)
Symposium Assistant , MRS 2019 Fall Meeting, MA, USAStudent Assistant , ASME 2016 Turbo Expo, Seoul, KoreaStaff , Asian Congress on Gas Turbines 2014, Seoul, Korea
Technical Skills
Programming: Matlab; C; Java; Python (including PyTorch, OpenCV); Julia; Mathematica; Labview.Computation: Ansys CFX; Fluent; ICEM; Cantera; Numerical Analysis; Optimization; Inverse Modeling; Bayesian Statistics.Laboratory: Optical System; High-Speed Imaging; Static/Dynamic Sensors; Data Acquisition System; Circuits; Machining (Mill, Lathe, and CNC); Additive Manufacturing; Material Characterization (SEM/EDS, XRD, Raman Spectroscopy, TGA/DSC).Design: AutoCAD; Fusion360; SolidWorks; Catia.