Research Advisor
Lee, Hyoungsoon (이형순)
Associate professor
School of Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang Univ.
Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry at Chung-Ang Univ. (joint appointment)
Education
Ph.D. (2014) Purdue University
M.S. (2011) Purdue University
B.S. (2006) Korea University
Career
Chung-Ang University, Associate professor (2020.9-present)
Chung-Ang University, Assistant professor (2016.9-2020.8)
Stanford University, Research Associate (2014.8~2016.8)
Hyundai-Motor Company, Researcher (2006.8~2008.6)
Lab Members
Dr. Haecheon Kim(김해천)
Dr. Haecheon Kim is a Research Professor in ATSLA. He received the B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Seoul National University (SNU) in 1982 and the M.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1984. He received his Ph.D. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in 1992. He worked on magnetic materials and thin film transistors at LG Electronics from 1984 to 1988. Since 1993, he has been working on the GaAs/GaN-based devices, MMICs, and their system applications at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI). He was a visiting scholar at IEMN in Lille, France working on the graphene growth from 2011 to 2012. He joined ATSLA in 2022, where he is working on micro-scale cooling systems for high power semiconductor devices.
Dr. Haeun Lee (이하은)
Haeun Lee received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University, in 2020. Her research focuses on flow boiling heat transfer in micro-pin fin. Also she focuses on predicting the universal correlation and flow pattern using machine learning.
Dr. Charmala Suresh (차말라수레쉬)
Dr Charmala Suresh is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chung-Ang University, School of Mechanical Engineering (2025). His research is mainly focused on application of phase change materials in thermal energy storage systems, experimental heat transfer, energy efficient buildings and thermal management systems. He had worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (2022), later, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, (2023 to 2024) and School of Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea (2024-2025). He obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (2021) where he worked on the field of thermal energy storage in combined sensible-latent thermal storage.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Seungjae Lee (이승재)
SeungJae Lee received his B.S. in Automotive Engineering from Kyung-pook National University, in 2023. His research focuses on Muti-phase heat and mass transfer with openFOAM CFD software.
Jeonghwan Park (박정환)
Jeonghwan Park received his B.S. in Mechnical Engineering from Chung-Ang University. His research focuses on pool boiling heat transfer using laser treatment for AI processor chip. He is also interested in electromagnetic-thermal co-designing using CFD software for motor cooling.
Youngseob Lee(이영섭)
Youngseob Lee received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University, in 2024. His research focuses on two-phase enhanced heat transfer including pool/flow/condensation. He is also interested in machine learning.
Youngseob Lee(배선우)
Seonu Bae received his B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University, in 2024. His research focuses on cryogenic boiling process. He is also interested in motor cooling.
Hoon Choi(최훈)
Hoon Choi received his B.S in Mechanical System Engineering from Jeon-buk National University, in 2024. His research focuses on Multi-Phase heat and mass transfer with CFD software. He is also interested in thermal management for electronics.
Seokwon Jeong(정석원)
Seokwon Jeong received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2024. His research focuses on nozzle jet impingement cooling and analyzing thermal spreading resistance in power electronics using CFD software.
Seunggeun Park(박승근)
Seunggeun Park received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Yeung-Nam University, in 2019.
Current position: Korea Fire Institute, R&D Laboratory (한국소방산업기술원 기술연구소)
Sangmin Lee(이상민)
Sangmin Lee is received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang university at Ansan, in 2024. His research focuses on thermal management of electronics. He is also interested in multi-phase heat and mass transfer.
YounHun Kim(김용훈)
YongHun Kim is a combined Ph.D student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University. His research focuses on jet impinging cooling using CFD software.
Jaewon Hwang(황재원)
Jaewon Hwang is a M.S. student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University. His research focuses on Manifold Microchannel Cooling using Two-phase heat transfer.
Jonghyun Lee(이종현)
Jonghyun Lee is a combined Ph.D. student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University. His research focuses on electromagnetic-thermal multi analysis.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Suhan Kim (김수한)
Suhan Kim is an undergraduate student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University. His research focuses on pool boiling heat transfer by enhancing vapor removal through surface modification.
Soeun Lee(이소은)
Soeun Lee is an undergraduate student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University. Her research focuses on Multi-phase heat and mass transfer with CFD.
Jiyong Shin(신지용)
Jiyong Shin is an undergraduate student majoring in Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University. His undergraduate research focuses on datacenter cooling
LAB STAFF
Alumni
Research Professor and Postdocs Alumni
Dr. Alvira Ayoub
Dr. Alvira Ayoub received her Ph.D. in Organic and Nanoengineering from Hanyang University, South Korea, in 2016. After receiving her Ph.D., she was selected under the Korean Research Fellowship (KRF) program and worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Hanyang University from 2017 to 2019. She also served as a researcher at Sungkyunkwan University (January-August 2020) and Sookmyung Women’s University (September 2020-August 2021). She joined ATSLA as a research professor in 2021 and worked on the synthesis of core-shell heterostructures of carbon nanotubes (CNT), printable carbon composites, and transition metal chalcogenides. She has developed a variety of electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC), and textile-structured solar cells (TSSC).
