남영석 Youngsuk Nam     
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 Associate Professor / Ph.D.

 Office: Engineering building #502 
 Phone: +82-31-201-3652
 Email: ysnam1@khu.ac.kr
 Address: 1732 Deokyoungdaero,Yongin 446-701, Korea

Academic Experience

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  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Visiting Professor (2018.03 - Present)

  • Kyung Hee University (KHU) Associate Professor (2016.03 - Present)

  • Kyung Hee University (KHU) Assistant Professor (2012.03 - 2016.02)

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Research Associate

  • University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Ph.D.

  • Seoul National University  (SNU) M.S.

  • Seoul National University  (SNU) B.S. 

Professional Employment
 

  • LG Electronic Laboratory (LGE) Senior Researcher

Selected Research Projects
 

  • Electric energy conversion using nanoengineered surfaces (2016~2019 within National Research Foundation Basic Research Laboratory program)

  • Smart heat transfer surfaces with reversible wetting characteristics (2015~2018 within National Research Foundation Fundamental research program)

  • High Energy Density Thermophotovoltaic Batteries for Space Applications (2014~2019.06 within National Research Foundation Core Space Technology program)

  • Nano-Engineered High Efficiency Energy Conversion Systems (2014~2019 within National Research Foundation Brain Korea 21 Plus (BK21+) program)

  • Thermal design for hybrid electric unmanned vehicles, TECHWIN, 2016.11~2017.10 +

  • Ultralight cooling solutions for IGBTs and batteries of electric vehicles, LG, 2015.03-2017.02+    

  • Advanced thermal packing for high heat flux semiconductors, SAMSUNG, 2015.01-2019.12

  • High efficiency condensers for next generation power-plants, DOOSAN, 2015.04-2017.09

  • Engineering Micro/Nanoscale Phase Change Phenomena for Thermal Transport and Water Management (2012-2014 within National Research Foundation NRF program)

  • Solar Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion System (2010-2012 within Department of Energy  DOE - S3TEC program)

  • Advanced Thermal Ground Plane (TGP) for High Power Semiconductors (2007-2010 within Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency  DARPA - TGP program)

  • Fundamental Investigation of Nanobubbles and Nucleation Phenomena (2006-2007 within National Science Foundation NSF - CTS program)

Selected Affiliations
 

  • Associate Editor of Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

  • 한국생산제조시스템학회 그린에너지응용분과 이사 (2015~Present)  

  • 대한기계학회 학술이사 (2014~Present)

  • 두산중공업 기술자문 (2014~Present)

  • (주) S&H 기술자문 (2013~Present) 

  • 한국건설기술연구원 자문위원 (2013~2014)

  • 한국냉동공학회 사무총장 (2013~Present) 

  • 전자장비냉각기술위원회 이사 (2012 ~ Present ) 

  • 태양열설비전문위원회 위원 ( 2012 ~ Present )

  • Member of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association KSEA (2010~Present)

  • Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME (2007~Present)

  • Member of Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers KSME (~Present)