Dr. Deepak Selvakumar Ramachandran
He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore in 2018. After his Ph.D., he worked as a Research Associate and Assistant Professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology, China, through the International Talent Introduction Fellowship (March 2019 – February 2021). Later, he worked as a researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras through the Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship (February – July 2021). He joined ATSLA as a research professor in 2021 and has worked on numerical modeling of complex fluid dynamics and heat transfer problems such as electrohydrodynamics, phase change, and particle-fluid interaction, among others.
Current position : Research scientist position at Khalifa University, UAE.
Graduates Alumni
Dr. Yunseo Kim(김윤서)
Yunseo Kim earned her B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2019. Her research focuses on thermal-fluid modeling and experimental validation for device thermal management. Currently, she is conducting research on surface modification for enhanced phase change on Diamond UWBG devices, optimization of single-phase manifold microchannels for EV inverter cooling, and modeling liquid vapor phase separation for immersion cooling in data centers.
Current position: Postdoc Researcher @ NEIT lab. (PI. Damena Agonafer), University of Maryland
Junrae Park(박준래)
Junrae Park received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2023 and 2025. His research focused on thermal management for GaN HEMT device for RF applications. He was also interested in additively manufactured microcooler for datacenters.
Current position: ETRI (한국전자통신연구원)
Nana Kang(강나나)
Nana Kang received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Kook-min University in 2023 and received her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2025. Her research focused on manifold micro-channel and cooling using CFD software and machine learning.
Current position: Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차)
Nana Kang (박주호)
Juho Park received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Pusan National University in 2023 and received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2025. His research focused on cryogenic boiling process. He was also interested in thermal management of electronics and machine learning.
Current position: Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차)
Minsoo Kang(강민수)
Minsoo Kang received his M.S. and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University, in 2020 and 2025. His research focused on pool boiling and wicking evaporation heat transfer of carbon-patterned surface using polyimide film for flexible electronics. Also he focused on predicting the correlation of manifold micro-channel using CFD and machine learning.
Current position: Postdoc researcher @ETRI (한국전자통신연구원)
Sehyeon Cho(조세현)
Sehyeon Cho received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2021 and 2024, respectively. His research focused on phase change simulation with OpenFOAM and enhanced jet impinging cooling for power electronics.
Current position: Samsung Electronics, DS CTO, Semiconductor Research & Development (삼성전자 반도체연구소)
Kiwan Kim(김기완)
Kiwan Kim received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2022 and 2024, respectively. His research focused on machine learning and thermal-hydraulic performance using a manifold micro gap coated with porous copper. He also investigated enhanced boiling performance with liquid-vapor separation.
Current position: SK Innovation Co. (SK이노베이션 )
Euibeen Jung(정의빈)
Euibeen Jung received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2022 and 2024, respectively. His research focused on laser-induced graphene for thermal management in lithium-ion batteries and boiling-induced thermal degradation.
Current position: Hyundai Motor Company, Battery Engineering Design Team(현대자동차 배터리설계팀)
Gyohoon Geum(금교훈)
Gyohoon Geum received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University in 2022 and 2024, respectively. His research focused on a nozzle jet impinging channel for power electronics and a heat pipe heat exchanger for waste heat energy recovery.
Current position: Samsung Electronics, Advanced Packaging Team (삼성전자 AVP사업부)
Dr. Daeyoung Kong(공대영)
Daeyoung Kong received M.S. and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University, South Korea in 2020 and 2023, respectively. Since 2023, he’s working consistently in ATSLA group as a postdoctoral scholar. His specialized studies focus on the development of advanced micro-fluidic coolers for the application of extremely high heat flux electronics.
Current position: Postdoc researcher @ Nanoheat Lab. (PI: Kenneth E. Goodson), Stanford University
Geonhee Lee(이건희)
Gunhee Lee received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University, in 2020 and 2022, respectively. His research focused on predicting heat transfer performance using machine learning modeling.
Current position: SK Hynix, Research & Development Process (SK 하이닉스, TL/WLP 개발)
Hokyu Choi(최호규)
Hokyu Choi received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Chung-Ang University, in 2021. His research focuses on manifold micro-channel cooling using CFD software and machine learning. He was also interested in electro-spray cooling.
Eunho Cho(조은호)
Eunho Cho received B.S.(2019) and M.S.(2021) in Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University, Seoul. His research topic was thermal modeling of single and two phase heat transfer.
Current position: Samsung Electronics, Test & System Package (삼성전자, TSP총괄, Foundry PKG 개발팀)
Nana Kang (정대웅)
Daewoong Jung received his B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Korea National University of Transportation in 2018 and received M.S. in Mechanical System Engineering at Chung-Ang University in 2020. His research topic was micro pin-fins applicable to electronic devices.
Current position : Institute for Advanced Engineering (고등기술연구원,플랜트공정개발센터)
Sangwoo Jung(정상우)
Sangwoo Jung received B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University, Seoul in 2019. He pursued his master’s degree in Mechanical System Engineering at CAU. His research focused on thermal and hydraulic performance of micro-pin fin heat sinks.
Undergraduate Alumni
Wooseok Kim(김우석)
Minjae Kim(김민재)
Hwijun Bae(배휘준)
Jaehyun Kim(김재현)
Younjae Lee(이윤재)
Sangguk Kwon(권상국)
Minheak Choi(최민혁)
